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Bottom line: Amazon is looking for the next "Fifty Shades of Grey" by panning directly to would-be fan fiction authors.

published 20 minutes ago by Rachel King

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This is the first of a three-part series where our own David Gewirtz tests and installs a full-perimeter, Internet-centric, mobile-enabled video surveillance system. In this installment, he details the approach that didn't work.

published 23 minutes ago by David Gewirtz

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While Intel is enthusiastic about touch-enabled devices, even if it hits 25 percent market penetration by 2016, it will still be niche rather than a must-have feature, which doesn't bode well for Microsoft and its touch ambitions for Windows.

published 31 minutes ago by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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The U.S. IT company sees value in the mobile document signing company.

published 1 hour ago by Andrew Nusca

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A new study that measures app usage on Windows 8 PCs finds that Metro style apps are gaining traction slowly. But a surprising result suggests that app developers who deliberately break Microsoft's design guidelines are most likely to win users over.

published 1 hour ago by Ed Bott

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I never travel overseas without Truphone and businesses will appreciate their new global shared plan offerings that include calls, text, and data.

published 2 hours ago by Matthew Miller

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Boston-based Wyless strikes a deal with Asia's leading ICT services provider in its home market.

published 2 hours ago by Andrew Nusca

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Hitachi Data Systems claims that its cloud storage service will offer businesses better control and security than the consumer orientated alternatives.

published 3 hours ago by Sam Shead

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SiSense announces a new version of its data visualization and BI database engine suite, along with major performance increases.

published 3 hours ago by Andrew Brust

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Flyers have experienced slippery pricing on many airlines, not just Delta. Readers have found that the price can change mid-transaction on many other airlines. Why is this allowed?

published 3 hours ago by Dan Kusnetzky

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Tumblr is a very well designed mini publishing platform, but more ads, sooner, could have made it the Huffington Post of personal publishing.

published 3 hours ago by Mary Branscombe

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Many small businesses struggle to cope with internet security and are refusing to trade online as a result.

published 4 hours ago by Sam Shead

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Twitter has applied its new innovator's agreement for the first time to a patent on a 'pull down to refresh trigger'.

published 4 hours ago by Liam Tung

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The mobile and digital payment company is running a competitive trade-in under which it will help retailers get outfitted with an iPad solution in exchange for old cash registers.

published 4 hours ago by Heather Clancy

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If you want an old-style, hard-working, windows, icons, menus, and pointer desktop, then what you want is Linux Mint 15.

published 4 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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