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FAQ: How to install, reinstall, upgrade and activate Windows 10

Questions about installing and activating Windows 10? Here's what you need to know before you dive in.

Microsoft 9,775 articles

Microsoft to cut 700 employees in next layoff round: Report

Microsoft looks ready to cut 700 employees as part of the group of 2,850 that the company said it would be laying off in fiscal 2017.

15 hours ago by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Big Data Analytics 1,810 articles

Huge spike in media traffic as first legal action filed against president Trump

Did folks ignore the inauguration or did the world tune in to watch the new president take his oath?

15 hours ago by Eileen Brown in Big Data Analytics

Processors 2,924 articles

Apple files $1B suit against Qualcomm

The Cupertino company says Qualcomm withheld payments it owed as a means of retaliation for Apple's cooperation with South Korean investigators.

1 day ago by Stephanie Condon in Processors

Internet of Things 340 articles

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This pint-sized smart plug is Belkin's best yet

It still doesn't work with Siri, but at $35, the Alexa-compatible Belkin WeMo Mini is a great way to get started with home automation.

1 day ago by CNET Staff in Internet of Things

Hardware 31,706 articles

2017's best Linux laptop: The latest Dell XPS 13

Dell continues to build the best out-of-the-box Linux and open-source laptops. Check out the latest Dell XPS 13 developer edition and you'll see what I mean.

1 day ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols in Hardware

Mobility 26,594 articles

Samsung to cite battery size, manufacturing problems for Note 7 issues: Report

The South Korean company will blame multiple problems from different battery manufacturers for the Note 7 explosions, the Wall Street Journal reports.

1 day ago by Stephanie Condon in Mobility

Reimagining the Enterprise 70 articles

De-risking the cloud

Why is enterprise cloud becoming the norm?

1 day ago by Manek Dubash in Reimagining the Enterprise / Sponsored by Microsoft Cloud

SMBs 1,518 articles

Hybrid cloud in a box: Unboxing the Synology DS916+ super-NAS

Where does old-school file sharing fit in the rapidly changing world of mobile and cloud services? David Gewirtz takes a first look at a NAS appliance that implements a hybrid cloud storage environment right inside a little black box.

2 days ago by David Gewirtz in SMBs

Security 26,391 articles

For national security, Trump gets a new secure 'smartphone'

The phone comes with "state-of-the-art" security, but does it come with Twitter?

2 days ago by Zack Whittaker in Security

Storage 3,233 articles

Hidden Figures and the IBM 7090 computer

Hidden Figures isn't just the story of three brilliant and determined women, but also of the transition from human to electronic computing. The latter stars the IBM 7090, and, as the movie shows, the transition was far from smooth.

2 days ago by Robin Harris in Storage