Review: Decor8 lets you customize the Windows 8 Start and lock screens
Windows 8 comes with an entirely new interface called Modern (formerly known as Metro), featuring generous swaths of color, flat icons, and large typography. You’ll first meet Modern in the lock screen, immediately followed by the Start screen. You’ll be visiting both quite often: The lock screen whenever you start Decor8…
Apple challenges loss of iPhone trademark in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Apple Inc, which lost the rights to its iPhone trademark in Brazil on Wednesday, is challenging the ruling by Brazil’s copyright regulator to prevent local firm Gradiente Eletronica SA from using the “iphone” brand name. The regulator, Inpi, ruled on Wednesday that the rights to…
Twitter Reaction: Oscar Pistorius charged with murder of girlfriend, Reeva …
Oscar Pistorius and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during the Feather Awards held at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg.(Photo: Lucky Nxumalo, AFP/Getty Images) Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic star known as the Blade Runner, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp at his home in South Africa….
Murrysville robotics team reaches tournament finals
Robots bucked and tilted at the Southwest PA Regional First Tech Challenge — a 30-team robotics tournament held Feb. 9 at Robert Morris University. Each team robot was placed in an “alliance” with two other team robots. The robot alliances then worked to take over a PVC-pipe rack by hanging The…
Windows 8 Update: Bill Gates gushes about Surface Pro ‘It’s very nice’
Network World – Never let it be said Billl Gates is a hype machine. When asked what type of computer he was using to participate in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session, he confided it was one of Microsoft’s new Surface devices that the company talks about in glowing terms….
Education market to boost netbook sales, as per ABI
ABI Research projects nearly fifteen million computing devices to be shipped into the education market in 2013. ABI finds netbooks are not on road to end, ABI Research projects nearly six million netbooks to be shipped into the global education market this year. “Netbooks opened the door for education institutes and…
State of the Union, Twitter-style: From ‘game changer’ to ‘blah, blah, blah’
STORY HIGHLIGHTSCNN challenged viewers to sum up the State of the Union into a concise tweetThe responses, which people sent in using #tweetoftheunion, covered a range of opinionsWhat did you think of the speech? Share your thoughts with CNN iReport (CNN) — Just before President Obama delivered his 2013 State Your…
Foursquare Improves Android App, Makes Search More Prominent
Foursquare has introduced a new version of its Android app. As the company says in its blog post there are three primary changes:More prominent “Explore” search box at the top of the screenA map at the top of the screen displays your network’s most recent check-ins (which opens a larger…
Microsoft pushing Surface RT update to tackle WiFi and performance issues
If you’ve had any sustained glitches with your Surface RT, check for a software update — Microsoft might just have sorted it out. A February refresh pushing out today should mend problems with WiFi reliability that have led to the tablet showing “Limited” access. It also eliminates sluggishness in the…
An Android Phone That Starts at $9600? Vertu’s Ti Launches
British-based luxury mobile phone maker Vertu has announced its first Android smartphone. And no, as was true for other Vertu phones, you probably can’t afford it. The handmade Vertu Ti starts at $9,600, with a more expensive rose gold-trimmed model that sells for a whopping $19,900. The hardware is only the best,…
