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One year to buy a new laptop with Windows 7 or 8 If you want to avoid Windows 10 on your next new PC, you’ve got a deadline.

Owners of recreational drones in the United States Owners of recreational drones in the United States will soon have to register them, the government said Monday, as the popular devices become a growing hazard in the skies.

Your Old Credit Card’s Now Obsolete The overdue migration from cards with magnetic stripes on the back to “EMV” cards that add a tiny computer chip on the front reached a semi-important point Thursday: the “liability shift,” a rebalancing of powers between card issuers and merchants in the U.S.

Walk-in customers to be able to get iPhone 6s and 6s Plus this Friday The two newest iPhones will be available in most Apple Stores from this Friday, September 25.

Verizon to be first to field-test crazy-fast 5G wireless How fast is 5G? Verizon's tests have shown a connection speed that is 30 to 50 times faster than its current 4G network. 

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Russian antivirus firm faked malware to harm rivals – Ex-employees Beginning more than a decade ago, one of the largest security companies in the world, Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, tried to damage rivals in the marketplace by tricking their antivirus software programs into classifying benign files as malicious, according to two former employees.

A security flaw  Firefox users need to fix You'll need to update to the latest version of Firefox to squash a new bug. Another day, another security flaw -- this one affecting Mozilla's Web browser, Firefox.

Microsoft says 14 million computers now running Windows 10 Microsoft says its' new Windows 10 operating system is now running on more than 14 million computers, two days after the software was released as a free download.

Google Maps shows you everywhere you’ve been There's maybe a handful of people that know everywhere you go. Maybe it's your husband or wife, or your kid, if you regularly talk about your schedules.

Microsoft offers all-inclusive app store for PCs, tablets and ph Microsoft has renovated an online store that combines its Windows Store and Windows Phone Store into one big virtual shopping mall.

HP to Ship Windows 10 PCs on July 28 When it comes to the launch of a new operating system, even with all of the free upgrades Microsoft is offering to Windows 7 and 8 users, it’s clear that there are going to be a good number of new systems purchased.

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Commodore makes a comeback in the form of a new smartphone Commodore, the emblematic computer tech brand of the 1980s is back with an Android smartphone that will allow users to play games from a whole other decade.

Samsung’s Next Galaxy Note Is Launching Earlier Than Usual Every year this decade, Samsung has used Berlin’s IFA trade show at the beginning of September to introduce a new Galaxy Note phablet, starting with the original device in the series in 2011.

Facebook to Stop Sharing Your ‘Likes’ With Advertisers The world’s largest social network is to stop passing on data about likes or shares to advertisers in an attempt to simplify the way companies pay for ads and measure their success.

Windows 10 gets its own Minecraft How many more platforms can Minecraft be announced on? Does Windows 10 count? At today's MineCon conference…