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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion

As has been widely rumored over the last few days, Yahoo has paid $1,1 billion for blogging platform Tumblr.

In recent times this is the most paid for an Internet acquisition since Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion last year.

Jolla announces its catch of the day -- a Sailfish OS smartphone

On Monday, Finnish company Jolla announced its first smartphone running Sailfish OS, called Jolla.

The handset, which features mid-range hardware specifications, is available to pre-order for EUR399 and will ship by the end of the year.

HandBrake update makes it easier to convert videos into any format

Popular cross-platform, open-source video transcoder HandBrake 0,9.9 has been released, and despite the version number increment is actually a major update.

Sweet! Official new themes give Windows 8 a global makeover

Desktop themes are so often catered for by third party tools that it"s easy to forget that Windows has built in support for theme packs.

Acer unveils the 8-inch Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet

Little over four weeks ago, during an earnings conference call, departing Microsoft CFO Peter Klein revealed the software giant is working with OEMs on smaller and cheaper Windows tablets.

Disk Sorter Free can tell you what"s tying up all your hard drive space

PC storage space is cheap these days, and if you"ve just bought one of the latest 4TB drives then the chances are you won"t be worried about filling it any time soon.

NetDrive lets you mount FTP servers as regular drives in Explorer

If you need to access an FTP server, perhaps to upload the latest version of your website, then you"ll probably reach for your favorite FTP client. But although that will transfer your files, it"s not exactly a convenient solution, particularly if you need to work with the server on a regular basis.

Microsoft wants you to get to know Windows 8

Speaking to the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, Tami Reller, Windows division CFO, admitted that the Windows 8 "learning curve is real" and said that Microsoft will be addressing the issue in Windows 8,1.

Photoshop for free? Adobe Photoshop Express hits Windows 8 and RT

Not content with free versions of its cut-down photo editing software for iOS and Android, Adobe has released Photoshop Express for Windows 8 and RT.

SteganPEG lets you hide personal data in plain sight

While it"s unlikely that the fate of your nation depends on it, there may be times when being able to pass on sensitive files to other people is a necessity.