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By taking on Apple, Microsoft marketing finally nails it

I recently wrote about some strange but awesome Windows 8 ads geared towards the Japanese market. It appeared that people across the internet were pretty down on them as the ads didn"t say anything about the OS.

KillEmAll helps you stamp out stubborn malware

Removing malware used to be fairly easy, at least in principle. Detect the infection, kill any running processes and files, and that"s it -- finished. These days, unfortunately, life can be more difficult.

Box takes more strides towards IT acceptance

The cloud has become a battleground these days between heavyweight companies, and Box has remained in the fight. Today the company takes another step towards securing its location in the corporate future with three new features in the Box admin console designed to make the service easier to deploy.

Chrome for Android 27 introduces fullscreen on phones, tab history on tablets

Google has released Chrome for Android 27, a major update to its open-source browser for Android smartphones and tablets.

iPad follows iPhone, gets the Mailbox treatment

On Thursday, following user demand, Mailbox released an update for its iOS mail app that introduces support for iPads.

The service, which delivers more than 100 million messages each day, was previously available as an iPhone-only affair.

Google X acquires flying turbine company Makani

Google may be most readily associated with the Internet, apps and mobile devices, but the company has many more strings to its bow.

Internet Explorer uses its ongoing Vine series to tease future WebGL support

The leaked builds of Windows 8,1 provided a pretty strong clue that Microsoft intends to support WebGL in Internet Explorer 11, but so far the software giant has stayed silent on such matters.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is NOW available at Verizon

On Thursday, little under a month after the smartphone's global launch, the Galaxy S4 finally arrives at US mobile operator Verizon.

The handset is available now at big red for $199,99, alongside a two-year contract, in either Black Mist or White Frost.

Amazon hunts more market share, takes its Appstore and Kindle Fire tablets global

On Thursday, Amazon announces that the Kindle Fire HD tablets, in 7-inch and 8,9-inch trim, are now available for pre-order through its website in more than 170 countries and regions worldwide. Previously, the US e-commerce company only offered the two devices in a lower number of markets.

It"s pronounced 'jif' -- jot it?

Do you say "gif"or "jif"? I"ve always been in the gif camp but Steve Wilhite the inventor of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) says it should be pronounced "jif".