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BlackBerry And Nokia - Surprising Signs Of App Traction?

Some signs of interest in BlackBerry and Windows app platforms are emerging this summer - just as rivalry between BlackBerry and Nokia seems closer than ever.

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Star Jeff Garlin -- No Charges After Window Rage Arrest

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Jeff Garlin won't face vandalism charges after allegedly smashing the windows of a Mercedes on Saturday, TMZ has learned -- but he will get a stern talking to.We broke the story ...

iPad crashes Windows 8 launch party as Asus cuts its PC, tablet forecasts by 10%

More bad new for Microsoft's Windows 8: Asus, one of the few PC makers to experience any growth last year, is now lowering its forecasts for June quarter PC and tablet sales in the face of slack demand for computers with the appearance of Windows Phone.

Adobe Creative Cloud launches Windows 8 apps

Adobe caused a fair amount of controversy over forcing users into subscription services, while Microsoft Office continues to provide an option to its customers.

Ants and Stars: Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope inItaly

As we approached the giant radio telescope in rural Sardinia, I found myself implausibly dressed in a light summer frock: a Brazilian one, lavishly decorated with black army ants.

Bing voice recognition on Windows Phone now twice as fast and more accurate, says Microsoft

Most Windows Phone users probably haven't noticed, but Bing voice search and speech-to-text have become faster and more accurate in recent weeks thanks to an improved version of Microsoft's voice technology that is appearing on phones now.
Read the full story here.

Congressional Staffers Told To Pretend NSA Leak Docs Don't Exist; So How Are They Supposed To Respond?

Last week, we thought it was ridiculous enough that the DoD (of which the NSA is a key part) had reminded all staff that they were not allowed to look at any of the leaked NSA documents, even if they came across them in the press.

Microsoft Improves Windows Phone Voice Recognition: 2X Faster, 15% More Accurate

Google may have acquired Geoffrey Hinton's DNNresearch and is now using his technologies to power its Google+ photo search features, but the academic work Hinton did on deep neural networks (DNN) is now also helping Microsoft to improve its speech recognition systems.

Skype video messaging officially launches on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android -- but not Windows Phone

Out of beta and free, Skype today launches its video messaging service across all its major platforms.

Previously, video missives were limited to 20 free attempts during early testing, but free on premium subscriptions.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown invades iOS devices on June 20th

The world is under attack once more, and it's up to your squad of elite, turn-based soldiers to keep humanity safe. We've just gotten word that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is headed to a wide variety of iOS devices come this Thursday, June 20th.