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7 March
Microsoft won’t fix the most frustrating thing about Windows: forced updates
Maybe you’re delivering a presentation to a huge audience. Maybe you’re taking an online test. Maybe you just need to get some work done on a tight deadline. Windows doesn’t care. Windows will take control of your computer, force-feed it updates and flip the reset switch automatically — and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it, once …
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7 March
Net neutrality worth saving, say 170 groups in open letter
The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission isn’t a fan of net neutrality, but that isn’t deterring advocates from trying to preserve the rules. More than 170 groups, including the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sent a letter Tuesday to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, as well as Sens. John Thune and Bill Nelson, urging them to maintain the principles of net …
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7 March
iPhones could go OLED
Goodbye LCD screens. Hello OLED? Apple has reportedly considered moving its iPhones to OLED displays. And by 2019 every phone it releases could have an OLED screen, according to Korean-language publication The Bell. The LCD screen on the iPhone 7 may become obsolete in a few years. Sarah Tew/CNET We’ve already heard rumors that Apple’s iPhone 8 may feature an …
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7 March
You’ll probably buy one of these phones in 2017
Mobile World Congress 2017 has been a whirlwind of new phones, old phone nostalgia and the Samsung Galaxy S8: the elephant in the room that wasn’t actually there. If you couldn’t be in Barcelona to take it all in, these videos will make you feel like you’re there — just without the siestas. For everything else MWC, see CNET’s complete …
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7 March
Look out, Windows: Android is catching up
Android is poised to overtake Windows as the world’s most-used operating system. That’s the word from web analytics service StatCounter, which monitors worldwide web traffic with an eye towards device operating systems. The firm found that 37.4 percent of devices online were Android — just a hair behind Windows at 38.6 percent. StatCounter Perhaps the bigger concern for Microsoft are …
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7 March
At last: Microsoft will stop Windows 10 forced automatic updates
Guess what, folks? We won. In an unmistakeable about-face — and a victory for common sense — Windows 10 will no longer automatically take control of your computer, and flip the reset switch, at the worst moments imaginable. Mind you, Microsoft will still push updates, and it won’t necessarily be easy to completely turn them off. But this spring, you …
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7 March
Amazon Prime ships off to Mexico
Amazon’s hugely popular Prime membership service launched Tuesday in Mexico. Mexican Prime subscribers can now get unlimited shipping on over 20 million products, as well as Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service. The price of the service is 899 pesos (about $46) a year, but for the next six months Amazon will be offering a promotional rate of 449 pesos for …
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7 March
Google doodle highlights struggle for women’s rights
Women really have come a long way, despite that expression’s association with a sexist cigarette ad campaign from the 1970s. That message is important enough to Google that it published an International Women’s Day doodle on Wednesday to celebrate some of the female pioneers who’ve helped women get where they are today. Granted, there’s still significant gender inequality in the …
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7 March
Apple turns to the iPhone 6 to boost India sales
When it comes to selling phones in India, Apple has a conundrum: Indians need inexpensive phones, but Apple’s products are all premium. To solve this problem, the company has resurrected the iPhone 6 in the country, selling a 32GB variant of the 2014 phone through online retailers. This follows the model being discontinued in the country with the iPhone 7’s …
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