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‘Almost finished’ build of Windows 8.1 still a mess

Now that Windows 8.1 Build 9471 is widely available, it's time to take another look at the painful changes in Windows 8 'Blue'

New TWEETS-per-second record — GOOGLE downtime — OUTLOOK down three days — HADOOP sits on Oracle, Teradata — Upheld: Changing IP address unlawful in Swartz case — ‘JOBS’ loses

Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet, cheapest offer now $479

Bucking a recent trend of lowering prices, Dell's XPS 10 Windows RT tablet is now only available bundled with a keyboard

‘Jekyll’ test attack sneaks through Apple App Store, wreaks havoc on iOS

Like a Transformer robot, malicious Apple iOS app re-assembles itself into an aggressive attacker running inside the iOS 'sandbox'

Microsoft restores Outlook.com after three-day outage — sort of

Company apologizes, promises it's taken steps to fix the email service, but within hours acknowledges the problem still exists for some

Mozilla to ship ‘Metro-ized’ Firefox Dec. 10

If all goes well, the touch-enabled Windows 8 browser will ship as part of Firefox 26 for the Windows desktop

17 epic Windows Auto Update meltdowns

These legendary clunkers made Patch Tuesday a living hell for Windows users the world over

Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Helix flips Ultrabook expectations

Fast, functional Windows 8 laptop-tablet lets you detach for tablet use or dock with the display facing in or out

Video: Magical wireless communications, no batteries or transmitters needed

University of Washington researchers harness omnipresent TV signals to enable wireless communication

The Steve Jobs story you should see isn’t told in ‘Jobs’

'Jobs' the movie is worth seeing, but falls short with omission of Steve Jobs's real transformation or later, greater achievements