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dropbox update will finally let users keep one account home business

Delayed Dropbox update will let users combine home and business accounts next month

Dropbox will release an update next month allowing users to switch from their personal and professional storage spaces using a single account.
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Lenovo to soon let loose a legion of new laptops, all starting under $1,000

Lenovo has announced a lineup of new notebooks that all carry starting price tags well below $1,000.
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Apple may ship a Macbook Air wielding a Retina Display in second half of 2014

One of Apple's Taiwan-based component manufacturers claims that Apple will ship a Macbook Air with Retina Display during the second half of 2014.
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Gartner says the ‘traditional’ PC market will continue to shrink through 2015

This comes as a surprise to no one: new market research indicates that the PC market will keep shrinking through 2015.
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WD casts down the first Thunderbolt bus-powered portable dual hard drive

Western Digital has just released new external hard drives that employ Thunderbolt and pack a pair of disks that can be configured in RAID as well.
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Google cracks CAPTCHA with an algorithm that’s 99.8 percent accurate

Google has created an algorithm that can break through CAPTCHA with 99.8 percent accuracy.
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Microsoft’s new keyboard is aimed at the living room, and claims to survive liquid spills

Microsoft's new "All-in-One Media Keyboard" is meant for fulfilling living room duties.
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Lenovo will drop a new all in one desktop priced just under $1,300 this summer

With a $1279.99 starting price tag, Lenovo's upcoming A540 All-in-One desktop seems to target mid-high end users looking for a capable do-it-all PC.
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Windows 8.1 Update 1 delayed for businesses using Windows Server Update Services

Microsoft has temporarily made Windows 8.1 Update 1 unavailable via Windows Server Update Services because of a problem that could affect future updates.
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Microsoft is extending Windows XP support!…in China that is

Microsoft will team up with Lenovo and Tencent to give Chinese Windows XP users continued support for the OS.
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Microsoft details final Windows XP and Office 2003 security updates

Microsoft has released details regarding the final patches for Windows XP and Office 2003, which it will push to users on Tuesday, April 8.
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Maingear offers the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 with their PCs, but there’s a hiccup

Maingear PC has announced they'll now allow you to stuff AMD's Radeon R9 295X2 graphics card into their desktop PCs. However, there's a problem.
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Origin PC offers free bonuses for new system purchases with a tax day-themed promo

If you're picking up a new Origin PC rig in the next week or so, using the promo code here will net you some goodies.
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Apple releases second OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 beta developer build in the past week

Apple has released yet another build of the OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 beta to developers.
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(Forged) ticket to ride: Hacker claims he can fly for free using Passbook exploit

A Greek hacker claims he found a way to make free boarding passes for any flight departing from a European Union airport using an Apple Passbook exploit.
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Best Buy attempts to lure Windows XP refugees with a $100 trade-in credit

Starting Sunday, Best Buy will offer a $100 credit to customers trading in a PC that's running Windows XP.
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AOC’s new 24-inch 1080p monitor can be flipped into portrait mode

AOC has announced a new 24-inch 144 Hz gaming monitor that allows you to flip it to portrait mode.
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The Lenmar ChugPlug breathes extra life into your MacBook

The Lenmar ChugPlug portable battery for the Macbook Air and Pro works with Apple's MagSafe power adapter.
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Digital Storm’s new gaming laptops range from affordable to expensive

Digital Storm's new gaming laptops, from the 15-inch Javelin and Lance to the 17-inch Krypton and Behemoth, range from affordable to pricey.
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Apple updates Keynote, Numbers, and Pages for OS X and iOS

Apple updated Pages, Numbers and Keynote for both OS X and iOS.
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HP beats expectations and surpasses Lenovo, shipping 7 million notebooks in Q1 2014

If current trends continue throughout the rest of the year, HP may overtake Lenovo as the top shipper of notebook PCs for the entire year.
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Apple delays Mac Pro shipping window again, now ‘5-6 weeks’ away

Customers interested in picking up Apple's new Mac Pro will now have to wait "5-6 weeks" to get their hands on one of the cylindrical systems.
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Leak suggests Windows 8.1 with Bing is for ‘budget’ devices

Files found in an alleged Windows 8.1 ADK suggest the free version of Windows 8 will be used as the default OS for low-end devices.
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Microsoft pledges to stop reading customer emails

From this point on, Microsoft promises to defer to law enforcement agencies when pursuing matters pertaining to the theft of stolen company property.
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Apple releases a new build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 to developers

Apple wants developers to work on graphics drivers and audio with the new build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 beta, which they released to developers today.
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Chinese security experts partly blame the U.S. for last year’s surge in cyber attacks

Chinese cyber security experts believe the U.S. is partly responsible for an increase in cyber attacks last year.
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Google researchers say hacking attacks on journalists are likely state-backed

21 of the 25 largest news outlets in the world have been targeted for digital attacks by hackers working for or in support of governments.
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Chitika: OS X Mavericks adoption is currently at 40 percent in the U.S. and Canada

A big chunk of Mac users in the U.S. and Canada appears to have adopted OS X Mavericks, the latest version of Apple's desktop operating system.
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OWC announces a cheaper 128GB Mac Pro RAM kit compared to what others offer

If you need to stuff 128GB of RAM into a new Mac Pro, OWC appears to be the cheapest way to go.
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Plextor’s M6M mSATA SSDs offer big performance built for smaller devices

Plextor's new M6M line of mSATA SSDs will attempt to bring speedy data transfer rates while catering to slim computing gear.
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Puget Systems offers to give their Windows 8 systems a Windows 7-like look and feel

Puget Systems offers its customers the option to tweak Windows 8 and make it function and feel like its more popular cousin, Windows 7.
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Microsoft releases source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows

The source code for MS-DOS and an early version of Microsoft Word for Windows are now available to the public through the Computer History Museum.
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Ex-Microsoft employee arrested for leaking Windows 8, passing trade secrets

Former Microsoft software engineer Alex Kibkalo was arrested in Seattle on Wednesday, accused of leaking Windows 8 prior to its release.
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Intel’s Black Brook reference AIO desktop design looks familiar

Intel unveiled the "Black Brook," an all in one desktop PC that sports a built in battery, and looks awfully familiar.
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