The Nook HD and HD+ may not be fully ‘open’ Android tablets, but they’re now much more open [Read more]
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Barnes & Noble adds Google Play store to its tablets
Barnes & Noble adds Google Play store to its tablets
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Budweiser’s intimate, dangerous way to make Facebook friends
The brewing company’s Brazilian arm creates cups, which, if you clink them together to say cheers, turn both parties into Facebook friends. Oh, how difficult. [Read more]
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Windows 8, take 2? Let’s see Start button, boot to desktop
Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year. [Read more]
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Download BitTorrent Files from Your Browser with BitTorrent Surf Beta
Yo ho yo ho, a pirate’s life for me. And for you! And for everyone! Because downloading BitTorrent files just got a lot easier. BitTorrent is finally pushing its torrenting browser plug-in, BitTorrent Surf, to beta for you to try. That means you don’t have to deal with pesky desktop clients, your browser (Chrome or Firefox) effectively becomes the only BitTorrent client you need. More »
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Five Best Small Form Factor PC Cases
If you’re building an HTPC, a small workstation, or you just don’t want your rig to take up tons of space under or on top of your desk, you need a smaller PC case. Something that fits the important stuff, but doesn’t waste a lot of space on expansion bays or components you may not need. This week we’re going to take a look at five of the best for the job. More »
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Five Best Small Form Factor PC Cases
How Facebook Uses Your Data to Target Ads, Even Offline
If you feel like Facebook has more ads than usual, you aren’t imagining it: Facebook’s been inundating us with more and more ads lately, and using your information—both online and offline —to do it. Here’s how it works, and how you can opt out. More »
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MLPostFactor Installs Mountain Lion on Older Macs
Mac: When Mountain Lion was released last summer it dropped support for older generation Macs from 2006-2008. There were workaround to get it to work, but they were far from user-friendly. MLPostFactor is a utility that makes the process of getting Mountain Lion installed on an older Mac a bit simpler. More »
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MLPostFactor Installs Mountain Lion on Older Macs
BillCutterz Calls Your Providers and Saves You Money On Bills So You Don’t Have To
One of the easiest ways to save money on your monthly bills is to make a few phone calls to your providers. With a little bit of work, you can usually cut down your bills quite a bit. If you don’t have the time to wait on hold yourself, BillCutterz is a service that does the leg work for you for a small fee. More »
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Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up feds’ surveillance
Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple’s encrypted chat service are “impossible to intercept,” even with a warrant. [Read more]
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How to Bring Back Facebook’s “Most Recent” View in the New News Feed
Facebook’s News Feed is a great way to get just the highlights from your social networks, but it never shows you everything—just the stuff it thinks is important. If you want to avoid that and see everything your friends post, you can enable a comprehensive, chronological view with the new News Feed design. More »
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