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Archives for December 2014


What is a “denial of service” attack, and what’s the point?


Hachamovitch, who for years ran the company’s Internet Explorer effort, says it’s time for something new.


Remember AtomFilms? Yeah, that guy.


Google is not among the companies directly backing Microsoft in its fight over foreign data privacy.


The move comes as Facebook revamps its own search offerings.


In the second of her two-part review of the Microsoft Band, Katie focuses on its fitness features.


The aim: To unify mobile and desktop operating systems and improve UI.


The new infotainment system adds better touch interface and support for Apple’s Siri.


It’s the latest move by the big mobile companies to acquire their own services for crash analytics and beta testing.


Why does Greater Boston keep losing its consumer tech startups? And does it really matter?


Greater Boston’s engineers laid the foundations for modern computing, but lost the business wars to the West Coast. Here’s the real story, according to those who were there.


Greater Boston’s engineers laid the foundations for modern computing, but lost the business wars to the west coast. Here’s the real story, according to those who were there.


Greater Boston doesn’t always get to take a bow, but its engineers built much of the modern tech world -- and its scientists are saving lives.


In this first half of the review, Windows Phone’s digital Tiles inhabit a rectangular wristband that works on its own or syncs to a phone.


The move ends a two-year partnership that started off promisingly but didn’t deliver.