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Windows 8 Must Battle XP for Large Chunk of User Base

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Windows 8 Must Battle XP for Large Chunk of User Base
12:39:37 AM
While Windows 8 rolled out to great fanfare Thursday, it still has to fight fellow Microsoft operating system Windows XP for users. The 11-year-old program has nearly 30% "usage share" worldwide, reports web analytics firm StatCounter. Although...



Headphone Round Up: Our Top Picks [PICS]
Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:28 PM
Tinkering in his kitchen, electrical engineer Nathaniel Baldwin created the first set of headphones more than a century ago and sold them to the U.S. Navy. Since that time headphones have evolved from a military tool to a consumer product. By...



Hilarious 'Missed Connection' Seeks Woman Who 'Farted in the Bread Section'
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:59 PM
It's one of the more unconventional Missed Connections ads we've seen: Boy sees girl. Boy accuses girl of farting in grocery store. Girl storms off. Still, it seems there was a love connection -- for the boy, at least. Eloquently entitled, "You...



Oakley's Heads-Up Airwave Goggles Will Make You a Robo-Skier
Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:32 PM
Imagine hitting the slopes while your favorite song is wirelessly pumped into your eardrums, GPS technology tracks your friends, and speed and jump altitudes are projected into one corner of your field of vision. No, this isn't some futuristic...



Top Comments on Mashable This Week
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:57 PM
Apple's big product launch dominated the news and your opinions at Mashable this week. The iPad mini's Tuesday arrival came with a few surprises. in addition to the mini tablet, Apple also launched a new generation of the iPad, a 13-inch Retina...



Kids Learn to Draw Mickey With Disney's Creativity Studio
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:16 PM
Know a Disney fan or a wannabe artist? The Disney Creativity Studio app makes a great gift. Through the app, a real Disney artist teaches you how to draw Mickey and other beloved characters with step-by-step tutorials, using your iPad and a...



A Sneak Peek at This Year's Exciting Media Summit
Saturday, October 27, 2012 8:28 PM
With less than one week until the Mashable Media Summit, tickets are selling out fast. Now's your chance to purchase your ticket to learn about the hottest trends from the biggest leaders in media. The Mashable Media Summit is a one-day...



5 Apps to Digitize Your Business Cards
Saturday, October 27, 2012 7:44 PM
Granted, it might be easier to accept a physical, paper business card, but you still have to enter that person's email address and phone number into your contact book. Instead, import or share business cards with two or three taps to eliminate...



How To Get Hired In 30 Days Or Less
Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:58 PM
Sometimes it seems that a job search is a race against the clock: How soon can you get hired? Everyone's search is different, but no matter what your situation is, there are certain techniques that are guaranteed to push you in the right...



Google Maps Gets a Makeover [VIDEO]
Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:15 PM
Google Maps has gotten a fresh new look, adding some "visual improvements" to its design. The application now lets users get a clearer view of natural geography by showing terrain and color gradations to illustrate vegetation. It also includes...



Google's Nexus 4 Prototype Lost and Found in a Bar [PIC]
Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:39 PM
An employee of one of the world's biggest tech companies loses a hotly anticipated new smartphone in a bar, only for it to be found, photographed and posted on the Internet -- sound familiar? In a case of history repeating, the Google Nexus 4 --...



1,872-Pound Zombie Pumpkin Will Blow Your Gourd
Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:21 PM
Some pumpkin carvings are merely jack-o-lanterns. Others, like the zombie pumpkin created by master gourd sculptor Ray Villafane, are works of art. The photo above shows what happens when Villafane has three of biggest pumpkins grown in the...



6 Apps You Don't Want To Miss
Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:00 PM
It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated smartphone applications. This week a new word game caught...



Huge Alien Planet Rises from the Dead
Saturday, October 27, 2012 4:39 PM
An enormous alien planet that some astronomers thought was dead and buried has come back to life, a new study suggests. A new analysis of observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found that the bright nearby star Fomalhaut does indeed host...



Top 10 Tech This Week
Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:59 PM
This week in tech was dominated by two of the world's biggest tech giants, old foes Apple and Microsoft. The company from Cupertino, as expected, unveiled the highly anticipated iPad Mini. But it also launched revamped versions of the 13-inch...



 
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