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The HP Officejet Pro X551dw doesn't scan, doesn't copy, doesn't fax, and obviously doesn't make coffee. It is, however, among the best single-use printers you could get in a small-to-medium-sized office environment. It is fast, it operates at a low cost, and although it doesn't do those aforementioned things, it does much more First things first: I...

Rumors about Windows Blue, the next iteration of Microsoft's flagship operating system, have been juiced up with the release of leaked screen shots and videos over the weekend The new system lets users personalize the screen from the side and swipe in from any edge. Windows Blue offers a variety of color choices for the screen background and inclu...

888 Holdings announced last week that it had become the first Internet gambling company to be awarded a license to operate in the U.S., possibly opening the door to further online betting opportunities in the States With its new license, granted by the Nevada Gaming Commission, 888 could launch an online gambling offering in the state.

Video game sales in general haven't exactly been sky high but soon gamers themselves might be, thanks to 2K Games' BioShock Infinite. This follow-up to the 2007 BioShock, which is set for release on Tuesday, has been greeted by reviews as high-flying as its city-in-the-sky setting ...

As initial public offerings go, Marin Software couldn't have asked for much better than its Friday debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Late Thursday, it priced its stock at US$14 per unit, higher than the anticipated range of $11-$13. Then it sold 7.5 million shares -- half a million more than originally expected -- raising about $105 million. I...

A cemetery in Shenyang, the capital of China's Liaoning Province, will become, for lack of a better term, interactive With mobile devices, people will be able to scan a quick response code on graves of people whose relatives have requested the feature. Scanning this code will allow visitors to learn about the person's life; they can also access a W...

Cybersecurity news had a distinctive international flavor last week In South Korea, a cyberattack from unknown sources disrupted portions of the nation's banking and broadcast industries....

CoreMotives is a marketing automation platform that operates completely within Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Acquired by Silverpop about a year ago, CoreMotives remains a separate offering from its parent's flagship Engage platform, which features its own Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration CoreMotives has been tweaking its feature set and steadily global...

We tend to be slow to see change. If a company is on top, like Apple was, it takes a lot for us to see itsfortunes have changed, as they clearly have post-Jobs. If a company is on the bottom, like BlackBerrywas, it may be even tougher to see it on the rebound. We simply don't like the change in our worldview, and this isn't just with regard to com...

BlackBerry and the Pentagon have denied a report that the U.S. Department of Defense has dropped BlackBerry 10 devices from its purchase list. However, the BlackBerry used to be the exclusive mobile device at the Pentagon, and defense officials are sticking with plans to include other commercial devices "Our work with the U.S. Department of Defense...

While there are several key barriers preventing widespread enterprise adoption of VoIP, more and morelarge companies are recognizing the usefulness of this technology. The enterpriseVoIP equipment market will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent between 2010and 2014, according to one study Meanwhile, more companies of all sizes ...

Julius Genachowski said Friday that he is stepping down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a post he has held since 2009. During his tenure, Genachowski faced a number of important issues, including media consolidation, cable and telecom industry competition and cooperation -- and, most notably, a sharp debate over broadband spectrum...

Zynga announced Thursday that it will be rolling out the full version of Zynga.com next week as part of the gaming company's ongoing process of decreasing its dependence on Facebook's social platform Currently, gamers looking to play Zynga offerings such as Farmville have to sign in with their Facebook login. Starting next week, though, users can s...

Times are changing for BlackBerry. ...

No, this isn't the Catholic Church's way of appealing to comic book fans On Thursday, the website of the Vatican communications office and Vatican Twitter account ran stories on Batman. While some initially suspected hacking, Vatican officials are instead saying that there was an "internal system failure" caused by a non-native English speaker -- a...

Shoe shoppers from Antigua to the United Kingdom, when visiting the Jildor Shoes website, can click a link for the "International Website" on the homepage and enter their country and currency. Immediately, the prices, shipping costs, duty fees and taxes for every pair of boots, pumps, and slippers on the site adjust automatically. From the sales p...

Salesforce.com this week rolled out the latest iteration of its Chatter app designed specifically for the mobile environment. The company launched the first mobile version last year.

Pie Control Pro,a mobile app from Coolace, is available for US$1.99 at Google Play....

SimCity, developed by Electronic Arts subsidiary Maxis, is available for the PC as a digital download or a physical disk for $59.99. The latest version of the long-running SimCity was a long time coming, and when it finally arrived, server issues kept many gamers from getting to the good stuff.

Microsoft on Thursday released its first transparency report, detailing what information was sought from the company last year by governments and law enforcement agencies around the world -- and what information Microsoft gave up to those authorities The 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report covers all the company's major online services -- Hotmail,...