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Microsoft’s Price-Busting Gambit: Windows 8 Pro Will Be a $39.99 Upgrade

We may still be waiting for Windows 8, but it's already accomplished one thing: It's become the most surprising version of Windows ever. Even the pricing, it turns out, is a major departure from past editions.

The World’s Favorite Browser Is Internet Explorer. Or Chrome. Take Your Pick!

Sundar Pichai

Net Applications says that Internet Explorer retains a lead over all other browsers. Google appears to disagree.

Steve Jobs or Bill Gates: Who Will Be Remembered 50 Years from Now?

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Author Malcolm Gladwdell recently spoke at the Toronto Public Library and made some interesting observations about our entrepreneurial culture. The basis of his argument was that humanitarians like Bill Gates will be remembered 50 years from now and there will be statues of him all over the third world. On the other hand, people won’t even remember what Microsoft was and entrepreneurs likes Steve Jobs will have faded from memory.

Going Android: An Experiment

Android Jelly Bean

With the arrival of Jelly Bean, I’m putting aside my iPhone 4S and trying the Galaxy Nexus as my primary smartphone.

Twitter Sees New Record During Euro 2012 Final

Twitter says its users fired off more than 15,000 Tweets per second when Spain made its fourth goal in Sunday’s European Championship final, setting a new sports-related record on the social networking site.

China Court Orders Apple to Pay $60 Million to Settle iPad Name Dispute

Apple has paid $60 million to settle a dispute in China over ownership of the iPad name, a court announced Monday, removing a potential obstacle to sales of the popular tablet computer in the key Chinese market.

How to Fix RIM: A Twitter Symposium

A bunch of operating-system strategy suggestions for the ailing smartphone maker.

Jelly Bean Impressions: Android’s Most Important Update Yet

Jared Newman / TIME.com

Jelly Bean is arguably the most important new version in Android history. More than ever, Google understands what it has to do to make Android a top-notch phone and tablet operating system for ordinary consumers, not just tech-savvy users

Sweden to Colbert: Sorry, You Can’t Run Our Twitter Feed

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It was fun while it lasted. “Operation Artificial Swedener” appears to have been unsuccessful, meaning comedian Stephen Colbert won’t be getting his hands on the keys to Sweden’s national twitter account.

Hello, Nexus Q. Goodbye, Google TV?

Jared Newman / TIME.com

Though I wasn’t expecting big news for Google TV at the Google I/O developers conference this week, I didn’t think it’d be practically ignored.

RIM’s Most Excellent Decision: Delaying BlackBerry 10

Thorsten Heins

By postponing the release of its next operating system, the BlackBerry’s ailing maker is erring on the side of quality over expediency.