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Thunderbolt's slow start and high prices may be due to Intel 'working closely' with select vendors

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Thunderbolt is a little more than a month from its two-year anniversary, and it's hard to say that the connector is anything more than an expensive, niche product. Things have picked up a bit, but there's clearly something holding back manufacturers. Intel may be the culprit: according to Ars...

Intel's certification requirements may be slowing things down

Bill Gates to speak on education in first made-for-TV TED Talk, airing on PBS in April

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With over one billion views worldwide, it's fair to say that TED Talks have proven to be a hit on the web. A progression to TV for the thoughtful keynotes seems only natural, and that's just what's going to happen in April when Bill Gates films the first TED Talk produced specifically for television. PBS will air the special — to be focused on education — on April 16th. Social activist and...

Facebook highlights Bing partnership as part of Graph Search

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Mark Zuckerberg took time out of this morning's presentation to highlight one Graph Search partner in particular: Microsoft Bing. According to the CEO, the company has teamed up with Bing "to show you world class search results for things that don't match your query." It's essentially to supplement Facebook's search results with information that it may not already have as part of its user profiles: weather, music results, and the like. Bing results show up as traditionally-formatted blue web links, standing out clearly from the rest of the Graph Search results.

"We don't think a lot of people will come to Facebook to do web searches," Zuckerberg said, "but if we can't find what you're looking for, it's good to have this." Facebook's Graph Search launches today in a limited beta.

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IDC: Worldwide PC shipments declining faster than projected

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Recently we've seen faltering notebook sales courtesy of NPD Group, and now the latest numbers from IDC show that worldwide PC shipments continue to fall. A grand total of 89.8 million PCs were shipped during the fourth quarter of 2012, down 6.4 percent compared to the same period in 2011. The numbers for the whole of 2012 were also down 3.2 percent, with PC manufacturers shifting 352.4 million units overall.

The falling numbers mark a grim milestone as well, with IDC saying that this is the...


Skype for Windows updated with Outlook integration

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Microsoft has started to integrate its voice and video calling service, Skype, into its Outlook desktop email client. A Skype 6.1 update for Windows now includes the ability to call any mobile or landline within Outlook. Microsoft has also built-in online status and contact information into Outlook contact cards alongside the ability to trigger instant messages from the mail client.

Alongside the Outlook integration, the Skype interface has...

Microsoft buys R2 Studios, appoints founder Blake Krikorian to Interactive Entertainment business

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Following up on reports from last week, Microsoft has confirmed that it has acquired R2 Studios, a startup that was working on home automation technologies. While no details of the deal have been revealed, Microsoft has made it clear that this purchase was made in part to bring R2 Studios founder Blake Krikorian into the company's fold. With the acquisition, Microsoft has announced that Krikorian will be placed as the corporate vice president...