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• Microsoft slashes value of Office 2016 upgrade offer

  03-10-2015 17:56
  
  Microsoft has reprised a free or discounted deal for customers who have recently bought an older edition of Office for either Windows or OS X.
  But the offer, which Microsoft announced yesterday, is less expansive than past upgrade deals, with a market value that ranges from 10% to 29% of earlier promotions.
  Customers who purchase a copy of Office 2013 (Windows) or Office 2011 (OS X) between Aug. 22 and Dec. 31 2015 will be eligible for a free one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal or a $4
  
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• SolarCity claims it has created the world's most powerful solar panel

  03-10-2015 17:55
  
  SolarCity today said it has manufactured the world's most efficient rooftop solar panel.
  The photovoltaic panels have an efficiency exceeding 22%, the company said, 7 percentage points higher than the average rooftop panel efficiency rating of roughly 15%.
  "The new SolarCity panel generates more power per square foot and harvests more energy over a year than any other rooftop panel in production and will be the highest volume solar panel manufactured in the Western Hemisphere," the company stat
  
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• Scottrade had no idea about data breach until the feds showed up

  03-10-2015 01:38
  When an organization gets hacked, ideally they'll realize it promptly and warn their users right away. Take crowdfunding site Patreon, which was hacked on Monday and has already informed the world about the problem. Scottrade, an investment brokerage company, is different, and not in a good way.The company announced Friday that it suffered a security breach over a period of several months from late 2013 to early 2014, affecting approximately 4.6 million customers. But in a statement, Scottr
  
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• Good-bye, Google as we know it. Hello, Alphabet

  03-10-2015 00:35
  
  This is the last day that Google is operating without a parent company.
  After the close of markets Friday, the company officially will become Alphabet and will trade as such on Monday. Google will become a business unit running under the Alphabet umbrella and will focus on core Internet-related businesses, including search, YouTube and Android.
  The company announced the official change on its investor relations page.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• 10 gloriously excessive, wildly exotic PC cooling setups

  03-10-2015 00:30
  The start of something gloriousImage by SWNS TVThere’s a common refrain in some corners of the PC enthusiast community: “May our frame rates be high and our temperatures low.” More than a mere utterance, it’s a simple, straightforward embrace of the very best that the PC has to offer. There’s a lot of power in those words—and some people truly take them to heart.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• 9 ways to be tech-ready for the next hurricane

  03-10-2015 00:00
  
  Hurricane preparednessImage by NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterWith Hurricane Joaquin stirring up high winds and rain off the East Coast, FEMA has released a set of guidelines that might help you if the storm system hits. This slideshow provides you with tech guidelines during the storm.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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