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November 4, 2015

How age-progression software helps find missing kids

If you happen to be driving in St. Joseph, Minn., this weekend, look up at the billboards to see a picture of Jacob Wetterling. An image created last year shows how Wetterling, who went missing 25 years ago at age 11, might look today at age 36.

November 4, 2015

Microsoft expected to unveil Windows 8 updates at San Francisco conference

Microsoft is following through on a promise to update its Windows 8 operating system on a regular basis to respond to consumers' complaints and other feedback.

November 4, 2015

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1, a year in the making, to address Windows 8 gripes

Microsoft released its long-awaited Windows 8.1 upgrade as a free download Thursday. It addresses some of the gripes people have had with Windows 8, the dramatically different operating system t...

November 4, 2015

No battery required for this wireless device

Sending texts after a phone’s battery dies sounds impossible, right? Soon it might not, thanks to a new technology that not only uses TV and Wi-Fi signals for device communication, it taps those signals as a power source. No batteries required.

November 4, 2015

Device puffs virtual objects into reality, lets you feel phantom objects floating in air

A new device aims to put a more tangible virtual experience in the driver’s seat.

November 4, 2015

Desert Bus: the worst video game of all time

Driving from Tucson, Ariz., to Las Vegas takes about eight hours and is exactly as boring as you’d imagine -- and Desert Bus, an unreleased 1995 video game by entertainers Penn Jillette and Teller, celebrates that trip in all its horrid glory.

November 4, 2015

The spy next door: private surveillance has never been easier

It's not just the government that can spy on you.

November 4, 2015

Microsoft Office now available for iPhone, not iPad

Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system.

November 4, 2015

5 signs that your computer is infected

It's like the common cold. You'd think someone would have cured both by now. Unfortunately, it looks like computer viruses are just getting stronger and smarter.

November 4, 2015

For Pandora users, the party's over: Company to limit free mobile listening

Feeling the sting from rising royalty costs, Pandora has decided to limit the amount of time listeners can stream tracks before paying the piper.