Microsoft's Windows 8.1 operating system, a. k. a.  Windows Blue, will reportedly bring back the `Start' button.

According to a screenshot published by Windows Supersite's Paul Thurrott on Wednesday, the Start button will be positioned on the taskbar of the upcoming operating system.

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Google's Moto X smartphone will become available for purchase by October this year, Motorola chief executive Dennis Woodside said.

Speaking at All Thing D's D11 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on Wednesday, Woodside said that the company had plans to release several new handsets in the fall.

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Oslo, Norway-based browser maker Opera has announced the availability of a totally revamped version of its desktop browser for trial on Windows and Mac.

Built from the scratch, the all-new browser Opera Next 15 boasts a totally revamped design and a number of new features that promises a superior browsing experience.

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The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be the first smartphone to use Verizon Wireless' new spectrum band.

In order to further expand its capacity available on the high-speed cellular network, Verizon will equip its LTE network to use additional spectrum called Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) band in the coming months.

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Internet is awash with rumours that Apple Inc is preparing to unveil the next-generation iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S during its Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) next month.

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Luxury car maker BMW and Italian design house Pininfarina has took wraps off the outcome of their first collaboration - the Gran Lusso Coupe concept car.

BMW said the Gran Lusso Coupe, which is to be showcased at the prestigious Italian car show 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, offers the blend of the best each company has in style, dynamics & aesthetics.

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Smartphone apps help users save on average 88 minutes per day or 22 days per year, according to a fresh study sponsored by market research firm Harris Interactive and conducted by ClickSoftware.

The online survey study, based on the responses of 2,120 smartphone owners, also revealed that nearly 97 per cent of owners make use of at least one app on their handsets.

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The newest Kindle Fire HD tablet will be made available in 170 countries, including Australia, online retail giant Amazon has confirmed.

The confirmation came as pleasant news for Amazon fans in Australia as Australian consumers missed out on the previous versions of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.

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Google and Microsoft have finally put an end to their dispute over YouTube App for Windows Phone, and started writing a new one.

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Internet search giant Google Inc has reportedly plans to finance, develop and help operate wireless networks in several emerging networks ranging from Southeast Asia to sub-Saharan Africa.

According to a recent report published in the Wall Street Journal, Google hopes that its intended wireless networks could help connect as many as one billion people to the Internet in emerging countries.

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Enterprise cloud storage firm Box on Thursday announced its latest acquisition - Folders, an app for Cupertino-based tech giant Apple's iOS platform.

The acquisition of Folders app is being seen as a part of the cloud storage firm's efforts to further reinforce its mobile offering.

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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft Corp has introduced two new mice that boast a button dedicated to send users straight to the Windows 8 Start menu.

The two mice, viz. the Sculpt Mobile Mouse and the Sculpt Comfort Mouse, also boast the capability to enable users to return to the desktop without having to use the keyboard.

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Steve Wilhite, the inventor of popular Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), has insisted that his invention should be pronounced as `jif' and not `gif'.

In an interview with The New York Times, Wilhite stressed that he got frustrated by those people who pronounce the name of the widely used animated images file as `gif'.

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Internet search giant Google on Wednesday revamped its Drive for Android app, giving it a new look and adding some more features to make it easier for users to store and access their files on the move.

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Verizon Communications grabbed the top spot on the quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index report, while Time Warner Cable scored the lowest customer satisfaction score.

According to the industry-wide cable TV survey, released on Tuesday, Time Warner Cable suffered a decline of 5 per cent in customer satisfaction rating to 60 on a scale of 100 in the first quarter of 2013.

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Basho Technologies Co-Founder Antony Falco on Tuesday announced that he had raised $3 million for database API Orchestrate. io to build infrastructure and manage data in the cloud.

Falco said that Orchestrate. io aimed at solving the problems that developers face during the process of developing feature-rich apps.

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Hackers working for China's People's Liberation Army have resumed cyber-attacks on the United State's corporate as well as government agencies, private cyber security firm Mandiant Corp discovered.

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South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Monday announced that it would host a global competition to encourage developers to create apps for its Galaxy smartphones.

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Venture capital investor Tom Wheeler has announced that he would divest his stakes various companies, including Google Inc, AT&T Inc and Dish Network Corp, if he is confirmed as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Mr. Wheeler has been nominated for the top job at the FCC; and it is common for nominees to divest their stakes in certain companies to avoid conflicts of interest.

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Porsche has finally taken wraps off the prototype of its much-awaited plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder supercar, which according to the company's claims, will be very quick as well as energy efficient.

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