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Many years ago, I spent a week visiting my brother in Alaska. At the time, he was working on a fishing boat out of Homer, and I spent several days on the boat enjoying the sights of Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Peninsula. The impression that struck me immediately...

Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows is now available for download from the Windows Store . Photoshop Express for Windows 8 comes with a variety of features to quickly edit your photos on your Windows PC or tablet. You can do the basic photo enhancements...

The popular digital magazine app Zinio arrived in the Windows Phone Store this week as an exclusive for Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 models. (Miss it? You can grab it here .) It’s a beautifully-designed app that should please any magazine junkie. But it gets...

This blog post was authored by Joao Lucas Guberman Raza, a program manager on the Windows Phone team. - Adam In this post we cover important information for Windows Phone 8 developers who use the XAudio2 APIs, including best practices for battery performance...

As I mentioned in a previous post , I’m a writer for Windows by day, and a musician by night. Musicians don’t always have the best health habits. Late nights, hanging out in smoky clubs, and getting paid in drink tickets have taken their toll on my health...

Today Dell announced some exciting new workstation PCs, the Dell Precision T1700 small form-factor workstation, the Dell Precision T1700 mini-tower workstation, and the Dell Precision R7610 rack-mounted workstation. The new Dell Precision T1700 mini-tower...

Your Windows Phone 8 app presents three potential sources of revenue: app sales, in-app advertisement, and in-app purchases . In a previous blog post I wrote about what you can sell in your Windows Phone 8 app by adding in-app purchase . You can: Sell...

Starting today, you can now place orders for the IdeaPad Yoga 11S Ultrabook from www.lenovo.com and pre-order from Best Buy . Various models of the Yoga 11S will be available in Best Buy stores starting on June 23. The estimated retail price for the Intel...

Here’s another classic Angry Birds title for your growing Windows Phone collection. As we previously hinted , Rovio’s Angry Birds Rio arrived this morning. The game works on both Windows Phone 7 and 8 devices. Price: $0.99. In the game, the original Angry...

Today, HP is announcing the HP Split x2. The Split x2 is a two-in-one detachable PC that can be used as a high-performance laptop or a tablet. The Split x2 comes with a powerful third-generation Intel Core processor and a 13.3 diagonal HD touchscreen...