All Stories from October 27, 2012 (Change date)
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Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO BallmerOct 27, 2012 7:29 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can’t afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday, Microsoft will unveil a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows op...
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Holiday gadgets: Samsung launches Note II phoneOct 27, 2012 7:29 am - NEW YORK — Samsung Electronics Co. has been running ads touting its Galaxy S III phone as its “next big thing.” Now it has something bigger. The S III released a few mon...
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Best Buy offers exclusive Windows 8 deals, demosOct 27, 2012 7:04 am - NEW YORK — Confused by Windows 8? Best Buy hopes it can help. The consumer-electronics retailer is hoping to capitalize on the launch of Windows 8. It’s trying to lure c...
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How you can get, or avoid, Windows 8Oct 27, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — On Friday, Microsoft Corp. released a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to make desktop and laptop computers work more like tablets. I...
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Getting creative with candy cornOct 27, 2012 6:00 am - One of the most enduring of Halloween icons, candy corn is now more than 130 years old. Back in the early 1900s, when the little striped treat was one of a variety of fo...
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Rent the Runway taps its users as modelsOct 27, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A reality check is coming to Rent the Runway, the online company that allows consumers to borrow — for a fee — designer clothes and accessories. It has unveil...
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Weekend picks: Be amazed by acrobatic feats in 'LEO'Oct 27, 2012 6:00 am - Defying gravity The amazing acrobatic actor Tobias Wegner deftly moves among video projections and other stage technologies in Circle of Eleven's award-winning Edin...
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Shiny Toy Guns' 'III' is impeccableOct 27, 2012 6:00 am - Shiny Toy Guns, “III” (Five Seven Music) From its opening track, the runaway love jam “Somewhere to Hide,” to its closing number, the piano tune “Take Me Back to Wh...
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Skinny Minnie: Barneys gives Ms. Mouse a makeoverOct 27, 2012 5:53 am - NEW YORK — Did Minnie Mouse do a catwalk cleanse? For a brief moment in Barneys New York’s upcoming holiday window display, Minnie becomes a long, lean high-fashion mod...
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Going with the flow on the romantic Rhine RiverOct 27, 2012 5:47 am - AMSTERDAM — I’ve been a land-based traveler for most of my life. Motor coaches and cars have helped me explore everything from Italy’s Tuscany region to Ireland’s Rings ...