Microsoft ships IE11 for Windows 7

Computerworld - Microsoft today released Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for Windows 7, and announced it would soon start pushing it to customers as an automatic update. Three weeks ago, Microsoft signaled that the debut of the final of IE11 was imminent when it shipped a blocking toolkit for enterprise IT departments who wanted to ban the browser from their desktops. "We will begin automatically updating Windows 7 customers to IE11 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE11 Developer and Release Previews,"...

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Speaking more than one language may delay dementia

Speaking more than one language "stimulates your brain all the time," researcher says. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Dementia developed an average of five years later in people who spoke more than one language The effect was seen even in illiterate people, meaning education was not the explanation It's unclear whether learning a second language late in life would help The latest evidence that speaking more than one language is a very good thing...

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Facebook 'likes': The thumb is gone

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The thumbs-up "Like" button on Facebook is no more Websites using the old button will be automatically updated Facebook says new design already giving more results (CNN) -- Pop quiz: What buttons are seen more than 22 billion times every day, embedded on 7.5 million websites? Answer: the Facebook Like and Share buttons, according to new numbers released by the social network. And now these most widespread...

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Apple to offer in-store iPhone repairs, says report

Apple Store employees will be able to replace the screen, camera, speakers, and other parts while you wait, says 9to5Mac. Apple may soon offer in-store repairs for the newest iPhones. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CBS Interactive) Break the touch screen on your iPhone and your local Apple Store may soon be able to replace just the screen rather than charge you for a whole new phone. Apple is prepping its stores to repair and replace parts for the...

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Twitter rises by 92% on first day.

SAN FRANCISCO — There's no other way to put it gracefully . Twitter's first day of trading so far has been a monster. Monster, as in mind-boggling — not scary, like Facebook's IPO flop 18 months ago. The 6-year-old micro-blogging service, fresh off a road show that drove up its stock price two times, stormed out of the IPO gates like a wild-eyed wolverine Thursday. The stock opened at $45.10 a share, after it was priced at $26 late Wednesday.Within minutes, it briefly touched $50. With an initial market valuation of about $35 billion, Twitter...

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