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Alexis Powers: More and more, my life is inside a computer

Hearing that Windows 8 arrived made me laugh because I'm still using Windows XP on my computer. The last computer I bought I paid extra to have XP installed. New technology drives me crazy.

Hackers hit computers at UA but do no harm

The University of Arizona is looking for ways to improve computer security after being targeted by a hacker group that claims to have breached dozens of university websites around the world.

100 days of science: Founder of MIS program at UA helped develop new border avatar

Jay Nunamaker

Computer store to open in Oro Valley

Fast Rhino is opening a new computer store in Oro Valley, after operating a mobile computer service in the area since 2004.

First 'Hackathon' in Tucson this weekend

Tucson-area software wizards will break out the energy drinks and come together for a 24-hour codefest starting Friday evening at the inaugural Startup Tucson Hackathon at Spoke6.

Net income of 'only' $8.8B reveals a worm in the Apple

Apple worker, left, demonstrates an iPad to customers in Palo Alto, Calif. Apple's third-quarter growth figures, released after markets closed Tuesday, failed to meet expectations, and its stock dropped more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.

Net income of 'only' $8.8B reveals a worm in the Apple

NEW YORK - More consumers are buying the least-expensive versions of Apple's iPhones and iPads, a new phenomenon that is causing the company's breakneck growth rate to slow.

Tablets unlikely to usurp netbooks

Q: A computer salesman told me that small netbook computers are going to go away, and will be replaced by tablet computers. I thought this wasn't good news for me because I travel and need a computer that's lighter than a laptop but can handle more standard PC software. However, the salesman…

IBM system cuts tech-management costs

Rodney Adkins, a senior vice president at IBM, with one of IBM's new PureSystems units at a company lab in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

IBM system cuts tech-management costs

IBM Corp. has rolled out a new category of "expert integrated" systems it calls a major step forward in simplifying corporate computing.

$1M makeover increases space, traffic to PCC downtown library

Taking advantage of the spacious, renovated downtown library at Pima Community College are (clockwise, from left) Diane Campos, Jessie Diaz and Ben Islas. "I like the new version better because I can wander around, look at books and hang out," says PCC student Alexis Bruce.