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Ballmer Pushes Slates but Reveals Few Details
Microsoft's CEO told analysts that the company is aggressively pursuing slates, although he gave few details.
 
Microsoft - Apple - Steve Ballmer - Tablet PC - IPad
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On the Strengths of Linux, Android Will Win the Mobile Contest
The Android mobile operating system is bound to outshine Apple's iOS and dominate the smartphone arena.
Linux - Smartphone - Android - Mobile operating system - Apple
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AMD Overtakes Nvidia as Top Discrete Graphics Vendor
AMD overtook Nvidia during the second quarter to become the top discrete graphics card vendor, according to market research firm Mercury Research.
Nvidia - Video card - Advanced Micro Devices - Business - Market research
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Apple's iOS4 Issues Take Center Stage
With Apple putting out the "antennagate" fire, the pressure's on to make things right with iOS4.
Apple - IPhone - Macintosh - Apple II - Articles
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Madden 11 Super Bowl Winner Meets Virtual President Obama
This isn?t the first time a president's likeness has appeared in a video game -- but it is one of the more blatant.
Video game - President of the United States - Super Bowl - barackobama - Sports
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Mac Family Tree 6 Gains New Interface, Tools
Assembling your family tree has never been easier, thanks to genealogy software like Synium Software's Mac Family Tree. The latest update to the application...
Genealogy - Macintosh - Family tree - France - Synium Software's Mac Family Tree
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Kindle First Impressions: It?s All Good
Updated e-reader is delighting most technology pundits with its thinner design, brighter screen, built-in Wi-Fi and lower price.
Wi-Fi - Amazon Kindle - Wireless - Data Communications - Amazon.com
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Do the Math: 200,000-Plus Floppies Equals a Lot of Floppies
Some funny factoids show the dizzying rate of technological progress over the years.
Education - Recreation - Floppy disk - Apple - Random-access memory
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Skeptical Shopper: Hulu and Pandora--Worth the Upgrade?
Pandora and Hulu now offer premium subscription services that promise superior quality and more content.
Pandora Radio - Hulu - Business - Site Management - Content Management
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SAP Adding IGoogle-like Layer to Its Portal
SAP is planning to release an iGoogle-like add-on called 'Enterprise Workspaces' for its NetWeaver portal.
SAP NetWeaver - ERP - SAP - Consultants - IGoogle
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Magic Trackpad Gets Magic Teardown
The new Magic Trackpad from got the usual teardown treatment from the handy guys over at iFixit.
iFixit - Apple - Magic - MagicTrackpad - Performing Arts
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On Your Side: Download Refund Woes
Also: HP tech-support troubleshooting delays; power adapter recall.
Technical support - Companies - Product Support - Independent Tech Support - Web Based
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Blu-ray Disc Capacities Jump to 100GB
Sharp and TDK are soon launching new Blu-ray media that can store up to 100GB of data.
Blu-ray Disc - TDK - Arts - Movies - Home Video
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Mundie: Microsoft's Research Depth Enabled Kinect
Microsoft's Craig Mundie said the company initially thought the concept behind Kinect would be impossible.
Craig Mundie - Microsoft - Microsoft Corporation - Companies - Apple
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Secrets to Maximizing Your 15 Minutes on YouTube
YouTube extended the maximum video time to 15 minutes, providing smart businesses with an awesome platform for marketing and communications--15 minutes at a time.
YouTube - Video - Business - Marketing and Advertising - Marketing Support Services
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Nintendo: We'll Reveal 3DS Launch, Price Details in September
Nintendo says it'll put launch parameters and a price tag on its upcoming 3D handheld in September, suggests current pricing rumors have overshot the mark.
Nintendo - Handheld game console - Games - Video game - Nintendo DS
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Nintendo DS Sales Sink by Half, Intensify Quarterly Loss
Nintendo records a substantial quarterly revenue loss as sales of its Nintendo DS handheld plummet.
Nintendo - Nintendo DS - Video game - Games - Console Platforms
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Internet Gambling Bill Clears Committee
Gambling - United States - United States Congress - Games - Online gambling
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Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux
Keep these points in mind before you make the leap to Linux from Windows or another operating system.
Linux - Operating system - Articles - Microsoft - Support
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Macworld's IPhone 4 Cover a Self-portrait
Creating a Macworld magazine cover is a complicated process. We editors have to come up with topics worthy of the cover, of course. But then it's up to our...
IPhone - Macworld - Magazine - Handhelds - Smartphones
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Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles: Coming Soon
Similar in principle to induction-charging devices for phones, one company is developing a way to charge your electric car without the need to plug it in.
Inductive charging - Electric car - Electric vehicle - Energy - Technology
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SendStuffNow App Now Available for IPhone, IPad
Last week we covered SendStuffNow, a new file sharing service designed for small-to-medium businesses and professionals who need an easier way to share and...
Filesharing - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - Copyright
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Important Lessons to Learn from the Black Hat ATM Hack
The ATM hack demonstrated at Black Hat is impressive in a sensational way, but it also holds important lessons for computer security in general.
Black Hat - Automated teller machine - Computer security - Security - hack
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This Fall's Most Promising Camera Announcements
Need to know about the newest camera offerings from Fujifilm, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony? Keep track of all the fall camera announcements here.
Fujifilm - Photography - Camera - Sony - Shopping
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Microsoft to Push Harder for Cloud
Microsoft is shifting from pitching itself as a company that can offer companies a choice of software or hosted services, toward pushing the cloud.
Microsoft - Company - Companies - Microsoft Corporation - Business
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IBM Acquires Storage Compression Company
IBM bought a data compression technology company Storwize.
Data compression - IBM - Storwize - Hardware - Compression
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The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A
Security concerns over Facebook have been raised after a security consultant collected 171 million Facebook accounts from publicly available information. Here is what you need to know.
Facebook - Security - Consultants - General and Freelance - Privacy
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Why Business Should Embrace the $139 Kindle 2
E-readers like the Kindle 2 can cut costs and improve productivity, and at $139 it's time for businesses to take a closer look at moving to digital publications.
Amazon Kindle - Business - Kindle 2 - Wi-Fi - Kindle
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Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple?
Who does a better job of keeping bad guys out of their mobile software application library, Apple or Android Market?
Apple - Android Market - Android - Google - Handhelds
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Five Great IPad Apps for IPhone Photographers
The iPhone's camera is great for capturing the little moments of your daily life, but its small screen can feel cramped when you're editing or showing off...
iPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - Apps - Television
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Amazon's $139 Kindle: 6 Things to Love
There is lots to love about Amazon's new smaller, faster, cheaper graphite Kindle. Here are a half dozen reasons to like the device.
AmazonKindle - Amazon - Wi-Fi - eink - South America
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The IPod Plateau
It's been almost nine years since Apple introduced the first iPod, and in that time the device has progressively added the ability to manage different types of...
Apple - iPod - Shopping - Digital Portable Players - Consumer Electronics
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Rogue Android Apps Secretly Grab User Data
Security experts claim a wallpaper app for Android based phone can surreptitiously grab user data and send it to a third party.
Android - Handhelds - Security - Wallpaper - Desktop Customization
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Amazon's New Kindle Rachets up E-reader Price Battle
Amazon.com's announcement that it will launch a new version of its Kindle e-book reader in late August could further stoke a price battle between major players.
Amazon.com - Barnes & Noble - E-book - Nook - Apple
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Facebook Questions: Thumb Up or Down?
Facebook Questions taps the social networks ginormous users base for answers to your questions. Do you give it a "Like" thumb up or a thumb down?
Facebook - Social network - Question Answering - Online Communities - Facebook Questions
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Dell, HP to Resell Oracle's Operating Systems
Oracle has inked reseller agreements with Dell and HP for its Solaris, Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM products.
Solaris - Oracle - Hewlett-Packard - database - Dell
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Verizon: Data Breaches Often Caused by Configuration Errors
Hackers appear to be increasingly counting on configuration problems and programming errors rather than software vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability - Computer programming - Business - Data Warehousing - Databases
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Huawei-branded Mobile Phones to Sell in India Market
Huawei to sell branded phones in India; in addition to its business through operators
Mobile phone - Huawei - Business and Economy - Consumer Electronics - Telecommunication
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Nintendo Product News Coming in Sept., 3DS Details Likely
Nintendo will announce details of a new product on Sept. 29, it said Thursday. The tight-lipped company wouldn't provide any more details, but with its 3DS...
Nintendo - Nintendo DS - Video game - United States - Japan
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LG Says Android Tablet Due out in Q4
LG plans to launch its first tablet device in the fourth quarter, running Google's Android mobile software, it said Thursday.
Android - Tablet - Google - LG Group - Handhelds
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IBM Invests in Infrastructure Sensing and Analysis Tech
IBM will work with Carnegie Mellon University to develop systems to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other infrastructure
Carnegie Mellon University - IBM - United States - Education - Pennsylvania
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Nintendo Records a Loss as DS Sales Plummet
Nintendo reported a net loss for the April to June quarter as the strong Japanese yen and weak demand for its products impacted earnings.
Nintendo - Nintendo DS - Japanese yen - Video game - Games
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TSMC Sales, Profit Hit All-time Highs in Second Quarter
TSMC reported its highest quarterly net profit and sales ever in the second quarter, and predicted the third quarter will be even better.
TSMC - Net profit - Taiwan - Semiconductor - Asia
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Zynga Gets $150M From Japan's Softbank
Zynga, the online gaming company best known for its Farmville Facebook game, has received a US$150 million investment from Japanese Internet company Softbank.
Zynga - Japan - SoftBank - Asia - Facebook
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Sony Back to Profit on Bravia, Vaio, PS3 Strength
Sony returned to profitability in the second quarter helped by strong sales of key products and has raised its profit outlook for the full year.
Sony - VAIO - BRAVIA - Windows - Business
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Droid X Ad Pours Salt on Apple's iPhone 4 Wound
Ads in national papers take a jab at iPhone 4's antenna problems, promising there's "No Jacket Required" to make Droid X calls.
Apple - IPhone - Droid - Motorola - iPhone 4
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Amazon Unveils Sleek New Kindle
Third-generation e-reader?s lighter weight and better screen make it the most enticing Kindle yet.
Amazon Kindle - Business - Amazon.com - Amazon - Allegedly Unethical Firms
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First 3D Camcorder for Consumers Unveiled by Panasonic
Panasonic has unveiled its first two consumer camcorders capable of recording video in 3D. They look like regular video cameras and can record conventional 2D images, but by adding a lens adapter, they can capture in 3D.
Camcorder - Panasonic Corporation - Video camera - Video - Electronics
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iPhone-Like BlackBerry Can Inject New Life into RIM
The RIM BlackBerry 9800 will be a success even if it only does a marginal job of imitating smartphones like the iPhone 4 and Droid X.
Smartphone - BlackBerry - IPhone - Handhelds - Research In Motion
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Apple's Hardware Announcements
After Apple put the focus on Mac hardware Tuesday with updates to its Mac Pro and iMac lines, we follow suit on the Macworld Podcast with a 50-minute throw-down...
iMac - Apple - MacPro - Macintosh - Hardware
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