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May 9, 2011
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6 Weeks Until the PlayStation Networks Back? Rumors of a weekend Sony hack attack turn out to be false, and Sony says its PlayStation Network may not be fully back until the end of May.
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Steve Jobs Ranked Third in Engineering Heroes List Steve Jobs has come out ahead of Nikola Tesla, Isaac Newton and Bill Gates in a list of Engineering Heroes.
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10 Major Apple iTunes Annoyances Apple's iTunes music management software is slow, irrational, and downright annoying--especially for Windows users. Let us count the ways.
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Samsung Infuse 4G: What You Need To Know The skinny smartphone goes on sale in the U.S. May 15.
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Apple iTunes Alternatives: Make Managing Your Music Easy We're tired of Apple's iTunes, and we won't use it anymore. Here are some of the music-management alternatives we like.
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Coming Soon: Yell At Your Phone To Charge It Researchers have figured out a way to turn energy from sound into electricity that may someday allow you to yell at your cellphone to charge it.
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Google Voice: Are You Missing Out on the Coolest Features? Google and Sprint didn't exactly cover themselves in glory last week. The much hyped integration of Google Voice and Sprint fell flat on its face.
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Windows Phone 7 Update Fills in (Some) Missing Features The "mango" update's long list of features includes fast app switching, multitasking for third-party apps, IE9 support, SkyDrive access, podcast downloads, and Twitter integration.
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Conde Nast Reportedly Plans iPad Magazine Subscriptions The New Yorker is expected to be the first in-app publication to be offered as more than a single issue sale.
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Apple Ousts Google as Top Tech Brand The house that Jobs built is so highly valued that it is worth more than Microsoft and Coca-Cola combined, according to the 2011 BrandZ Top 100.
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GrouponLive: Groupon and Live Nation to Offer Local Concert Deals Look for bargains for tickets to concerts and sports and theater events through the new Groupon and Live Nation Entertainment effort.
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Watch Out iPhone: Samsung's Galaxy S II is Hot Samsung is giving Apple's iPhone a run for its money with its white hot Galaxy S II
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HP Announces New Business Laptops with "Prosumer" Features; Refreshes Envy 14 and Others HP upgraded a number of its laptops, including the Envy 14; released new business laptops in its ProBook and EliteBook line; and instituted flexible 3G data plans.
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World's Servers Process 9.57ZB of Data a Year In 2024, the world's business servers will annually process the digital equivalent of a stack of books extending more than 4.37 light-years to Alpha Centauri.
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The Queen Reportedly Wants an iPad 2 The Queen is lusting after an iPad after seeing grandsons William and Harry using one of the Apple tablets, it has been reported.
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Scalper Blamed for iPad 2 Buyer Violence in China Buyer reports a scuffle resulted from people cutting into the long lines for the popular and scarce tablet.
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Watch Out for Adobe Phishing Scams Some tips to help identify malicious emails and avoid becoming a victim of a phishing scam claiming to be from Adobe.
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Chrome OS Will Likely Include Netflix Support An official Netflix plug-in for Google's operating system has been spotted in recent code reviews.
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Graphene Modulators Could Break Network Speed Limits Gigabit? That's nothing. University of California, Berkeley researchers develop graphene modulators that could increase networking speeds by up to 10 times.
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Nielsen Study: Tablets Replacing Laptops and eReaders Survey results from Nielsen show that users are abandoning desktops, laptops, ereaders, and portable music players in favor of their tablets.
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