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May 10, 2011
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Google Introduces Android 2.4: Meet Ice Cream Sandwich Ice Cream Sandwich looks delicious, but there are still a lot unanswered questions about Google's latest Android update.
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Rumor: PlayStation Network Gaming Back This Week The latest scuttlebutt has PSN game-related matchmaking returning to duty sometime this week.
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25 Ways IT Will Morph in the Next 25 Years Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible.
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Pop Your Internet 'Filter' Bubble Think you're on the Internet right now? Well, you're not. You're on your Internet. The exact version of the online world that you see is available only to you.
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Microsoft Buys Skype in $8.5 Billion Deal Microsoft buys VoIP service juggernaut Skype for $8.5 billion making Microsoft a big player overnight in Internet-based voice and video communications.
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Copyright Group to Sue 23,000 People this Week The US Copyright Group is targeting people who downloaded 'The Expendables' via BitTorrent.
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Microsoft, Skype Deal: A Consumer FAQ Here's a breakdown of what we know so far about the Skype deal and how it will impact fans of the VoIP service.
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Google Releases Android 3.1, First Major Update to Honeycomb Google's tablet-optimized OS gets a boost with improved widgets and task access, but details remain sparse.
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Fujitsu Begins Taking Orders for Tablet With New Intel Chip Fujitsu is now taking orders for its Stylistic Q550 Slate PC tablet, one of the earlier tablets to use Oak Trail, Intel's first dedicated tablet processor.
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Google I/O Mega-Conference Starts Tuesday: No Ticket? No Problem Although the developer action is in San Francisco, here's all you need to know to be clued-in on Google's announcements and workshops, wherever you are.
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Emergency Text Messages Coming to Cellphones AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless will roll out the service in New York and Washington, D.C., later this year, and nationwide next year.
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Music Beta by Google to Launch Without Licenses Music Beta will be free for US users who get an invite from Google, with priority given to those with the Verizon version of the Motorola Xoom tablet and to attendees of today's I/O conference.
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Invisible Touch Interface Creates Multitouch 'Force Field' Using infrared sensors like the ones on television remote controls, Texas A&M University students presented an inexpensive multitouch system at the Computer...
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Top 7 Ultrathin Windows Laptops: Alternatives to Apple's MacBook Air If you admire the Apple MacBook Air but want to stay in the Windows laptop universe, you have comparable ultrathin choices from Lenovo, LG, MSI, Samsung, Toshiba, and possibly Dell. Here's how they stack up.
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iPhone 3GS Outselling New Android Phones A retail check also shows the iPhone 4 is the top selling device on both AT&T and Verizon, and Apple's older gear is also outselling new Android phones on the market.
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BlackBerry PlayBook Apps: 8 Great Free Downloads Al Sacco recommends another batch of quality BlackBerry PlayBook apps. Access your favorite social networks, quickly take notes, draw sketches and build scrapbooks, kill time with simple games and much more with these free first-rate apps.
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Security Firm Hacks Chrome: Escapes Sandbox, Evades Anti-Exploit Measures French security company Vupen said today that it's figured out how to hack Google's Chrome by sidestepping not only the browser's built-in "sandbox" but also by evading Windows 7's integrated anti-exploit technologies.
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Microsoft Talks Skype's Future After $8.5B Buy Skype will be blended into lots of existing Microsoft products, but Microsoft stressed that it'll keep building Skype across other platforms.
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