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iOS Projects Leapfrog Android The number of projects being developed for iOS devices has jumped this year, while Android's share of the market has dropped, according to analysts.
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IE Wins Malware-Blocking Tests Lab testing finds Microsoft's Internet Explorer more effective at blocking malicious downloads than other browsers.
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Twitter Won't Fly as High if it Flubs Bing Social Search Deal There are too many powerful competitors on the social Web landscape for Twitter to be making enemies. If Bing bails on social search and Google decides not to come back, social search essentially ceases to exist.
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Computer Games: Better Than Sex? A study draws the conclusion that women would rather play video games than bedroom ones.
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Apple's Win Against HTC Threatens Android Analysis: It's not over, but Google faces a challenge. Android may be wildly popular, but it's also got a little cloud hovering over its head.
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Facebook Should Focus on Product, Not Hiding Google+ From its Users It appears that Google+ is a beast that Facebook can't ignore. But Facebook should focus on its own product, not the ads its users post about its rival.
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Google Quietly Pulls Flawed Travel Times from Maps Apparently dealing with traffic jams is tough even for Google, which is working on a "more accurate solution" for its guidance system.
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iPhone 5 Rumor Review July is half over and we've still seen no sign of the next-generation iPhone, but here's a roundup of the latest rumors and innuendo.
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Patents Hint of iOS 5 Voice Input Support New published patents give a glimpse of how rumored voice control system in iOS 5 could work.
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Is Android Losing Appeal With Developers? Developers are favoring iOS over Android because there are more iOS users, and those users download more apps, and are willing to pay more money for them.
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Robot Absorbs 'Civilization' Manual, Goes On To Win Games MIT develops a robot that can read--and understand--the Civilization game manual. Humans inch closer toward obsolescence.
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Apple iPad, Day 15: Working With Files on the iPad There are some things iOS and the iPad are awesome at, and there are some things they struggle with--like file management. If the iPad is going to replace my PC, though, I need a larger, longer term solution than the internal storage of the tablet itself.
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Apple-Samsung Spat Threatens iPad Chip Deal Taiwan's TSMC has started trial manufacturing of next generation A6 chips for Apple.
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iOS Projects Leapfrog Android The number of projects being developed for iOS devices has jumped this year, while Android's share of the market has dropped, according to analysts.
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Still Awesome After All These Years: Eight Excellent Free DownloadsWine gets better with age. Men get more distinguished-looking. And some programs are like perennials, returning each year with fresh blooms and stronger stems. Indeed, think of some of the world's best productivity tools and system utilities, and I'll wager that some were "planted" at least five years ago--decades in computer years. Take a look at eight of these blossoming apps, all of which are more awesome than ever, and all of which are, amazingly, free.
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