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Modern Warfare 3 Has Best 5-Day Sales in History of Known Universe Military-angled first-person shooter beats all other entertainment five-day sales records with mammoth revenue grab.
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Get Started With Google's New Music Store The Google music store, announced Wednesday, provides an good iTunes alternative to Android users and music fans alike.
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Nook Tablet's Superior Storage Has 1GB Gotcha Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet reportedly comes with a big gotcha: only 1GB of storage will be available for content that doesn't come from B&N.
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Google Music: 5 Things You Need to Know If you're thinking about getting started with Google Music here are a few things you should know about the new online music service.
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Google Music Comes Out of Beta: New Store, Player, and Social Integration Google is ready to take on Apple and Amazon with its own music store and cloud music service.
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Android Malware Has Surged 472 Percent Since July Research from Juniper Networks says attackers are continuing to become more sophisticated in the malware they write.
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Try OpenSUSE Linux 12.1 for Stability and Flexibility Four desktop environments are at users' disposal in the brand-new major release of this popular Linux distribution.
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Google Future Tech: 10 Coolest Google R&D Projects From space elevators, robots, to curing cancer: Google works to make future generations brighter, healthier, and more informed.
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Google Music Store: Strengths and Weaknesses in Catalog Google Music might be smaller than other stores and missing Warner Brothers artists, but features like the artist hubs and the social integration with Google+ make it compelling.
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E-Book Readers as Stocking Stuffers E-Ink e-readers may not give you a lot of browsing capability, but their price tags may make them more of an impulse buy than their sexier siblings.
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Seven Kindle Fire Apps for Getting Work Done Amazons new tablet is obviously no robust business tool. But basic productivity apps can help you review email and more in between reading the latest bestseller.
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AOL Revamps AIM with Facebook, Google Chat Apps AIM now features a seamless leap into video chat, and photo-sharing isn't relegated to URLs and text.
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Boxee Live TV: Another Way to Stick It to the (Cable) Man Boxee Live TV lets you import shows from local broadcast stations.
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New Apple Patent Hints at MacBook-Tablet Hybrid Apple receives a patent for a MacBook with a cellular antenna and a rotating display--showing planning for the next wave of mobile devices and the Intel Ultrabook invasion.
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4G Promises: Are Wireless Carriers Pulling a Fast One? Verizon LTE wins speed tests, but the download speed of your 4G phone, no matter what carrier, depends on wireless standards and location more than you think.
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E-Readers: Which One Is Best for Your Bookworm? Does your gift recipient have a special focus on the written word or a broader interest that extends to downloading movies and music? We have a range of e-reader options to consider.
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Microsoft's 'Secret' Social Network Not So Secret Any More Redmond seems to be cooking up a social network/search hybrid after all. Welcome to its Google+ killer, social -- er, socal -- no, Socl
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Why Law Enforcement Can't Stop Hackers The threat that criminal hackers pose to corporate and government information systems has spiked in the past five years, according to the FBI, and shows no signs of abating.
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22 Million Workers Used Social Networks to Land Their Current Job Social networks are no longer just for poking friends. They're also for job-hunting!
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Windows Phone 7 Sales Drop Precipitously Windows Phone 7 devices sold fewer phones in this quarter compared to a year ago, even as overall smartphone sales jumped 42 percent.
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Modern Warfare 3 Has Best 5-Day Sales in History of Known Universe Military-angled first-person shooter beats all other entertainment five-day sales records with mammoth revenue grab.
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Get Started With Google's New Music Store The Google music store, announced Wednesday, provides an good iTunes alternative to Android users and music fans alike.
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Kindle Fire: Up Close With Amazon's Media Tablet The Amazon Kindle Fire, one of the most anticipated tablets of the season, ships Tuesday. Here's a preview of some of its notable features.
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Nook Tablet: Hands-On With Barnes & Noble's Alternative to the Kindle Fire B&N's Nook Tablet has beefier specs than Amazon's Kindle Fire, but it also has its share of limitations as a tablet.
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