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December 14, 2011
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Android Blog Buzz: Google Prepping Siri Killer Dubbed Majel The Android blogosphere is abuzz that Google might have a Siri killer called Majel out by year-end.
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15 Top Quotes of 2011 As another year draws to a close, we look back on the IT-related comments that stuck with us.
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Tech Stories of 2011: Jobs, Android, and Anonymous Rank in Top 10 Sony's PlayStation Network hack, Steve Jobs' passing, and the Stop Online Piracy Act were just three of the top tech stories of 2011.
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How to Deny DDoS Attacks Hackers use sophisticated tactics to overwhelm networks, both as tools of protests and as ruses to distract from serious crimes.
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Microsoft SkyDrive for iOS Takes on iCloud, Dropbox Microsofts SkyDrive has one major advantage over its rivals: it offers 25GB of free storage for your documents or media files.
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The Biggest Tech Fails and Flops of 2011 If you like train wrecks, 2011 was a fascinating year in personal technology.
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Nvidia: Gaming Systems to Reach 'Tens of Teraflops' by 2019 Graphics processor maker Nvidia expects gaming systems will reach a performance of "tens of teraflops" by the end of the decade.
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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is Rated Third-Worst Tech Company CEO Of the more than 50 CEOs of top technology companies, Steve Ballmer's rating was way down toward the bottom, at 35 percent.
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Nokia Exec: 'Kids Today Fed Up With iPhone, Confused by Android' Nokia thinks it can muscle its way into the smartphone market because the youth of today is fed up and overwhelmed with current choices.
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Skype Releases New Version of Its App for Android The latest edition of Skype's Android app lets you share video, photos and files with other Skype users.
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Sony Walkman Gets Access to Music Unlimited Library Users can choose between a premium membership costing $9.99 per month or a basic $3.99 per month membership.
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Microsoft Uses Android Malware Hysteria to Offer Free Windows Phones Microsoft will give away free Windows Phones to five Android users with the worst malware horror stories.
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Cheap Gift Alert: Kobo's Refurbished $50 E-Reader Sale The $50 deal is one of those while-supplies-last offers.
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NTSB Wants Gadget Makers' Help on Driver Cellphone Ban The National Transportation Safety Board hopes gadget makers will add features that encourage people to stop using portable electronic devices while driving.
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Better Protection Needed for Those Who Shop by Phone? A leading consumer group claims there is a wide gap of what kinds of protections carriers say they offer and what they really do.
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Zite's Personalized Magazine App Comes to the iPhone Zite is fundamentally different from Flipboard in that it uses your activity on Facebook or Twitter to help it begin to figure out what topics youre interested in.
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iOS 5 Edges Out Android in HTML5 Browser Test Ice Cream Sandwich supports embedded HTML5 audio and video, something the iPad and iPhone can't do, but it fell short in a head-to-head test of HTML5 features.
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Chrome 16 Fixes High, Medium-risk Vulnerabilities Google has released Chrome 16, a new stable version of its Web browser that addresses 15 high- and medium-risk vulnerabilities.
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SMS Fraud Is Not Unique to Android Google is pulling a number of fraudulent apps that dupe users out of money, but don't fall into the trap of thinking that fraud is just an Android thing.
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Gmail Calling Stays Free Through 2012 Desktop users will continue to be able to call any domestic number within the United States or Canada through the end of 2012.
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