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German Court Issues Injunction Against Apple Products A German court on Friday ruled that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany...
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WebOS Lives On! HP's Mobile OS Now Open Source HP breathes new life into the mobile platform that could by opening it up to developers and hardware manufacturers.
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New Tiny Circuit May Lead to Smaller, More Powerful Devices Researchers have developed one of the smallest electronic circuits, which could pave the way for smaller and more powerful mobile devices.
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Microsoft Ships Silverlight 5 Silverlight 5 includes hardware decode of H.264 media, which improves performance with the decoding of unprotected content using the GPU.
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When the iPad 3 Arrives, What Will Happen to the iPad 2? If recent rumors about Apple's imminent tablet plans are true, the third-generation iPad will arrive sometime between February and April 2012.
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Google's Schmidt Slams Carrier IQ Eric Schmidt raps spy app maker but says Google is powerless to stop it.
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Amazon Kindle Fire Criticized for Lack of Parental Controls The popular device doesn't enable parents to block access to pornography or adult content, or keep unattended kids from racking up charges.
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HP Open-Sources WebOS, Kicks Off a Bright Future Once access to this powerful Linux-based operating system is opened up to all, a world of new consumer choices will follow.
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Amazon Price Check Discount Has Competitors Crying Foul If you use Amazon's Price Check mobile app on Saturday to compare Amazon's price with that of a brick-and-mortar store, Amazon will give you a 5% break for your trouble.
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Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iPad A technology shift is under way. The PCs promise to transform how learning happens in the classroom is being realized by Apples iPad.
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How Microsoft is Entering the Healthcare Business With new partner GE, the software giant will develop and market an open, interoperable technology platform and clinical applications for health management.
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AMD Ultrathin Laptops to Take on Intel-Based Ultrabooks? There is speculation that some of the AMD ultrathin laptops may make an appearance at the January CES show in Las Vegas.
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Samsung's Apple-Bashing Ads vs. Reality Let's dissect these Samsung ads that bash Apple: are their claims real or fake?
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Offshoring Comes Under Bipartisan Attack in Congress Four U.S. lawmakers -- three Democrats and one Republican -- have teamed up to attack call center outsourcing by introducing a bill that would penalize any company that moves a call center overseas.
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Talk Turns to Running WebOS on Android Phones In a reversal of sorts, some people are keen to load webOS on their Android devices, now that Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to make the software open source.
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Manchester United Defeat Breaks Internet News Records Shock defeat even beats Royal Wedding.
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Twitter, Facebook, Google+: Which Business Page Is Best? With so many new social media pages and services rolling out, which service deserves the most effort? We look at the pros and cons of each for branding your company.
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Why an Open Source WebOS will Help Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 Tablets Analysis: It's not clear whether making WebOS open source will revive it, but the move won't hurt Windows Phone 7 or upcoming Windows 8 tablets -- and it may even help.
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Impact of Hard Drive Shortage to Linger Through 2013 Hard disk drive supply shortages in the wake of Thailand flooding will continue to affect consumers, computer system manufacturers and corporate IT shops into 2013.
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Starbucks Soars with Mobile Payment Program More than 26 million transactions are logged in the biggest US mobile payment app, now expanding globally.
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WebOS Lives On! HP's Mobile OS Now Open Source HP breathes new life into the mobile platform that could by opening it up to developers and hardware manufacturers.
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