Thursday 10 May 2012

Tablet Outlook 2012: What's Expected from Apple, Google, Microsoft

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May 10, 2012
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Tablet Outlook 2012: What's Expected from Apple, Google, Microsoft Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon expected to launch new models in coming months.
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Apple Patches Safari, Blocks Outdated Flash Player Apple on Wednesday patched four security vulnerabilities in Safari and blocked outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player from running in its browser.
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Google Revamps Google+ for iPhone: Android OS Gets Cold Shoulder iPhone users get first crack at Google's updated Google+ social networking app, while Android customers will have to wait weeks.
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Samsung's 55-Inch OLED TV Rolls Out in 2012; U.S. Launch Date Unknown The 55-inch Super OLED 3D TV will be available in Korea by the second half of 2012.
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Microsoft's Purported Windows RT Firefox Ban: A Quick Explainer Mozilla is complaining that Internet Explorer will be the only browser on Windows RT allowed to run in the traditional desktop environment. Here's what that means.
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Twitter Breached, 50K Accounts Posted to Internet Account information for 50K Twitter users were posted online, but most of the private account data is garbage, experts say.
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Facebook App Center to Offer Mobile App Promotion, Paid App Option Facebook's app store isn't really about selling apps. It's about promoting social apps that use a Facebook login, and promoting Facebook as a platform in general.
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Look, Ma! A PC with no Power Plug! HP has launched a new zero client that uses "one wire" technology to deliver power over Ethernet.
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4G iPhone 5 Will Be Immediate Hit, PCWorld Study Suggests Large numbers of people plan to buy or upgrade to the forthcoming 4G iPhone, many of them citing the new LTE wireless technology in the phone as a main reason.
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Behold! The Once and Future Most Inept Tech Company of All Time Which tech giant's name is synonymous with comic futility?
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Cricket to Shake Up Prepaid Phone Sector with 4G, High-End Smartphones Cricket says it has a big portfolio of 3G and 4G phones coming, as well as a growing LTE network.
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Lenovo to Add New Windows 8 Tablet-Laptop Hybrids to its ThinkPad Line The hybrid laptops will be similar to the convertible, flippable Leonovo IdeaPad Yoga.
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Google's 'Sources' Displays Search Results with More Info Upfront The Sources section provides details on movies, books, music and famous people. Links in the section lead a user to fresh Google searches.
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Facebook IPO: Is Zuckerberg's Hoodie a Sign of Immaturity? Mark Zuckerberg was criticized by some attendees at a New York event for showing up in jeans and a hoodie.
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Logitech Introduces Indoor Security Camera with Night Vision The companys Alert line of HD cameras can be viewed remotely from any PC or smartphone with Internet access.
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The Pirate Bay Supporters Hack Virgin Media Virgin Media suffered a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on its website at the hands of The Pirate Bay supporters yesterday.
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Is Apple's OS X Mountain Lion on Early-Release Track? Apple's European arm is reportedly training new staff to answer queries about Mountain Lion.
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CloudOn Adds Android, Google Drive Support for Its Virtual Office Service Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablet owners can now use CloudOn to create and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
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Kyoceras Hydro and Rise Android Smartphones: A Quick Look From CTIA 2012 The latest inexpensive Android phones from Kyocera dont have the most cutting-edge specs, but they do run Android 4.0.
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Samsung, Qualcomm Team to Advance Wireless Charging Industry players form technical alliance to develop a new standard.
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