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August 31, 2012
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Samsung Galaxy Camera: Hands On Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Camera, introduced at this week's IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, takes clear, colorful images but is buggy and slow.
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Samsung's Loss Could Be Samsung's Gain The recent verdict in favor of Apple, in its long drawn legal battle with Samsung, has done for Samsung what a billion dollar marketing campaign couldn't have achieved.
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Twitter's Fake Followers: Influence For Sale From Lady Gaga to Obama, paid tweets and inflated followings game online reputations and call the whole system into question.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Hands On Analysis: The device's S Pen stylus is surpsisingly useful, with an update from Samsung
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Windows 8 Hybrids Prove the Need for Microsoft's Surface Did Microsoft design its own hybrid tablet only after being disappointed by its partners' unimaginative designs?
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Up Close With Sharp's Stunning IGZO Display Technology The new technology will enter production this year and easily surpasses Apple's retina displays.
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Tokyo Court: Samsung Didn't Violate Apple Patent in Japan UPDATE: The Tokyo District Court decided against Apple's suit against Samsung on a single patent concerning synching media devices
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Intel Chips to Support Wireless Charging by 2014 The chipmaker may offer an alternative technology to the Qi standard supported by the Wireless Power Consortium.
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Kindle Fire Sold Out in Less Than a Year The Kindle Fire has been snuffed out -- in a good way.
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iPad Mini's 'Guts' May Combine Old, New Technologies New devices detected by online clipping service may be iPad 2 in a smaller package with its graphics capabilities too limited to run Apple's eye-popping Retina display.
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Huawei Previews Emotion UI for Smartphones, Ships Tablets The new UI adds features to Android for better user customization, notably the design and functions of the handset's homepage.
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Forty Games Headed to the Windows 8 Xbox App It's not clear if all forty games will be available on Oct. 26 or if the games will be released throughout the fall and holiday season.
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Bing Can Now Search Through Facebook Photos Bing has a new feature that lets you search through your friends' Facebook photos.
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Next iPhone Screen Production Delayed By Sharp, Reports Say Factories may not be able to ramp up fast enough to meet the demand for a refreshed iPhone.
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8 Ways to Advance Your IT Career by Staying Relevant The only thing that's constant in IT is change and achieving career longevity means changing with it. Keeping up with industry trends, new tools and emerging technologies can seem like a full-time job. But it doesn't have to be.
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Tosy Robotics Shows off Drawing, Dancing Robot Vietnamese toy maker Tosy Robotics showed two robots at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.
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Analysis: New Windows RT Tablets Raise Competition Among ARM Chip Makers ARM-based chip makers are adding unique capabilities to processors so tablets become more attractive to buyers based on performance and features.
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Feds Probe Mobile App Privacy Safeguards Consumer advocates emphasize how little they know about how mobile firms operate as Commerce Department continues probe of apps amid broader online privacy inquiry.
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Deskphones to 'Disappear' Within Five Years, Say CIOs UK CIOs expect the deskphone to disappear from offices within five years, and the future use of tablets doesn't seem that secure either.
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Apple's Mountain Lion Clears 10% Bar: Now Powers 1 in 10 Macs Apple's OS X Mountain Lion now powers more than 10% of all Macs, and may be on the way to outdoing its predecessor, Lion, in adoption speed, an online advertising network said today.
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