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April 9, 2010
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Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 No Threat to Android Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 offers a host of new features, but it may not be enough to pose much threat to Android's ever-increasing growth within the mobile market.
Apple iPhone OS 4.0: New iPhone Features Show and Tell Coming soon to most but not all iPhones: Multitasking, folders for your apps, a games center, and iBook purchasing.
Apple iPhone OS 4.0 vs. the Competition: How Does it Compare? Will Apple's mobile OS take the lead again, or is it only pulling even (for now) with Android and other competitors?
Netflix Delays Universal and Fox New Releases, including Avatar The studios are cutting deals to protect on-demand and DVD purchases, and so Netflix customers must be patient.
Checkmate For Adobe Flash On iPhone 4.0? A new clause in Apple's developers contract makes it essentially impossible to develop with Flash for the iPhone.
iPhone OS 4.0: A Features Report Card OS 4.0 delivers many of the functions that have been on iPhone users' wish lists.
Crysis 2 Written by 'Altered Carbon' Author Richard Morgan Acclaimed British science fiction author writing the story for the sequel to 2007's bleeding-edge first-person shooter, Crysis.
AT&T Overhauls Image -- Is it Afraid of the Big Bad Verizon iPhone? Ads and PR won't save AT&T if Verizon starts offering Apple's hot-seller.
Does Apple's iPhone OS 'Game Center' Threaten Nintendo? Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 will add a social gaming hub, but Nintendo says the iPhone isn't a legitimate games platform.
South Park Takes a Stab at Facebook--Watch the Video South Park tackled Facebook, Chatroulette, and the quandaries of social networking in last night's episode.
iPhone Game Center: OS 4s Breakthrough Feature? Apple blazes new trails in mobile gaming with its Game Center revamp.
iPhone 4.0 SDK Reveals New iPhone Specs The next iPhone model may get a front-facing camera and a built-in camera flash.
Apple Bites the Hand That Feeds It with New App Rules Apple owes part of its success to Adobe, but new app rules illustrate bitter divide between the two.
Batten Down the Hatches for Microsoft and Adobe Patches Microsoft and Adobe are patching a combined 27 vulnerabilities next Tuesday--many rated Critical.
Microsoft To Release Fix For 25 Windows Bugs Next week will see Microsoft release a fix for 25 vulnerabilities within Windows, Office and Exchange.
A Chinese ISP Momentarily Hijacks the Internet A Chinese ISP leaked bad BGP routes on Thursday, temporarily hijacking about 10 percent of the Internet.
iPhone OS 4.0 Makes iPhone a Business Contender Apple adds key functionality in iPhone OS 4.0 that make iPhone a contender to knock RIM out.
Twitter Says Growth Surging Internationally Twitter said that 60 percent of user accounts come from outside the U.S.
FCC: 60 New Proceedings in '10 Related to Broadband Plan The FCC plans to launch more than 60 proceedings in 2010 in an effort to roll out its national broadband plan.
Wall Street Beat: IPad Spurs Technology Shares Forward Hype surrounding the launch of Apple's iPad has helped propel technology stocks this week, analysts say.
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