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Google/Verizon Tablet: My Quick Wish List

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May 12, 2010
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Google/Verizon Tablet: My Quick Wish List If this upcoming Android-based tablet is going to compete with the iPad, here are a few features it really needs.
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Cracked Version of Max Payne 2 Distributed on Steam? Did Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar inadvertently use a pirated version of Max Payne 2 to remove the game's CD check for the downloadable Steam version?
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Apple's iPhone 4G: What We Know So Far Now that we've seen another device claiming to be a leaked iPhone prototype, here's what we know about Apple's next handset.
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Dell Looking Into AMD's Fusion Chips Dell is considering the use of AMD's Fusion chip for laptops and desktops.
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Feel Like Luke Skywalker at Your Next Meeting Red laser pointers are so 2009.
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Firefox Aims to Make IE, Safari Browsing More Secure Mozilla has expanded a service that checks a browser's plugins to now scan Internet Explorer, Safari Opera and Chrome in addition to its own Firefox.
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Google: Skip Office 2010, Use Docs Instead Rather than uninstall Office, Google recommends that users simply migrate over to the cloud-oriented Docs, which makes Office 2007 and 2003 "better," the company claims.
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Mozilla CEO Lilly to Step Down Mozilla CEO John Lilly will leave the nonprofit company as soon as it can find his replacement.
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AMD Introduces New Laptop Chips to Close Gap With Intel AMD launches new Phenom II chips as it tries to bridge the power and performance gap with Intel.
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Intel Says Dual-core Atom Netbook Coming Intel said that dual-core Atom netbooks could come as early as next month.
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Verizon Shows LTE Running at 8.5M Bps Verizon posted a video on Tuesday that showed its Boston-area 4G LTE network running at 8.5M bps downstream.
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Apple: The iPhone Still Sells Better Internationally Apple responds to yesterday's study that showed Android phones are outselling iPhones in the U.S.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Released to Businesses Microsoft will launch Office 2010, the latest version of its Office productivity suite, to businesses this week.
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BSA Piracy Study: Quantifying Piracy Data Easier Than We Thought New study by the Business Software Alliance shows that perhaps one-to-one substitution rate is more accrate than the Government thought.
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Why I'm Not Worried About FlashPlayer for Android A poor demo has led to some withering comments about Flash for Android devices, but I've learned never to rely on demos alone.
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Sprint Offers Samsung Seek Phone for Social Networkers The Seek features a slide-out keyboard, native support for Facebook and comes in eco-friendly packaging.
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Bill Would Require FCC Report Before Reclassifying Broadband A U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to prevent the FCC from reclassifying broadband as a regulated service.
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Mozilla Plans November Release for Firefox 4 Company outlines plans, goals -- including a leaner interface -- for major upgrade.
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Did Apple Lose Another iPhone 4G Prototype? Pictures of what is alleged to be another prototype of the next-gen iPhone show a device that uses micro-SIM cards and features a screw-less design.
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Clouds Hang Over Microsoft Office, SharePoint 2010 Launch Microsoft takes on the cloud with the release of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Downloads: April 2010The reviewers and bloggers of PCWorld see a great deal of software every month. In April, their favorites ran the gamut from the useful to the delightful--and a few that fit both descriptions. From encryption to syncing, from printer utilities to desktop tidiers, from problem-solvers to puzzle games and even a Commodore 64 emulator...here are the month's favorites.
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