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Apple's iPhone 4 Antenna-gate Gambit Pays Off

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July 20, 2010
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Apple's iPhone 4 Antenna-gate Gambit Pays Off With an offer of free cases on the table -- and a three-week wait for anyone who wants to buy an iPhone 4 -- Apple can safely move on.
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IPhone 4 Antennagate Won't Hurt Apple's Image, Say PR Experts Public relations experts give Apple a thumbs up when it comes to how it handled 'antennagate' and say the company's sparkling image has not been tarnished by the episode.
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Amazon Kindle Sales Defy IPad by Rising Each Month in Q2 Predictions for the Kindle's death at the hands of the iPad appear to have been premature as Amazon on Monday reported strong growth in sales of its popular...
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Microsoft Prices Kinect at $149.99, Announces New Xbox 360 Microsoft locks in pricing for its Kinect motion-control Xbox 360 add-on and announces a new budget-priced version of its slimline Xbox 360.
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Windows Phone 7 Technical Preview: Hot and Not Some hands-on time with a concept handset reveals the best and the so-so of Microsoft's newest phone operating system.
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The Case Against Call of Duty Subscriptions Activison shuts down conspiracy theorists by stating it has no plans to charge for Call of Duty multiplayer.
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Five Reasons Amazon E-Books Are Outselling Hardcovers A look at the advantages of e-books, as Amazon reports that Kindle sales are outpacing hardcover books.
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Dual-SIM Phones Gaining Popularity in India Dual mobile phones are hot in India; but some key vendors like Nokia do not as yet offer these products
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Intel Ships New Six-core Core I7 Chip, Cuts Chip Prices Intel announced a new six-core Core i7 processor, while also cutting the prices of some chips by up to 48 percent.
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Eset Discovers Second Variation of Stuxnet Worm Researchers at Eset have discovered a second variant of the Stuxnet worm that targets Siemens industrial machines using the latest Windows vulnerability.
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After Worm, Siemens Says Don't Change Passwords Siemens says that customers should not change hard-coded passwords in its WinCC SCADA software, targeted in a worm attack.
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Windows Shortcut Exploit: What You Need to Know Microsoft has provided workarounds for the icon display zero day, but the guidance also severely handicaps Windows functionality.
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