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July 28, 2010
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Can Ask.com's New Search Strategy Work? Ask.com hopes it's found the answer to increasing its market share -- and no, the plan doesn't involve a butler named Jeeves.
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Apple's Magic Trackpad: Mouse Killer or Pointless Device? Along with refreshing its desktop models, Apple has announced an intriguing new pointing device: the long-rumored Magic Trackpad.
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Panasonic Shows Prototype 3D Lens for Lumix Cameras Panasonic showed for the first time on Wednesday a prototype lens for its Lumix DSLR cameras that will give them the ability to capture 3D still images.
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Apple Releases Safari 5.01 The browser's new "extensions" are varied, numerous, and easy to add.
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Blackberry 6 and Bold 9800 May Debut Next Week Invitations to an Aug. 3 RIM event has Blackberry-watchers buzzing about an update.
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Apple Sued Over Overheating iPads Some people really want to be able to sunbathe and use their iPad--so much that they're willing to sue for it.
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Kindle Sells Out: 5 Reasons Amazon Shouldn't Celebrate A steep price cut has led to increased sales of Amazon's flagship e-reader. But the news isn't all rosy.
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Yahoo Japan: New, Improved and Now with Google Search Odd pairing aside, one thing seems certain: Yahoo as a brand itself seems to be slowly fading away, much like AOL has.
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Google Assembles Parts for Facebook Rival The search giant is eyeing Facebook's 500 million users and is assembling the components necessary to offer an alternative.
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Chrome Update Patches Security Flaws Several researches credited with reporting the flaws were awarded bonuses as part of Google's bug bounty program.
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Netflix on PS3: An In-Depth Look at Streaming App Update Netflix streaming on the PS3 got a stealthy update yesterday -- here are the results of one test drive.
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Apple's Refreshed iMacs Tout Newest Intel CPUs Apple dumps aging Core 2 Duo, drops Nvidia graphics from the line.
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What's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate Copies StarCraft II is live worldwide, so why haven't we see Blizzard's hugely anticipated real-time strategy PC game flooding the pirate market?
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Ask.com Reinvents Itself (Yet Again) No other site in memory has been so willing to dump its user interface and start over from scratch -- this time out, by mashing up classic search with an answer service.
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Alleged Mariposa Botnet Hacker Arrested in Slovenia Slovenian police will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the arrest of three men in connection the massive Mariposa botnet.
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OpenGL 4.1 Spec Promises Better 3D Graphics for More Devices The newest version of OpenGL will make it easier for software developers to write 3D apps and games that will work on several OSes.
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