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August 27, 2010
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Froyo Update: Droid Gets Flash, Incredible May Be Next The Froyo is a-flowin' once again this week, with new updates on the way to Verizon's Motorola Droid and a possible push in the works for the Droid Incredible, too.
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Gmail Users Make One Million Calls in 24 Hours Google's integration of Google Voice and Gmail appears to be a day one success as Gmail users make a million calls in the first 24 hours of its launch.
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Dell Matches HP's $27 Offer, Is Accepted by 3PAR UPDATE: After intense bidding, 3PAR accepts Dell's raised offer to acquire the storage technology firm.
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The Anti-Facebook Arrives September 15: Will You Switch? Diaspora is scheduled to emerge, offering a social network with stronger privacy controls than you-know-what.
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Firefox 4: The Browser to Beat Analysis: Its top-notch tab-handling feature and excellent browser productivity-enhancers will push Firefox to the forefront.
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Google's Realtime Search Update Does What Twitter Won't Google's Realtime Search combs Twitter and Facebook for public status updates and allows you to hunt down the freshest closest tweets and posts available.
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Apple's September Event: What's on the Chopping Block? At next week's product launch, Apple may retire some venerable and updated products. Here are our candidates.
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Droid Incredible Now has Froyo Analysis: Verizon is now telling customers that upgrades are beginning, and new Droid Incredible devices will come with Android 2.2 upon activation.
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FTC Closes Fake iTunes Reviews Case -- Will it Make a Difference? The case against Reverb is settled -- but user reviews are likely to still be sometimes suspicious.
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Windows Phone 7 to Get Half a Billion Dollar Marketing Blitz Microsoft will spend a reported half a billion dollars to market its fledgling smartphone, the Windows Phone 7. How does this compare to previous Microsoft product launches?
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Case Designs Show New Square iPod Nano Without ClickWheel Case designs unearthed by the Website iLounge suggest that Apple could be getting ready to launch a square-shaped iPod Nano with no clickwheel.
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The Next Wave of E-Readers: Flood of New Models Coming Soon Still can't decide on what e-reader model to buy? Making up your mind is about to get harder as a five new models will hit store shelves soon.
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Apple iPod Classic: Gone in a Flash (Maybe) Retiring the iPod Classic makes sense only if another device can take the high-capacity throne with flash storage.
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Blocked: Sony Temporarily Halts PS Jailbreak Sales An Australian court hands Sony a minor victory in its active attempts to thwart sales of a new USB dongle that allows users to play homebrew as well as pirated games on the PS3.
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6 Free Browser-Based Casual Games You Shouldn't Miss A recent casual games contest challenged designers to create something "SANDBOX." We review the fascinating runner-ups and the ultimate contest winner.
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The Fate of the iPod Classic: A Modest Proposal Is the seminal iPod Classic doomed to be replaced by an Apple "iPod Megatouch" next week?
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Dell Aero Highlights Android's Flaws Dell's new Aero shows yet again that the fragmented Android platform is broken and the carriers still rule idiotically.
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Apple's iTV: Netflix's Friend or Foe? Netflix and Apple's iTV: an odd couple, that just might work.
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Cool Apple iPad/iPhone Apps for a Hot August Keep cool during the hot days of August with apps scheduled to be released this month for the iPhone and iPad.
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Putting Google Realtime to Real-World Use Google Realtime can be a valuable business tool to know what customers are thinking, provide more proactive support, and manage the company reputation.
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Froyo Update: Droid Gets Flash, Incredible May Be Next The Froyo is a-flowin' once again this week, with new updates on the way to Verizon's Motorola Droid and a possible push in the works for the Droid Incredible, too.
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