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August 26, 2010
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Google Brings Voice to Gmail With Free Calls Google begins pushing Google Voice harder to users by integrating it with Gmail - the company's popular Web-based e-mail service.
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Google Voice Chat Not Ready for Business--Or Is It? Google's low-cost Internet calling service may prove to be a serious money-saver for businesses.
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Apple's Rumored iTV: Is It Time To Dump Your Cable Provider Yet? With so much television content now available online, and hardware like the rumored iTV, should you just watch all your TV content online? Let's take a look.
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Hands On: Netflix App for iPhone Looks Good Movie streaming service is finally available on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and though it's not perfect, it's off to a good start.
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Google Voice and Gmail Mix to Make U.S. Calls Free Google has turned its e-mail service into a fully Web-based Voice-over-IP system that lets you talk to people with landlines and cell phones all over the world.
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Dear Apple: Forget Social, Fix iTunes Hi Apple, I'm so glad I've got your attention. Here are some suggestions for what to announce at your Sept. 1 press event.
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Gmail and Google Voice Integration: Three Missing Ingredients Google has the right idea fusing Gmail and Google Voice, but it's going to need to do more to do battle with Skype.
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Attack of the Flash Cookie Zombies Adobe Flash cookies are at the heart of three federal lawsuits that allege they violate your privacy and help advertisers track you across the Web.
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Attorneys General Want Craigslist 'Adult Services' Shut Down Seventeen attorneys general want Craigslist to remove its "adult services" section, because it allegedly facilitates prostitution.
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Next-Gen Internet Explorer 9 Browser Spotted? ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley believes she stumbled on a cache of info on Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 Web browser at a Russian Web site.
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Angry Birds, The Upcoming PSP Game That Might Be a Movie Popular iPhone physics game makes the jump to Sony's handheld gaming system this fall, possibly en route to a cinema-plex near you.
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How Facebook Places Could Make for Award Moments The social implications of Facebook Places could be unnerving if you forget to disable the feature when you want to fly under the radar. We can hear the excuses now.
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Kindle and iPad E-readers Spark Revolution Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad have together raised the visibility of e-book readers and created a market for them where none existed before.
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Will Bing's Back-End Make Yahoo Better? Microsoft's Bing search technology is now delivering search results when you search the Web via Yahoo.com. Is Yahoo now better or worse?
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The E-Reader Price Wars Heat Up E-reader prices are tumbling, but is it enough for stand-alone e-book devices to stay alive?
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Dragon Age Origins to Conclude "Dramatically" in Witch Hunt Final downloadable expansion for BioWare's dark fantasy roleplaying game arrives in September for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
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Apple Confirms Sept. 1 Media-Centric Event Apple is holding a special event September 1 to announce something - what that something is however is anyone's guess.
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Why Amazon Won't Release Kindle Sales Figures Amazon says its newest Kindle is selling like crazy, but isn't providing any sales figures to back up the claim.
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EFF: Apple Patent Is 'Traitorware' When a new device is activated on the sly and used against you, that's a step beyond spyware. In fact, it inspired the EFF to coin a new term, "traitorware."
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Cost-Effective Calling with Gmail Voice Feature The new Gmail Voice Calling feature from Google provides businesses with a tool for streamlined communication and more cost-effective calling directly from the PC.
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