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Google Cake Doodle Marks 12th Birthday: A Look Back

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Google Cake Doodle Marks 12th Birthday: A Look Back Google celebrated its 12th birthday with a 'doodle' of a cake featured on its homepage. Here is a tour of past birthday doodles.
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Europe to Get Windows Phone 7 Oct. 21, Ahead of US, says Report Microsoft will reportedly launch its Windows Phone 7 overseas nearly three weeks before an official U.S. debut.
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Google Will Appeal French Libel Ruling on Search Suggestions Google plans to appeal a French libel judgment ordering it to stop making certain search suggestions through its Autocomplete service
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Apple Draws Media Love, Microsoft Withers Study finds Apple rules tech coverage, beating even Facebook while Microsoft gets the bone.
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MacBook Air Update Reported Apple is reportedly developing a new look for the lightweight laptop MacBook Air.
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Rumors of RIM's BlackPad to Steal Spotlight at DevCon No matter what Research in Motion announces this week at the BlackBerry developers conference rumors of the BlackPad tablet device will dominate the show buzz.
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Future Surgeon Prerequisite: Video Gaming Don't skip Anatomy 101 to play Halo or Call of Duty, but if you're thinking of a career in surgery, video gaming may actually rewire your brain for the better.
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How Widespread is Cyberstalking? The UK is conducting a study to determine the true extent of cyberstalking.
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Developers Favor Android Outlook Over iOS A survey of app developers finds that Android is quickly closing the gap as the platform that developers are pursuing, while widening its lead over iOS as the mobile platform considered to have the most potential for the future.
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Acer TimelineX Ultra-Portable is What a Laptop is Meant to Be The point of a laptop is to provide a portable computing experience, and the Acer TimelineX ultra-portable does just that--delivering performance and battery life in a compact, lightweight system.
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Security Concerns Hinder Adoption of Social Networking A new report from McAfee looks at the drivers behind the use of social networking and Web 2.0 technologies in business, and finds that security concerns are the primary reason that some organizations are reluctant to embrace them.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Can Control Your Home Samsungs upcoming tablet has been shown controlling not only a TV, but an oven, a washing machine, and more.
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Sharp Galapagos Android Devices to Enter Tablet Fray Sharp is launching two Android-based devices dubbed "Galapagos", and the strategy seems to be to fly under the iPad radar by declaring them e-readers rather than tablets.
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Twitter Contains Second Worm in a Week Twitter was hit with a second worm over the weekend but again quickly fixed the vulnerability.
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Acer Crams a Core i7 Into its New TimelineX Ultraportable Acer upgrades its TimelineX line and introduces a new 11.6-inch notebook with an i7 processor.
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EU Drops Two Apple IPhone Antitrust Investigations The European Commission has dropped two antitrust investigations concerning Apple's iPhone after the company reversed two policies.
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HP Offers Path From HP 9000 to New Hardware Hewlett-Packard has released new software to help customers move off of their aging HP 9000 servers and onto its newer Integrity systems.
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Mainstream Media Fixated on Apple Technology journalists stumble over each other to praise Apple, while Microsoft goes neglected
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Google Cake Doodle Marks 12th Birthday: A Look Back Google celebrated its 12th birthday with a 'doodle' of a cake featured on its homepage. Here is a tour of past birthday doodles.
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