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September 11, 2010
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Googles Big Tease on Tablets: Android or Chrome OS? Google and its hardware partners are sending mixed messages about Android's tablet talents.
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Facebook Now More Popular than Google A total of 9.9 percent of consumer's online time was spent on the site Facebook in August, surpassing time spent on Google which came in with 9.6 percent.
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2 New Snapdragon CPUs Due Next Year Qualcomm is expanding its Snapdragon line with faster, HD video-friendly versions of the processor commonly found in smartphones.
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Do the Recent Viruses Have Specific Targets? Two e-mail-delivered viruses -- "Here You Have" and "David Leadbetter's One Point Lesson" may have a particular mission.
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Android Goes from Underdog to Top Dog: Watch Out Apple The Android mobile OS is everything Google hoped it would be and everything Apple hoped it wouldn't.
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'Here You Have' Threat May Revive The initial malware is yanked, but the come-on continues -- possibly with a new, nasty variant.
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Is the End of the Internet Near? Analysis: As the Internet bogs down of its own success, designers turn to IPv6 to ensure continued access and smooth operations.
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8 Google Instant Tips Analysis: A revolution in Internet navigation or the next Clippy? Google Instant is fun to play with, so let's try to figure it out.
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Game Vendors Stand Against Video Game Ban Two entertainment industry organizations have filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing rules against "violent" video games.
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Chrome's and Firefox's Plans to Unseat IE Analysis: Google and Mozilla take separate paths in search of greater adoption of their open source browsers.
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Google: Dont Get Excited About Android TabletsYet Google needs to rework Android's interface so it takes advantage of the extra screen real estate on a tablet, just as Apple did with the iPad.
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Cisco: 'Here You Have' Worm Caused Brief Havoc Cisco says the 'Here you are' worm accounted for between 6 and 14 percent of all spam for a few hours Thursday.
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Linux Wi-Fi Gets Easier with New Broadcom Driver An open source driver will be included in Ubuntu 10.10, making wireless networking more effortless than ever.
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Five Ways Google TV Can Kill Apple TV Google could benefit both businesses and consumers after learning lessons from the disappointing Apple TV.
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Android Overtaking iPhone and BlackBerry With Plenty of Room To Grow Google's mobile OS is rapidly becoming the go-to smartphone for most users, but will need more upgrades to secure itself as the ultimate business phone platform.
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'Here You Have' Is a Windows Problem If everyone ran Linux instead of Windows, there would be no need for all those how to protect yourself headlines.
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17 Steps to Success With the iPod Touch Here's how to use some of the coolest new features, including FaceTime, Game Center, and HD Video.
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Hurd Heads to Oracle, Google Amps up Search Monday may have been the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., but lawyers for Hewlett-Packard and Oracle most likely toiled away on their day off. On Monday former...
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Excel PowerPivot Disrupts Business Intelligence Microsoft PowerPivot will equip an army of Excel users with business intelligence chops.
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Googles Big Tease on Tablets: Android or Chrome OS? Google and its hardware partners are sending mixed messages about Android's tablet talents.
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