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September 1, 2010
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Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. the iPad: The Tablet Battle Begins Samsung's Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch Android slate, is set to debut this week -- and if Android's attack on the smartphone market is any indication, Apple may have a tough fight ahead.
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Why Apple Fanboys Are So Wrong about Flash For those of us living in reality, practicality and the freedom to use our phones the way we want is worth everything.
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Microsoft Revives Windows 7 Family Pack Discount Microsoft today said it will revive last year's multi-license Windows 7 Family Pack in early October for U.S. customers.
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How to Watch Apple's Streaming Music Event on Your PC Today's event promises to bring new iPods, an iTV update, and perhaps a new video streaming service, but you'll need a workaround to view it on a PC.
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How to Fall Flat on Your Facebook If you're going to use Facebook, don't be a Faceboob. It could cost you your job, your marriage, and your freedom.
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Apple's Music Event Rumor Roundup: iTV, New iPods and ? Online excitement continues to build around Apple's fall product launch event with rumors centering on a refreshed Apple TV and 99-cent television episode rentals.
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Amazon Lines Up Ducks for Streaming Service The online giant has approached entertainment companies about a service for streaming TV shows and movies, according to a Wall Street Journal report
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Intel Aims to Be a Powerhouse in Mobile Computing Intel wants to be a force in the mobile computing world -- a fact that it made clear when it announced plans to acquire chip maker Infineon and McAfee
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Has Digg Dug its Own Grave? Digg users revolt in creative ways against changes made to how the site works and new features.
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Scottish School Embraces the iPad The school is reportedly the first in the world where all lessons are now carried out using the popular device.
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Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Settles an Old Debate Disc-shaped directional pad, or traditional plus shape? Microsoft goes for both.
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Apple to Livestream Music Event - Death Knell for Livebloggers? Apple announced it will livestream Wednesday's music event. This is good for Apple, good for Apple fans, and good, maybe, for livebloggers.
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Apple to Add Wireless Printing in IOS 4.2 For businesses and IT, Apple's fixing some iPhone bugs this month, but the bigger iPad upgrade is due in November
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Sony Readers' New Touchscreens: Nice, but Necessary? As pleasant as the touchscreen may be, it's not going to be any better at turning pages than side-mounted buttons.
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 D-Pad Update: Something Old, Something New Microsoft's new Xbox 360 gamepad reaches into the past and pulls out something new and cleverly hybridized, albeit awfully pricey.
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Gmail Prioritization: More of This, Please Gmail's priority inbox uses algorithms to arrange e-mail by 'importance.' With any luck, algorithms will be able to ween out the junk from some other services as well.
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Video of Puppies Thrown into River Spark Outcry and Sleuthing Internet sleuths band together to track down a girl who threw six puppies into a river.
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Portable Hotspots are the Future of Mobile Broadband New portable Wi-Fi hotspots with unlimited data plans from Clearwire and Virgin Mobile change the game and challenge wireless providers to compete more aggressively or risk losing mobile broadband customers to these rivals.
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Why WebOS 2.0 Should Have Rivals Worried WebOS 2.0 has innovative features and it's coming soon--which combined with the marketing and distribution power of the HP brand is cause for rival mobile OS platforms to be concerned.
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Sony Debuts Snazzy New Touchscreen E-readers Trio of models rely on optical touch technology to make touch viable on an E-Ink screen.
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