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Will Skype Be Another Microsoft License Gotcha? Skype may be a beloved consumer product, but enterprises should beware of sneaky Skype charges, and will need to keep a close eye on Microsoft enterprise agreements to ensure they're not suddenly paying for a service they're not using.
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Sprint is Now the Only 'Unlimited' 4G Carrier T-Mobile has revamped its data plans to include a cap system, thus leaving Sprint as the only major U.S. wireless carrier to offer uncapped 4G mobile data plans.
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Ballmer: Windows 8 Is Coming in 2012 Microsoft's next version of the Windows operating system, dubbed Windows 8, will debut in 2012, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday.
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Modern Warfare 3 Will Be Ridiculous, Hit November 8 See if you can spot how many things don't go boom in Activision's apocalyptic debut trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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Amazon Tablet: Why its a Big Deal An Amazon tablet would be a major development in consumer tech from a content and pricing standpoint.
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Sony Admits Hackers Attacked Greek Unit Sony says the hack, which continues a string of embarrassing security leaks, affects 8,500 users of Sony BMG Greece. It means their usernames, passwords, e-mails and phone numbers are vulnerable.
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Foxconn Indicted on Stage "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" tells tales of Apple and of the Chinese workers behind its iGadgets.
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Twitter Gets TweetDeck for $40 Million Twitter and TweetDeck are yet to confirm the acquisition, so have yet to see what will happen to the popular third-party client.
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Etsy Hall of Shame: Crafts Gone Wrong Crafts or crap? An eclectic mix of Etsy handcrafts that failed.
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Foxconn Plant Explosion: What You Need to Know Some details are emerging about the fire, the casualties, and the workplace practices that may have contributed.
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Microsoft Promises 500 New Features In Windows Phone 7.5 Update Microsoft says the next Windows Phone 7 OS update will bring more than 500 new features to the handset
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Next IPhone to Be 'Smaller and Thinner', but No E-SIM The next iPhone will be smaller and thinner than its predecessor, though Apple has been persuaded not to use an e-SIM system, according to the head of European carrier Orange.
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All Foxconn Polishing Plants Closed Foxconn has closed down all of its workshops that polish the components it makes for inspection after a fatal blast on Friday.
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Android vs. IOS: Developers Face off Whether you choose either or both, the differences in the two platforms and app stores are pronounced.
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Dell XPS 15z Preview: A MacBook Pro Rival For Far Less Money Dell has announced the thinnest 15.6-inch Windows laptop ever, the XPS 15z. At less than an inch thick and 5.5 pounds, this laptop goes after the 15-inch MacBook Pro and costs $800 less.
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Barnes & Noble Reveals New Nook E-reader E Ink-only screen and competitive price highlight this new reader.
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Sony BMG Greece Hit by Hacker Hackers have broken into Sony systems in Greece, marking the fourth time in a month that systems run by the company have been compromised.
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Microsoft Backtracks from Ballmer's Windows 8 Comments Microsoft says it hasn't officially announced any 'timing or naming for the next version of Windows,' and that its CEO misspoke about Windows 8 gadgets coming out next year.
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Duke Nukem Forever Goes Gold They said it would never happen, and it nearly didn't--but after many, many long years of waiting, Duke Nukem Forever is finally finished.
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Will Skype Be Another Microsoft License Gotcha? Skype may be a beloved consumer product, but enterprises should beware of sneaky Skype charges, and will need to keep a close eye on Microsoft enterprise agreements to ensure they're not suddenly paying for a service they're not using.
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