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August 12, 2011
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Are Seven-Inch Tablets the New Sweet Spot for Tablet Buyers? Acer and HP are set to swell the ranks of 7-inch tablets with new offerings. Compact versions may be the next tablet battleground.
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Leaked Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS Photos: Droid Green Turns Blue? One of the leaked photos also purportedly shows a new launcher and a revamped notification bar for the new Google phone OS.
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Looted Smartphones Will Be Blocked by Networks The smartphone has become an ironic symbol of the London riots few manufacturers will want to dwell upon.
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Facebook Security Practices Questioned in Wake of Anonymous Threat Even as the shadowy hacker group Anonymous threatens to take on the mighty social-networking site Facebook, claiming the group will 'kill' Facebook on Nov. 5, some researchers are criticizing Facebook security, saying it could be better.
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Top 15 iPhone 5 and iPad 3 Concept Designs: Beauty Imagined Eager to see how Apple refreshes its phone and tablet? These designers offer a gallery of well-designed suggestions for the next generation of Apple's popular products.
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Google+ Games Launch Brings Angry Birds, Dragon Age, More Big Brother's Google's little social network that could has just gotten a boatload of games ready to carpet bomb your productivity.
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Apple's Real Worth: How Many Jobs It Creates Apple, Silicon Valley leaders are displacing traditional corporations in net worth, helping to keep good jobs in America
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The Epic Unpopularity of Windows Smartphones A smartphone platform you may never have heard of is more popular than Windows Phone 7.
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Google+'s In-Game Transaction Commission: 25 Percent Below Facebook's Google goes after Facebook in a big way--lowering developers commissions on in-game transactions to only 5 percent.
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LinkedIn Changes Social Ads in Response to Gripes When members voiced privacy concerns regarding a new advertising policy, LinkedIn answered quickly with clarifications and a new look for its social ads.
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Next Firefox Will Block Add-ons by Default Mozilla says Firefox 8 will automatically block browser add-ons from third parties unless approved by the user.
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Acer Ships 7-inch Tablet With Android 3.2 for $329 Acer on Friday started shipping a US$329 Iconia Tab A100 tablet, which the company says is the first tablet with a 7-inch screen to run Android 3.2.
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If the Riots Resume, Will the UK Try to Block Social Media? Scrambling to deter future violent rioting, the UK government is considering shutting down social networks such as Twitter and Facebook during civil disturbances.
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Report: Apple iPod, iPhone Event Scheduled for September 7 The latest rumor gives a specific date for Apple's next media event, supposedly to release its new line of iPods, and perhaps the iPhone 5.
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How Would the World be without the IBM PC? Analysis: Nine questions about an alternate reality in which Big Blue steered clear of little computers.
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Google adds Games to Google+ The popular Angry Birds along with Zombie Lane and Edgeworld are the first to become available on Google's social network site.
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July U.S. Retail Video Game Sales Lowest Since 2006 U.S. retail video game sales continue to decline, but digital sales appear to be more than compensating.
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Heello: Another Microblog to Join, then Abandon TwitPic cofounder designs another social network, with links to its competitors.
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China Stops Fake Apple Stores From Using Trademarks The Chinese city of Kunming has stopped 22 fake Apple stores from illegally using the company's iconic trademarks after Apple lodged a complaint.
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Remote Workers are Easy Targets for APTs Poor device security, inadequate training, and limited IT oversight issues abound
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