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Consumer Wrath Hits Netflix Hard

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Consumer Wrath Hits Netflix Hard Netflix has lost over one million subscribers since it restructured its pricing.
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YouTube Video that Captured Senior Moments Goes Viral A retirement community couple unknowingly records their attempts to use a new laptops webcam, and their video is the buzz of the social network stratosphere.
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Facebook to Let Users Update Twitter Accounts from its Site People with accounts on both Facebook and Twitter have long been able to update them simultaneously -- but from Twitter to Facebook only. Thats about to change.
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Why Windows 8 on ARM Matters How system-on-chip designs may change mobile computing.
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Are Mobile-Style Interfaces Leaving Desktop Power Users Behind? The increasing prevalence of tablet-like user interfaces may be opening up a growing niche for less graphically focused desktop operating systems like Arch Linux.
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PlayBook Software Update to Finally Add Native E-Mail RIM shipped just 200,000 PlayBooks in the second quarter, down from 500,000 last quarter, when it started selling the tablets.
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Researcher Uncovers More SCADA Zero-Day Flaws An Italian researcher offers details of a new batch of unpatched vulnerabilities in data acquisition products from seven vendors.
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Research: Study the Player, Not the Game Video games alone aren't behind any elevated aggression and other negative effects; individual personalities play a significant role, researchers say.
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Online Communities Carry Risks Researchers say participation in an online community influences a person's financial decision-making in a systematic way, leading them to riskier behavior.
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Value of Intel-Google Partnership on Smartphones Remains to Be Seen Intel promises a smartphone based on its Atom processor will hit the market in 2012, while Google plans to make future Android releases work on Intel's mobile chips.
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Get Street Fighter II And Final Fight On Your iPhone Are you an App Store aficionado with a penchant for old-school pugilism? Then today may be your lucky day.
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Windows Phone 7, Day 15: Xbox Live Gaming on WP7 A smartphone may not be the ideal gaming device, but it is the device I always carry with me so it is definitely the most convenient platform for gaming. How does Windows Phone 7 deliver for gaming?
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Intel Boosts Laptop Battery, Graphics With Ivy Bridge Chip and system-level improvements that Intel is making with the Ivy Bridge microarchitecture will result in laptops out next year with longer battery life and...
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Developers Get Access to First Google+ APIs Google has released the first public APIs for Google+ so that external developers can start working with the social networking site and planning applications for...
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Why Facebook Subscribe Button Makes My Facebook Page Obsolete The Facebook Page has served me well, but with the launch of Subscriptions on Facebook profiles there are easier ways to share information with the general public.
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Google+ Releases Initial Developer API; FarmVille Awaits You Google has finally released its API for developers, but it still has a little way to go before apps reach the same level as those on Facebook.
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Seven Ways to Celebrate Software Freedom Day Do you value freedom and openness in the technologies you use? Then today is the day to show it.
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26-Foot-Tall Rubik's Cube Is Even Harder to Solve Watch the massive Rubiks cube being built for the Pacific Science Center day-by-day in short time-lapses.
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Microsoft Cracks Live Migration Problem With the next release of Windows Server operating system, Microsoft has conquered one of the thorniest problems in virtualization: moving an operational virtual...
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Great Deals Give Laptop Sales a Boost Laptop sales increased toward the end of summer as shoppers looked for back-to-school bargains, according to NPD group.
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