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December 5, 2011
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Sneaky Mobile Ads Invade Android Phones Download the wrong app to your Android phone, and you may end up with ads on your home screen or notification bar. Well tell you whos behind the annoyance and how to get the ads off your phone.
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Apple to Samsung: Don't Make Thin or Rectangular Tablets or Smartphones In a court document, Apple offers suggestions as to how Samsung's electronics could look less like Apple's. The suggestions include "cluttered" and "square."
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Mozilla Declines to Say If It's Renewed Lucrative Google Deal Mozilla last week declined to say whether it has renewed its contract with Google, a major revenue stream that keeps its Firefox browser in business.
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Windows Tablets Get Quad-Core Chips Qualcomm has promised that its quad-core Snapdragon chips, designed to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8, will appear in tablets in the second half of 2012.
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2011's Hottest Holiday Tech Gifts Looking for the perfect gadget for everyone on your holiday list this year? Whether your budget is big or small and whether your recipients are old or young, here's a list.
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Minecraft Plus LEGO Equals Minecraft LEGO! You've built all kinds of stuff in Minecraft's blocky virtual territories, but what about in the real world?
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Tablet Priced Under $100 With Android 4.0 Surfaces A first-of-its-kind tablet with Google's Android 4.0 priced under $100 is now available in China, and will reach other countries soon.
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European Regulators Start Investigating Carrier IQ Organizations and regulators across Europe are looking into the use of Carrier IQ's tracking software as a possible violation of privacy law.
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Another Dell Streak Tablet Bites the Dust The Streak 7 has disappeared without explanation, leaving Amazon and others to supply budget tablets.
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Carrier IQ's Cell Phone Snooping 'Overstated' Another security researcher suggests the intent behind the data-collection is not only benign, but intended to help customers.
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Kindle Fire Users Report Wi-Fi Bug: 6 Possible Fixes Kindle Fire owners are complaining their Wi-Fi-dependent tablets are unable to connect to wireless networks.
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Book Advises How to Protect Your Reputation Online The Internet makes it easier than ever to besmirch the reputation of a person or business; here's what to do -- before and if it happens to you.
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Are Windows 8 Tablet and Chip-Makers Teaming to Copy Apple Magic? Pairing device-makers and chip-makers allows a narrower focus that can accelerate development and testing.
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Lookout Releases Free Carrier IQ Detection App The app sniffs out controversial software on Android smartphones, but doesn't delete it.
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Android in 2012: Whats Next Better graphics, better cameras, and maybe even a voice-command feature (like Siri in the latest Apple iOS iteration)--all could be on the horizon for Internet search leader Google.
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How the iPad 2 Became My Favorite Computer Analysis: A tale of moving to the iPad for nearly all daily activities because it has become the preferable tool in multiple respects.
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Amazon's Kindle Fire will Help Sell iPads, Analyst Says New tablet users get hooked by the sub-$200 Kindle Fire, and when they're hungry for more the iPad and its meatier specs and features will be waiting.
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WikiLeaks' Assange Can Take His Extradition Appeal to UK Supreme Court UPDATE: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can take his case to the U.K.'s Supreme Court in his continuing fight against extradition to Sweden.
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Microsoft Puts Siri-like Tech into Xbox 360 In Living Room Play Microsoft is rolling out an Xbox 360 system update that uses the Kinect sensor to turn your voice into a remote control.
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Details Leaked on Intel 'Ivy Bridge' Processors Intel product roadmaps have a tendency of getting "leaked". Details are emerging about the product roadmap for Intel's next generation "Ivy Bridge" processors.
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Sneaky Mobile Ads Invade Android Phones Download the wrong app to your Android phone, and you may end up with ads on your home screen or notification bar. Well tell you whos behind the annoyance and how to get the ads off your phone.
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Apple to Samsung: Don't Make Thin or Rectangular Tablets or Smartphones In a court document, Apple offers suggestions as to how Samsung's electronics could look less like Apple's. The suggestions include "cluttered" and "square."
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