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Siri Says Nokia Lumia 900, Not Apple iPhone, Is The Best Smartphone Ever

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Siri Says Nokia Lumia 900, Not Apple iPhone, Is The Best Smartphone Ever Does Apple's voice recognition service know who pays the bills?
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Facebook's Potential For Putting User Data to Work Off Network Stirs Debate Facebook's business model revolves around serving people highly relevant ads, so it should come as no surprise that the company said recently that at some point it could launch an advertising network to display ads outside of its platform.
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Open Source Cloud Project Backers Duking It out for Support The reality is that both OpenStack and CloudStack are both still so young neither side has more momentum than the other, says Luke Kanies, CEO of Puppet Labs.
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Why Your Wi-Fi is Slow (And How You Can Fix It) The first 801.11ac chipsets are coming soon, but 802.11n is likely to stick around for many years to come -- both in the business world and our homes.
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Six Key Features Coming in Mageia Linux 2.0 Choices will abound for users of this free OS, which is now available as a release candidate.
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Phony Flash Player Plants Malware on Android Phones The infected web page used to distribute the malware was discovered in a number of Russian domains.
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How Much Money is Facebook Making Off of You? Facebook is worth gazillions -- or it will be after its IPO. But you may be surprised by your value as a cash cow for the company.
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Windows 8 Upgrade Offer Might Not Be Free Microsoft may not give away free Windows 8 upgrades to customers who purchase new PCs in the months before the OS launches.
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Adobe: Pay Upgrade Price to Patch Critical Bugs Adobe has told users of its Creative Suite, which includes the company's premier products like Photoshop and Illustrator, to spend $375 to upgrade if they want patches for eight critical vulnerabilities.
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AT&T Reportedly in Talks to Buy Leap Wireless AT&T has recently been in talks to buy Leap Wireless, a carrier operating in 35 states with 6 million customers, according to Reuters.
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New Web Apps & Services for Businesses Technologies that simplify life for small business owners were on display this past week at Finovate Spring, a tradeshow that showcases all manner of finance-related innovations. Here are a few of the most promising.
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American Moms Love Facebook, Survey Shows If you're looking for a last-minute gift for Mother's Day, don't bother sending her a Facebook invite - chances are, she's probably already on it.
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Study: iOS Surpasses Android in Enterprise Usage Consumerization trends in the enterprise shifted dramatically in the first quarter of 2012, with mobile devices running Apple's iOS operating system showing more activity in the workplace than those running Google's Android, as well as end users migrating from Facebook and toward Twitter.
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Electric Motorcycle Hits 200 MPH; Breaks Record, Burns Rubber An electric motorcycle went from zero to 200 MPH in 7 seconds in drag test. Who says electric vehicles are underpowered?
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Computing Fossils: Old Tech Holds on for Dear Life Many obsolete technologies persist from less ancient times to today. A brief tour through these technological fossils offers a lesson on the durability of items we may consider ephemeral.
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This DIY Tesla Gun Must Be The Deadliest Weapon Ever What happens when you cross Tesla coils, a mad scientist and a dash of steampunk? A weapon you could only image in a video game, brought to life!
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Facebook Proposes More Changes to Privacy Policy Facebook said on Friday that it intends to make further changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government, but privacy...
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Robotic Espresso Machine Takes Your Order via Text Message No time to make coffee? Not in the mood to wait in line at Starbucks or Peets? The Textspesso may be the answer...
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Verizon to Offer 100G Links, Resilient Mesh on Optical Networks Looking ahead to growing demand for bandwidth to feed large companies and computing clouds, Verizon Communications announced steps on Friday to increase the...
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Researcher Runs IP Network Over Xylophones Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies...
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