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Google I/O 2012 Keynote Overview: Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.1, Nexus Q Media Streamer, and Project Glass

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Google I/O 2012 Keynote Overview: Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.1, Nexus Q Media Streamer, and Project Glass At its 2012 Google I/O keynote, the company showed off its Nexus 7 tablet, the Jelly Bean mobile OS (Android 4.1) with Siri-like functions, the Nexus Q media streamer, as well as improvements to Google+.
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Google Nexus 7 Could Heavily Impact Tablet Wars Android still has a long way to go to best Apple's iPad. But the arrival of the Nexus 7--with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as its operating system--may shake up the tablet market.
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Nexus 7 Tablet vs. Kindle Fire vs. the Rest: Spec Smackdown (Chart) Lets look at how the specs of the Nexus 7 compare with the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0).
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Google I/O Android Sandbox: Coolest Sights and Gadgets From the Show Floor The Android Developer Sandbox is the place to be if you want to see the hottest Android-based projects. Here's what we liked.
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Google+ Updates: Tablet Optimization, Events, and History API A quick look at what's new with Google+.
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Live Update: Google I/O Keynote Day 2 In progress now: New, faster Google Chromebooks coming to Best Buy and other stores. Also: Google Drive for iOS arrives today.
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Nexus Q Living Room Battle: Google vs. Apple TV vs. the Rest (Chart) How does the Nexus Q compare against the current living room superstars such as Apple TV? Here is a feature rundown.
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Watch Video of Google I/O's Day 2 Keynote Live Here If you can't be there, here's the next best thing. Watch the keynote video from the Google I/O developer's conference here.
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Google Glass, Sergey Brin, and The Greatest Show on Earth Sergey Brin reminds us of Google's Project Glass with an over-the-top delivery.
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Hands On With Google Nexus 7 Tablet We found both plusses and minuses in our initial test drive of Google's lightweight, inexpensive tablet.
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New Asus PC Comes with Ubuntu Linux Preloaded This 11.6-inch netbook PC is also among the first to feature the new Intel Atom Cedar Trail dual-core CPU.
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Virgin Mobile Starts Selling Prepaid iPhones Prepaid plans range from $35 a month for 300 talk minutes and unlimited text and data to $55 a month for unlimited voice, text and data.
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Google Nexus 7 is Lightest of Leading 7-inch Tablets Google says its Nexus 7 is thin and light, and it is correct.
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Web Attackers Borrow Domain Generation Tricks From Botnet-type Malware Hackers have started to adopt domain-generation techniques normally used by botnet-type malware in order to prolong the life of Web-based attacks.
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Google Launches Nexus 7 Tablet Starting at $200 Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines.
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Survey: China to Replace Silicon Valley as Tech Innovation Hub China is seen as the next global technology innovation center replacing Silicon Valley, according to results of KPMG Global Technology Innovation Survey released on Wednesday.
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Bluestacks Brings Android Apps to Mac with its App Player Emulator There are 17 apps and games available for App Player on OS X, and most of them run without any issues.
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Google I/O 2012 Rewind: Nexus 7, Jelly Bean, Nexus Q and More It rained innovative tablets, phones, and media streamers as Google heaped announcement upon announcement on attendees at the search giant's developers conference Wednesday. Take a look at what Google showcased.
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Cybercriminals Build Massive Banking Fraud System in the Cloud Fraud was unique in the amount of automation used, made possible through the use of cloud computing, McAfee says.
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