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How Microsoft Surface Tablets Compare in a Crowded Market

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June 21, 2012
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How Microsoft Surface Tablets Compare in a Crowded Market Analysis: The ARM-based Surface for Windows RT may compete with other tablets, but the Surface for Windows Pro will more likely go up against Ultrabooks.
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Windows Phone 8's Great Start Screen: A Closer Look This is perhaps the best-looking Start Screen across all smartphone platforms.
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Samsung Galaxy S III, the Android Phone to Beat, Say Reviewers The powerful, large-screened Galaxy S III smartphone--available from all carriers--garners mostly rave reviews across the Internet.
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Next-Gen Bank Trojans Scoop Out Savings A type of Trojan tool automates money theft from compromised accounts in ways that are invisible to account holders, Trend Micro has discovered.
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Smartphone OS Showdown: Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM Gear Up for Battle Every major smartphone platform iis getting an overhaul with lots of new features, and, presumably, new hardware to go along with it starting in the fall.
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Windows Phone 8: What Windows Phone 7 Users Need to Know Windows Phone 7 users will be left out in the cold for most of the new features but Microsoft will release Windows Phone 7.8 to address some of the concerns.
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Google Project Aims to Document Endangered Languages Google will document approximately 3,500 languages that are at risk of disappearing in the next 100 years.
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Spotflux Guards Your Privacy for Free A new startup's free app anonymizes and encrypts your connection, and scans for malware, while you browse.
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Samsung's Galaxy S III Smartphone Becomes Available in the United States As expected, Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy S III became available on Thursday through multiple U.S. carriers, with prices starting at $199.99.
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Gigapixel Photography: Another Promise of Camera Revolution Duke University's Aware-2 camera uses 98 sensors of 14 megapixels each to stitch together images of extraordinary detail.
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Bromium Aims to Isolate Tasks Rather Than Walling off PCs A technology will secure computers not by blocking them off from suspect data and applications but by isolating anything untrusted from the core of the OS.
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Facebook Is Toast, Forrester CEO Says Apple and Google will dominate the emerging digital economy while Facebook is "toast," declares the chief of the analyst firm at its European forum.
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Get a Sneak Peek at Firefox's New 'Australis' Interface Softly rounded tabs will feature prominently in the browser's upcoming new look.
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Yahoo, Facebook Trying to Resolve Patent Dispute Yahoo and Facebook have accused each other of infringing on their respective patents.
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Swype Beta Adds Automatic Learning of New Words Swype remembers new words on its own, so you can concentrate on typing.
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Oracle Agrees to 'Zero' Damages in Google Lawsuit, Eyes Appeal The companies apparently want to conclude the case and move on to Oracle's appeal without any issues outstanding.
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Where Execs Go When They Walk Facebook's Bret Taylor is the latest high-profile exec to jump one tech ship for a new adventure. Where have they gone, and what happened?
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Browser Wars: Metrics Firms Battle Over Internet Explorer, Chrome The firms question how their rival measures usage, and which browser -- Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Google's Chrome -- is the planet's most popular.
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Verizon Adds 46 4G LTE Markets The carrier's 4G LTE service climbs to 304 markets with an additional launch this week.
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Amazon's Appstore for Android Soon Coming to Europe Amazon's Appstore will open this summer in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, and developers can now submit apps for distribution in those countries.
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How Microsoft Surface Tablets Compare in a Crowded Market Analysis: The ARM-based Surface for Windows RT may compete with other tablets, but the Surface for Windows Pro will more likely go up against Ultrabooks.
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