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July 4, 2012
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Apple Preps 7-inch iPad to Battle Nexus 7, Kindle Fire: Report Bloomberg news agency is reporting that Apple will challenge the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire with its own 7-inch tablet called unofficially an iPad Mini.
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Google's Nexus 7 and $199 Tablet Alternatives Google last week announced its Nexus 7 tablet for $199, but that isn't the only tablet available at that price. Amazon, Lenovo, Research In Motion, and Barnes & Noble also offer $199 tablets.
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The Pyro-Technology Behind Those Fireworks As U.S. residents crane their necks skyward this week during their local Fourth of July fireworks displays, they may not realize the degree to which increasingly sophisticated software technology is behind all of the booms, blasts and starbursts.
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US Court Refuses to Stay Injunction on Samsung Galaxy Nexus Smartphone A court in California denied Samsung on Tuesday a stay on a preliminary injunction against sales in the U.S. of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
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Google Shutting Down 5 More Services Google will be closing iGoogle, Google Video, Google Talk Chatback, Google Mini, and the Symbian Search App in the near future.
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Google, Samsung Working on Software Fix To Bypass Galaxy Nexus Sales Ban The Galaxy Nexus is the latest victim in the legal fight between Apple and Android manufacturers over patent infringements.
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Toshiba Fined $87 Million for LCD Price Fixing; Won't Pay a Penny A jury in San Francisco Tuesday decided to fine Toshiba $87 million for colluding with other vendors to keep LCD prices artificially high.
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Mageia: A Linux Distro on the Rise Having sprinted up the popularity charts, this distribution is worth a closer look.
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When Will Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Get to Your Smartphone? Despite Google's efforts to sped up the process, Android software update lags will continue in short term.
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6 Smartphone Fireworks Photo Tips You don't need a digital camera to take memorable photos of Fourth of July fireworks. Here are some tips and tricks to use with your smartphone to get better shots of those ribbons of light bursting in air.
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Windows Upgrade Pricing: How Low Will It Go? Microsoft will offer its cheapest upgrade pricing yet with Windows 8 -- but how cheap can the software maker go to keep up with Apple?
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French Tax Inspectors Search Microsoft Offices in Dawn Raid French tax authorities have visited the headquarters of Microsoft France to conduct an inspection, a spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday.
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Cost of Protecting U.S. Classified Data Doubles Over 10 Years The U.S. government -- minus key spy operations -- spent $11.36 billion to protect classified data in 2011.
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Virtualization Versus a Private Cloud Since the mid 2000s one of the prevailing trends in the IT world has been to move networks, data, operating systems and servers into an environment where they are not tied to a specific piece of hardware.
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Why Network Firewalls and Mainframes Are Still Security Favorites Network firewalls and mainframes are old technology, but despite calls over the years to do away with one or the other, they remain in widespread use.
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CERN Finds Evidence of Higgs Boson-Like Particle (What's Next, Star Trek Artificial Gravity?) The long sought after Higgs boson is thought to have been found by the Large Hadron Collider. Particle physicists around the world rejoice.
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3D Printer Uses Sugar to Create Blood Vessels University of Pennsylvania and MIT researchers make use of a special sugar mix along with a custom 3D printer to create blood vessels.
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Google to Discontinue Mini Search Appliance, IGoogle, Other Products Google will discontinue its Mini enterprise search appliance, as part of the latest batch of product closures the company announced on Tuesday.
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Verizon Playing Dangerous Game in Net Neutrality Battle Verizon cites its First Amendment right to free speech as grounds against the FCC net neutrality rules, but it may like the alternative to net neutrality even less.
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ArmA II DayZ Mod Has Me Rethinking Games Playing DayZ has really become like a frustrating love affair.
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