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Google's Nexus 7 Costs $160 to Build, Says iSuppli

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July 12, 2012
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Google's Nexus 7 Costs $160 to Build, Says iSuppli Google's Nexus 7 might turn a small profit after all, according to a third-party estimate by IHS iSuppli.
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Google's $199 Nexus 7 Tablet Confined to Google's Store Google's Nexus 7 tablet can now be ordered on retail websites worldwide but, so far, the less expensive US$199 model remains exclusive to Google's Play online store.
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How Mobile Apps Are Changing Desktop Software First, they revolutionized smartphones. Now, app stores for Macs and Windows PCs are changing the way we work on laptops and desktops--for better and for worse.
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Tablets, Smartphones Still Hammering PC Market Tablets and smartphones -- and users' infatuation with them -- continue to pummel the PC market.
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Update: Yahoo Confirms 450k Voice Passwords Breached The hackers say they were able to obtain the credentials through an SQL injection, a common attack method that gave Sony so much trouble in 2011.
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New York City Finds New Use For Old Pay Phones: Wi-Fi Hotspots New York pay phone kiosks have been on the decline since Superman found he couldn't use them to change identities. Now there's a great 21st century use for them.
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Google Nexus 7 Has Hidden Magnetic Screen Sensor The sensor gives the tablet the ability to wake itself when a magnet is in the proximity of the bezel.
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Live-Streaming Service Aereo Wins Round Against TV Broadcasters Aereo streams live broadcast television programming to devices connected to the Internet for $12 a month.
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Amazon Smartphone: What We Know So Far The probability of a well-priced smartphone from the giant shopping site seems to increase with each passing day.
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Trying Out Valve's Movie Making Tools With the Source Filmmaker Valves new tools for creating your own videos from Source games are powerful, but too complex for casual users.
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Why Ultrabook Sales Have Flopped So Far Early models were expensive, with the best Ultrabooks priced well over $1,000, and the cheapest ones priced around $900.
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Intuit Announces Free Payroll App for Small Businesses Exclusive to PCWorld: Intuit's free Snap Payroll app for iOS devices calculates wages, tax withholdings, and net payroll.
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TechHive: DirecTV and Viacom Dispute Leaves Customers High and Dry Are you a DirecTV subscriber who is missing channels that you used to get? Here's what's happening.
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Comic-Con 2012: 8 Reasons You Wish You Were There Mark Hamill, Stan Lee and costumes, costumes and more costumes invade San Diego.
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Some Lion-Powered Macs Won't be Upgradable to Mountain Lion Mountain Lion's requirements are more stringent than its predecessor, Lion.
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Android-Powered Ouya Isn't Without Its Share of Problems What does this mean for backers?
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Sharp to Strip Name From Flagship LCD Factory as Foxconn Parent Moves in Japan's Sharp said Thursday it will remove its name from a key LCD factory, as part of the completion of a major cash infusion from Foxconn Electronics' parent...
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