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August 24, 2012
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New Kindles Coming? Amazon Event Set for September 6 Amazon has scheduled a press conference for September 6, suggesting that new Kindle e-readers and tablets are nearly here.
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Rivals Rush to Announce Products Before Apple's New iPhone Although Apple is not confirming anything, its competitors have scheduled events intended to steal some of the spotlight and drain the anticipation of the next-generation iPhone.
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Tech Bullies Behaving Badly Tech giants have thrown their weight around to get what they want for years. Here's a look at some of the big tech companies that have been caught indulging in boorish behavior.
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Android Phones Will Power NASA's New Fleet of Mini-Satellites Hoping to inject new life into low-cost space exploration, NASA's 'PhoneSat' program will launch a series of Google Nexus Onecontrolled mini-satellites into space later this year.
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Five Reasons to Try the New PCLinuxOS This user-friendly Linux distribution is packed with applications and offers broad device and driver support.
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South Korean Court Rules That Both Apple and Samsung Infringed Patents A court in South Korea ordered temporary injunction on sales of some Apple and Samsung devices, saying both were in violation.
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Wi-Fi Alliance Starts Certifying Tunnel Technology for Better Wireless Performance Tunneled Direct Link Setup can improve performance for applications such as media streaming.
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Google Changes 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Button Feeling Stellar? Hungry? Or still just lucky? Google's homepage now conducts searches with a range of emotions for a variety of results.
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The New Kindle Fire -- What It Needs to be a Hit The first Kindle Fire redefined what an inexpensive tablet could be. But with the rumored iPad Mini on the way, is being inexpensive good enough?
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T-Mobile Offers $100 Contract-Free Smartphone T-Mobile introduces a low-cost smartphone aimed at feature phone holdouts.
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Verizon Spectrum Deal Approved by FCC With Conditions UPDATE: The amount of wireless spectrum Verizon, T-Mobile, and other companies hold directly affects the speed, reach and strength of wireless service that can be offered to consumers.
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White House Offers 'We The People' Petition App Under Open Source License It is the first big code release by the White House development team, its director said.
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This Software Never Forgets a Face We take a faces-on first look at SensibleVisions FastAccess facial-recognition technology.
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Facebook's iPhone App is New, Improved; Android, Not So Much It's a reminder of how dismal the Facebook app has been on both platforms for the last few years, and how HTML5 just isn't good enough in its current state for mobile apps like Facebook.
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AT&T to Customers: Net Neutrality is Whatever We Say It Is Wireless giant says it can do whatever it pleases with preloaded apps, Net neutrality and ticked-off customers be damned.
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Offer New Unlimited Data Plans: Pros and Cons Competition is forcing some carriers to offer cheaper wireless plans. It's about time! But if you want to save some money, you've got to do your homework.
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How Dell and HP Can Avoid Being Dragged Down by PCs HP and Dell are falling behind in the PC market where others are thriving, but they can turn it around.
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Cybercriminals Take Advantage of Android Flash Player Gap on Google Play Fake Android Flash Player installers hide malware and adware, security researchers say.
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LulzSec Leader 'Sabu' Granted Six-month Sentencing Delay Hector Xavier Monsegur, whose sentencing is now set for Feb. 22, is still working with prosecutors.
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Wall Street Wonks Over-React to Questions on Zuckerberg's Leadership Replacing visionary leaders with professional CEOs isn't always a good idea.
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New Kindles Coming? Amazon Event Set for September 6 Amazon has scheduled a press conference for September 6, suggesting that new Kindle e-readers and tablets are nearly here.
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Rivals Rush to Announce Products Before Apple's New iPhone Although Apple is not confirming anything, its competitors have scheduled events intended to steal some of the spotlight and drain the anticipation of the next-generation iPhone.
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