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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: What You Need to Know Before Buying If you're in the market for a new tablet thats not the iPad, then the Note 10.1 might be the tablet for you.
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Sony Launches PRS-T2 Touchscreen E-Reader for $130 The device features new social features for Facebook and Evernote and comes with a voucher to get the e-book version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
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Google Boosts Bonuses for Chrome Bug Bounty Hunters Google yesterday boosted payments to researchers for reporting bugs in Chrome, saying the move was prompted by a decline in vulnerabilities submitted by outsiders.
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Pinterest Goes All-in With Mobile: Releases Android, iPad Apps Looking to get in on the booming mobile market, social network Pinterest has unveiled mobile apps for its pinboard service.
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Rumor: Apple TV to be Revamped with TV Set on Hold Apple seems to be working on a set-top box that can carry live TV and online content, not the full-fledged Siri device everyone was expecting.
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New NIST Encryption Guidelines May Force Federal Agencies to Replace Old Websites NIST's updated Transport Layer Security standard requires number of security changes.
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China's Homegrown Smartphone Firm, Xiaomi, Takes on Market With Low-price Strategy When Chinese company Xiaomi ended the Thursday unveiling for its second-generation smartphone, the audience, numbering in the hundreds, gave a standing ovation.
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AT&T Hit by DDoS Attack, Suffers DNS Outage Some AT&T customers are being affected by a failure in the carrier's DNS (Domain Name System) servers that began Wednesday morning.
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HP Spins Off 'Gram' as Independent Home for WebOS This new wholly owned company aims to create 'a technology that will unleash the freedom of the Web,' it says.
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