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For Google TV, a Sharp Turn Away From Apple TV

6 hours 55 min ago
Google TV may offer the polar opposite television experience when compared to Apple TV.



Google - AppleTv - Search - Apple - Search Engines

Why Android Is Stealing Share from iOS

7 hours 2 min ago
It's no accident that Android is emerging as the leading mobile operating system--or that Apple's contender is fading.



Apple - Android - Mobile operating system - Handhelds - Google

Report: HP Sues Mark Hurd

7 hours 7 min ago
Mark Hurd is being sued by HP.



Mark Hurd - Larry Ellison - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle - Oracle Corporation

Kindle 3 Teardown: What’s Inside Your E-book Reader?

7 hours 37 min ago
Ever wonder what’s inside your Kindle 3? The folks at EEVblog have completed dissected Amazon’s famous e-reader to reveal the guts of this portable device.



E-book - Amazon Kindle - Amazon - Readers - Amazon.com

Hurd's Job: Sell Oracle's Exadata Vision

7 hours 47 min ago
The ascendancy of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd to a co-president slot at Oracle could give the vendor's strategy of selling integrated systems a boost...



Mark Hurd - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle Corporation - Oracle - Larry Ellison

Symantec Updates Enterprise Vault, Ties to Microsoft Cloud Apps

8 hours 15 min ago
Symantec Tuesday unveiled updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 new tools for lawyers.



Microsoft - Enterprise Vault - Backup - Site Management - Storage

IPhone 4 Wi-Fi Proves a Challenge for University

8 hours 28 min ago
The iPhone 4 is the first to use 802.11n for Wi-Fi connectivity. But it runs only in the crowded 2.4GHz band.



IPhone - IEEE 802.11n-2009 - ISM band - Handhelds - Smartphones

Samsung Fascinate Completes Galaxy S Grand Slam

8 hours 37 min ago
Launching the Fascinate with Verizon this week completes Samsung's strategy of offering the same Galaxy S Android smartphone platform through all four major wireless carriers.



Android - Smartphone - Samsung Group - Verizon - Samsung

LG Announces Smartphones With Dual-core Processor

8 hours 57 min ago
LG on Tuesday announced new smartphones with dual-core processors.



Smartphone - processor - Hardware - Components - Multi-core processor

Send HTML E-mail From Your IPhone With MarkdownMail

9 hours 7 min ago
If you’ve ever wanted to spice up your iOS device’s e-mail messages with a little styled text, you’ve run up against one of the limitations of Apple's mobile...



Apple - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - App Store

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9 hours 7 min ago

HTML5 May Help Web Pages Talk, Listen

9 hours 17 min ago
The World Wide Consortium is investigating integrating speech capabilities into Web standard



HTML5 - World Wide Web - HTML - Data Formats - Google

ACLU, Other Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Border Laptop Searches

9 hours 27 min ago
The ACLU and other groups file a lawsuit challenging a U.S. policy allowing border agents to search electronic devices without suspecting wrongdoing.



American Civil Liberties Union - Federal government of the United States - Lawsuit - United States - Anwar al-Awlaki

Companies Combine for Self-service Private Cloud

9 hours 55 min ago
MomentumSI is leading a coalition of companies to offer private cloud services.



Cloud computing - Business - United States - Minnesota - Saint Cloud

Ping Attracts 1 Million Users in 48 Hours

10 hours 7 min ago
Apple announced last week that more than one million users signed up for Ping in the service's first 48 hours of availability. Ping, as apparently a million of...



Apple - iTunes - Social network - 48 Hours - Facebook

Know Your Touch Screens

10 hours 14 min ago
Ever since the iPhone, gadget makers of all kinds got busy replacing real buttons with virtual ones on touch screens, but touch alone isn't what the new generation is all about.



iPhone - Touchscreen - Smartphone - Handhelds - Apple

Nike Releases New Nike+ GPS App for Runners

10 hours 17 min ago
Nike has released Nike+ GPS, a new app for runners, in the App Store. As the name promises, this new app's main advantage is live GPS tracking while you run. It...



App Store - Global Positioning System - Nike - IPhone - Nike+

Nike Releases New Nike+ GPS App for Runners

10 hours 17 min ago
The app can track your route and upload it -- along with the rest of your run data -- to Nikeplus.com, Nike's Web service and community for gadget-enabled runners.



Global Positioning System - Nike+ - IPhone - Nikeplus.com - Web service

Samsung Fascinate Crashes Verizon's Droid Party

10 hours 33 min ago
The phone, which Verizon will start selling this week, is sort of a midway point between HTC's Droid Incredible and Motorola's Droid X.



Motorola - Droid - Verizon - Android - Smartphone

The Pros and Cons of Craigslist’s Shutdown of the Adult Services Section

10 hours 52 min ago
Opponents say the decision to close the section is a good idea, but others say the end of the Adult Services section is a blow to free speech, and is unlikely to stop illegal activity on Craigslist or anywhere else online.



Craigslist - Freedom of speech - Crime - Adult Services - Craig Newmark