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Asus wins patent battle with IBM

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday July 15, 2009

Taiwan 1 US 0The US International Trade Commission has rejected an IBM request to review a decision that denied the company's attempts to block the import of hardware made by Asustek on patent infringement grounds.

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Microsoft delivers 9 patches, but leaves one hole open

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 14, 2009

Microsoft today delivered six security updates that patched nine vulnerabilities. The patches fix two bugs now being used by hackers but leave one still open to exploit.

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Dell halts alarming sales drop

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 14, 2009

Slow return to sales normality.After recent declines, demand for Dell products is ‘stabilising', the company has said.

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Microsoft Reveals Windows Azure Pricing, SLA Details

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 14, 2009

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Microsoft gave partners a glimpse of the business model and service level agreement for its Windows Azure cloud development platform.

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Microsoft Azure goes online: priced to compete with Amazon EC2

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday July 14, 2009

Microsoft has announced pricing of Azure, its cloud computing service, which be made available in Europe, Singapore and the US from November.

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Microsoft is Launching a Music Streaming Service This Month

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 13, 2009

Microsoft’s online music strategy has been a disaster, with its half-hearted efforts with MTV and Zune being the most obvious. And here they are again, fast-following with another business model.

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Microsoft Office 2010 -- Don`t Count Microsoft Out Just Yet

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 13, 2009

Microsoft is taking on the competition by adding a lot of collaboration and cloud-based features to Office 2010. There is also significant reworking of the most widely used office productivity suite in the world.

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Microsoft Readies Channel Partner Overhaul

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 13, 2009

'Gold' certifications are out, with new "competencies"-focused program being unveiled Monday at Worldwide Partner Conference.

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Apple`s 9.7-inch netbook to debut in October for $800?

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday July 13, 2009

It's back. The Quanta assembled Apple netbook rumor that kicked off in March with a Commercial Times report calling for a Wintek-supplied touchscreen has returned... with a fever. China Times has now stepped in with a claim of a 9.7-inch touchscreen netbook to debut in October. CT claims that Wintek, and Dynapack have all received orders direct from Apple while Foxconn (not Quanta) will be the m

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BlackBerry Onyx with optical trackball leaks out

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

Looks like RIM's getting serious about optical trackballs -- first the Curve 8520 ditched the spinner and now it looks like the Onyx has been upgraded as well. That's pretty much just as we've all expected ever since we first laid eyes on this 3G mashup of the Bold and Curve 8900, and we're pretty stoked about it, since we find optical trackballs to be pretty great. Of course, there's no word on

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Google`s Schmidt initially opposed to Chrome, says Microsoft is welcome to port Internet Explorer on over

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

While Chrome OS is still a pretty rough sketch in our mind's eye, the Google boys have hosted a press conference to answer a few burning questions. Among the myriad revelations, it turns out Eric Schmidt wasn't stoked on building a browser when Sergey Brin and Larry Page brought it up about six years ago, given the fact that Google was still relatively small, and the browser wars were still fres

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Video: Toshiba TG01 gets UK launch, we handle it again

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

It may have already been teased, poked and prodded, but the TG01 from Toshiba still insisted on making a big splash on its arrival to the UK and we were only too happy to oblige and join in on its launch event in London. As you should know by now, this is Toshiba's most significant attempt to date at penetrating the consumer smartphone market, and it's coming equipped with a battering ram named

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IBM to build database of UK fingerprints for passport service

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has contracted IBM to build a database to support the Government's switch to biometric passports.

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Big brands use Twitter to push corporate messages

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

Big name brands are ignoring conversations on Twitter...

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Rockchip plans on slashing Android phone prices with new RK2808 chipset

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

Rockchip, already a favorite among dirt cheap, feature-laden PMPs, has its sights set on Android and we couldn't be happier. The company sees Android's free nature being the perfect match for the Chinese market, and plans to release its low-cost RK2808 chipset in October to take advantage of that. In addition to Android, Rockchip claims the RK2808 enables additional multimedia capability over wh

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Low power Cortex-M3 start-up readies chip tester

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

Norway-based Energy Micro purchased a microFLEX test system with BBAC and digital instrumentation to test its ultra low power microcontrollers for battery-operated industrial and consumer appliances

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Adafruit`s Citizen Engineer comic book / SIM card reader kit

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday July 10, 2009

The gang at Adafruit Industries are on a mission -- and they won't rest until every man, woman, and child on this planet has access to the DIY and open source electronics they crave. The most recent project of theirs, Citizen Engineer: SIM Card Hacking, is a comic book that both serves as a primer on GSM and SIM cards and tells you how to build a SIM card reader. And if that weren't awesome enou

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Peek issues call for developers, yearns to build Linux-infused model

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 09, 2009

Peek always has been a company for the people, with its suits sitting down late last year to listen intently to input from users regarding hacks and tweaks. Now, the outfit's looking for a bona fide Linux guru, someone who could get Linux running on the Peek's ARM7 processor and look suave doing it. The kicker? Should you succeed (and impress), you could score a "mini-consulting gig" with the to

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Teens abandon Facebook as silver surfers flood in

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 09, 2009

Facebook is being overrun by silver surfers, and simultaneously abandoned by young users, according to a new report.

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Opinion: Chrome OS buffs up the Google Brand

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday July 09, 2009

Google's announcement that it is working on a lightweight operating system is as much about marketing as it is about technology.

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