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iPhone Finally Selling In China, But Without WiFi

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 30, 2009

Apple's (AAPL) iPhone is finally selling in China legally today. It's available in 2,000 stores around the country, according to the AP.
There's just one hitch. It doesn't have WiFi. China had a ban on WiFi enabled devices, which it lifted after phones were already being manufactured says 9 to 5 Mac.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711 million

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 30, 2009

Facebook was awarded US$711 million in damages from a convicted spammer on Thursday, but the social networking site is hoping a separate criminal action will eventually send him to jail.

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Technology > Laws/Policies

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Nintendo profits freefall as iPhone cuts into portable game sales

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday October 29, 2009

Japanese game maker Nintendo's profits were cut in half, as sales of its portable Nintendo DS system continue to feel the impact of the iPhone and iPod touch.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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MacBook Pros Have Hard Drive Problems?

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 28, 2009

Many of us who have been using notebook computers heavily for years have experienced the "Blue Screen of Death" at least once. The sinking feeling you get when you have been working away fine and then the notebook refuses to do one more thing. It simply dies. Normally when we think about the BSOD we

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IT Vendors/Companies > Apple

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Google Announcing New Music Search

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday October 28, 2009

The new service will be featured within a standard Google search: plug in the band or musician's name and bios, videos and images will pop up. The search results will point you to online music retailers Google has partnered with.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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Scareware launched from tech blog

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 27, 2009

Gizmodo, one the world's biggest tech blogs, has been running adverts poisoned by malware say security experts.

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Technology > Blogging

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Rumor Has It: Apple Sharing Tablet Info With Australian Media?

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 27, 2009

The tablet rumor mill is heating up, which is in keeping with the early 2010 release date that';s been mentioned in earlier reports. The latest news to hit the web is that Apple has been talking to the Australian media about content provision for the fanboi device of legend.
The news comes via Australian paper

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IT Vendors/Companies > Apple

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Facebook to `memorialize` deceased user profiles

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 27, 2009

Social network says these accounts will be different from regular profiles and can be created by request from friends or family

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Social Networks > Facebook

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Is Twitter Replacing the RSS Reader?

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 27, 2009

Last Friday, I was attending Portland's weekly Beer and Blog event, and I stumbled across what later turned out to be an interesting trend. I had two separate, unrelated conversations about an hour apart with people working in the technology industry who once used RSS readers but had mostly abandoned them in favor of using

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Popular Websites > Twitter.com

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VMware ships Workstation for virtualizing Windows 7

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday October 27, 2009

VMware has added support for Windows 7 and expanded the ability to handle virtual processors in Workstation 7, the new version of its platform for running multiple OSes simultaneously on a PC.

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Virtualization > VMware

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On2 Settles Lawsuits Holding Back Its Acquisition By Google

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

On2 (ONT) announced a settlement today in the litigation that resulted from Google's (GOOG) planned acquisition of the video software firm.
There were five class action lawsuits brought against the company in relation to Google buying the company for $106.5 million, or $0.60 a share.

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Technology > Business

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$180 BlackBerry Storm2 hits the shelves on Wednesday

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

RIM and Verizon jointly announced today that the BlackBerry Storm2 device will be available online and at Verizon Wireless stores on Wednesday at $180 after a rebate.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > Blackberry

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US/UK Cybercrime Clampdown Pins IP Registries

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

The FBI and SOCA call out European registry RIPE as they join forces to disrupt further activities of the Russian Business Network

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Technology > Security

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Windows Mobile worries mount as competition heats up

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted publicly in September that the company did "screw up with Windows Mobile," many experts were left wondering how the mobile operating system can be fixed with the arrival of version 7 next year -- and beyond.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > General

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Windows 7 upgrade paralyzes some PCs with endless reboots

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots, according to reports on Microsoft's support forum.

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Operating Systems > MS Windows

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Adobe AIR App Breathes Cross-Platform Life into Google Voice

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

Now that I have two mobile phones and no landline, Google Voice is part of my daily life. The service helps me manage my calls, regardless of which number people use to reach me. On my iPhone 3GS, I simply use the mobile Google Voice site to manage devices or listen to voicemails..

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Technology > Software

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iPhone helps AT&T continue subscriber gains on Verizon

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday October 26, 2009

Verizon and AT&T have both reported their latest quarterly earnings, and the strength of the iPhone has continued to help AT&T close the gap on the market leader.

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Cellular/Mobile Phones > IPhone

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Tech Stocks Explode Higher After Microsoft And Amazon Earnings

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 23, 2009

Traders are piling into tech like crazy this morning after blowout numbers from both MIcrosoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN).
When was the last time Microsoft was up 10% in a day? That's a gigantic move for a company with $236 billion market cap.

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Technology > Business

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Microsoft beats expectations

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 23, 2009

Profit falls 18 per cent to $3.57-billion (U.S.)

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IT Vendors/Companies > Microsoft

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Apple Boot Camp to support Windows 7

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday October 23, 2009

Promises update by year's end for Snow Leopard, abandons nine older MacsApple said it will update its Boot Camp utility before the end of the year to support Microsoft's just-launched Windows 7.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Apple

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