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Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone apps emphasizing quality over quantity

Microsoft says 11,500 apps are available for Windows Phone 7 - but what really matters it the quality of those apps, not how many there are.
Mobile News
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Hottest thing on eBay? Maybe the iPad 2

Apple's iPad 2 is still tough to get in stores, so frustrated customers - and a few lucky sellers - are turning to eBay.
Tablets Mobile
Lenovo ThinkPad W520

Lenovo ThinkPad T420S and W520 on sale now

Lenovo's new ThinkPad T420S and ThinkPad W520 are on sale now, offering Sandy Bridge processing power and high-end options...in corporate plainclothes cases.
Computing News
Windows 8

Report: Windows 8 seeds being sent to PC makers

A report says Microsoft is already sending early versions of Windows 8 to PC makers so they can get ready for an expected launch in 2012.
Computing News
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Roku XD launches at Best Buy

The Roku HD streaming video set-top player is now available at Best Buy for $79.99.
Audio / Video Deals
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Netflix lowers video quality in Canada

In a move to play nicely with broadband usage caps, Netflix says its streaming video service now uses two-thirds less bandwidth in Canada.
Computing News
JBL OnBeat Speaker Dock (iPad)

JBL OnBeat Speaker Dock brings iPad audio to life

JBL's new OnBeat Speaker Dock for iPad (and, yes, iPhones and iPods) brings sophisticated speaker tech and the ability to rotate your docked i-device.
Tablets Mobile
Motorola Atrix 4G

AT&T admits to hobbling 4G phones

AT&T admits it's "4G" Motorola Atrix and HTC Inspire don't upload at anything like 4G speeds...but a fix is coming.
Mobile News
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BlueBeat to pay $1 million for illegal online music sales

Remember back when BlueBeat was selling "psycho-acoustic" versions of Beatles songs online for 25 cents? Now they get to pay $1 million in a settlement.
Computing News
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Nokia files fresh patent action against Apple

Following a defeat, Nokia has filed a new infringement complaint against Apple, saying nearly all Apple hardware products infringe on Nokia patents.
Mobile
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Surprise: Sprint opposes AT&T buying T-Mobile

Sprint perhaps has the most to lose from AT&T's planning acquisition of T-Mobile...and vows to fight AT&T's attempt to create a new Ma Bell.
Mobile News
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Acer Iconia dual touch-screen notebook available for pre-order

Acer's Iconia notebook doesn't have a keyboard or trackpad - instead, it features two 14-inch touchscreen displays. And it's available for pre-order now.
Tablets Computing
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China charges blogger Ran Yunfei with inciting subversion

China's crackdown on dissident voices continues as it formally charges blogger Ran Yunfei with inciting subversion...a month after jailing him.
Computing Best Ofs
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Auction giant eBay buys GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion

eBay has agreed to buy interactive marketing company GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion...and sell off it online shopping sites.
Computing News
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Canadian ISP Rogers throttles World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft fans on Canadian ISP Rogers have a new fight: Rogers' traffic management believes WoW to be illicit peer-to-peer file sharing.
Computing News
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Report: Google planning its own Nexus tablet?

Google has plugged along with its own Nexus handsets...now a report has the company looking to launch its own Nexus tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
Tablets Mobile
Pioneer SE-NC31C-K earbuds

Pioneer SE-NC31C-K earbuds sport active noise cancellation

Pioneer's new SE-NC31C-K earbuds sport active noise cancellation so listeners can hear more of their music and less of what's happening around them.
Emerging Tech News
MSI GX680 gamer notebook

MSI GX680 gamer notebook packs Core i7, Nvidia graphics

MSI's new MSI GX680 gamer notebook packs a second-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Nvidia GeForce GT 55M graphics, and room for ample memory and storage.
Computing News
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Microsoft pays a premium for Nortel IPv4 addresses

The Internet handed out the last IPv4 addresses earlier this year...and now Microsoft is paying a premium for IPv4 addresses from bankrupt Nortel Networks.
Computing News
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Nintendo 3DS coming Sunday; retailers offering trade-in discounts

Need a Nintendo 3DS? They launch Sunday March 27, and retailers are hoping to lure in gamers with trade-in discounts on old DS systems.
Gaming News
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NPD: Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans get music via P2P

The demise of LimeWire seems to have had an impact: according to NPD, just 9 percent of Americans used P2P file sharing to download music in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Computing News
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HP’s Apotheker gets his board of directors

Despite opposition, HP shareholders have approved all of new CEO Leo Apotheker's picks for the company's board of directors.
Computing News
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HP shakes up its board of directors

HP is bringing on five new board members - including former eBay head and California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.
Computing News
Nvidia GeForce GTX 590

Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 dual GPU graphics card now available

Nvidia says its new GeForce GTX 590 dual-CPU video card is both the world's fastest and, thanks to a special cooling system, the world's quietest.
Computing Best Ofs
Nokia Head Office (Espoo)

Nokia sets job cuts talks for April

Now that Nokia is betting heavily on Windows Phone, it's not going to need all those Symbian engineers: job cut talks will start in April.
Mobile News
Toshiba 14-inch USB Mobile LCD Monitor

Toshiba debuts 14-inch USB-powered LCD monitor

Need more screen real estate? Toshiba's new 14-inch LCD monitor adds another 1,366 by 768-pixel display to a notebook...and runs off USB power.
Computing News
HTC Flyer (March 2011)

Best Buy gets exclusive launch of Wi-Fi HTC Flyer tablet

Best Buy has an exclusive lock on the launch of the Wi-Fi version of the HTC Flyer Android tablet...but offers no firmer date than "spring" for sales to start.
Tablets Mobile
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LightSquared makes LTE deal with Best Buy

LightSquared is working on building a nationwide wireless broadband network...and its just inked a deal to sell serve to Best Buy Connect.
Computing Deals
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Judge rejects Google Books settlement

A federal judge has rejected a settlement plan that would enabled Google to put millions of books online...even if it didn't have permission.
Computing News
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GetJar: Android will outsell iPhone two-to-one

Image used with permission by copyright holder Online mobile application store GetJar—which competes with the iTunes App Store, Android Market, and other venues and claims the “largest open app store” in the world—has published the results of a global consumer survey it commissioned to look at mobile phone users’ app usage, brand loyalty, and acceptance […]
Mobile

LinkedIn hits 100 million members

Facebook might be the dominant social networking service, but LinkedIn's social network for professionals has just hit 100 million members.
Computing News
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iPad 2 launching in 25 more countries on Friday

Apple will be launching the iPad 2 in 25 more countries on March 25, with stores and resellers kicking off promptly at 5 p.m. local time.
Tablets Mobile
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Firefox 4 hits the streets

Mozilla has released Firefox 4, revving up performance, improving security, and offering users a broad range of personalization and customization options.
Computing News
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II (6 TB)

Western Digital pushes My Book Studio Edition II to 6 TB

Western Digital has pushed its My Book Studio Edition II external hard drive to a whopping 6 TB of storage - and it has FireWire 800 and eSATA interfaces.
Computing News
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IBM pays $10 million to settle bribery charges

IBM has agreed to pay $10 million to settle with the SEC over charges it bribed government officials in Asia to win lucrative contracts.
Computing News
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Netflix sued under 1980s video tape rental law

A round of new privacy suits against Netflix allege the company is violating 1980s-era video tape rental laws by retaining customers' rental histories.
Emerging Tech News
Asustek Eee Pad Transformer

Asus Eee Pad Transformer coming to U.S. in April

Asus's Eee Pad Transformer docking tablet will feature Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and a detachable keyboard that acts as an extra battery.
Mobile
AT&T's Randall Stephenson, Deutsche Telekom's Rene Obermann

AT&T: T-Mobile 3G phones will eventually need to be replaced

If AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile goes through, T-Mobile's 3G phones will eventually stop working as AT&T reconfigures T-Mobile's cell towers.
Mobile News
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