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T-Mobile sheds subscribers in the fourth quarter

T-Mobile says it lost 318,000 contract customers in the fourth quarter of 2010...and posted its lowest quarterly profit in four years.
Mobile News
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Survey: Three out of four say mobile manners worse than in 2009

Think people are getting ruder using their mobile phones? A new survey finds three-quarters of U.S. adults say "mobile manners" are worse now than in 2009.
Mobile News

Huawei open letter defends company reputation

In an unusual move, China's Huawei has posted an open letter refuting "falsehoods" the company is in league with the Chinese government.
Computing News
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Sprint talking LTE network deal with LightSquared?

Sprint's existing 4G services are based on WiMax from Clearwire...but reports have the company talking to LightSquared about LTE.
Mobile News
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HTC Merge sports 3.8-inch display, QWERTY keypad

HTC has formally announced its Android-based Merge smartphone: 3.8-inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, a slide-out QWERTY keypad, and Android 2.2.
Mobile

Vizio was top U.S. LCD TV maker in 2010

According to DisplaySearch, Vizio was the top LCD TV brand in the U.S. during 2010, accounting for just over 18 percent of the market.
Audio / Video News
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Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 update failed for one in ten

Microsoft says 90 percent of Windows Phone 7 users who've received an update notice have had no problems...and that means 10 percent did.
Mobile News
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MSI planning three 10-inch tablets for June

MSI plans to launch three 10-inch "WindPad" tablets in June targeting business users: two will run Windows 7, and one will sport Android 3.0 "Honeycomb."
Tablets Mobile
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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” developer preview

Apple's developer preview of the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion" shows how it plans to bring some interface ideas from the iPad and iOS "back to the Mac."
Tablets Computing
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MyBlogLog is the latest Yahoo casualty

Yahoo has informed users that it will be shutting down MyBlogLog on May 24.
Computing News
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Survey: Most young workers use personal email for work

A new survey finds 85 percent of employees under age 25 use personal email for work communications - driving corporate security absolutely nuts.
Computing News
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Huawei wins injunction in Motorola/Nokia Siemens deal

China's Huawei has won a preliminary injunction against Motorola transferring its mobile network technology to Nokia Siemens.
Computing News
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Barnes & Noble says it has 25 pct of the U.S. ebook market

Barnes & Noble might be struggling against the likes of Amazon and Apple, but the company says it accounts for a quarter of the U.S. ebook market.
Emerging Tech News
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HP’s new business notebooks sport up to 32 hours battery life

HP has introduced a bonanza of new notebooks aimed at business users, including the EliteBook 8460p with up to 32 hours of battery life.
Computing News
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French search company files new antitrust case against Google

Google may face more antitrust scrutiny in Europe, as France's 1PlusV files a complaint that Google is locking it out of AdSense.
Computing News
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Blockbuster putting itself up for auction

Bankrupt video chain Blockbuster will be auctioning off its operations...with a minimum bid of $290 million.
Audio / Video News
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Microsoft: “Zune is not dead”

Rumors of the Zune brand's demise are greatly exaggerated, according to Microsoft. And to prove it, the Zune HD is finally on sale in Canada.
Emerging Tech News
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New Sony Vaio C series pack Sandy Bridge and plenty of glow

Sony's new 14- and 15.5-inch Vaio C notebooks pack second-generation Core i5 processors and cases that literally glow around the edges.
Computing News
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Judge rules suit against China’s Green Dam can proceed

Cybersitter LLC gets to take the Chinese government to court for allegedly copying its code for the once-mandatory Green Dam Internet filtering software.
Computing News
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Lenovo unveils six long-lasting business ThinkPads

Lenovo's new ThinkPad T420, T420s, T520, L420, L520, and W520 notebooks offer long battery life, Nvidia Optimus graphics, and Intel Core and vPro processors.
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Nokia says cheap Windows Phones coming “very quickly”

Nokia's Stephen Elop says Nokia will be able to bring low-cost WIndows Phones to market "very quickly."
Mobile News
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HP cancels Envy 13 ultraportable

Remember when HP slashed prices on the HP Envy 13? Now the ultraportable is gone altogether.
Computing
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Groupon planning to launch in China?

Reports have Groupon getting ready to launch in China...but can the deals site gain traction after their disastrous Tibet-centered ad?
Computing News
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IBM’s Watson gets job in health care

IBM has inked a deal with Nuance to apply Watson's Jeopardy-winning Deep Question Answering technology to health care.
Computing News
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Architect of China’s “Great Firewall” gives rare interview

Fang Binxing, the architect of China's "Great Firewall" has six VPNs that connect to the broader Internet...but only to test his own creation.
Computing News
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Most vulnerable browser plugin? Think Java, not Flash

Adobe's Flash has a reputation for requiring regular security updates, but the sleeper vulnerabilities in browsers may be in Java.
Computing News
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HP CEO: We don’t bring products to market fast enough

HP's new CEO Leo Apotheker says the company's problem isn't innovation: it's taking too long to bring products to market.
Tablets Computing
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Clearwire expects “imminent” solution to Sprint feud

Clearwire says it expects an "imminent" solution to its pricing dispute with Sprint over WiMax services, and says it plans to stay in the retail business.
Mobile News
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Video game sales down 4 pct in January

Sales of video games and consoles were down four percent in January compared to 2010...and it would have been more if dance games hadn't taken off.
Gaming News
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Swann DVR4-2600: monitor four live security cams via smartphone

Swann's new DVR4-2600 video surveillance system sports a 500 GB drive and support for four cameras...and live remote monitoring via smartphone.
Emerging Tech News
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Sprint looking to embrace LTE 4G technology?

Sprint already has WiMax 4G service up and running, but at Mobile World Congress the company indicated its looking very seriously at LTE.
Mobile News
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China censors info on U.S. Internet freedom policy

China has censored links to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet freedoms...and even blocked searches for info on Clinton herself.
Computing News
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China Silences Popular, Outspoken Blogs

Dozens of blogs run by some of China's most outspoken critics have gone silent, along with at least one Twitter-like social networking service.
Web News
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Verizon, Motorola hold little hope for Windows Phone 7

The Microsoft-Nokia partnership on Windows Phone 7 has captured attention...but Verizon Wireless and Motorola don't think it'll be a slam dunk success.
Mobile News
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Blink and you miss it: Nokia Plan B vanishes

Yesterday, Nokia Plan B called for Nokia to fire CEO Stephen Elop and embrace MeeGo; today, the whole thing is gone amid claims it was a hoax.
Mobile News
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Nokia Plan B calls for Elop’s ouster

Some Nokia investors have launched "Nokia Plan B," aiming to stack the company's board of directors and, among other things, show new CEO Stephen Elop the door.
Mobile News
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SRS iWow 3D brings 3D audio to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

SRS Labs is now shipping its iWow 3D audio adapter for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, offers simulated 3D audio - and interchangeable color faceplates.
Tablets Mobile
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Study: Casual games ease anxiety and depression

Do video games make you feel better - or just twitchy? A study (underwritten by PopCap) finds casual video games are effective in reducing anxiety and depression.
Computing News
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