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Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Hands On Analysis: The device's S Pen stylus is surpsisingly useful, with an update from Samsung
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Deskphones to 'Disappear' Within Five Years, Say CIOs UK CIOs expect the deskphone to disappear from offices within five years, and the future use of tablets doesn't seem that secure either.
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Apple's Mountain Lion Clears 10% Bar: Now Powers 1 in 10 Macs Apple's OS X Mountain Lion now powers more than 10% of all Macs, and may be on the way to outdoing its predecessor, Lion, in adoption speed, an online advertising network said today.
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The New 'Pure GNOME' Ubuntu Linux Is Coming This Fall Though its name is still up in the air, the new OS is reportedly due in October.
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Does Oracle Patch for Java 7 Fix the Zero-Day Flaw? Oracle has cranked out a patch for Java a few short days after news of a zero-day exploit was announced. Oracle is short on details, though, about what the patch fixes.
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Finally! It's About Time to Reconsider FAA Gadget Guidelines The rationale for shutting down electronic devices was proven false years ago. It's time to change the FAA in-flight gadget rules.
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Researchers Find Critical Vulnerability in Java 7 Patch Hours After Release Security researchers from Poland-based security firm Security Explorations claim to have discovered a vulnerability in the Java 7 security update released Thursday.
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Plan X: DARPAs Cyberwar DARPA will hold a conference for security professionals to discuss how to defend U.S. Internet infrastructure from attack.
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EFF Lawsuit Seeks Details of NSA Email, Phone Surveillance The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit seeking details about U.S. National Security Agency surveillance of email and telephone calls, with the...
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Foxconn, Sharp Megadeal Still on Hold as Negotiations Roller Coaster Continues A US$850 million deal between Taiwanese electronics giant Hon Hai Precision Industry and Japan's Sharp was still on hold Friday, as roller-coaster negotiations...
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Former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Lobbies for LightSquared Two names that have recently been out of the limelight recently turned up on Tuesday at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: Bankrupt would-be mobile...
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After Uphill Battle, Bank Refunds $12,000 to Skimming Victim The still photos captured by CCTV are fuzzy: a figure wearing a track suit, a pair of sneakers and a black hooded sweatshirt, standing at various cash machines...
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Walmart Rolls out Semantic Search Engine, Sees Boost in Business Retailer Walmart has rolled out a new search engine based on semantic search technology, that not only helps users find items they want on its website, but also...
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China's Baidu in Dispute With Upstart Rival Qihoo 360 Over Access to Its Site Chinese search giant Baidu on Thursday weighed in on a dispute with a local rival search engine over access to its websites, by stating it welcomed the...
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Five Key Takeaways From Workday's IPO Filing The enterprise software market on Thursday suddenly got an intimate look inside Workday, a red-hot startup that makes cloud applications for human resources and...
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Google Should Speed up Apps' Enterprise Social Networking Development Google may be moving too slowly in building up Google Apps' enterprise social networking (ESN) features, at a time when this type of software has become a key...
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