Thursday 17 February 2011

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February 17, 2011
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The Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Tablet Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom--tablet PCs are flooding the market. But does anybody need one? We give you five reasons why a tablet is a useful tool.
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IBM Watson Wins Jeopardy, Humans Rally Back IBM's Watson is the new all-time Jeopardy champ. Are humans now in jeopardy?
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Google Announces Cheaper Subscription Plan One Day After Apple If you're a publisher who's miffed over Apple's 30 percent take, Google is offering something similar for just a 10 percent take.
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The Tablets of MWC 2011: Watch Your Back Apple Mobile World Congress 2011 was the launchpad for tablets from tech heavyweights LG, Samsung, HTC, Toshiba, Acer, and ViewSonic. Here is a roundup of what debuted.
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Antitrust Fight Against App Store Will Be Tough Apple faces little risk of antitrust threats to the new App Store rules that require content sellers to hand over 30% of their revenues, a legal expert said...
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Google Music, an iTunes Competitor, Coming Soon? The music service is rumored to be less than two months from launch, and is expected to be part of Android Honeycomb, the tablet-optimized version of Google's mobile OS.
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You're Banned! Sony Kicks PS3 Users Off PlayStation Network After warning PS3 hackers the banhammer was coming, Sony begins permanently blocking systems from its PlayStation Network.
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Facebook Makes a Silent Change to Newsfeeds If you haven't commented, liked, or looked at a person's profile regularly, they have now seemingly disappeared.
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Google Updates Social Search Social search results will now be mixed in the main list based on their relevance to the query.
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Sony Threatens to Ban PS3 Hackers Sony hadn't previously wielded the banhammer against jailbroken PS3s, but now the gloves have come off.
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Leaked Dell Roadmap Shows Tablet, Smartphone Schedule A vertical QWERTY slider phone with the next-generation Windows Phone 7 software and Windows 8 tablets are among the devices shown in the documents.
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Verizon and Motorola Execs Give Thumbs-down to Windows Phone 7 Two of the most important players in the mobile industry, Verizon and Motorola, have essentially called Windows Phone 7 a failure
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Rumor: Sony Planning 'S1' PlayStation Gaming Tablet Imagine a 9.4-inch Sony tablet running Android Honeycomb and primed to play PlayStation-certified games.
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Hack Your PS3, Forfeit PlayStation Network Access Forever Sony issues dire ultimatum to PS3 hackers and pirates, but remains mum on question of 'jailbreak' legitimacy.
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iPad Productivity Tools: 3 Must-Haves For a serious productivity punch with your iPad, check out Quickoffice for file viewing, Dropbox for storage and an Apple Wireless Keyboard.
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Best Data Backup Practices: Cloud Replication, Backup, and Sync Exploring the different cloud backup services that range from data backup, syncing, to replication.
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Rhapsody Blasts Apple's 30% Cut From In-app Subs Music streaming service Rhapsody today blasted Apple's decision to take a 30% cut of all in-app subscription and content revenues, saying that the move makes its iPhone business model unsustainable.
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Smartphones Driving You Nuts? Industry Execs Agree If you find your smartphone and other devices demand too much attention and drive you bonkers, industry experts agree.
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Jennings Explains Jeopardy Loss to Watson The former Jeopardy champ said the computer's techniques for unraveling clues sounded just like his.
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ZTE V9 and V11 Android-Based Tablets ZTE shoots for the low-budget Android market with its two new tablets.
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