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Today's Technology News:
BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:50 pm PDT
AP - The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook. Full Story
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Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:17 pm PDT
AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport. Full Story
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BlackBerry CEO suggests route to eavesdropping
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:45 pm PDT
AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won't object. Full Story
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RIM unveils a tablet: the BlackBerry PlayBook
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:31 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - Looks like all those rumors about BlackBerry maker Research in Motion coming out with its own tablet were true — well, everything except for the name. Full Story
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The one-cent Samsung Fascinate, and other smartphone bargains
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:10 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - You can snag Samsung’s just-released, Android-powered Fascinate smartphone for just a penny, if you know where to look — and provided you’re willing to sign a new, two-year contract with Verizon. Other current smartphone bargains: Motorola’s Droid 2, and the Samsung Captivate. Full Story
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BlackBerry unveils 'PlayBook' tablet computer
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:59 pm PDT
AFP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is taking on iPad in the table computer game with a "PlayBook" aimed to capitalize on its strength -- the trust of business users keen on secure communications. Full Story
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Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:55 pm PDT
AP - The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications. But the plan has already drawn condemnation from privacy groups and communications firms may be wary of its costs and scope. Full Story
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RIM's Balsillie sees PlayBook as radical leap
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:40 pm PDT
Reuters - The iPad may have defined the game, but Jim Balsillie is convinced the BlackBerry PlayBook will transform it. Full Story
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France arrests 9 for mobile-phone codes fraud
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:56 am PDT
Reuters - French authorities have dismantled a cybercrime network and arrested nine people suspected of being involved in the illegal sale of codes used to unlock mobile phones, police said on Monday. Full Story
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Facebook IPO likely after late 2012: board member
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:23 pm PDT
Reuters - Facebook, the world's largest online social network, is likely to go public sometime after late 2012, a board member said, satisfying investors' appetite for a slice of one of the Internet's biggest growth stories. Full Story
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Will your new film be a hit? Ask the web
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:22 pm PDT
Reuters - Tracking web searches for new songs, video games and movies can predict which ones will be big hits, but often not much better than traditional methods, researchers at Yahoo Inc reported on Monday. Full Story
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BlackBerry PlayBook Revealed: RIM's Answer to the Tablet Boom
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:13 am PDT
Mashable - At the BlackbBerry DevCon in San Francisco today, RIM introduced its brand new tablet device: the BlackBerry PlayBook, which is scheduled for release in early 2011 in North America with rollouts in Q2 in the rest of the world. Full Story
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Fresh iPhone Apps: Texting with Bread, Bing update, iStreamer and more...
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:48 am PDT
Appolicious - In today’s Fresh iPhone Apps, we bring you a video game trailer for a new ScrewAttack title, tell you a thing about the new Bing update, and much more. Full Story
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5 Reasons Nokia's N8 Is Dead On Arrival
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:17 pm PDT
PC World - So far, Nokia's new Symbian phone, the N8, is getting lukewarm reviews, and few are willing to bet on anything except its slow demise. There are reasons, mainly its operating system, that make the phone a very hard sell to Americans consuming both Android and Apple iOS systems and applications. Full Story
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NetApp
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:01 pm PDT
Investor's Business Daily - NetApp (NMS:NTAP) , a maker of enterprise data storage and management systems, slid 2% to 49.39 even after JPMorgan raised its target price for NetApp to 58 from 49. NetApp's shares have jumped more than 25% recently after Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ - News) bid $2 bil to acquire rival 3Par (AMEX:PAR - News). Full Story
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Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:29 am PDT
AP - A cyber worm burrowing into computers linked to Iran's nuclear program has yet to trigger any signs of major damage, but it was likely spawned either by a government or a well-funded private group, according to a new analysis. Full Story
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More Join HP, Intel and Yahoo on Open Cirrus Cloud Test Bed
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:50 am PDT
PC World - Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have recruited more backers for Open Cirrus, their joint, open source project for cloud computing research. Full Story
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US rights group concerned by Web wiretap plans
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:21 pm PDT
AFP - A digital rights group expressed concern on Monday over reports that the Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet. Full Story
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