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Today's Technology News:
Choice of CEO signals new direction for HP
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:38 pm PDT
AP - The appointment of a German software executive as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s next CEO sends an unmistakable signal that the board of the world's largest technology company is prepared to gamble big on an aggressive push into the software business. Full Story
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Microsoft sues Motorola over smart phone patents
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:29 pm PDT
AP - Microsoft Corp. is suing Motorola Inc. for infringing on its smart-phone patents. Full Story
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Microsoft taps tech leader to head Office division
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:25 am PDT
AP - Microsoft Corp. has picked an insider with engineering expertise to head up its Office software division, filling a spot left vacant in September when the most recent president left to become Nokia Corp.'s CEO. Full Story
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Logitech set to unveil Google-TV-enabled Revue
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:18 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - Nope, it’s not another streaming-media set-top box like Apple TV or the Roku. Instead, the Revue seeks to meld TV and the Web by piggybacking onto your existing DVR — with a little help from Google. How much will the Revue set you back? We’re about to find out. Full Story
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Touchscreen iMac rumors surface, again
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:10 am PDT
Ben Patterson - Every so often, there’s a burst of chatter about Apple working on a touchscreen version of its venerable iMac desktop. Yes, it’s that time again. Full Story
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TV industry show hails smartphone, Facebook era
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:55 pm PDT
AFP - Internet-based TV viewing, the arrival of Apple's iPad and the proliferation of smartphones are set to ring in a new era of connected entertainment, industry experts predict. Full Story
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Yahoo losing 3 top execs, raising more worries
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:29 pm PDT
AP - Three top Yahoo Inc. executives are leaving the slumping Internet company in an exodus that could put CEO Carol Bartz on the hot seat as she approaches the end of her second year trying to engineer a turnaround. Full Story
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iPhone vs. Original Mac: a Teardown Showdown
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 03:43 pm PDT
PC World - No two Apple products share a closer parallel history than the original iPhone and the original Macintosh computer. Full Story
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Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Phones
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:18 pm PDT
PC World - Microsoft filed patent infringement complaints against Motorola and its Android phones in the International Trade Commission and U.S. federal court Friday, indicating that the software giant may hope to use its strong patent position as one way to set its mobile software apart from the competition. Full Story
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Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 07:08 am PDT
Mashable - Just when you thought you've got those rascally Twitter trends all figured out, Justin Bieber goes and tweets about maple syrup, and you're back to the drawing board. Full Story
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US to warn Americans to be vigilant in Europe
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 10:44 pm PDT
AP - The Obama administration will warn U.S. citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, providing updated guidance prompted by al-Qaida threats, American and European officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. Full Story
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Interview: Ben Heck Explains Modding At World Maker Faire [VIDEO]
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:19 am PDT
Mashable - Our Mashable Tech field trip to the World Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science was a kid-in-a-candy-store scenario for the crew. With so much incredible modded mayhem, it was, as Sarah Kessler pointed out, easy to get overwhelmed. Full Story
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Another poll shows the iPhone losing market share to Android
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:14 am PDT
Appolicious - A new poll says that during the last 90 days, as many consumers have decided they want Google’s Android phone as want Apple’s iPhone. And this trend may just be an appetizer. Full Story
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5 Reasons the Windows Phone 7 Will Fail
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:17 pm PDT
PC World - Microsoft will debut three new smartphones that carry its revamped Windows Phone 7 operating system on Oct. 11, offering them on wireless carrier AT&T a month later, according to the Wall Street Journal. Full Story
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Summary Box: Choice of HP CEO sends signal
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:59 pm PDT
AP - THE CHOICE: Leo Apotheker, 57, will be the new head of Hewlett-Packard Co. He comes from German enterprise software maker SAP AG. Full Story
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Spy chief says Iran able to fight computer worm
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 06:26 am PDT
AP - Iran's intelligence minister said the country has learned how to fight off a complex computer worm that some foreign experts have speculated was designed to target Tehran's nuclear program, state television reported Saturday. Full Story
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5 Things Linux Does Better Than Mac OS X
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:17 pm PDT
PC World - Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the merit of the operating system, plagued as it is by high prices, security problems and vendor lock-in. Full Story
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4 Ways Google's Goo.gl URL Shortening Service Can Best the Competition
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 03:59 pm PDT
PC World - The Google URL shortening service Goo.gl, that allows you to transform long Web addresses into short easy to remember links, was opened to the public Friday. With the introduction of Goog.gl, the Internet behemoth joins the ranks of Bit.ly, TinyURL, Ow.ly, and dozens of other similar services. Full Story
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