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Today's Technology News:
Time Warner Cable customers may lose TV networks
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:30 pm PST
AP - Time Warner Cable Inc. customers from Portland, Maine, to Pensacola, Fla., could lose access to one of their network TV stations because of a contract dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group. Full Story
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Alcatel to pay $137M to settle bribery charges
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:52 am PST
AP - Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the federal government. Full Story
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AT&T expands Wi-Fi zones in public spaces
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:12 pm PST
AP - AT&T Inc. is expanding Wi-Fi access for its subscribers in New York and introducing it in San Francisco, adding data capacity in two cities with heavy wireless network use from the iPhone and other devices. Full Story
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Happy holidays from the Gadget Hound
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:42 pm PST
Ben Patterson - What could be more fun than blogging about the latest and greatest gadgets? Beats me, but even an avowed gadget hound like me needs a break once in a while. Anyway, I'll be going offline during the holidays — and … Full Story
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Skype CEO offers apology, credit for Wednesday’s outage
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:59 am PST
Ben Patterson - After a daylong outage that left untold millions of Skype users high and dry, the CEO of the peer-to-peer chat service apologized, promised that service is slowly but surely being restored, and announced that credits may be in the offing … Full Story
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Sony to launch PlayStation smartphone in spring
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:14 pm PST
AFP - Sony's long-rumoured PlayStation Portable smartphone is set to be launched in North America and Europe as early as the spring, according to a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday. Full Story
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iPhone 4, T-Mobile G2 Most Buzzed About Phones for 2010
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:00 pm PST
PC World - All that talk about faulty antennas didn't seem to harm Apple's reputation too much. Full Story
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Nokia Siemens Deal for Motorola Unit Delayed
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:50 pm PST
PC World - Nokia Siemens Networks' US$1.2 billion acquisition of Motorola's cellular networks business has been delayed pending a review from Chinese government regulators. Full Story
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Facebook in challenge to Google crown
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:08 pm PST
AFP - Facebook is challenging Google's supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online. Full Story
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WikiLeaks, a Napster-style Internet gamechanger for 2010
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:53 pm PST
AFP - If 1999 was the Year of Napster in the history of the Internet then 2010 will go down as the Year of WikiLeaks. Full Story
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New Site Lets You Create Gift Photo Albums With Your Facebook Friends
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:34 pm PST
Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Full Story
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Best iPad apps of 2010
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:45 am PST
Appolicious - Picking the best iPad apps of 2010 was no easy task. In the end, I selected the apps that have made the iPad, for me, less an expensive toy and more a device that has improved my life. Full Story
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Eltima releases 2.0 Beta of Folx download manager
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:45 pm PST
Macworld - Eltima Software has released the 2.0 Beta of Folx, its download manager and torrent client for Mac OS X. Beta 2.0 adds iTunes integration, RSS feed downloading options, and more advanced file management abilities to the handy utility. Full Story
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Cloud Growth Will Be Tempered By Some Restraints
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:27 am PST
NewsFactor - Whatever else 2010 might have been, it was the Year of the Cloud. Cloud computing became the buzz phrase of the moment, with Salesforce.com, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Rackspace, Dell and others investing major efforts to position themselves in the new clouds. But what's ahead for cloud computing? Full Story
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Remains of the Day: Angry angry amoebae
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:30 pm PST
Macworld - Apple accurately predicted the Apple TV’s future, hackers continue to hack, T-Mobile is mocking AT&T again, and iPads are the best tablets around. Believe it or not, these are your remainders for Tuesday, December 28. Full Story
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Mozilla Site Exposed Encrypted Passwords
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:50 pm PST
PC World - A database of inactive Mozilla usernames and passwords was exposed on the Internet earlier this month, the Mozilla Foundation disclosed on Tuesday. Full Story
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MacTVision brings Internet TV to its all-in-one Mac app
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:06 pm PST
Macworld - "'Twas the week after Christmas and all through the nation, people asked why they paid for so many stations." MacTVision certainly wants you to ponder the same question, with the company's release of the eponymous MacTVision streaming video application that aims to be your one-stop shop for all your television needs. Full Story
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