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Tech gadgets can be addictive
I've been thinking I need to take a break from technology. Not an extended one, mind you. I'm not planning on becoming some latter-day Thoreau and retreating to my own Walden Pond sans laptop, TV and smart-phone.
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China's Unicom to sell Apple's iPhones (AP)
AP - China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumor about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.
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Review: Yoostar is a movie-studio-in-a-box (AP)
AP - If you've ever wanted to battle "The Terminator," talk smack as "The Godfather" or get in the shower with a "Psycho," now you can without having to move to Hollywood.
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Decoding Intel's Roadmap
The processors Intel has on deck to bring Nehalem to your next computer.
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China Unicom in Apple deal to bring iPhone to China (Reuters)
Reuters - China Unicom, China's No.2 mobile carrier, said on Friday it had sealed a deal to sell the wildly popular iPhone in China, giving iPhone maker Apple access to the world's largest mobile market.
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Social-networking sites increasingly play a role in solving crimes, police searches
While rescue crews intensify their search for a Chicago doctoral student missing in a remote region of Costa Rica, help is coming from an unlikely army of online supporters from around the globe.
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The Beatles rock music invasion reborn in videogame (AFP)
AFP - The Beatles rock-and-roll invasion that conquered the music scene in the 1960s has been reborn in a hotly-anticipated assault on the world of videogames.
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Microsoft interns get perks, pay, play
The same day Microsoft reported some of its worst financial results, a dozen buses left the Redmond campus. During rush hour, they headed toward Highway 520 as a phalanx of cops on motorcycles shut down the onramps ahead, clearing the path to the Pacific Science Center.
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Variables play into how well wireless works
In a recent column, Dianne Dunlap, a customer support engineer specializing in wireless technology for Cisco Systems, gave a thorough breakdown of how to check whether wireless Internet connectivity problems are due to wireless card issues -- and how to fix them.
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Nokia N900 official, uses Linux to 'kill' iPhone
Nokia this morning launched a new class of smartphone as its flagship. The promised N900 is a crossover between smartphones and Nokia's Internet tablets, and makes its biggest break in its change of operating system: although still a phone, the handset runs Nokia's latest Linux variant, not Symbian: this gives it multitasking iPhones can't have.
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Pirate Bay Buyer Loses Several Investors
Just hours before Global Gaming Factory (GGF) is scheduled to acquire The Pirate Bay, the company says it has lost several investors due to all the media controversy surrounding the deal. Meanwhile the equity marketplace Aktietorget suspended trading in GGF’s stock until further notice.
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Five Features We Want to See in Firefox
It's no secret that Firefox has long been our favorite browser, but much has changed recently. The browser landscape is increasingly competitive, so with that in mind, we'd like to suggest a few features and improvements we're desperate to see from Firefox.
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Firm feeds demand for iPhone apps
Companies are increasingly pitching their products using text messages and cellphone applications. But a South Florida entrepreneur is taking the idea to the next level by designing iPhone apps for large companies, and using new technology to alert every user whenever there's a coupon or sale.
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5 Most Popular iPhone Navigation Apps Compared Head-to-Head
A comparison and review of the 5 most popular turn by turn navigation apps for the iPhone.
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Dell's numbers show PC industry staggering back (AP)
AP - Dell Inc.'s second-quarter results reinforce what other tech heavyweights have shown recently about the health of the personal-computer industry: it's still wounded by the recession, but is staggering back to its feet, thanks to consumers, bargain prices and little "netbook" laptops for surfing the Internet.
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New Owner Takes Over Pirate Bay
As expected, the Pirate Bay was sold Thursday to a Swedish-based software concern that hopes to turn the world’s notorious BitTorrent tracker into a legitimate, pay-to-play site.
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Augmented Reality Meets Traffic Views
Augmented Reality is quickly becoming a hot ticket item in the mobile world. Built for the Android platform, Augmented Traffic Views combines a layer of AR above the device’s camera view with live traffic camera images and traffic data.
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Windows 7 Family Pack Available for Pre-order Early Online (PC World)
PC World - A special Windows 7 upgrade package for households with more than one PC is now available for pre-order online ahead of schedule and at a discount from Microsoft's previously announced price.
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The Future is Now? Augmented Reality Comes to the iPhone (PC World)
PC World - If you're traveling to Paris, France anytime soon, consider taking Metro Paris Subway 3.0 along for the trip. This 99-cent iPhone app integrates an augmented reality feature (called Your New Eye) that will show you where the closest Paris subway stations are, relative to your current location, as an overlay atop a live video feed from the iPhone's built-in camera.
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USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs
There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written about several of the newest backup methods and products that make backing up a breeze. I'd like to add one more I recently discovered that adds an interesting twist to the job.
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