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Article | 11/09/2012 Court orders music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay original fine of $222,000
A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a lower court ruling that found admitted music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty of copyright infringement. The M...
Article | 31/08/2012 Intel Chips to Support Wireless Charging by 2014
Intel is betting on wireless charging and plans to build the technology into its products by the end of next year. Transmitters would be built into th...
Article | 14/08/2012 Google buys Frommer's travel guides to bulk up reviews
Google stepped further into the travel business on Monday, announcing it had acquired Frommer's, producer of popular travel guidebooks and reviews. Wh...
Article | 26/06/2012 Microsoft says it is happy with its Windows Phone partners. But for how long?
Microsoft isn’t about to upset its partners twice. The company has said that it will not release its own smartphone based on Windows Phone 8, contradi...
Article | 31/05/2012 How to download and install the Microsoft Windows 8 Final Release preview
Get ready, beta testers. Microsoft Thursday debuted Windows 8 Release Preview, which is one of the last steps before a final release of Windows 8 this...
Article | 24/05/2012 Move over Instagram, here comes Facebook Camera
Facebook might have acquired Instagram, but that's not stopping the site from releasing a social photo-sharing app of its own.
Article | 10/05/2012 Turn your Instagram photos into works of art on canvas
Dreami of hanging your Instagram photos in your living room? A new service will allow you to do just that, printing your best snapshots on "museum-qua...
Article | 9/05/2012 Nokia Lumia gets exclusive apps; is Windows Phone fragmentation next?
Nokia continues to push its Lumia line of Windows Phone smartphones hard, announcing several deals with app developers on Tuesday, including some that...
Article | 3/05/2012 RIM owns up to fake Apple protest in Australia
Research In Motion admitted Tuesday that it was behind a staged protest outside a Sydney, Australia Apple Store last week.
Article | 1/05/2012 Angry Birds Space rockets to 50 million downloads in 35 days
Angry Birds Space has broken a new record: it's the first app to hit 50 million downloads in just 35 days, which is two weeks faster than the previous...
Article | 26/04/2012 Google Drive vs. Microsoft SkyDrive: 4 reasons Google wins out
Google Drive, Google's online storage service is finally available after years of rumors, but with Microsoft's SkyDrive offering more space and better...
Article | 13/04/2012 Android apps don't need permission to see your data
Android critics often point to the operating system's lack of control over apps as a threat to user security, and this is yet again proving to be true...
Article | 3/04/2012 Amazon's Dominates Google in App Revenue: Thank Apple?
Android fans love to criticize Apple's locked-down strategy when it comes to hardware, iTunes content, and the iOS platform. But a study from the mobi...
Article | 3/09/2011 Google bought Motorola for the hardware, after all
Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility last month wasn't just about the patents. The Mountain View, Calif. company is interested in the hardware bu...
Article | 10/08/2011 Nokia scrapping Symbian in the U.S. for Windows Phone 7
We knew it was going to happen, but Nokia's finally made it official: the company is killing off Symbian in North America. Nokia president Chris Weber...

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