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- Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
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- Millions using social media on Xbox Live
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Let the battle for holiday gadget shoppers begin
Retailers try different strategies for competing with behemoths like Amazon and Wal-Mart in the cutthroat competition to lure those giving electronics as gifts.
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Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
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Major Intel chip upgrade coming to Netbooks
Chipmaker is set to announce the biggest makeover for its Atom processor since it was introduced back in the spring of 2008.
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Millions using social media on Xbox Live
Microsoft has released its first figures on how well Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm have done on Xbox Live. They show substantial, though not huge, engagement.
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Google places ad explaining offensive image
A distorted image purporting to be First Lady Michelle Obama is currently the No. 1 image result for her name. Google is using ad space to explain its policy for such matters.
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Chrome OS security: 'Sandboxing,' auto updates
Google operating system will have many of the same security features as the Chrome browser, including "sandboxing" of apps, auto updating, and antiphishing.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)
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Can News Corp. afford calling Google's bluff?
Google makes it easy to remove content from its search engine, but few companies do because of the loss of traffic. News Corp., with help from Microsoft, could change that.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)
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AT&T offers prepaid wireless broadband
AT&T is following Verizon Wireless by offering a prepaid wireless broadband service for laptop users.
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Police arrest exec for not using Twitter
After singer Justin Bieber does not appear at a Long Island mall, police ask a record label veep to tweet encouragement for the crowd to disperse. He allegedly doesn't and is thus arrested.
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'Technical issue' downs eBay search over weekend
Some power users are none too pleased, though, and are requesting refunds for seller fees if their auctions were disrupted as a result.
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HP reports in-line earnings, raises 2010 outlook
Company reports earnings of $1.14 per share on $30.8 billion in sales, and it forecasts earnings of $1.03 to $1.05 per share on sales of $29.6 billion to $29.9 billion.
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LinkedIn's platform loosens up
The professional networking site now lets developers access its API to import LinkedIn features into external sites.
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Time short to agree on smart-grid standards
The next phase of smart-grid standards is due to start next year but vendors pushing their own home networking options threatens to slow the process, says a NIST official.
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E-tailers linked to 'scam' blame customers
Priceline, Classmates.com, and Orbitz say customers should read the fine print before complaining about being charged recurring monthly fees to join loyalty programs they didn't want.
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Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild
Company says it is investigating a publicly published exploit code that allegedly could lead to computers running versions 6 or 7 of the browser getting compromised.
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