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Muziic Web app offers Vevo without ads
December 29, 2009 1:35 PM PST
The online version of the YouTube-based music service includes content from Vevo without pre-roll advertisements, as well as a crossfader. And there's more to come.
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Unannounced HP 210 Netbook 'in stock'
December 29, 2009 12:57 PM PST
Reseller eCost lists the Mini 210, which packs Intel's newest Atom N450 silicon, at $389. And even HP has jumped the gun.
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Microsoft, Yahoo help keep India away from porn?
December 29, 2009 12:45 PM PST
Report suggests Microsoft and Yahoo are among the search engines complying with a new Indian law that offers severe penalties for allowing access to "lascivious" content.
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Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint
December 29, 2009 11:38 AM PST
The Finnish company alleges that Apple infringes seven Nokia patents "in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers."
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Zuckerberg spends Christmas dethroning Google
December 29, 2009 11:31 AM PST
December 25 marks the first time Mark Zuckerberg and company have earned the designation as most popular U.S. site on the Web, but it is in no way surprising.
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Google plans January 5 Android press event
December 29, 2009 10:57 AM PST
Next week's event could finally clear up questions over Google's Android strategy, with expectations that it will use the occasion to launch the Nexus One phone.
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Analyst: Apps the secret to Apple's tablet success
December 29, 2009 9:54 AM PST
Many of the discussions around Apple's rumored tablet are about its 10-inch touch-screen display, but one analyst believes it will be the availability of the apps that determine its success.
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Report: T-Mobile ready for Google phone launch
December 29, 2009 9:31 AM PST
T-Mobile is telling employees to prepare for the launch of a Google Android phone in early January that will be sold directly by Google, a report says.
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Garmin adds new wilderness GPS models
December 29, 2009 8:51 AM PST
The touch-screen Oregon 450 and 450t navigation devices give hikers an updated interface and improved track navigation, the GPS device maker says.
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The secret behind the Kindle's best-selling e-books: They're not for sale
December 29, 2009 5:41 AM PST
Kindle users are leaning toward downloads priced at $0.00. Still, with Amazon playing close to the vest, it's hard to tell what the sales patterns really look like.
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2010 the year of cloud-computing...M&A
December 29, 2009 4:19 AM PST
Cloud computing is becoming less about science projects and more about real-world deployments, which should lead to big vendors buying start-ups to round out their offerings.
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Scam probe casts harsh light on Web retail
December 29, 2009 4:00 AM PST
roundup The sheer number of online retailers accused of betraying customer trust has churned up an unprecedented scandal for the e-commerce sector.
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E-tail Scrooges and how one woman defeated them
December 29, 2009 4:00 AM PST
This is no "It's a Wonderful Life," but the thousands stung by Web marketing practices now under government scrutiny may find it a feel-good story anyway.
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Verizon sees rise of 'slate' computers in 2010
December 29, 2009 4:00 AM PST
The wireless communications giant is looking closely at tablet and Netbook computers and whether it could market them.
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Android and iPhone users not so different after all
December 28, 2009 6:10 PM PST
Android and iPhone usage patterns look very much alike. Can RIM and others keep up with the way users want to user their mobile devices.
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10 music-tech trends that will shape the next decade
December 28, 2009 6:00 PM PST
By 2020, we'll be streaming songs from the cloud instead of buying albums and storing them on our hard drives, and suggestion services like Pandora will become essential.
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AT&T resumes online iPhone sales in NY
December 28, 2009 2:39 PM PST
It's once again safe to order an iPhone through AT&T's Web site if you live in New York, after an unexplained halt was enforced in the area over the weekend.
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Quark Promote lets novices make promo materials
December 28, 2009 1:39 PM PST
The new, easily approachable tools allow non-designers to create their own promotional materials.
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Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal
December 28, 2009 12:45 PM PST
Google's proposed acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob would make it too easy to bring the Web giant's dominant search ad business to the mobile world, according to two consumer groups.
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App store downloads shine on Christmas
December 28, 2009 12:29 PM PST
Mobile app downloads for Apple's iPod Touch jump 1,000 percent on Christmas Day following 51 percent leap in overall downloads for December, says research firm Flurry.
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