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When it comes to keeping its future devices secret, Apple is a master at it. Just take a look at all the hype surrounding their rumored tablet PC and new iPhone for 2010, if you are to believe all that you read then the iSlate as it is known will be launched in March, and [read full ...]
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Samsung series 88000
When a product has become commoditized and its price is regularly dropping and its profit margins are getting ever-thinner, how can a company boost its sales and raise its prices?
One way is by changing the product’s name.
That’s what Samsung has done with its new line of LCD TVs using LEDs to illuminate [read full ...]
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Ballmer may have wanted it to be out yesterday, but it looks like the initial release of Windows Mobile 7 may now finally, actually be in sight. According to ZDNet Taiwan, the mobile OS is now on track for a release to OEMs for testing (the so-called “Maldives” program) sometime in the first quarter of [read full ...]
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Universal phone charger approved
Future handsets will all be able to use the universal charger
A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body.
Industry body the GSMA says that 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers are generated each year.
Currently most chargers are [read full ...]
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The alleged patent infringement applies to all iPhones since its 2007 launch
Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, has said that it is suing its US rival Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone.
Nokia said it had not been compensated for its technology, and accused Apple of “trying to get [read full ...]
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By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley
Studies show 60% of users are interested in mobile internet access
Mobile providers have said that US proposals to ensure all traffic on the internet is treated equally should not be applied to wireless traffic.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants rules to prevent providers blocking or [read full ...]
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To tweet or not to tweet is the question that Mr Shashi Tharoor must be asking himself these days.
India’s junior foreign minister is a former UN diplomat, a prolific writer, a political debutant and an inveterate Twitter-er. Some are already calling him, rather uncharitably, India’s ‘Twittering Minister’, and skewering him for “wasting time” with his [read full ...]
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By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisco
Microsoft said “images play a large part in the decision making process”
Software giant Microsoft has introduced “visual search” to its Bing search engine to try to further set itself apart from market-leader Google.
The new feature will allow users to browse results using pictures instead of [read full ...]