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Analyst: TI to Sample Chip With New Arm CPU Next Year
Texas Instruments could sample an OMAP5 chip based on Arm's latest Cortex-A15 processor design next year, an analyst said on Thursday.

Texas Instruments - Arm - Central processing unit - Hardware - processor
Users Spend More Time on Facebook, So You Should Too
Facebook has surpassed Google as the online destination where users spend the majority of their time, so businesses need to embrace Facebook as well.

Google - Facebook - Online Communities - Social Networking - ComScore
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Adobe, Google on Apple's App Store Changes: 'great News'
The clarified App Store guidelines and rejection review board that Apple announced on Thursday are mostly being hailed as, in the words of Martha Stewart, “a...

App Store - Google - Apple - Adobe Systems - Martha Stewart
Agendus Calendaring, Time Management App Comes to IPad
Iambic has brought its calendaring and time management application, Agendus, to the iPad. Agendus for iPad provides the same functionality and features as the...

Time management - Business - IPad - Management - Education and Training
Apple Releases Slew of Printer Driver Updates

Printer - Apple - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Hardware
Can Elop Make Nokia a Smartphone Contender?
Microsoft's Stephen Elop is assuming the role of Nokia CEO--taking the strength of the Nokia brand and shaping its future to compete in the smartphone market against RIM, Apple, Google, and his former employer.

Microsoft - Apple - Stephen Elop - Nokia - Google
Android Captures No. 2 Mobile OS Spot
Despite Android's quick advance, a handful of major mobile OS players will jockey for position for several years, Gartner reports.

Gartner - Android - Mobile operating system - Apple - Symbian
10 Tips for the New iPod Nano
A step-by-step introduction to the new features of Apple's revamped iPod Nano.

Apple - iPod - ipodnano - Shopping - Digital Portable Players
Google Instant: Criticisms and Controversies
Who's left out and whose livelihood is likely to change with the launch of Google's newest search technique.

Google - search - Search Engines - Companies - Google Instant
Windows Phone 7 Expected October 11
Manufacturers already have the revamped OS, and now reports say Microsoft will unveil the first Windows Phone 7 Series handsets next month.

Microsoft - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Window Phone 7 - Apple
Windows XP: Your Last Chance to Get it. Really.
Analysis: After repeated extensions, Microsoft is planning to pull the plug on Windows XP sales in October.

Windows XP - Microsoft - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Dell
Discover 1.1 Adds Offline Wikipedia Pages, More Fonts
Cooliris released Discover on the iPad back in July as a unique, magazine-ified interface for Wikipedia. Now Discover is back with a big update that adds a...

Wikipedia - Cooliris - IPad - Open Source - Open Content
FaceMan Brings Effects to IPhone 4 Front-facing Camera
Remember the first time you ran Photo Booth on an iSight-equipped Mac? Those endless hours of posing in front of your Mac while Photo Booth's real-time effects...

Photo Booth - IPhone - Macintosh - Apple - ISight
Hurd Set to Speak at Oracle OpenWorld
Mark Hurd will appear at Oracle OpenWorld on Sept. 20.

Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Mark Hurd - Databases - Oracle OpenWorld
Google Plans Research Center in France
Google will open a research center in France in part to allay French concerns about the company's influence on culture.

Google - France - Research - search - Search Engines
ARM 2.5Ghz Cortex A15 Pushes Envelope of Mobile Computing Power
ARM unveiled a new quad-core 2.5Ghz Cortex A15 processor with vastly improved capabilities that will revolutionize what mobile computing devices are capable of.

ARM architecture - Mobile computing - Multi-core processor - ARM - processor
Xbox 360 Powers Ahead, but Sun Setting on Wii?
Microsoft's Xbox 360 takes the top spot in hardware sales, despite overall industry slumping led by lagging Nintendo Wii and DS sales.

Microsoft - Xbox - Video game - Nintendo - Wii
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Top 5 Social Network Disorders
Analysis: Beware such social media maladies as Commentitis, Twambivalence or Unrequited Twitter Love.

Social media - Social network - Online Communities - Twitter - Business
Namco Hints at Game Center Plans, Details Upcoming Apps
Look for Game Center compatibility to take the form of a familiar face, as Namco Networks’ Ms. Pac-Man will soon work with the new iOS 4.1-friendly gaming...

Namco - Video game - Game - Action - Namco Museum
'Here You Have' E-Mail Worm Spreads Quickly
UPDATE: Security vendors warn of a mass-mailing worm that links to a malicious screensaver file.

Computer worm - Worms - Security - Animals - Agriculture
Adobe Back at Work on Flash Tool for iPhone: What's Next?
Apple has changed the guidelines for its App Store, now allowing some programs and services previously banned into the App Store. Here is what's out and in.

Apple - AppStore - Macintosh - Apple II - Companies
"Here You Have" Virus Demonstrates Need to Improve Malware Security
The "Here You Have" worm is taking the world by storm using rudimentary techniques that are a decade old, and illustrating the need for malware defense to evolve.

Malware - Security - Malicious Software - Computer worm - Viruses
Nokia Names Microsoft's Elop as New CEO
Nokia has named Stephen Elop, former president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective from later this month.

Microsoft - Stephen Elop - Nokia - Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo - Business
Stephen Elop: Listening Will Be Task Number One at Nokia
Stephen Elop plans no immediate changes at Nokia, he said in a news conference Friday.

Nokia - Stephen Elop - Microsoft - Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo - Apple
Ebay and Alibaba Eye China US Partnerships
Two of the world's biggest e-commerce marketplaces, eBay and it's Chinese counterpart Alibaba, will explore online partnerships.

EBay - Alibaba Group - China - Asia - Alibaba
Elop Departure Leaves an Executive Vacancy at Microsoft
The departure of Stephen Elop to Nokia leaves Microsoft with a vacancy at the top of one of its largest and most important divisions

Microsoft - Nokia - Stephen Elop - Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo - Apple
Nokia Names Microsoft's Elop as New CEO
Nokia has named Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business software group, to become its new CEO effective from later this month.

Microsoft - Stephen Elop - Nokia - Business - Nokia Names Microsoft
'Here you Have' Virus Tries to Delete Your Security Software
A new worm spreading through e-mail looks like a harmless message, but instead downloads malware that searches for and tries to delete your security software, then spreads via your address book.

Malware - Security - Computer worm - Malicious Software - Address book
Apple Offers App-Making Guidance, But No DIY Tool
Apple releases guidelines to make app development easier and to curtail "useless" or adult content, but there's still no DIY tool for building apps.

Apple - AppStore - IPhone - IOS - Apple II
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Best Buy Could Be Holiday Gift for Kindle
The Kindle's increasingly strong presence in physical stores should boost e-reader sales.

Best Buy - Business - Shopping - Retail Trade - Retailers
Remains of the Day: Schooled by the IPad
Think the iPad's too cool for school? Think again. At least it isn't being viciously beat up and dissected by those iFixit bullies like its iPod cousins. And...

iFixit - IPod - Apple - IPad - IPod Touch
EBay Claims Win in 2008 Craigslist Suit
A Delaware court has ruled in favor of eBay in its 2008 lawsuit against Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark, majority shareholders of Craigslist.

Craigslist - Craig Newmark - Jim Buckmaster - eBay - Shopping
'Limitless' Whiteboarding Tool Enables Online Meetings
With Prezi Meeting comes a Web-based presentation service with features that place it in a category apart from PowerPoint and others.

Microsoft PowerPoint - Prezi - Presentation - Web Applications - Presentation Sharing
Rosy WiMax Forecast Gives Way to LTE
ABI Research predicts 59 million WiMax users worldwide by 2015, about 15 percent less than an earlier forecast.

WiMAX - ABI Research - Telecommunications - Business - Equipment
OmniFocus 1.8 Gets Better Organization, Sharing Features
The Omni Group has updated OmniFocus, its flexible task and project manager, adding a number of organization, sharing, and sync updates.

Omni Group - OmniFocus - IPhone - Apple - Project Management
Prank Auto-Tune Friends With T-Pain Dialer
Smule's I Am T-Pain app gained immense popularity last year for letting iPhone users emulate rapper T-Pain's trademark auto-tune vocal styling. Rather than let...

IPhone - Smule - I Am T-Pain - T-Pain - Medicine
Google Instant: Pros and Cons
Detractors say Google's new "instant" search technology is both a security risk and a distraction for the company.

Google - Google Instant - Search - Search Engines - Companies
Apple's New App Store Rules Don't Change Anything
Apple may have released a set of guidelines for getting into its App Store, but the parameters for what'll get an app rejected remain as murky as ever.

Apple - AppStore - IOS - Macintosh - Apple II
Hotel Operator Warns of Data Breach
An operator of upscale hotels and resorts under such widely-known names as Marriott, Sheraton and Westin.

Travel and Tourism - Westin Hotels - Lodging - Asia - Hotels and Motels
Android App Brings Google Voice to Home Screen
Revised app adds two new widgets to Android's home screen, thereby making it easier for users to access Google Voice's inbox and settings.

Google - GoogleVoice - Mobile phone - Android - Searching
Vector Drawing App Features Powerful Tools, Minimalist Look
There's no shortage of vector drawing apps on the market today, but Bohemian Coding's Sketch stands out from the crowd by combining a minimalist, Mac-like...

Vector graphics - Apple - Graphics - Drawing - Visual Arts
Apple’s iPhone App Policy Revisions: The Good and The Bad
Apple’s iPhone App Store acceptance process has been like dealing with the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. But today, Apple is opening the curtain, at least a little.

AppStore - Apple - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds
Wall Street Beat: Tech Fails to Lead Markets
Good macroeconomic news boosted the markets this week but tech stocks are still down for the year.

Wall Street - Macroeconomics - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds
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Apple's App Store Guidelines Go Deeper Than Adobe
Ever since the App Store launched and the first app developer complained publicly about having his app rejected, Apple's received a lot of criticism about how...

Apple - AppStore - Adobe Systems - IPhone - Macintosh
GetGlue Brings Social Networking for Entertainment to IPad
Social media network GetGlue has released a new app that brings its service, dedicated to the world of entertainment, to the iPad.

Glue - IPad - Social network service - Social network - IPhone
How Six Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names
Fifteen years ago, if I told a friend I had spent the day Googling myself or looking for names at Go Daddy, he would have assumed I'd gone off the deep end.

Go Daddy - Domain name - For Sale or Auction - Website - Generic top-level domain
Business Groups Question Net Neutrality Rules
Three business trade groups question the need for new net neutrality rules.

Network neutrality - Programming - Component Frameworks - NET - Business
BaseApp Watches Basecamp From Your Menu Bar
If you find that e-mail notifications aren’t the best way to stay on top of activity from Basecamp, 37signals’s popular project management and collaboration...

Basecamp - Project management - 37signals - Project and Program Management - Management
It Pays to Break the Rules When You're Mark Hurd
Hurd scored $34 million for his bad behavior at HP; now he's nabbed a high-profile gig at Oracle. What's the message here?

Mark Hurd - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle Corporation - Oracle - Larry Ellison
T-Mobile G2 Plus HSPA+ Network Could Be a Fast Combo
The new phone is the first to take advantage of the fast speeds delivered by T-Mobile's 3.5G network--now in 55 cities.

T-Mobile - Evolved HSPA - Business and Economy - High-Speed Downlink Packet Access - Telecommunications

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