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Friday, August 19, 2011

Google-Motorola Deal: What Does It Mean for Nokia?

Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings probably will not lead Microsoft to respond by buying Nokia, an industry analyst says. 

Thursday, August 18, 2011

AT&T sues customers seeking to block T-Mobile deal

AT&T Inc is turning to the federal courts to thwart an effort led by law firm Bursor & Fisher to derail AT&T's $39 billion takeover bid for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

New Tablet to Launch with Windows and Android

Viewsonic will begin shipping a tablet later this month that runs both Windows 7 and Android, the company said today.

Sprint Kills 4G Playbook Plans

This is not good news for the fate of the Blackberry brand.

Microsoft To Reveal Windows 8 Details

Microsoft plans to disclose new details about the architecture and capabilities of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system in the coming weeks to prepare developers and users for what it calls the most significant overhaul of its OS since it released Windows 95 -- which introduced the Task Bar, Start menu, and other iconic features -- more than 15 years ago. 

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Charge Your iPhone with Your Headphones!!! Wait, what?????

Look out, your next iOS device may do away with that fussy charging cable and cradle. In its place? A pair of earbuds. Yep, I said earbuds. Those things you stick in your ears to listen to music, or maybe use to lasso a pen off your desk if you're lazy (as well as adept at making lassos out of earphones, which probably means you'd be great in a circus, too).

Apple becomes most valuable publicly traded company


Some might say it was only a matter of time, but it finally happened - Apple is the most valuable publicly traded company, beating ExxonMobil for the top spot. Apple temporarily overtook ExxonMobil on Tuesday, but ended the day second.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Ring of Antimatter Found in Earth's Orbit


The earth has a ring of antimatter encircling it, says newdata from the Pamela space satellite, a multinational project aimed at studying the planet’s magnetosphere. The discovery has fueled speculation that the antimatter might someday be harvested to power advancedspacecraft.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Inside iCloud

Apple's iCloud services, announced this summer at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, are quickly maturing for their initial release this fall. Here's what's new and what's changed.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Massive Security Hack Hits UN, Among others

IT security firm McAfee claims to have uncovered one of the largest ever series of cyber attacks.