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RIM Changes Name of New OS
Research In Motion was forced to change the name of its new operating system after a ruling was made in favor of the company that filed a lawsuit against it. According to the ruling,
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Google Android Market Hits 10 Billion Downloads
Google announced that the Android Market reached 10 billion downloads. According to a company blog post, Android users hit milestone, with a growth rate of one billion app downloads a month. On the hand,
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Microsoft Postpones Windows Phone 7 Launch in China
Microsoft is set to launch its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system in China at the first half of 2012. It was originally planned to roll out in late 2011. The announcement was made
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Chrome Overtakes Firefox as Second Most Used Brower
Internet Explorer is still the most popular web browser in the world. This is due to the fact that most computers run on Windows and owners don’t bother switching to a different one. For
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IE9 Gains Ground on Windows 7 Computers
According to new stat reports, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 continues to gain shares on Windows 7, which is the only operating system that the browser works on. The year 2011 has not been good
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Kindle Fire Software Update Available
Kindle recently released a software update for its Kindle Fire tablet. Version 6.2 is available for download and it is the second update since the original 6.0 that came during its launch. Amazon’s 6.2
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Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet to Arrive Just in Time
Windows 8 tablets will be available in the market a few years after its rivals were introduced. But according to analysts, it is not too late for Microsoft’s tablet to join in the fray.
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Business Software Alliance Withdraws Support for SOPA
The Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA has taken a major blow as one of its proponents withdrew its support for the measure that would let US authorities to seize the domain names of
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Android has 200 Million Activations
During its Google Music press conference held in Los Angeles, Google announced that its Android platform has been activated in more than 200 million smartphones and other mobile devices across the globe. That’s twice
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Windows 8 Makes Automatic Updates Simple
Microsoft improved the process for automatic updates in its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. It would lessen the required restarts and decrease interruptions. Windows Update has been something that users had been complaining for
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Android Skype Users Had Personal Info Exposed to Malicious Apps
Android users of Skype may have had their personal sensitive information stolen due to malicious applications stealing user data from their phones due to file permissions that were incorrectly assigned due to a vulnerability
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Android Phones Could Be Equipped With NFC for Secure Mobile Payments
If negotiations with Mastercard and Citigroup go well, Google Android users may soon have a phone they can use to pay for things with merely a swipe of their smart phones over a special
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Android Predicted As Leader In Smartphone Market For Next Few Years
A recent study by the market research company International Data Corporation (IDC) picks the Android mobile operating system as the clear cut leader in the smart phone market through 2015. IDC’s report says that
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Sony Xperia X10 due for update to Android 2.3 OS
After much debate in the past, some Sony Ericsson customers will get the Android 3.0 Gingerbread OS update for the Xperia X10 smartphone. The Xperia X10 is Sony’s flagship smartphone, and in the past
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Motorola considering ditching Android for a new Motorola OS?
Motorola has recently hired several engineers from Apple and Adobe who are skilled in web and mobile platforms to help them develop a new Internet-based operating system. Motorola may be planning to use the
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Android Smartphones Overtake iPhones & BlackBerries First Time Ever
Android smartphones have come out on top in sales for the very first time over iPhone and BlackBerry devices in the U.S. as shown in the most current Nielsen Co. survey done right before
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Google takes away 21 apps due to malware problems
A few Android customers found out that sometimes an open platform isn’t the best thing when Google had to remove 21 of its apps due to finding out they were contaminated with malware. They
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Verizon’s new iPhone could cause trouble for Android
Reason dictates that the new Verizon iPhone which is scheduled to hit the shelves next month should do a lot of damage to AT&T. This makes perfect sense because since AT&T had an exclusive
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Apple Comes Down Hard on Google For Tablet Flaws
When Google puts out its Android tablet OS, there will already be 20 million iPads out there being used by consumers. About 90 days ago, Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, proclaimed that Google was Apple’s
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iPhone Still Winning, But Android Catching Up Fast
While it may look like nearly all the people you see are using the iPhone, statistics from the market research firm, Nielsen, show that those purchasing new smart phones are buying Android based handsets
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