LG: Windows Phone 7 push "wasn't what everyone expected"
LG has revealed its thoughts on the Windows Phone 7 launch in October 2010, saying it could have been better. While Microsoft will definitely not be too happy with the statements, it's not all bad news for the software giant.
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RIM to ship 1 million BlackBerry PlayBooks in Q1 2011
RIM is expecting shipments of 1 million BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in Q1 2011, with the first models being WiFi-only and 3G. Quanta Computer has already begun volume production of the BlackBerry PlayBook, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. 
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Intel CEO: our chips will power Windows 8 phones
Intel CEO Paul Otellini has hinted that his company plans to offer Windows 8 on smartphones. After announcing that 2010 was the best year for the chip maker, given that the company reported full-year revenue of $43.6 billion and $11.7 billion in net income and a record fourth quarter, Otellini...
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CityVille, world's biggest game, hits 100 million active users
In just 43 days, the newest Zynga game has managed to hit a milestone no other game has hit before. CityVille now has over 100 million active users, according to AppData. 
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Google updates Chrome 8, fixes 16 security vulnerabilities
Google has updated version 8 of its browser. The update addresses 16 security vulnerabilities in the WebKit-based browser: one rated as Critical, 13 rated as High, and two rated as Medium.
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Minecraft sells over a million copies, still in beta
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson announced this week that the adventure sandbox game has surpassed one million sales. The title entered beta in December after more than a year of development and it reached 500,000 sales last October while still in alpha. That's a massive success considering it was initially... 
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Fun Facts: Intel's Sandy Bridge Processors
Around this time last year we ran a story with some fun facts about Intel's then debutant 32nm manufacturing technology. For example, we learned that a 32nm transistor can switch on and off over 300 billion times in one second, conversely it would take a human 4000 years to flick... 
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Apple iOS 4.3 beta released with Personal Hotspot, more
Apple has released a beta version of iOS 4.3 to developers via the iOS Dev Center, bringing a few dozen bug fixes and features for the third and fourth-gen iPod touch, iPhone 3GS and 4, iPad and Apple TV. 
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Student goes to federal prison for hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail
David Kernell, the former University of Tennessee student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail account, has entered federal prison. His term in the minimum security facility in Ashland, Kentucky will last a year and a day, according to the BBC.
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KFA2 unveils wireless GeForce GTX 460
KFA2 (a Galaxy sub-brand) has unveiled a new version of the GeForce GTX 460 that eliminates the need for display cables. The card utilizes WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) and transmits video signals from five antennas over the 5GHz band to the included WHDI receiver, which is connected to your... 
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YouTube mobile traffic triples in 2010, 200 million views a day
YouTube now exceeds 200 million views a day on mobile, after seeing its traffic triple in 2010. Google's costs are clearly increasing for the video sharing website, so the company is doing what it does bets: adding more ads. 
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Rumor: Google to release new Nexus S with Android 2.4
A Samsung phone with model number GT-i9023, which is very close to the Nexus S' model number of GT-i9020, has just passed the FCC with T-Mobile's band (AWS 3G). On top of that, German site BestBoyZ has posted a video of a Nexus S in the wild running Android 2.4....
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Mozilla hopes to release Firefox 4 next month
Damon Sicore, Senior Director of Platform Engineering at Mozilla, has announced that the company is almost ready to ship Firefox 4. On its mailing list, Mozilla has revealed it has around 160 hard blockers to fix, before proceeding to Release Candidate stage. Both the RC and the final version would...
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Google's URL Shortener gets an API
Goo.gl, Google's fast URL shortener, has received an API that allows developers to add it to their own applications. Up until now, Google didn't offer an API for the tool, so building it into third-party apps has not been an option until now.
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Microsoft to disable Windows Phone 7 unlocking in first update
In the first update to Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is planning to block ChevronWP7, which allowed users to unlock any retail Windows Phone 7 device for application side-loading without having to pay $99 per year for a WP7 marketplace account. The update, which is slated for release this month, will... 
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Facebook to distribute AMBER Alerts for abducted children
Facebook has teamed up with the US government to make it possible to deliver America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alerts to its users. There is now an AMBER Alert Facebook page for each US state, along with Puerto Rico and some Canadian provinces, for abducted children. Gov20.GovFresh called it...
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Microsoft: Apple's "App Store" trademark is too generic
Microsoft has asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to reject Apple's application to trademark the term "App Store" because it is too generic. Apple applied for the trademark in 2008. Today, Cupertino uses the term to refer to stores for apps that can be downloaded for the iPhone,... 
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Researcher uses Amazon cloud to crack Wi-Fi passwords
A security researcher from Germany named Thomas Roth has written a program that can crack the WPA encryption that protects many Wi-Fi networks in a few minutes. His software employs a "brute force" attack, where passwords are deciphered by successively varying combinations of numbers and digits, and since naturally that...
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Mobile strategy the reason behind AMD CEO ousting
The departure of AMDs chief executive came as quite a surprise for many, as Meyer abruptly announced the decision on Monday with no detailed explanation from either him or the company. Even more so as AMD started to show a slow but steady turnaround, with its graphics processors business doing...
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Sony targets GeoHot and team over PS3 root key hack
Sony has filed a legal complaint against famed hacker George GeoHot Hotz and the fail0verflow team, which earlier this month managed to crack the PS3 root key and began spreading a modified firmware that allows homebrew apps and pirated software to run on unmodded consoles. 
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TechSpot PC Buying Guide: 2011 Kick Off
About a year ago we revamped our long-standing guide for PC builders and prospective buyers, setting it to be updated on an ongoing basis. Throughout 2010 we kept to our word, making near immediate changes when major product launches took place, and giving the guide biweekly passes to make sure... 
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Fun Facts: Intel's Sandy Bridge Processors
For the launch of their 2nd-gen Intel Core CPUs (a.k.a. Sandy Bridge), Intel has compiled another interesting list of fun facts in a whitepaper. We have selected the ones we find more amusing and are republishing them with Intel's permission.
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Kingston SSDNow V+180 64GB SSD Review
Kingston has expanded their SSD range adding the SSDNow V+180 Series to the mix. This portable 1.8-inch line is designed for ultra-mobile devices, such as ultra-thin notebooks, netbooks and tablet PCs, while mirroring the read and write speed specs of the larger 2.5-inch SSDNow drives.
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Burn4Free 5.3
The new free burning solution and dvd copy.
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DVDFab HD Decrypter 8.0.7.0 Beta
Copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections while copying.
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ImgBurn 2.5.5.0
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application.
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OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 RC 9 for Windows
OpenOffice.org now gives you everything you'd expect in office software.
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System Explorer 2.6.4
System Explorer is free, awards winning software for exploration and management of System Internals.
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HDDlife Pro 3.1.171
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TuneUp Utilities 2011 10.0.3000.105
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Ideal Administration 11.0.0.6
Simplifies the administration of your Windows NT, XP, 2000 and 2003 network.
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avast! Virus Definitions January 13, 2011
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 January 13, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6225
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 January 13, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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Samsung TS-LB23A Firmware v SC01
Driver Date: 1/10/2011 OS Support: Windows (all)
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Asus Eee Reader DR-900 Firmware v 0.0036.2669.0394
Driver Date: 1/7/2011 OS Support: Linux
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