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02 September, 2010 20:05
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USA > Science and Technology
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Samsung: Our Galaxy tablet better than iPad
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(CNET) -- When Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab on Thursday, it made a bold claim: the device is at least as good as today's dominant tablet, Apple's iPad "Honestly, I don't see anything [about the Galaxy Tab] that is weaker than the iPad," WP Wong, head of Samsung Mobile's product planning team, said at a press conference here at the IFA electronics...
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02 September, 2010 17:14
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USA > Science and Technology
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Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
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(CNN) -- With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field Google and TiVo, as well as lesser-known rivals like Boxee and Roku, are among the most visible players that offer -- or plan to offer -- set-top boxes or services that stream...
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02 September, 2010 13:22
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USA > Science and Technology
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iPad is for grandparents, not just geeks
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Editor's note: Business Insider is contributing a series of columns to CNNcom that challenge commonly held beliefs about the tech world (Business Insider) -- Apple's iPad tablet isn't just for geeks, yuppies, and rich people It's also for grandparents That may not be the target audience you're thinking of for a $500 piece of high-tech metal and glass...
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02 September, 2010 06:30
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USA > Science and Technology
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Adult texters catching up to teens
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(CNN) -- Grown-ups don't text as much as teens -- at least not yet A new survey suggests they may be catching up About 72 percent of adult mobile phone users send text messages with their phones, according to a report released Thursday from the Pew Research Center That's up from 65 percent just a year ago About 87 percent of teenagers use their phones...
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01 September, 2010 17:03
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USA > Science and Technology
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Apple event now under way
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Don't miss Steve Jobs' announcement today on cnncom/live and CNN's app for the iPhone starting at 1:30 pm ET (CNN) -- Apple's "special event" was underway in San Francisco, with the company expected to announce upgrades to its music and entertainment products like the iPod Touch and Nano CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at 1 pm ET, in his trademark...
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01 September, 2010 14:43
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USA > Science and Technology
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Apple will live stream event -- but not on PCs
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Don't miss Steve Jobs' big announcement today on cnncom/live and CNN's app for the iPhone starting at 1:30 pm ET (CNN) -- Apple users will get to watch live today as the company, at an event presumably led by CEO Steve Jobs, announces new services and products Everybody else is out of luck Late Tuesday, Apple announced that it will be live streaming...
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01 September, 2010 14:18
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USA > Science and Technology
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Grab these hot iPhone 4 games
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(CNN) -- If you've picked up Apple's iPhone 4, you're probably aware of the new features that can benefit gamers on the go: a higher-resolution display, an integrated gyroscope to complement the accelerometer (for six-axis motion control), longer battery life and faster Wi-Fi Out of the box, the iPhone 4 also supports the 250,000-plus downloads available...
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01 September, 2010 14:14
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USA > Science and Technology
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How to gracefully unfriend someone online
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Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and soon-to-be-book Stuff Hipsters Hate When they're not trolling Brooklyn for new material, Ehrlich works as a news editor at Mashablecom, and Bartz holds the same position at Psychology Today (CNN) -- We've all done it -- surfed on over to the book of faces,...
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31 August, 2010 21:08
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USA > Science and Technology
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Making computer memory work like human brains
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(CNN) -- How do computers remember things? It's something most of us never think about But you may start to take notice if HP Labs is successful in commercializing a new version of computer memory, which would make our electronics dramatically faster and more energy efficient The technology is called memristor, and it is designed to work more like...
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31 August, 2010 05:11
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USA > Science and Technology
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Gmail looks to clear clutter with Priority Inbox
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(CNN) -- Gmail users who feel swamped by a virtual flood of messages will get some help sorting them out Priority Inbox, a feature designed to push a user's most important e-mails to the top of the inbox and leave them there, was scheduled to be rolled out at midnight ET Monday "We've been hearing from a lot of our most active users, people around...
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30 August, 2010 15:45
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USA > Science and Technology
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Chatroulette is back, but is it less raunchy?
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(CNN) -- Chatroulette, the controversial website that offers random video chat with strangers, was back Monday after being down for more than a week for promised improvements Based on early peeks at the revamped site, however, it didn't appear to have upgraded its bare-bones appearance much And if there was an effort to stop people from using the site...
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30 August, 2010 14:16
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USA > Science and Technology
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Facebook feeds narcissism, survey says
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(Mashable) -- In a rather small survey conducted by a young psychologist, Facebook was shown to have some interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults In a survey of 100 college students, young people with narcissistic personality traits were shown to exhibit Facebook activity that was distinctly more self-promotional These...
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27 August, 2010 15:21
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USA > Science and Technology
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Older users flocking to Facebook, Twitter
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(CNN) -- Nancy Ehrlich was nearing 50 and frustrated, teaching at her small Pennsylvania town's elementary school with colleagues who didn't share her love of technology Then, last summer, she found Twitter Now, Ehrlich -- who turns 51 in a few weeks -- barely qualifies for the fastest-growing club on the Web The number of internet users over 50 who...
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26 August, 2010 21:39
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USA > Science and Technology
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Google: 1 million Gmail calls on first day
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(CNET) -- Google Wave and Google Buzz may have had troubles attracting usage, but the new ability to place calls from Gmail appears to have caught on quickly "Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!" Google tweeted Thursday, evidently pleased with the number For comparison, there are somewhat more than 300 million people...
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26 August, 2010 15:57
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USA > Science and Technology
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Parents, do you know what these texts mean?
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(CNN) -- Do you know what this means: %*@:-( ? Or this: ~~#ZZZZZZ ? If the answers are no, you're not a teenager who uses alcohol or drugs 'Boy am I old' Six years ago, Ryan Jones didn't know what the above terms meant either -- but that was before he became an expert in the shorthand teens use to communicate about their illicit activities It all began...
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26 August, 2010 12:18
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USA > Science and Technology
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MIT unveils swimming, oil-cleaning robots
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(CNN) -- Here's a new way of looking at oil spill clean-up: Forget the big ships, massive work crews and hefty price tags Instead, just deploy an army of autonomous, oil-scrubbing robots They can find the oil on their own And when they reach the site of an oil spill, they talk to their robot friends to figure out the best way to get the whole thing...
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26 August, 2010 07:10
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USA > Science and Technology
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17 states ask Craigslist to cut adult ads
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(CNN) -- Attorneys general in 17 states have banded together to call on Craigslist, the online classified ad website, to discontinue its adult services section "The increasingly sharp public criticism of Craigslist's Adult Services section reflects a growing recognition that ads for prostitution -- including ads trafficking children -- are rampant...
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25 August, 2010 20:07
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USA > Science and Technology
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Mobile maps make apartment-hunting easier
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Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNNcom She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media consultant whose blog, Contentiouscom, explores how people communicate in the online age (CNN) -- Hunting for apartments can be exhausting and confusing, but you can make it a bit easier with the help of Google Maps on your smartphone Currently,...
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25 August, 2010 15:17
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USA > Science and Technology
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Women, minorities are biggest cellphone users
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(CNN) -- Women text and talk on their mobile phones more than men African-Americans and Hispanics use their phones more than whites, and Southerners out-chat their northern neighbors while on the go And here's a real shocker: Teenagers text way more than anybody else Those are the findings of a yearlong survey by the Nielsen Co The statistics firm...
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25 August, 2010 16:06
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USA > Science and Technology
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Report: iTunes to rent TV shows for 99 cents
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(CNN) -- In a move that could further popularize online and mobile video, Apple's iTunes store this fall may begin renting TV programming to viewers for 99 cents per episode, according to a report from Bloomberg News The report, which cites three unnamed sources familiar with the situation, said Apple "is in advanced talks" with News Corp...
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