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    STEC releases faster SSDs for data centers

    15 September, 2010 06:03
    MACH16 drives generate up to twice the throughput as their predecessors
    STEC Corp. on Tuesday released its highest endurance and performance solid-state drive (SSD) family to date. The drives are aimed at enterprise-class servers that can handle up to 30,000 I/O per second and have more than a five-year lifespan.
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    Bing beats Yahoo in search, a symbolic win

    15 September, 2010 05:44
    Ultimately the battle to beat Google is only interesting in how it inspires new features and services among the competitors
    Bing's vault over Yahoo in U.S. search volume should come as no surprise to anyone who's been following the horse race, but it's a symbolic milestone for a baby search engine whose prime directive is to take some of Google's advertising pie.
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    E-reader roundup: 8 devices compete for the crown

    15 September, 2010 05:41
    We look at the current state of the market and review 8 of the most popular e-readers
    In ancient times, the elite read their sacred writings, histories, philosophical musings and more on materials such as clay tablets, papyrus leaves and vellum scrolls. Somewhere around the first century, the paper-and-ink book appeared, and the invention of the mechanical printing press in the 15th century brought the printed word to the masses. Now, for the first time in centuries, how we read is undergoing a revolutionary transformation.
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    Intel opens app store, unveils Atom chips

    15 September, 2010 05:30
    Chip maker kicks off second day of conference by rolling out two new processors
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel kicked off the second day of its developers conference by officially launching its app store and rolling out new Atom processors.
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    Samsung Galaxy Tab headed to AT&T, report says

    15 September, 2010 05:06
    Samsung is reportedly launching the Galaxy Tab 7-inch tablet in the U.S. on Thursday, and a new report says the device is headed to AT&T.
    Samsung is reportedly launching the Galaxy Tab 7-inch tablet in the U.S. on Thursday, and a new report says the device is headed to AT&T. Expectations are high for the Android-based Galaxy Tab, introduced during the IFA Berlin trade show in September, as it is considered to be the first significant challenger to Apple's iPad.
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    JPMorgan Chase's online banking site crashes

    15 September, 2010 04:58
    Bank blames 'technical issues' for ongoing Chase.com outage that may now be 18-hours-old
    JPMorgan Chase is blaming "technical issues" for an outage to its online banking site that may well be one of the longest outages by a major provider in recent memory.
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    New mobile charger cuts 'vampire' power drain to zero

    15 September, 2010 04:02
    Stops power drain when laptops and mobiles are removed
    A team at London's City University has been granted a patent on a new 'green' technology that stops phone, laptop and MP3 chargers eating electricity even when nothing is connected to them.
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    New company offers virtualised datacentre on-the-fly

    15 September, 2010 03:52
    VirtualSharp claims new predictability for disaster recovery
    A Spanish company claims to have developed a way for companies to improve the predictability of their disaster recovery plans and has brought the product to the UK.
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    Android development platform extended to BlackBerry, iOS

    15 September, 2010 03:44
    A client-server infrastructure for enterprise mobile applications has been expanded to include Apple's iOS and, most recently, Research in Motion's BlackBerry OS.
    A client-server infrastructure for enterprise mobile applications has been expanded to include Apple's iOS and, most recently, Research in Motion's BlackBerry OS.
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    No IPv6 plan? You're behind schedule

    15 September, 2010 03:44
    If you haven't started deploying IPv6 -- or at least begun planning your IPv6 deployment -- you have fallen behind schedule compared to the majority of network operators worldwide, according to the latest survey about global readiness for IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
    If you haven't started deploying IPv6 -- or at least begun planning your IPv6 deployment -- you have fallen behind schedule compared to the majority of network operators worldwide, according to the latest survey about global readiness for IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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    Mozilla halts Firefox security updates

    15 September, 2010 03:44
    Stops serving updates to newest versions while it looks into startup crash bug
    Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.
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    Seagate's encrypted hard drive gets security boost

    15 September, 2010 03:38
    FIPS 140-2 approval to help sales to US government
    Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) has become the first encrypted laptop hard drive to get the critical FIPS 140-2 certification that the company hopes will finally help boost its sales to US and Canadian government organisations.
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    Walmart announces a new postpaid wireless plan

    15 September, 2010 03:36
    Walmart Family Mobile will be available starting next week and features unlimited calling and texting for $45 per month.
    Walmart announced Monday that it will jump head-on into the cellphone business with its own, branded wireless plan.
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    Smartphone owners will pay for apps, hate mobile ads

    15 September, 2010 03:32
    To pay or not to pay, that is the mobile user conundrum.
    To pay or not to pay, that is the mobile user conundrum.
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    Broadband users misunderstand bandwidth, claims ISP

    15 September, 2010 03:31
    Fail to factor in the effect of video
    Many broadband consumers think they understand the concept of bandwidth without always factoring how applications have an impact on it, a survey has found.
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    Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems

    15 September, 2010 03:17
    Siemens confirms that 14 plant systems have been infected; some of them could have been reprogrammed
    A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens.
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    Verizon V CAST app store to compete against Google

    15 September, 2010 03:00
    The telcom giant is accepting submissions for its Android app store.
    Verizon has been accepting submissions for its forthcoming V CAST Android app store, which is rumored to be unveiled at the VCD Conference on 21 September. The V CAST app store was originally said to be an extension of the official Android app marketplace, but according to the blog Android and Me, the shop will be totally independent of Google.
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    Will Android smash the iPhone?

    15 September, 2010 02:57
    "Android is exploding on the app scene," says Jonathan Carson, CEO of the telecom practice at Nielsen Company, adding, "like a rocket ship over the last year."
    "Android is exploding on the app scene," says Jonathan Carson, CEO of the telecom practice at Nielsen Company, adding, "like a rocket ship over the last year." Carson was speaking to a few hundred mobile app developers who gathered at the first AppNation conference in San Francisco's Moscone Center earlier this week.
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    Consumer reports reiterates caution against iPhone 4

    15 September, 2010 02:56
    The warning comes due to Apple's decision to end the free case program for the iPhone 4
    Consumer Reports, one of the most widely respected consumer advocacy resources, is once again slamming the Apple iPhone 4. In response to Apple's decision to end the free case program it implemented to address the iPhone 4 "antennagate" issue, Consumer Reports stressed that it still can not recommend a device that places the burden on users to mitigate a hardware design flaw.
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    Kindle marketing attack against iPad is misguided

    15 September, 2010 02:54
    Amazon has a Kindle ad campaign targeting the iPad, but the Apple tablet is a superior reading platform in many cases
    Amazon is responsible for the mainstream acceptance of the e-reader thanks to the Kindle, and it has a virtually insurmountable dominance of the market. Yet, Amazon seems to have some sort of Napoleon complex about the Apple iPad, as evidenced by its new marketing campaign.
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