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  • Unredacted docs show hiring collusion between tech giants Apple, Google, and Int...

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    favicon Phone Arena d * 10:25pm
    Last week, heavily redacted documents were released regarding an antitrust lawsuit that the US Department of Justice had brought and settled against Googe, Apple, Adobe, Intel and other companies back in 2010...
  • Apple fanatic NYPD cop gets back stolen Apple iPhone in record time

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    favicon Phone Arena d * 10:24pm
    A cashier at a clothing store in the Big Apple had her Apple iPhone jacked, but lucky for her, she called and got a cop who is an Apple fan and knew exactly which apps to use to track down the thief; in 30 minutes the crook was in cuffs and the iPhone was returned...
  • The latest word on the Google-Motorola Mobility merger

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    favicon Phone Arena d 9:13pm
    During yesterday's earnings report, Motorola Mobility gave an update on how things stand in the $12.5 billion merger with Google; although stockholders of both companies have agreed to the deal, some regulatory matters still remain although the deal is still expected to close early this year...
  • Trade Whatever You've Got for Whatever You Want with the Swap-O-Matic

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    favicon Gizmodo d 8:40pm by: Andrew Tarantola
    Vending machines would be a lot more user friendly if they didn't always demand money. Maybe I don't have $1.25 for that can of soda. Maybe I've got a seventy-five cents and four cigarettes. That seems like like a fair trade, right? Well, with the Swap-O-Matic, I can now find out. More »
  • Hands on: LandingZone dock for MacBook Air

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    favicon Electronista d 7:45pm
    Several successful Kickstarter projects are currently on hand at the Macworld iWorld expo for potential customers to try out, including LandingZone's docking station for the MacBook Air. Electronista initially wrote about the device before it had gathered enough funding to pass through the Kickstarter program, so we were excited to get a chance to see it in...
  • Sony’s MLB 12 The Show will have cloud support on PS3, Vita

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    favicon SlashGear d 7:40pm by: Mark Raby
    Whenever there’s a new MLB The Show game, PS3-toting baseball fans are excited. They can’t wait to get their hands on the latest roster, the always-improved graphics and control system, and the surprisingly fluid voice-over commentary. But this year, there’s another reason to be interested in the new entry, and it has to do with [...]
  • New RIM CEO confirms that he's in charge and BlackBerry may be fragmented

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    favicon Phone Arena d 7:39pm
    It is definitely a comment that you would probably expect from the new CEO of RIM, Thorsten Heins. Since he took over, there have been rumblings that the direction of the company wouldn't change much, because...
  • Apple iPhone robbery thwarted by tech-savvy cop

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    favicon SlashGear d 6:50pm by: Mark Raby
    How do you solve a crime in 30 minutes or less? All you need is a cop who knows his tech. Police Officer Robert Garland was able to successfully track down an iPhone thief and return the device to its rightful owner thanks to his quick thinking and his knowledge of the app “Find My [...]
  • Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades

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    favicon Engadget Mobile d 6:47pm by: Richard Lawler
    All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing interna...
  • Activision says PS3 Call of Duty Elite confusion is not its fault

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    favicon SlashGear d 6:29pm by: Mark Raby
    If you thought that signing up for the premium Call of Duty Elite service on your PS3 would get you access to DLC the same time as your Xbox 360 counterparts, well, Activision has no sympathy for you. The publisher says it never made any claims to that effect, and says anyone who thought that [...]
  • How to Get to the Seafloor Without Holding Your Breath

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    favicon Gizmodo d 6:20pm by: Oobject.com
    Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. More »...
  • Urology journal finds robotic prostate surgery not meeting expectations

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    favicon SlashGear d 6:16pm by: Mark Raby
    It was perhaps one of the biggest hopes in the advancement of robot-assisted medical surgery, but expectations have been too high, according to a new report from the research journal Urology. We’re talking about surgery for prostate removal, for those afflicted with prostate cancer. The study shows outcomes of the robotic procedure are not that [...]
  • Israel plans fiber-based national broadband network

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    favicon Electronista d 5:50pm
    Israel has followed Australian footsteps in planning its own national broadband network. The country's Israel Electric Corporation plans a purely fiber-based network that will supply many of the country's homes with at least 100Mbps speeds. They picked fiber with the intention to scale and could theoretically hit 1Gbps in time....
  • Everything You Need to Keep Your Teeth from Rotting Out

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    favicon Gizmodo d 5:20pm by: Kyle Wagner
    Poor oral hygiene is the surest way to make sure you have a bunch of personal space all to yourself. At all times. With no exceptions. Which probably isn't something that you really want! So here's a list of stuff that'll keep your loved ones close and your dentist the hell away from you. More »...
  • MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia

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    favicon Engadget Mobile d 5:15pm by: Terrence O'Brien
    MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank. The initial trial run will be at La...
  • Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Windows 8 laptops

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    favicon BGR d 5:00pm by: Todd Haselton
    Asus is reportedly working on Windows 8 laptops that are equipped with Microsoft’s Kinect technology. The Daily recently reported that it was able to “check out” two different prototype laptops that “appeared” to be made by Asus. The Kinect sensor was built into the area where a notebook’s camera would typically reside, a...
  • RIM's New CEO Addresses CrackBerry Nation "Give us feedback; help us always...

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    favicon CrackBerry d 4:55pm by: Kevin Michaluk
    RIM CEO Address to CrackBerry Nation by crackberry Part V and Conclusion of CrackBerry's Interview with RIM's New CEO As we concluded our first Q&A with RIM's new CEO, I quit with the questions and opened things up for Thorsten Heins to address CrackBerry Nation directly. For all our longtime members, readers and BlackBerry fans around the world, thi...
  • Get ready for Super Bowl XLVI with BlackBerry apps, games, wallpaper and themes

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    favicon CrackBerry d 4:52pm by: Ryan Blundell
    Football fanatics! You know what’s on next weekend- Super Bowl XLVI (that’s 46 for you non-roman numeral reading folk)! By now, you should have made your plans already. Hopefully you’ve made friends with the guy at work with the 65 inch TV at home. Or maybe you’re the one with a big TV who is suddenly popular. It’s a day jam-packed with tailgate pa...
  • Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP

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    favicon PalmInfocenter d 4:50pm by: Kris Keilhack
    Culminating many months of silence from the former Palm CEO, All Things D is reporting that Jon Rubinstein is leaving Hewlett Packard, effectively shutting the book on one of the last vestiges of the old Palm guard at the company. This news comes just two days after HP's announcement of their WebOS open-source timeline. The All Things D article goe...
  • Amazon’s Kindle Fire driving accelerated growth of Android tablet category

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    favicon VentureBeat d 4:40pm by: Jennifer Van Grove
    Good sales of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet led to significant gains for Google’s Android operating system in tablet market share during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to new data from mobile analytics firm Flurry. Flurry, which purports to measure …
  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shoots Down Gingrich's Moon Base

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    favicon Gizmodo d 4:40pm by: Jesus Diaz
    Neil DeGrasse Tyson—one of my favorite space people—was interviewed by MSNBC's Martin Bashir about Newt Gingrich's moon base plan by 2020. The short version: Newt got it wrong. The long version: watch the video. More »
  • Samsung Galaxy S III may have appeared in support pages

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    favicon Electronista d 4:30pm
    Samsung continues to send out conflicting signals about when its future flagship phone, the Galaxy S III might be released. Earlier today, Samsung's Senior marketing VP, Younghee Lee, said that the company was "still reviewing" options. At the same time, a probable reference to the phone has since shown up on Samsung's UAE support page as the GT-i9300....
  • iPad marks 2nd birthday with new rivals, quiet naysayers

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    favicon Electronista d 4:20pm
    Friday signaled the second anniversary of the iPad's introduction and what has since been interpreted as the start of a shift in the entire computing space. Apple's tablet was unveiled this day in 2010 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco by its late co-creator, Steve Jobs. It would only go on sale April 2, but it proved to be polarizing...
  • DROID RAZR MAXX customers won’t have to wait for custom ROMs

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    favicon BGR d 4:05pm by: Dan Graziano
    Verizon released the DROID RAZR MAXX on Thursday for $299.99 with a new two-year agreement. The device features a massive 3,300 mAh battery and a slightly thicker frame than its predecessor, the DROID RAZR. Other than that, the handsets are identical. Droid-Life confirmed on Friday that both devices run the same exact software, in fact — the Android vers...
  • Nokia still top vendor as global handset shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2011

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    favicon BGR d 3:00pm by: Zach Epstein
    Global mobile phone shipments grew 14% annually to shatter the previous shipment record in 2011. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that 1.6 billion cell phones were shipped last year, representing more than one-fifth of the world’s total population, which surpassed 7 billion in late October last year according to the Population Refere...
  • Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life

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    favicon Geek.com d 2:37pm by: Will Shanklin
    When LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...]
  • eBay Motors app gets image recognition for ID-ing cars

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    favicon IntoMobile d 2:32pm by: Marin Perez
    We know that eBay is really taking mobile seriously and the company just released an update to its eBay Motors iPhone app which will let you snap a picture of a car, have it identified for you and then be able to buy inventory for it. This image-recognition technology will probably make for a great show-off feature but there’s a practical reason for it...
  • Yahoo kills a bunch of mobile apps you’ve never used

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    favicon GigaOm d 2:25pm by: Ryan Lawler
    Yahoo is cleaning house in mobile product, announcing that it is "decommissioning" a long list of mobile apps you've probably never heard of. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Sketch-a-search is one of the apps being culled, as well as things like Yahoo! Meme and Yahoo! Mim.
  • LightSquared's War of Words

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    All of the controversy around the proposed LTE network interfering with GPS could come to a head within weeks
  • Apple’s mobile web share reportedly slid in Q4 as Android took No.1 spot

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    favicon BGR d 2:05pm by: Dan Graziano
    Although Apple outsold all Android vendors in the fourth quarter, the Cupertino-based company’s share of mobile internet usage is reportedly beginning to slide. An analysis of last year’s Internet usage shows that in the United States, the proportion of Android mobile web visitors overtook Apple users by the end of the year, according to 51Degre...
  • HTC Sense features revealed

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    favicon IntoMobile d 2:02pm by: Charles West
    HTC, one of the top Android phone makers is believed to be cooking up some impressive new features with the launch of its upcoming custom user interface, Sense 4.0. This new custom UI will likely be an overhaul compared to the last version (Sense 3.5), users can expect improved typography, displays widgets, and data. Also, Sense 4.0 will supposedly position...

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