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First Android netbook to cost about $250

admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:36:53 +0000

The first netbook computer running the Google Inc.-backed Android mobile operating system on a low-cost ARM chip could become available to customers within three months, the maker’s co-founder said this week.

The Alpha 680, designed by Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies Co. Ltd., is going through final testing now, Nixon Wu, Skytone’s c

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64 Things Every Geek Should Know

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:50:01 +0000

If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills.

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Oracle To Buy Sun

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:30:15 +0000

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., April 20, 2009 — Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and deb

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Where Are They Now? 25 Computer Products That Refuse to Die

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:52:49 +0000

These tech products and services may be forgotten, but they’re far from gone. How have these geezers managed to hang on for so long?

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Google uncloaks once-secret server

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:47:54 +0000

Unusually, the search giant designs its own servers. For the first time, Google unveils one publicly, showing a surprise built-in battery.

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Pure Digital (Flip Video) In Acquisition Talks with Cisco

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:41:04 +0000

San Francisco based Pure Digital Technologies, the seven year old company behind the Flip Video line of video cameras, is considering a sale of the company, multiple sources have confirmed. One interested buyer is rumored to be Cisco.

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Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5!

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:28:49 +0000

With an endless chain of leaks dating back several months, the suspense factor might not be there that Microsoft had been hoping for — but for what it’s worth, Windows Mobile 6.5 is now official.

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A Map of Undersea Cables from … 1901!

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:06:32 +0000

Not bad for an era that was just getting used to the idea of a horseless carriage

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Microsoft Revenues Take a Big Hit; 5,000 to be laid off

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:29:45 +0000

Microsoft, moving up its second-quarter earnings release from this afternoon to right now, said its financial performance took a major hit, with revenue up only two percent, to $16.63 billion, about $900 million below earlier guidance.

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Steve Jobs Probably Won’t Come Back to Apple

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:13:55 +0000

Steve Jobs’ medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say.

In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues are “more complex than I originally thought.”

In the note, Jobs promised to return to Apple in the summer, which many are hoping is true.

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