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- HP TouchPad running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (4 replies)
- Windows logo to get a Metro makeover in Windows 8 (14 replies)
- Nortel's internal network "owned" by hackers for almost a decade (11 replies)
- HDD supply to recover by Q3 2012, prices to remain high (16 replies)
- BlackBerry 10 OS revealed in 14-page marketing document (9 replies)
- Rumor: Apple TV refresh, 1080p iTunes Store to join iPad 3 announcement (9 replies)
- Sony spending $50 million on PS Vita marketing efforts in the US (19 replies)
- Consumer tech generated $144 billion in 2011, Apple was the top brand (3 replies)
- Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 2 with Android 4.0 ICS (9 replies)
- Apple wins 3G patent case against Motorola in Germany (8 replies)
- Microsoft's Indian online store hacked, passwords and user data exposed (10 replies)
- New 7 and 9-inch Kindle Fire models may be on the way (10 replies)
- Valve: Encrypted credit card data, other info taken in Steam hack (15 replies)
- Microsoft opening new retail stores soon, coming to Canada by year's end (1 replies)
- Multiple monitor use on the rise despite declining desktop PC sales (23 replies)
- Diablo III coming in Q2, WoW and StarCraft II expansions discussed (11 replies)
- Digital game purchases: do we really "own" them? (48 replies)
- Windows on ARM: desktop mode confirmed, sans legacy apps (8 replies)
- Engineers boost CPU/GPU speed 21%, could be a glimpse of AMD's future (5 replies)
- Download the entire Pirate Bay in just 90 Megabytes (6 replies)
- Double Fine Kickstarter campaign raises over 700k in one day -- make that 1+ million (8 replies)
- Apple to announce iPad 3 in early March, shares approaching $500 (11 replies)
- Tim Berners-Lee defends the open web from patent threat (6 replies)
- Apple sued for $1.6 billion for using "iPad" in China, apology requested (18 replies)
- S&P cuts Sony rating, warns it could face further downgrades (6 replies)
- Chrome 17 released with "instant" browsing, improved security (16 replies)
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview coming Feb. 29, bundled apps leaked (21 replies)
- Scientists use heat to store data on magnetic hard drive (13 replies)
- HP taking Envy 14 Spectre pre-orders, ships February 17 (4 replies)
- Nokia to cut 4,000 more jobs and move manufacturing to Asia (7 replies)
- Anonymous hacks Syrian President's email, reveals weak password (14 replies)
- Google begins building out 1Gbps Internet to two U.S. cities (25 replies)
- 'Man in the Browser' malware defeats banks' two-step online authentication (20 replies)
- Apple rakes in 75% of all mobile phone profits in Q4 2011 (6 replies)
- Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code (13 replies)
- Rumor: Galaxy S III is 7mm thin, has quad-core CPU, coming in May (22 replies)
- Avast accidentally identifies Steam as a trojan (13 replies)
- Sony PSN service renamed Sony Entertainment Network (5 replies)
- Weekend Open Forum: Your worst gaming habits (65 replies)
- Dropbox offers an additional 5GB of cloud storage to beta users (15 replies)
- Anonymous eavesdrops FBI conference call, posts audio online (15 replies)
- Corning and Samsung to jointly develop Lotus Glass for OLED devices (8 replies)
- Anonymous targets Greece Ministry of Justice for signing ACTA treaty (15 replies)
- Panasonic predicts record $10 billion annual loss (9 replies)
- You might be a terrorist if you have two cell phones, use Web proxies (52 replies)
- Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' based on the desktop OS' kernel, brings NFC, native Skype, more (11 replies)
- Bethesda releases Skyrim 1.4 patch, mod kit previewed (14 replies)
- Sony reports $2.1 billion quarterly loss, $2.9 billion annual loss looming (10 replies)
- French courts fines Google for offering free mapping services (33 replies)
- Dutch Supreme Court: Stealing RuneScape gear is a crime (23 replies)
- WikiLeaks to buy boat, move servers offshore to avoid prosecution (21 replies)
- Intel's upcoming My WiFi Dashboard with Wi-Fi Direct unveiled (0 replies)
- Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK 1.0 (9 replies)
- Mexicans overcharged billions a year for phone, Internet (21 replies)
- Angry Birds developer says piracy brings in more business (22 replies)
- Tuesday tech deals: Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 $10 + free shipping (1 replies)
- Mozilla releases Firefox 10 stable version (11 replies)
- Reddit members drafting 'Free Internet Act', but will it be taken seriously? (7 replies)
- If the iPad counts, Apple is now the top PC manufacturer worldwide (37 replies)
- No Xbox 720 or PS4 this year, Sony will likely be the last to market (27 replies)
- MS Office 15 gets technical preview, public beta due this summer (11 replies)
- Mobile phone users to be punished as "war criminals" in North Korea (16 replies)
- Symantec reveals Counterclank malware threat for Android (4 replies)
- Apple applies for 'security magnet' patent to unlock future devices (5 replies)
- MegaUpload's storage providers could wipe user data on Thursday (14 replies)
- Weekend Open Forum: How many computers do you own? (106 replies)
- Amazon merchant bribed buyers with refunds in exchange for reviews (15 replies)
- Google revises privacy policy, responds to critics with the 'real story' (15 replies)
- North Carolina city becomes the first with access to 'Super Wi-Fi' network (3 replies)
- Samsung credits strong smartphone sales for record Q4 revenue (5 replies)
- Portal lead designer demos her upcoming title, Quantum Conundrum (17 replies)
- Twitter begins censoring tweets by country, when required by law (13 replies)
- Valve launches Steam Mobile for iOS and Android devices (11 replies)
- Crytek teases Warface, upcoming free-to-play military shooter (21 replies)
- Paradox: DRM is a waste of money, only pleases investors (16 replies)
- Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere after source code leak (7 replies)
- Motorola targets iPhone 4S and iCloud in new lawsuit, probably with Google's blessing (8 replies)
- Google: "Hundreds" of schools use Chromebooks (2 replies)
- Ubuntu 12.04 to replace traditional menus with new HUD (26 replies)
- AVG: QR code-based malware attacks to rise in 2012 (6 replies)
- Adobe is bundling Shockwave Player with Norton's security software (14 replies)
- Xbox 720 to be six times faster than current 360, coming fall 2013 (52 replies)
- EFF: Keep jailbreaking and rooting from becoming illegal (9 replies)
- $25 Raspberry Pi twice as powerful as iPhone 4S GPU, burns Tegra 2 (15 replies)
- Anonymous hacks FTC website OnGuardOnline.gov (17 replies)
- Apple announces $46 billion quarter, sells 37 million iPhones (12 replies)
- Judge rules defendant may be forced to decrypt her laptop (19 replies)
- WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to host new TV show (15 replies)
- MPAA threatens Congress over SOPA, says blackout "abuse of power" (43 replies)
- More details emerge on Radeon HD 7950 ahead of launch (18 replies)
- Mandatory Facebook Timeline update coming in the next few weeks (27 replies)
- The Pirate Bay: you'll download your own shoes in 20 years (38 replies)
- Nokia Lumia sales likely topped 1 million in 2011 (7 replies)
- Steve Jobs wanted Lytro camera technology for iPhone (4 replies)
- Victorinox unveils Swiss Army knife with an LCD and 1TB of storage (8 replies)
- Windows 8 to integrate mobile broadband, simplify wireless connections (5 replies)
- Intel to buy Qlogic's InfiniBand assets for $125 million (4 replies)
- Latest Anonymous video targets Facebook on January 28 (46 replies)
- Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 now available for Windows (4 replies)
- MegaUpload shutdown has similar file-hosting sites worried (22 replies)
- RIM CEOs step down, focus will be on two new Blackberry devices (6 replies)
- Weekend tech reading: Examining the 'evidence' against Megaupload (17 replies)
- Weekend Open Forum: Do you jailbreak/root your smartphone? (63 replies)
- China, not India, may be behind government espionage (6 replies)
- AT&T increases wireless data plan caps, raises prices (13 replies)
- Capcom releases trailer for Resident Evil 6, coming November 20 (8 replies)
- Anonymous goes on DDoS rampage after MegaUpload shutdown (53 replies)
- Pro-Israeli hackers release 4500 Saudi credit cards, DDoS bank websites (1 replies)
- MegaUpload shut down by US government, four execs arrested (62 replies)
- Kodak files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (14 replies)
- Yahoo implements company-wide hiring freeze, contemplating layoffs (8 replies)
- Apple introduces iBooks 2, textbooks at $14.99 or less (9 replies)
- McAfee turns customers' PCs into spam servers, patch incoming (22 replies)
- Nielsen: iPhone 4S helps Apple close sales gap with Android (11 replies)
- Israeli hackers strike back against recent cyber attacks (18 replies)
- Rumor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 to arrive in February (37 replies)
- Alienware unveils X51 small form factor gaming PC (23 replies)
- Microsoft posts Windows 8 tablet hardware requirements (9 replies)
- Jerry Yang resigns from all his positions at Yahoo (8 replies)
- Creepy Steve Jobs action figure pulled, bronze statue still stands (9 replies)
- ReFS, Microsoft's next generation file system revealed (13 replies)
- Apple expands iTunes Match support in Europe, Latin America (5 replies)
- Wikipedia joins others in 24-hour blackout to protest SOPA (24 replies)
- New keyboards toggle between your computer and iDevice (9 replies)
- Rupert Murdoch: Google streams pirated movies, MySpace a screw up (28 replies)
- Rumor: Intel-based Windows 8 tablets may start at $600 (16 replies)
- Hackers DDoS Israel websites, will expose Norton source code tomorrow (16 replies)
- Amazon-owned Zappos hacked, 24 million accounts compromised (10 replies)
- Chinese hackers target smart cards to grab US defense data (6 replies)
- Samsung demos transparent smart window prototype (16 replies)
- White House airs objections to SOPA, PIPA anti-piracy bills (19 replies)
- ARM CEO: We won't be beaten by Intel on efficiency (6 replies)
- Weekend Open Forum: Why are PC games so buggy these days? (73 replies)
- Apple postpones Chinese iPhone 4S release, crowd throws eggs (14 replies)
- Lightning Bolt is AMD's answer to Intel's Thunderbolt (18 replies)
- Weekend game deals: 50% off Arkham City, Crysis 2, Metro 2033 (10 replies)
- Hackers continue Israel attack, deface website, more credit cards leaked (18 replies)
- Google reveals design guidelines for Android 4.0 apps (4 replies)
- The Pirate Bay will stop serving .torrent files, switch to magnet links only (12 replies)
- Intel caught faking Ivy Bridge DX11 demo, explains itself (26 replies)
- Witcher 2 developer apologizes for pay-or-else scheme (26 replies)
- Dell to relaunch consumer tablet push in late 2012 (0 replies)
- Microsoft strikes another Android patent licensing deal (12 replies)
- Microsoft overtakes Yahoo in U.S. search market (10 replies)
- US PC shipments fall over 6% during holidays, Apple grew 18% (20 replies)
- PlayBook OS 2.0 coming in Feb. with email, contacts, calendar apps (1 replies)
- Reddit prepares for anti-SOPA blackout, others may follow (36 replies)
- Hitman: Absolution promises simplified controls, plenty of stealth (8 replies)
- Hackers expose Israeli government SCADA logins (20 replies)
- Origin announces phase change cooling for Genesis desktop (16 replies)
- Nintendo shows off new Wii U at CES (13 replies)
- Intel joins smartphone race, announces two new handsets with Lenovo and Motorola (4 replies)
- Indian military computers hacked, Symantec source code leaked (12 replies)
- HP Envy 14 Spectre is covered in glass, has NFC chip (8 replies)
- Radeon HD 7970 hits shelves, 7950 coming in February (13 replies)
- Razer intros Naga Hex gaming mouse, launches Synapse 2.0 (6 replies)
- Sony keeps Google TV candle burning, shows off two new models (0 replies)
- Kinect for Windows set for launch on February 1st (11 replies)
- OnLive Desktop brings Windows 7 and Office to your iPad (5 replies)
- Pantech's Element is a waterproof 8-inch Android tablet, hands-on (2 replies)
- Nvidia at CES: New Tegra 3 tech, 7-inch tablet, ICS on Transformer Prime (14 replies)
- Samsung announces Series 5, refreshes Series 9 ultraportables (6 replies)
- Dish unveils Hopper DVR, announces broadband service (6 replies)
- LG reveals super skinny 55-inch OLED TV at CES (8 replies)
- Zotac covers all the bases with three new Zbox mini-PCs (3 replies)
- Israel likens hacker to terrorist for exposing 400,000 credit cards (3 replies)
- Lenovo shows off K91 Smart TV, world's first with Android 4.0 (5 replies)
- Acer's new super-thin S5 ultrabook, Timeline Ultra revealed (10 replies)
- Toshiba announces Excite X10 tablet, arriving mid-Q1 2012 (7 replies)
- Weekend tech reading: Diablo III coming in early February? (10 replies)
- Weekend Open Forum: How do you learn about breaking news? (41 replies)
- Windows 8 adds RAID-like storage pooling and fault tolerance (11 replies)
- Grooveshark sued, Spotify limits free music to 10 hours per month (11 replies)
- Chrome 17 beta brings speed and security improvements (6 replies)
- Facebook giving away 200,000 sets of Timeline business cards for free (12 replies)
- Vint Cerf: Internet access is not a human right (56 replies)
- BitTorrent launches free personal file-swapping service (10 replies)
- Ramnit worm targets Facebook, 45,000 logins compromised (14 replies)
- Logitech Cube doubles as a mouse and presentation device (updated) (2 replies)
- Google makes unmodified Android theme compatibility requirement (5 replies)