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Google Buys Aardvark Web Service

Google Inc. has bought Aardvark, a free question-and-answer Web service. Aardvark co-founder Damon Horowitz confirmed the purchase Thursday. He would not disclose financial details. Aardvark was formed in 2007 by… →
Apple Slashing TV-Pricing Down for iPad

Apple Inc. is talking with television networks again, but this time the company is asking for a lower price tag on TV shows for its new iPad tablet. The Wall… →
News Leaks of Nokia’s First Symbian^3 Handset, the N8-00

Nokia may be releasing a 12-megapixel, 720p-shooting smartphone very soon—the N8-00. The Nokia N8-00 is also the first phone of the company’s new batch to sport the Symbian^3 mobile operating… →
Garmin-Asus nuvifone A50 Packs an Android OS, Great GPS

New mobile gadgets are starting to crowd the wire this morning in preparation for the World Mobile Congress 2010 next week. Today, Garmin and Asus announced their co-branded Android-powered smartphone,… →
Microsoft Tags Windows 8 as “Windows.Next,” Thinks Its Revolutionary

With Windows 7, Microsoft appears to finally have hit the sweet spot in terms of public reception. Now that it has put the painful Vista years behind it and found… →
Kia Ray PHEV Concept Appears at 2010 Chicago Auto Show

Kia Motors made a grand announcement today at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, revealing its futuristic-looking Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept. Kia says that it wants to provide innovative and efficient… →
GPS Signals Lost with Intense Solar Activity

Over the next couple of years, the sun will reach its period of maximum activity and solar flares will be at their highest point in years. The last time there… →
T-Mobile Rolls Out New myTouch 3G Version

T-Mobile has pushed out a few limited editions of the myTouch 3G—most recently the Eric Clapton Fender Limited Edition—but today the wireless carrier has unveiled a whole new version of… →
Logitech MK710 Keyboard Boasts Three-Year Battery Life

Logitech’s new wireless desktop MK710 mouse-and-keyboard combo has some drool-worthy features—but we’re going to have to say the best part about the MK710 is its three-year battery life. You heard… →
Oris BC3 Sportsman Watch

Its safe to say we're quite taken with the straightforward, no-nonsense design of Oris's newly design BC3 Sportsman pilot watch. The 42mm case houses an automatic movement, superluminova hands and… →
Oracle Officially Acquires Convergin, Great IT Platform

Oracle announced today in a very brief statement that it has acquired service broker, Convergin. The company says that this new partnership should provide a “single carrier-grade, standards-based IT platform”… →
Google Testing Out Super Speedy Internet Service

Now that’s the Google we know—the search engine giant announced today on its official blog that it will build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small test trial.… →
AT&T Names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for LTE Hardware

Today's 3G networks in many areas leave a lot to be desired no matter what carrier is used. The networks aren’t as fast as many users would like and in… →
ASUS May Launch Eee Pad Tablet in June

Forget the lowercase i, these days all the excitement is about the triple e. According to reports from SlashGear and DigiTimes, ASUS chairman Jonney Shih teased the mass of tech-lovers… →
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