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T-Mobile tops J.D. Power customer satisfaction study – again

T-Mobile got the highest customer satisfaction rating in a J.D. Powers study for the second year running.
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Vodafone says Egypt commandeered network for govt messages

Vodafone says Egyptian authorities forced the company to send scripted text messages during anti-government protests.
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New York indicts 27 in Apple cybercrime ring

New York has issued 27 indictments connected to the "S3" cybercrime ring that used hundreds of compromised accounts to purchase and resell Apple products.
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Dell, HP, others to offer replacements, refunds for Sandy Bridge systems

Dell, HP, and other manufacturers are offering customers refunds or replacements for systems they've shipped with defective Sandy Bridge chipsets from Intel.
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Waledac botnet poised for comeback?

Microsoft got an unusual court order last year to squash the Waledac botnet, but now researchers report its back and - potentially - better-armed than ever.
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Microsoft puts H.264 video back into Chrome

Microsoft is bringing h.264 video back to Google's Chrome browser, announcing its own HTML5 video extension for Windows 7 users.
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Rockfish iCapsule turns an iPad into a notebook

The Rocketfish iCapsule case for the Apple iPad combines a hardshell carrying case with a Bluetooth keyboard...and the result looks a lot like a notebook.
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SanDisk settles flash memory suit with Imation

SanDisk and Imation have agreed to settle two flash memory patent infringement cases with a cross-licensing agreement...and Imation paying Sandisk royalties.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab return rates at 16 percent?

According to ITG Investment Research, as many as 16 percent of Samsung Galaxy Tabs sold in the U.S. market have been returned.
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Last blocks of IPv4 IP addresses allocated

The sky isn't falling, but there's no more free space in the Internet's 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses.
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Google Art Project brings Street View to museums

Google Art Project uses Street View technology to create virtual walkthroughs of museums and galleries - and up-close views of great art.
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Nielsen: Some minority groups quicker to adopt smartphones

A new survey from Nielsen finds Hispanics, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and African-Americans have above-average smartphone adoption rates.
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Oracle paying $46 million to settle kickbacks case

Oracle has agreed to pay $46 million to settle charges it paid kickbacks to Accenture in exchange for recommending Sun products.
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Windows Phone 7 debuts with a 2 percent market share

Windows Phone 7's first quarter is in the books...and research firm NPD gives the mobile operating system a 2 percent share of the U.S. smartphone market.
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Samsung has shipped – not sold – over 2 million Galaxy Tabs

In a revelation that may tarnish Samsung's iPad-killer, the company admits it has merely shipped 2 million Galaxy Tabs, not sold them to consumers.
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India holding firm on access to BlackBerry email

RIM's January 31 deadline for providing India access to BlackBerry communications is here, and so far India is holding firm on email access.
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Intel reveals flaw in Sandy Bridge chipsets

A flaw has caused Intel to stop shipments of its latest and greatest Sandy Bridge chipsets...and fixing the problem is going to cost around $700 million.
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Dell CEO shows 7-inch Streak tablet

Michael Dell flashed a 7-inch version of its Android-based Streak tablet at Oracle OpenWorld...but offered no real details.
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Clearwire puts a wireless spin on Netflix performance rankings

Clearwire was ranked last in Netflix's rankings of ISP's streaming performance, but the company says bandwidth isn't the whole story: mobility counts too.
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Egyptians go old-school to get around net ban

Egyptian protesters have been turning to faxes, ham radio, and dial-up Internet to get information to each other...and out to the world.
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Dell’s mobile chief leaving company

Dell's mobile chief Ron Garriques is leaving the company just as the company is trying to built up its smartphone and mobile device business.
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Sharp resurrecting Pioneer Elite televisions

Sharp has licensed the Pioneer Elite brand for high-end LCD HDTVs to go on sale in the U.S. and Canadian markets later this year.
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Nokia sees profits fall, new competition in emerging markets

Nokia's fourth quarter of 2010 was dark, with operating profit down 26 percent and China ZTE starting to muscle in on its business in emerging markets.
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Microsoft admits Windows sales being hit by tablets

Microsoft posted better-than-expected financial results for its holiday quarter, but admits Windows sales are being impacted by the popularity of tablets.
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Kindle books now outselling paperbacks

Amazon still isn't saying how many Kindles it's selling, but the company says sales of Kindle titles have now surpassed sales of paperback books.
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Lenovo and NEC joint venture targets Japanese PC market

Lenovo and NEC are forming a joint venture that aims to dominate the Japanese PC market.
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Survey: most mobile phone users won’t be buying smartphones

A survey from market analysis firm Compete finds that almost two thirds of mobile phone users's next phones will not be smartphones.
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Microsoft sues TiVo for infringement – again

Microsoft has renewed its patent battle with TiVo, now claiming the DVR pioneer infringes on four Microsoft patents.
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BlackBerry faces showdown in India

India's January 31 deadline for RIM to provide access to encrypted communications is looming..and RIM says it can't unlock encrypted email.
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Hulu on verge of losing more free shows?

Disagreements among Hulu's owners may lead to the online video service losing some free content from Fox, Disney, and (amazingly) NBC Universal.
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Speck CandyShell Wrap iPad case folks, serves as stand

Speck's new CandyShell Wrap iPad case doesn't just protect an iPad: the removable front cover folks to serve as a stand.
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Ubiquisys attocell: a personal femtocell for travelers

Ubiquisys's attocell aims to let traveling smartphone users have a personal femtocell...and place calls as if they were still at home.
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ITU: Internet grew to 2 billion users in 2010

The International Telecommunications Union says the number of Internet users worldwide reached 2 billion in 2010...and noted not many are in Africa.
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Google Voice adds $20 mobile phone number porting

For $20, Google Voice users in the United States can now port their existing mobile phone number to Google Voice.
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OpenDNS: Facebook was most-blocked site in 2010

According to OpenDNS, Facebook was the most-blocked site during 2010...but it was also the second most-likely site to be whitelisted.
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Harman Kardon SB16 offers compact, cinematic sound

Harman Kardon's SB 16 brings cinematic sound to living rooms with a compact soundbar-plus-subwoofer combination.
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Facebook makes privacy concessions in Germany

Facebook has agreed to enable German user to control how unsolicited invitations to join the site might be sent out to users' contacts.
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ITC rules against Kodak in suit against Apple and RIM

The ITC has issued a preliminary ruling that cameras in Apple and RIM phones don't violate a Kodak patent.