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Microsoft Ordered To Stop Selling Word in January

Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling its flagship Microsoft Word application in January...but the company promises a new version will be ready to go by then.
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YouTube Tightens Links with Facebook

Now when your Facebook friends embed YouTube photos on their pages, those photos will show up on your YouTube home page. (And this is a good thing?)
Computing News

Warner Bros. Breaks Batman Sequel Game Out of Arkham

The success of Batman: Arkham Asylum has Warner Bros. already working on a sequel...and it looks like players will get to roam Gotham with the Dark Knight.
Gaming News
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Intel Announces Three New Atom Processors

Intel's new "Pinetrail" Atom processors roll graphics and memory controllers right into the CPU - plus they're smaller and use less power.
Computing News

ViewSonic VNB102 Netbook Offers 10-Inch Screen, Windows 7

ViewSonic's new VNB102 netbook computer sports a 10-inch screen, 160 GB of storage, Wi-Fi, and Windows 7...but only 1 GB of RAM comes with the $399 price tag.
Computing News

LaCie Brings USB 3.0 to Dual-Drive RAIDs

Lacie's 2Big USB 3.0 will offer throughput of up to 275 MB/s and capacities up to 4 terabytes.
Computing News
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iPhone Eclipses Windows Mobile in U.S.

Data from Comscore shows that the number of people using Windows Mobile in the United States is now less than the number of iPhone users.
Mobile

Google Looking to Acquire Yelp?

Reports have Google in talks to buy up local search and review service Yelp...with some reports putting the price tags as high as $500 million.
Computing News
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French Court Rules Against Google Books

A French court has ruled Google Books is violating French copyrights by scanning books...and must pay 300,000 euros in fines to one publisher alone.
Computing News

Intel Announces 17 New Notebooks and Desktop CPUs

Intel plans to launch no fewer than 17 new CPUs next year, with the formal rollout coming at CES in January.
Computing News

Over Half of Americans Plan to Buy New Cell Phone in 6 Months?

Research firm TNS claims that 53 percent of Americans plans to buy a new cell phone in the next six months...and they want touchscreens.
Mobile News
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GenevaSound S Aims to Make Hi-Fi iPod Speakers Affordable

The new GenevaSound S iPod/iPhone speaker system aims to bring all the quality of high-end products to consumers at a $299 price tag.
Emerging Tech News

Asus Eeebot to Take Android for a Stroll?

Taiwan's Asustek is apparently working on an educational robot for children...and, appropriately enough, it'll be running Google's Android.
Mobile

CherryPal Africa: A $99 Netbook for Developing Countries

The OLPC never hit its $99 price point, but CherryPal says it has with the CherryPal Africa, sporting a 7-inch screen, 256 MB of RAM, and either Linux or Windows CE.
Computing News
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Microsoft Admits MSN China Ripped Off Plurk

Microsoft has come clean, admitting that its MSN China joint venture stole code from micro-blogging service Plurk.
Computing News
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Taiwan’s Chi Mei Pays $220 Mln in LCD Price Fixing

The Justice Department has another guilty plea in the LCD price fixing scandal: this time it's Taiwan's Chi Mei, for $220 million.
Computing News
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Best Buy, Samsung, Others Hit With GPL Lawsuit

Those folks at BusyBox are keeping busy: the Software Freedom Law Center is suing Samsung, Best Buy, Westinghouse, and 11 other companies for GPL violations.
Computing Deals

Australia Ponders Internet Filtering System

The Australian government is considering a country-wide Internet filtering system to block obscene sites and criminal activity...despite cries of censorship.
Computing News
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Microsoft Shuts Chinese Microblogging Site for Copying Plurk

Microsoft has shut down a Chinese microblogging site after microblogging service Plurk accused the company of code theft and outright ripping them off.
Computing News
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Audio-Technica ATH-ANC1 Foldable Headphones Bring Noise Cancellation

Audio-Technica's new Ultraportable ATH-ANC1 headphones offer the company's QuietPoint active noise cancellation...and they fold up for easy storage.
Emerging Tech News

Schultzeworks PhilcoPC Concept Makes Retro Cool Again

Schultzeworks PhilcoPC design is just an award-winning PC design concept...but you know you want one.
Computing News

Nintendo Teases New Wii Remotes, 2010 Game Lineup

Nintendo is teasing its game lineup for 2010...and announces that Wii remotes will be available in blue and pink with MotionPlus accessories.
Gaming News
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Amazon Kindle App for iPhone Goes International

Amazon is ratcheting up the e-reader competition by taking its Kindle for iPhone live in more than 60 additional countries.
Mobile

Google Phone Coming in 2010?

Google has started seeding a new mobile device to employees...and now speculation has Google launching a phone of its own to combat the iPhone.
Mobile

Vertu V Collection: Pricey Accessories for Pricey Phones

Vertu is known for its high-end luxury phones: now they're expanding out into luxury Bluetooth headsets, USB card readers, and - yes - a pen.
Emerging Tech News
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Apple iPhone Sales in China Underreported

Last week, naysayers were gleefully reporting the expensive, WiFi-free iPhone on sale in China was a flop. But guess what? There was a translation error.
Mobile
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RIM Takes the BlackBerry to China

RIM has inked a deal with Digital China Holdings Limited to take its BlackBerry smartphones to China.
Web News

Dell Optiplex 780: Smallest Commercial Desktop PC?

Dell has new Optiplex commercial PCs, including the Optiplex 780 that the company claims is the world's smallest PC with an integrated power supply and Intel vPro.
Computing News

Philips’ Color E-Paper Could Usher In Color-Shifting Gadgets

Philips has announced a new color e-paper technology that could make for devices with programmable, dynamic, and even downloadable skins.
Emerging Tech News

Microsoft Buys Healthcare Software Developer Sentillion

Microsoft is increasing its bet on the healthcare industry, buying software developer Sentillion to bolster HealthVault and other healthcare-related products.
Computing News

Panasonic Wins Control of Sanyo

Panasonic has inked a deal to take a 50.2 percent stake in electronics giant Sanyo for $4.2 billion.
Computing News

Nokia to Close Flagship New York and Chicago Stores

Nokia has announced it is shutting down its flagship retail stores in Chicago and New York...after closing stores in London and Sao Paolo.
Mobile News

iBuyPower Level 10 Gaming Rig Thinks Outside the Box

Boutique PC maker iBuyPower has rolled out a new Level 10 system featuring a unique enclosure designed by BMWGroup Designworks USA. Yes, that BMW.
Computing News
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AT&T Looking to Crack Down on Mobile Bandwidth Hogs

Nothing is official, but AT&T eyeing ways to clamp down on customers consumer lots of wireless bandwidth...or at least make more money off them.
Mobile

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition Sure Says Something

Nothing says times are tough and the economy is in the crapper quite like a phone completely engulfed in an 18-carat gold finish.
Mobile News

Speakal miSoccer Puts Some Kick Into iPod Speakers

Speakal's new miSoccer iPod docking station features two main drivers and a 15 watt subwoofer...and it looks like a soccer ball. You know, because.
Emerging Tech News

New Acer Ferrari One Notebook Sports 11.6-inch Display

Acer has rolled out a new Ferrari One notebook, featuring an 11.6-inch display, an Athlon 64 X2 CPU, ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics..and, of course, Ferrari styling.
Computing News

Acer Adds 15-inch and 17-inch HD Notebooks to Aspire Line

Acer is rolling out new Gemstone Blue Aspire notebooks with 15.6 and 17.3-inch displays and HD 16:9 widescreen displays.
Computing News
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