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Microsoft To Launch 'iPad Killer' Tablets At CES
Report says Redmond will finally get around to shipping devices that can compete with Apple's slate and Android-based devices.
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• Tablets Will Replace One In Three PCs, Study Says
• Acer Shoots For 20% Of 2011 Tablet Market
• ViewSonic ViewPad 7 Tablet Shipping In U.S.
• March Pegged For WebOS Tablet Launch
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Gmail Creator Bashes Chrome
Paul Buchheit, a former Google employee and one of the brains behind Gmail, believes that Google will kill Chrome off in 2011 or fold it into Android.
Global CIO: HP Claims Server Supremacy And Tells IBM: Migrate THIS!
HP says 100 IBM mainframe customers have switched to HP this year, and offers details on three as a counterpoint to IBM's "Migration Factory" claims.
Amazon EC2 Achieves Payment Industry Certification
Level 1 Payment Card Industry-compliant transaction processing systems can now be hosted by Amazon Web Services.
KnowledgeTree Upgrades Cloud-Based Document Management Platform
Microsoft Office integration, real-time collaboration, unlimited users, and other features target SMBs in vertical markets with needs unfulfilled by Google Apps.
Facebook Posts Top 10 Status Trends
Social network users were most interested in the World Cup, movies, and communicating one-on-one with their friends, according to the most common topics of 2010.
Verizon Confirms 3G To 4G Handoff Delays
Subscribers have been warned of a two-minute delay when their laptops switch from the slower 3G wireless network to the faster LTE network.
Microsoft Again Sets Record With Massive Patch
The holiday season brings no respite from security maintenance duties.
Broadcom Unveils Affordable Android Processor
Dual-core chip aims to bring advanced applications to low-cost, mainstream smartphones.
Julian Assange Is Granted Bail
Prosecutors say they will fight to overturn ruling, which requires the WikiLeaks founder to surrender his passport and wear an electronic monitoring device.
SAP Goes On Demand
The prospects for the company's technology and multi-front, hybrid strategy look good. Now it's a matter of market execution.
Android Enabled As SecurID Authentication Device
RSA to release software that turns smartphones into software tokens for accessing enterprise networks.
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Flock Browses All Your Social ConnectionsYears before the social networking oriented RockMelt browser there was Flock. Now Flock 3.5 shows that the original social networking browser still has strong features that should interest users looking to integrate social networking into their Web browser. Flock works with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, newsfeeds and, new in this release, LinkedIn. The newest Flock browser is also now based on the Google Chromium engine, providing a faster and more streamlined browsing experience. A social networking sidebar in Flock makes it possible to view status updates from all of your connections on all of your networks and lets users post status updates to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn with a single click. View Now
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 What Disaster Are You Planning For?
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Microsoft Incompetent On Windows Phone 7 Accessibility
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Patch Tuesday: Too Big To Ignore?
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