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Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says
The enterprise disk storage market is continuing to bounce back from the depths of the recession, IDC says.



International Data Corporation- Hardware- Storage- Information technology- Hewlett-Packard

Nvidia's Laptop Graphics Cards to Boost Web Browsing
Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series laptop graphics cards, which could help accelerate Web surfing and 3D image rendering.



Nvidia- GeForce- Video card- Graphics processing unit- Hardware

Remains of the Day: Gimme Fallout Shelter
Every time there's an Apple event, there's fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple's media shindig on Wednesday...



Apple- Macintosh- IPhone- Apple II- Companies

Stream TV Android Froyo Tablet: Sneak Peak Now, Preorders Next Week
Start-up aims for a piece of the Android pie.



Android- tablet- Handhelds- Samsung Group- Samsung

Hotmail Suffers Hours-long Outage on Thursday
A technical problem has affected access to Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail service.



Microsoft- Hotmail- ActiveSync- Microsoft Exchange Server- Business

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HP and 3Par Sign Definitive Merger Agreement
HP and 3Par signed a merger agreement, likely bringing to a close the bidding war with Dell for 3Par.



Hewlett-Packard- Dell- Mergers &Acquisitions- HP- HP 3000

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. the iPad: Compare For Yourself
How does Samsung's Galaxy Tab stack up next to the iPad? Check out this comparison chart to see for yourself.



Samsung Galaxy Tab- tablet- GalaxyTab- Samsung i7500- Samsung

Dock Your Encased IPhone, IPod With DockStubz
iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you're...



IPhone- iPod- Shopping- Consumer Electronics- Digital Portable Players

Verizon’s New Prepaid Plans: No Great Savings Here
Offerings include an unlimited data package for $30 per month; and a $10 plan with a stingy 25MB monthly cap (with a 20-cents-per-megabyte overage fee).



Verizon- BlackBerry- Business- Smartphone- Palm Pixi

Wi-Fi Performance: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
When you need to get a better picture of your Wi-Fi environment, consider turning to the free, open source, inSSIDer program.



Open source- Wi-Fi- Python- Programming- Modules

Verizon Joins the Prepaid Mobile Data Party
Verizon Wireless joined a growing trend on Thursday by announcing prepaid data plans for most of the smartphones and feature phones it sells.



Smartphone- Verizon Wireless- Prepaid- Verizon- BlackBerry

Privacy in iTunes Ping
Music goes social in iTunes 10 with Apple's Ping social network. We take a quick look at its privacy and security settings.



Apple- iTunes- Facebook- Privacy- Steve Jobs

To Boost Security, Facebook Adds Remote Logout
Facebook is introducing a feature that will let users knock spammers out of their Facebook accounts.



Facebook- Social network- Online Communities- Security- Apple

Apple Ping as Facebook-Killer? Not So Much
Apple may hope to challenge the social networking giant, but the threat is limited by key missing features.



Facebook- Apple- Social network service- iTunes- Steve Jobs

See What IPhone Users Are Listening to With SongStumblr
When you walk into a cafe and note the numerous iPhone-toting denizens with telltale white earbuds firmly embedded in their ears, do you wonder what they’re...



IPhone- Smartphones- Handhelds- Apple- Wallpapers and Themes

Panasonic Debuts First Consumer 3D HD Camcorder at U.S. Open
Stereo lens adapter plus smart processor turns lightweight 2D unit into effective 3D video solution.



Camcorder- Video- United States- Home- Consumer Information

Apple TV: I Love It and I Hate It
Apple got a lot right, but HDMI only? Come on!



Apple- appletv- Macintosh- Apple II- Companies

ITunes TV Rentals Now Available on Mac and PC
Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but don’t want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you’ll only watch once? Relax...



Television- Macintosh- Lost- Apple- ITunes Store

With iPod Refresh, Apple is Fixing Mistakes
Thinking about yesterday's press event, it seems like each new iPod was intended to right the wrongs of last year's models.



Apple- iPod- Shopping- Digital Portable Players- Consumer Electronics

The Golden Age of IBM Advertising
Big Blue's classic midcentury campaigns for "card-programmed calculating machines,"newfangled typewriters, and other miracles of technology.



Typewriter- IBM- Arts- Hardware- Recreation

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A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions
Still not sure which distro is best for your business? Here's a close-up look at the most popular contenders.



Operating system- Linux- Articles- Linux distribution- Distributions

SAS Rolls out Predictive Analytics for Business Users
SAS has unveiled a new tool aimed at giving business users the ability to use predictive analytics.



SAS- Predictive analytics- Programming- Languages- Databases

Facebook Connect Mysteriously Disappears From Apple's Ping
Apple has mentioned Facebook Connect support for new social network Ping in Wednesday's keynote, the iTunes 10 how-to video, on the Ping Website, and even in a...



Apple- iTunes- Social network- Facebook Connect- Facebook

Toshiba Joins IFA Tablet Race With Folio 100
Toshiba's tablet, the Folio 100, comes with Android version 2.2 and a 10.1-inch capacitive screen.



Android- Toshiba- Folio 100- tablet- Nvidia Tegra

Microsoft Uses Bing Home Page to Push IE8
Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small banner ad on the Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8.



Microsoft- Bing- Google- Search- Browsers

CourseNotes for IPad Gains Sharing, Premium Content
Taking class notes is going digital in a big way with the iPad, and a major CourseNotes upgrade aims to make the process more social and flexible.



Education- CourseNotes- United States- Content Management- Apple

Manga on the Kindle? Mangle's Got you Covered
An open-source application can help convert your manga collection to a Kindle-friendly format.



Open source- Manga- Arts- Comics- Programming

Happy 2nd Birthday, Google Chrome
As Google's browser celebrates its second birthday, let's look at the way it's reshaped the browser market.



Google Chrome- Google- Clients- WWW- Browsers

Google and AOL Renew Long-term Partnership
Google and Aol renew a long-standing search and advertising partnership.



Google- AOL- YouTube- Search- Tim Armstrong

iOS 4.1 to Finally Fix iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor
Apple is set to release iOS 4.1 next week and finally resolve the proximity sensor issue plaguing many iPhone 4 users.



IPhone- Apple- Smartphones- IOS- Handhelds

Onapsis to Release ERP Vulnerability Testing Suite
An Argentinan company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP software for security problems.



Enterprise resource planning- Company- ERP- Security- Business

Huawei Debuts Android 2.2 IDEOS Smartphone
Huawei has launched the IDEOS, or U8150, smartphone, which will cost between US$100 and $200.



Android- Smartphone- Huawei- Handhelds- Wi-Fi

Five Reasons I Won't Be Using Ping
I've taken a brief test drive of Apple's new social network to see what it's about. But even before updating iTunes, I knew Ping was not for me.



Apple- iTunes- Facebook- Ping- Social network

Meet the Galaxy Tab
The new tablet is loaded with features and Samsung says the Tab is only the beginning of its foray into touch-based tablet devices.



Samsung Group- GalaxyTab- tablet- Android- Samsung

Dell Loses 3PAR Bidding War to HP
Dell ends bidding war for 3Par, paving the way for HP to acquire the company.



Hewlett-Packard- Dell- Business- Mergers &Acquisitions- HP 3000

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Huawei Receives Equipment Clearances in India
Chinese equipment vendor Huawei Technologies starts getting clearances in India



India- Huawei- Asia- Government- ZTE

Amiga Is Back--In Name, Anyway
What's old is new again! Commodore announces plans to bring back the old Amiga name for a new line of PCs.



Amiga- Personal computer- Commodore- Operating Systems- AmigaOS

Apple Posts Video From Special Event
Apple bucked tradition and streamed Wednesday’s special event live, so that iPod and Apple TV enthusiasts (with well-equipped Macs, iPhones, or iPads) could...



Apple- IPhone- iPod- IPod Classic- Apple iPod

Sony Pitches a 3D Laptop, But You'll Still Need Glasses
Sony says it plans to launch a 3D Vaio laptop in 2011 designed to support 3D video games and high-definition movie playback.



Sony- Laptop- Video game- VAIO- Hardware

Twitter for IPad Is Finally Here
It’s official: after months in the dark, dank caves of rumor and speculation, the official Twitter app for the iPad has now emerged into bright, friendly light...



Twitter- IPad- social networks- Online Communities- Trending and Popularity

Apple TV: What You Need to Know
Apple executives have frequently called the Apple TV a “hobby”—as much an acknowledgment of customers’ lackluster reaction to the set-top box as it is the amount...



Apple- appletv- Set-top box- Macintosh- Apple II

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is Official
The Tab has potential to compete with the iPad but it will be a winner or a dud based largely on how well the software works.



Samsung Group- Android- Samsung- Apple- tablet

Discover Preview's Hidden Image Editing Powers
Sometime you just want to tweak an image and move on... fast. At that moment, you don't want commitment (iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom), or a bizillion editing...



Adobe Photoshop Lightroom- IPhoto- Aperture- Lightroom- Adobe Systems

What HDR Means for IPhone Photos
One hotly anticipated feature rolling out in next week's iOS 4.1 update is the new HDR (high dynamic range) option in the iPhone's built-in Camera app. The...



iPhone- High dynamic range imaging- Photography- Smartphones- Handhelds

HP Raises 3PAR Bid to $33 per Share
HP has raised its offer for 3PAR to $33 per share, topping Dell's latest offer of $32.



Hewlett-Packard- Dell- Business- HP 3000- HP

Ping on iTunes - Not So Hot
Apple's big new addition to iTunes 10 is a social networking component called Ping. First impressions? Not music to my ears.



Apple- iTunes- Social network service- Facebook- Steve Jobs

Ten Random Questions About the Apple Music Event
Just about all of the news turned out to be less than dramatic, but, as usual, I'm left asking questions about the upshot of the announcements about the iPod and Ping.



Apple- iPod- Peripherals- Hardware- Audio

Mix Up Your iPhone’s Style With a Cassette Tape Case
The Tuned Up case disguises your iPhone as an audio cassette--perfect for you time travels to 1985.



IPhone- iPhone 3G- Handhelds- Smartphones- Wallpapers and Themes

FCC Takes Net Neutrality to Court of Public Opinion (Again)
The FCC continues the fight for net neutrality with a new inquiry for public input, but advocates are becoming frustrated at the ongoing debate and lack of action.



Network neutrality- Federal Communications Commission- FCC- Google- Programming

The iPod Classic Lives!
Apple confirmed that the boxy and big iPod classic line digital music players will live on.



Apple- iPod- Apple iPod- Shopping- Digital Portable Players

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