Google adds voice search on PCs to mapping

From CNET News.com: Pushing natural user interfaces one step farther, Google today added voice search to its mapping service.

It's an incremental addition to Google Voice Search that the Web search giant announced in June. But the newly announced feature allows users to speak their...

German court upholds injunction on Samsung tablet imports

From InfoWorld: A German court has upheld a preliminary injunction requested by Apple, preventing Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PC in Germany.

Apple claims the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too similar to that of its iPad 2, the design of which is...

Yahoo Mail hits 100 million users

From CNET News.com: Yahoo Mail has hit the milestone of 100 million users and 500,000 Facebook fans around the same time Yahoo has kicked off some layout changes to its popular e-mail platform.

Spreading word of the new numbers in a blog posted Tuesday, Yahoo said that the 5,000...

Samsung Launches 4 New Android Phones, Changes Naming Convention

From PC World: Samsung has announced four new Galaxy Android-based devices and revised the naming strategy for its whole phone lineup. The four new phones, the Galaxy W, Galaxy M Pro, Galaxy Y and Galaxy Y Pro, are the first to sport the new naming convention and all run on Android 2...

New BlackBerry phones to support Android?

From CNET News.com: Hit by weakening sales, Research In Motion plans to add Android support to next year's lineup of new BlackBerry smartphones, Bloomberg reported yesterday.

Citing information from "three people familiar with the plan," Bloomberg said that the new Android...

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet arrives as HP departs

From CNET News.com: As Hewlett-Packard retreats from the tablet market, Lenovo continues its assault. The first ThinkPad Tablets are now available for purchase, the company said today.

The 10.1-inch ThinkPad may have a better shot at success than HP's now-defunct webOS-based...

Canon Announces Three New Point and Shoot Cameras

From DailyTech: Canon has rolled out three new digital cameras today that include the PowerShot SX150 IS, the PowerShot ELPH 510HS, and the PowerShot ELPH 310 HS.

The cameras all features Smart AUTO with 32 different scene modes for the best image quality no matter the setting. They...

Shipments of Graphics Cards Drop Quarter-over-Quarter - JPR

From X-bit Labs: Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics add-in board (AIB) shipments and sales’ market share for Q2 2011. Shipments of graphics cards for desktops declined 15.2% to 16.1 million...

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