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From InfoWorld: Microsoft's popular free antivirus program Security Essentials has put in a mediocre showing in the latest quarterly tests from German test outfit AV-Test.org, finishing second to the bottom out of 22 products. In Q1 2011 Security Essentials 2.0 (MSE) performed well... |
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From PC World: Market research firm Canalys has given Google's Android OS a 35 percent share of the smartphone market for the first quarter of 2011. Nokia had a share of 24 percent, with iOS on 19 percent. Compared to Canalys' figures for the fourth quarter of 2010 Apple had... |
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From CNET News.com: This isn't how products are typically announced, but thanks to a couple of sentences in an SEC filing, word is out that Barnes & Noble plans to release a new e-reader later this month. Late yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that according to the filing... |
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From DailyTech: From games to business, Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) Mac App Store follows in the footsteps of such Windows PC software markets as Valve Corp.'s STEAM engine (now available on Macs), making the push to digital distribution. Despite an initial catalog of 1,000 apps and one... |
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From DailyTech: While the sound of tablets' soaring popularity has been likened to a death rattle for PC devices -- particularly the netbook -- PC giant Acer has held firm in its stance that it would not phase out netbooks in favor of tablets. But with the resignation of longtime CEO... |
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From X-bit Labs: Even though sales of personal computers were below expectations in the first quarter this year, shipments of various graphics adapters were up both sequentially and annually, according to estimates by Jon Peddie Research, a market tracking and consulting firm. The... |
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From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has begun to send samples of its next-generation enthusiast-class processors code-named Sandy Bridge E to various third parties for testing. At least several engineering samples of eight-core Intel Core i "Sandy Bridge E" in LGA2011 package are now on... |
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From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Tuesday released the first security update for Windows Phone 7, replicating for smartphone users a patch the company gave Windows desktop users six weeks ago. When the update will actually reach users is unclear. "At the time of release, the update is... |
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From PC World: New claims that Apple will not release a new iPhone in June or July this year have emerged. According to Mac Rumors, an AT&T representative claims to have been told by Apple that there will be no June or July launch for the iPhone 5. The less-than-startling... |
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