Surprise! Bing tops Google in search accuracy
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From InfoWorld: Here's a line of defense Microsoft could use against accusations that Bing steals Google's search results: Bing doesn't rip off Google because Bing is more accurate than Google. Ouch! According to research by Experian Hitwise, Bing (and Yahoo Search powered by Bing)... |
RIM PlayBook May Undercut HP TouchPad, Compete with iPad
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From PC World: Pricing for the new HP TouchPad hasn't been announced, but it looks like Research In Motion's 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook will cost $500. That rumor comes after Twitter user Ben Shipley posted a screenshot that shows what appears to be an internal Office Depot webpage of... |
Sprint gains subscribers amid 4th-quarter loss
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From CNET News.com: Sprint Nextel's fourth quarter highlighted a company that has rebounded nicely, with almost 1.1 million net subscriber additions, including prepaid and postpaid customers. However, Sprint could have to pony up some cash to support Clearwire, the partner that runs... |
Google seeks to unlock Android 3.0 hardware power
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From CNET News.com: An interface coming with the forthcoming Honeycomb version of Android will open up a new ability for programmers who want to tap into hardware power unlocked by low-level programming. The new interface, is called Renderscript, said R. Jason Sams, an Android... |
Microsoft Releases Windows 7 SP1 to OEMs
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From DailyTech: Microsoft has released to OEMs its latest service pack -- an update that contains compiled Windows Update bugfixes and, typically, a handful of new features. The new service pack is the first for the best-selling Windows 7 operating system and the Windows Server 2008... |
Activision Kills Guitar Hero, Confirms Company Layoffs
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From DailyTech: American video game developer and publisher Activision has decided to end the production of the Guitar Hero series after its most recent game, Warriors of Rock, flunked in the sales department. Back in December 2010, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told... |
Intel Plans to Update Enthusiast-Class Desktop Platform Late in 2011
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From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to update its enthusiast-class desktop platform late this year with Sandy Bridge E-series processors. Previously it was believed that the company would introduce them earlier during the year, but instead the company will speed-up the current... |
Exodus from AMD Continues: COO, SVP Leave the Company
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From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices said in notes with Securities Exchange Commission that its chief operating officer, Robert Rivet, left the company on Tuesday after eleven years at the world's second largest support of x86 microprocessors. The company also noted that Marty... |
Microsoft delivers big month of patches, quashes 22 bugs
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From InfoWorld: Microsoft today issued 12 security updates that patched 22 bugs in Windows, IE (Internet Explorer), Office, and its Internet server software. An analyst suspected that one of the dozen updates was released to prevent hackers from exploiting Windows 7 in the Pwn2Own... |
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