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1. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... better. I could go on. But it really doesn't matter because there will be many more clients to choose from soon enough. With the recent arrival of Windows 7 and the Verizon/Google Droid phone this week, ...

2. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... from other sources, such as Amazon or (maybe?) Google. And they will gladly chuck their iPhones for the next cool thingamajig. So, why is Apple, full of many smart people, being so strategically small ...

3. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... of app stores, such as PlayNow and the Android Market. Additional specs include:
 Size - 119 x 63 x 13 mm. Weight - 135 grams. Memory - 8GB microSD memory card. Operating system - Google Android Donut, ...

4. Google Earth invents a town

   (Software/Software Features)

   Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put one of its own in. Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put ...

5. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... Office and it currently is the most at risk of competitive displacement from Google Apps. The server business, for much of the last decade, has been Microsoft's strongest unit and it is built on their ...

6. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... position to train those that follow you into the market. Once you achieve dominance, the lesson learned that negative Ads worked will likely be used against you. You can see this is the recent Verizon/Google ...

7. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... the next few months because, traditionally, Microsoft would be vulnerable and not able to fight back. Second Front However this isn’t their only problem. Verizon, Google and Motorola have opened a ...

8. The Delusions of IT Startups

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... which ranks the buzz around some of the hot new firms, largely in the IT market. It uses some sort of Google-like algorithm to create its list of noteworthy companies. It also lets those companies post ...

9. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... The industry has to work out a way of us being able to do the same with an electronic book without making it free for just about everyone. Google and the internet have lulled many into believing that ...

10. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

    (Software/Software Features)

    Search giant Google will today introduce a mass marketing campaign across the world in a bid to draw customers away from Microsoft and IBM office apps into its own application web.Search giant Google ...

11. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... he's a personal favorite of mine, having worked with him back at Sun in the 1980s.) He brought adult supervision to Google. He's been instrumental in taking a mere search engine company and turning it ...

12. Google to launch electronic bookstore

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Google has announced plans to launch an online electronic book store. According to reports, Google Editions will initially offer approximately half a million books from various publishers that can be ...

13. AT&T slates Google Voice: nun today, nun tomorrow

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Giant telephone company AT&T sent a lengthy letter to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday attacking Google by accusing it of double standards for openness.Giant telephone company AT&T ...

14. Google's mobile ad services are laughable

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser advertising market just as it dominates the desktop browser ad market. Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser ...

15. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... We aren’t a one size fits all world (look at what we drive and wear).   To win this market Microsoft and Google have to create a product that is consistent enough so that buyers ask for it by name ...

16. Nokia shrugs off Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry threats

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Oli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, shrugged off competition from Apple's iPhone  and RIM's BlackBerry today, maintaining that his firm still held 40 percent of the smartphone market. Oli-Pekka ...

17. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... capitalists I talk to are in despair. Yes, yes, there are a few big bright spots - Apple, Cisco, and Google come to mind. But these few giants can't spur the overall economy. There is no longer a core ...

18. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... list, can the end of days be far away? That Cool List in full: 1 – iPhone 2 – Aston Martin 3 – Apple 4 – iPod 5 – Nintendo 6 – YouTube 7 – BlackBerry 8 – Google 9 – Bang & Olufsen 10 – Playstation ...

19. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    While the EU is content to slam Intel and Microsoft for billions in antitrust suits, it takes a rather more relaxed view on fellow US giant Google, presumably on the grounds that it's not evil. While ...

20. Apple totally rejected Google Voice app over duplication fears

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The FCC has published an uncensored letter from Google in which the Mountain-View based company claimed that Apple rejected its Voice application. Apple had previously refuted the allegations and insisted ...

21. British blogger sued for defamation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In a convoluted international case, a law firm in Sydney, acting for the Chinese owners of the massive multiplayer online game Evony, has filed a case against a British blogger for defamation.In a convoluted ...

22. Microsoft snipes at Google's market share with Visual Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Microsoft has launched a virtual war of attrition against Google by introducing Visual Search for Bing. The Redmond-based behemoth is clearly hoping to lure surfers away from a traditional Google search ...

23. LG to launch first Android mobile in Q4

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    LG has announced its first Android mobile, the LG-GW620, featuring a three inch touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad. Up until now, all LG smartphones have used the Windows Mobile OS. LG has announced ...

24. Microsoft says "We are not pornographers"

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... the keyword "pornography" in Google.  This means that Microsoft had to have paid for to be associated with the world 'pornography”. Cnet penned an article pointing out its suspicions that surrounded ...

25. Palm launches Pixi in time for holidays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... application will be available. And as well as linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration through its Palm Synergy feature, assembling ...

26. Report forecasts one billion mobile cloud users by 2014

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... to a wide range of mobile subscribers, including collaborative document sharing, scheduling and sales force management apps. Beccue added that some or all of the major PaaS platforms — such as Google, ...

27. Scifi writers powering weapons against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to countering the evil empire of Google's Book Settlement. San Francisco, Earth - US science fiction and fantasy writers have joined forces with Microsoft and Amazon in an unlikely coalition of librarians, ...

28. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... front pages of blogs around the world. As hacks jostled for position on Google News with speculation on what Apple might be announcing - an iPhone identical to but incompatible with earlier models, a ...

29. Sony gets Google Chrome plated

    (Software/Software Features)

    All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today.All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today. ...

30. Opera 10 adds web turbo boost

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... system. The tab bar can be resized by pulling down on it or double-clicking the handle, and users can view full thumbnails of all open tabs. Speed Dial (as seen in Google's Chrome browser) has been improved, ...

31. Infamous hacker to serve 15 years behind bars

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    An infamous computer hacker has agreed to plead guilty to a number of charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to the Associated Press, Albert Gonzalez will ...

32. Antitrust cops probe Google Italy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The Italian antitrust watchdog is snuffling around Google Italy over claims that it is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site. Rome, Italy - The ...

33. FCC kicks off mobile wireless Inquisition

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... consumers in the communications marketplace. In addition, the Commission is expected to review the current state of wireless innovation and investment. See also Apple, AT&T deny Google Voice discrimination ...

34. FCC targets wireless industry in 'empowerment' probe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Apple's rejection of Google's iPhone voice application. In addition, the Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a wide-ranging review of major telecommunications companies over possible anti-trust violations, ...

35. Mozilla finally loses all credibility

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ...  Why are you not moaning about Apple and its monopolistic bundling of Safari? Why are you not whining about Google's upcoming Chrome OS? Any company that uses lawyers rather than technical excellence ...

36. Microsoft won't give up on Mobile OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    It must have spent tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars promoting the Windows Mobile OS, but Microsoft is not going to quit fighting the Google Android and iPhone competition.It must have spent ...

37. Updated: Sony hopes $300 PS3 will boost sluggish sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sony has unveiled a slimmed down Playstation 3 at the Gamescom conference in Germany. The upgraded console will feature a 120GB HD and is expected to retail at $300 on September 1. San Francisco (CA) ...

38. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... Precisely what that mobile product is remains to be seen, but reports of a Google Android-based smartphone seem to be the most plausible. If history means anything here – and I believe it does – things ...

39. Apple still dominates in PC market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Compaq models. Recent sales are up, and HP's share value has more than doubled relative to the market since the beginning of the year." In the online portal and search engine field, Google stands at 86, ...

40. Everybody loves Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Google is one of the most popular companies in the US, according to a survey released today. Google is one of the most popular companies in the US, according to a survey released today. The company ...

41. Smartphone downloads to top 6.67 bn by 2014

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... information, and personalization requirements of the mobile user," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Vikrant Gandhi. "For example, Apple, Google, Nokia, Palm, and Microsoft have either already ...

42. Motorola Morrison surfaces: The iPhone the ROKR should have been?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Following Motorola’s original announcement that the company would build Google Android-based cellphones, we are now seeing first sketches of the device and are reading about leaked specifications. And ...

43. Dell phone 'launching in China'

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    A blogger claims Dell is set to announce its first mobile phone in the next few days, initially aimed at the massive Chinese market. Beijing, China - A blogger claims Dell is set to announce its first ...

44. FCC to probe Apple over Google Voice

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started an informal investigation into Apple's refusal to allow Google Voice to be used on its iPhone. The US Federal Communications Commission ...

45. Microhoo is not just about traffic. It’s about data. Period.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... to catch up with Google in search market share just by slapping a Bing logo on Yahoo’s front page. No, Microsoft is after something entirely different. Opinion – I am glad some deal between Microsoft ...

46. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Ironically, this is likely the one device Palm should have understood how to do right first. In many ways, this would be Apple’s spin on Google’s Chrome OS idea (showcasing Apple’s hardware roots) and ...

47. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... a major commitment to Google’s Android, as is Motorola. Palm, also a major supplier of Windows Mobile devices, has bet heavily on its rejuvenation through its own WebOS. And HP, who has long supported ...

48. Verizon to give developers 70% of App Store revenue

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Verizon, also confirmed during the company's developer conference in San Jose, Calif., that developers will be getting a 70% revenue share deal. Apple and Google also provide 70% of the revenue while Research ...

49. Microsoft and Yahoo in alliance against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... year agreement that establish a close tie between the search technologies and advertising sales, which are critical to both companies to better compete with Google.   Chicago (IL) – Microsoft ...

50. Apple takes exception to Google Voice

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Google is getting the hot tongue and cold shoulder from Apple over its Voice application, according to TechCrunch.Google is getting the hot tongue and cold shoulder from Apple over its Voice application, ...