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Portable video 'is the future'

Toshiba’s UK business manager says its Foilo 100 tablet PC complements trends in media usage.

2010-09-03 05:43:12 | BBC News

Tablet PCs take on the iPad

Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Toshiba's Folio 100 are among rivals unveiled at the Berlin gadget exhibition.

2010-09-03 05:39:35 | BBC News

H.P. Outbids Dell for Data Storage Company

Hewlett-Packard offered about $2.3 billion, ending an 18-day bidding war. The price reflects a growing urgency to use acquisitions to fuel growth.

2010-09-03 05:01:04 | New York Times

Video Game Maker Take-Two Reports an Unexpected Profit

The publisher of the Grand Theft Auto video games raised its outlook on the strength of its newest release, Red Dead Redemption.

2010-09-03 05:01:04 | New York Times

What It Means When YouTube Gets Small, and Big

People are increasingly watching YouTube videos on cellphone screens, which could lead to new kinds of videos and advertising.

2010-09-03 04:06:06 | New York Times

Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping

Apple's entry into social media has created bumps in its relationship with Facebook.

2010-09-03 03:59:06 | New York Times
Quantum refrigerator could cool your quantum computer, allow for quantum overclocking

Quantum refrigerator could cool your quantum computer, allow for quantum overclocking

The quantum computer is still ranking pretty high up there on the vaporware charts, somewhere between Duke Nukem Forever and a Steorn in-home power generator. Eventually we'll get there, and theoretical physicists at the University of Bristol are helping with a quantum cooling system. It is effectively a means for two qubits to cool a third, with the outer two cooled by lasers and absorbing energy from the third, which is heated to its (...)

2010-09-03 01:52:00 | Engadget
Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par 
    (AP)

Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par (AP)

AP - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.

2010-09-03 01:48:44 | Yahoo News
Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square 
    (AFP)

Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square (AFP)

AFP - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant.

2010-09-03 01:48:22 | Yahoo News
HP vs Dell: the showdown that ended in spectacle 
    (AP)

HP vs Dell: the showdown that ended in spectacle (AP)

AP - The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle.

2010-09-03 01:46:40 | Yahoo News
Samsung's 50-inch 720p PN50C490 3D plasma on sale now for under a grand

Samsung's 50-inch 720p PN50C490 3D plasma on sale now for under a grand

Looking to spoil yourself with a fancy new 3DTV? Ain't got the cash to go all-out? Hello, compromise. Samsung's 50-inch PN50C490 -- which we peeked just a few weeks ago -- is now shipping from Amazon, Best Buy and a slew of other local consumer electronic marts if we had to guess. As a refresher, this mid-sized HDTV has a 720p resolution, 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, no internet connectivity to speak of, a USB (...)

2010-09-03 00:56:00 | Engadget

Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10 (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so.

2010-09-03 00:36:00 | Yahoo News

Stream TV Android Froyo Tablet: Sneak Peak Now, Preorders Next Week (PC World)

PC World - For all of this year's chatter about the coming army of Android tablets, the near radio silence has been deafening. Until now. First, at consumer electronics show IFA in Berlin, came news of a global launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. And starting next week, you can hop onto Amazon.com to pre-order the Stream TV eLocity A7.

2010-09-03 00:28:00 | Yahoo News

Royal Mail puts first 'intelligent' stamp on sale

The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology.

2010-09-03 00:21:00 | BBC News
NVIDIA GTX 470M highlights rollout of 400M mobile GPU series

NVIDIA GTX 470M highlights rollout of 400M mobile GPU series

Not everybody needs the world's fastest mobile GPU, so NVIDIA is sagely trickling down its Fermi magic to more affordable price points today. The 400M family is being fleshed out with five new midrange parts -- GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M, to give them their gorgeous names -- and a pair of heavy hitters known as the GTX 470M and GTX 460M. Features shared across the new range (...)

2010-09-03 00:00:00 | Engadget