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Games are of course already a big part of the social networking landscape and titles on Facebook such as Farmville are beguilingly popular, so the introduction of them on Google+ is no surprise. Google is reportedly scrambling to deliver the next version of Android for both smartphones and tablets to ensure that iPhone 5 doesnt appear on the market first and without a competitive response from its licensees. HP is pushing its new TouchPad tablet in any way it can, including discounts and coupons to its app store. (Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired. Electronic tattoo. Wearing high-tech gadgets has never been so easy, thanks to the latest advance in bendy electronics. He may have had a laser in his watch and a radio in his lighter, ... FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) will go to court on August 25 to appeal an earlier decision banning the South Korean technology giant from selling its Galaxy tablet computer ... This week Facebook users across the nation have been having a heart attack and grabbing their tinfoil hats in horror over what they saw as an almost science-fiction-like Facebook feature they believed to have just crept up on them to grab them in the ... By SHAYNDI RAICE LinkedIn Corp. backed away from an advertising scheme that exploited users photos and recommendations, marking a rare privacy gaffe for the social network. In the game Shaper, players must arrange the cubes into the on-screen configuration before time runs out. LEGOs and Lincoln Logs are for Luddites. A look at the new social networking site Heello brings to mind the old saying imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So, is Heello a compliment to Twitter or a blatant rip-off of the popular micro-blogging platform? By IB Times Staff Reporter | August 12, 2011 3:27 AM EDT For years together, scientists and researchers have been pondering over how plesiosaur - the giant marine reptile that ruled the oceans 78 million years ago -- gave birth to young ones. Clear skies, warm temperatures and dry air makes for a nearly perfect weather story for Hot August Nights. We should stay that way through the week-end with nary a cloud in sight. When it comes to smartphones, Android has emerged as the clear and undisputed victor. Googles OS has spent the last year rapidly climbing the charts to leap past Apple and topple RIM from its throne. HTC just invested $300 million in sexy. The companys Beats Audio deal isnt about technology. Really, nobody cares about the sonic equalization of their smartphones, at least beyond a certain point. Google has accused Microsoft of leaking “highly confidential source code” to an expert witness in a Motorola lawsuit, and has demanded that the USITC block the witness from taking the stand. With each subsequent generation, Samsungs SSDs have been getting noticeably better. Two years ago its drives were unrecommendable, but just this year we met the Samsung SSD 470. Apple is reportedly switching new production orders from LG to Samsung for the iPad 2, as it seems LG Displays LCD shipments for the tablet have had quality issues, forcing Apple to turn to Samsung instead. The San Mateo district attorneys office has opted not to charge Gizmodo and writer Jason Chen for buying an iPhone prototype from a man who found it in a bar last year, months before the device was made public. As computer pioneer IBM celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its revolutionary 5150 platform, one of the influential systems core creators has said the future looks bleak for computer hardware as we know it. The FCC is taking steps to ensure that texting 911 in an emergency wont simply be a waste of time. At a meeting of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials in Philadelphia today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step ... Intels $300m Ultrabook fund may only be the start of what investment notebook manufacturers demand if they are to deliver on the sub-$1000 ultraportables, with talk of further subsidies and billing marketing costs to the Intel purse.
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