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Lenovo turns to software partnerships to expand server business

Lenovo is expanding software partnerships as it tries to break into a server market dominated by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Dell.

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Dish opens Hopper DVR to select mobile app developers

Dish on Tuesday opened the API for their Hopper DVR platform to developers in an effort to spur innovation among smartphone and tablet app developers. As of writing, trusted partners can access many of...

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Will big-screen iPads kill off Microsoft’s Surface tablets?

There's more bad news for Microsoft's struggling line of Surface tablets: Apple is said to be working on a 13-inch iPad that could be used as a productivity device, not just for entertainment. If true,...

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Wall Street pegs 4% slide in Mac sales, 6% boost to iPad

Mac sales fell 4% in the quarter that ended June 30, putting Apple into the same leaky boat as the much larger, problem-plagued PC industry, according to a survey of several dozen financial analysts.

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Apple CEO wonders what those other guys’ tablets are used for

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday let loose another salvo at rival tablets, audaciously dismissing them as devices that no one uses.

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Apple’s smartphone market share drops to three-year low

Apple's share of the smartphone market dropped in the second quarter to its lowest level in three years, research firm Strategy Analytics said.

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Instagram, Vine short videos causing explosion on wireless networks

More than five years ago, Cisco began warning wireless carriers and consumers about the coming barrage of video traffic over networks. Now that barrage is here and there's more to come.

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Yahoo snags Rockmelt with plans to kill its aggregation apps

Yahoo's transformative string of acquisitions continues as the company has revealed plans to acquire Rockmelt, a three-year old startup that has spawned an array of desktop and mobile apps for...

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Roses are #f00, violets are #00f. This witty code is a boffinry breakthrough

What do you call a computer program that uses big data to write jokes? Basic, judging by the list of groan-worthy gags generated by this new wisecracking software.

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Samsung Galaxy Note III unveiling expected Sept. 4

Samsung plans to announce a new Galaxy device -- probably the Note III -- on Sept. 4 in Berlin, according to an invitation sent to reporters on Monday. The invitation includes mention of a live Webcast...

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Android exec leaves Google for Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi

Google’s Android product chief is leaving Mountain View for an up-and-coming Chinese smartphone-maker.

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Apple faces threat from China, bellwether in battle against Android

Apple faces a threat from an unexpected quarter: Chinese developers crafting Android apps, an analytics firm said today.

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Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia’s mapping products

Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's.

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Android 4.4 to be officially called KitKat

The next version of Android will be called KitKat after the Nestle chocolate bar, and not Key Lime Pie, as was predicted for months, Google said Tuesday.

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EMC optimizes VNX hybrid array for flash

EMC's VNX hybrid storage line is now built for flash first, with revamped software that can take full advantage of multicore processors, producing what the company calls a major boost in performance.

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Qualcomm to ship Toq smartwatch with Mirasol display in Q4

Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its own smartwatch that will have a low-power Mirasol display and be compatible with Android mobile devices.

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Microsoft’s $7.1bn Nokia gobble: Why you should expect the unexpected

The deal gives Microsoft Nokia’s global handset engineering, manufacturing, sales and distribution business; the family of Windows-Phone-powered Lumia smartphones; a war chest of 8,500 Lumia and Asha...

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With new iPhone 5s, Apple launches the 64-bit smartphone war

The 64-bit smartphone clash has been joined between rivals Apple and Samsung. But will everyday smartphone buyers even care, much less notice?

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PC satisfaction scores dip as customers drift to tablets

The jarring combination of Microsoft's radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said today.

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Jolla Sailfish OS to support Android hardware, apps

Finnish smartphone startup Jolla has announced that its Linux-based Sailfish OS mobile platform will be both software and hardware compatible with Android.

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