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Apple Delays Leopard Until October

Apple is putting off its next release of Mac OS X, codenamed Leopard, until October 2007...and blames all the effort it's putting into developing the iPhone.

Low-Threat Mac OS X Trojan Appears

It was bound to happen: a Trojan horse for Mac OS X has appeared, purporting to be screenshots of Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" operating system.

Apple Revs iBooks and Mac minis

Apple Computer updates some affordable Macs, speeding up and improving the iBook portable line while (finally!) doubling the default RAM installed in Mac minis.

Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Launches August 28

Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" operating system goes on sale August 28 - and Intel Mac users can upgrade for just $29.99.

Pretec Pushes CF Cards to 100 GB

Don't have enough storage for your photos and video? Taiwan's Pretec has announced Compact Flash crashes with 35 MB/s transfer speeds and capacities of 64 and 100 GB.

TomTom’s x50 Live GPS Sport IQ Routes, New Interface

TomTom has introduced three new flagship GPS navigation units, the Go x50 Live series, featuring IQ Routes and a revamped interface.
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TomTom personalizes GPS units via custom case printing

TomTom is offering to let user customize their GPS units by printing artwork and photos on their cases.
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Western Digital Adds E-Ink Labels to External Hard Drives

Western Digital has introduced two new external hard drives with E-Ink labels show show name and capacity even when turned off, plus a new super-slim portable hard drive.

Google and Verizon Bury the Hatchet, Partner on Android

Google and Verizon have announced a wide-ranging partnership to push Android devices on Verizon...and that includes support for Google Voice.

Search Engine Ask.com Searches For Deals So You Don’t Have To

Ask.com's new Ask Deals automatically aggregates online shopping deals and puts them front-and-center in search results...but will users click through?

Phishers Post Over 10,000 Hotmail Account Passwords

Perpetrators of a phishing scheme published passwords to more than 10,000 HotMail accounts...and who knows how many more they have.

Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus Offers Customized Regimens

Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus offers individualized fitness regimens for every member of a household...and even lets users track their pets weights.

Palm Brings iTunes Syncing Back to the Pre…For Now

Palm's weboS 1.2.1 update brings iTunes syncing back to the Palm Pre...despite the USB Implementers Forum siding with Apple.

Toshiba Busts Out with Cell-powered Regza HDTV

Toshiba has formally unveiled its Cell-powered Regza 55X! HDTV...and it'll come with 3 TB of storage and the ability to record eight broadcast channels simultaneously.
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Xbox 360 gets more hours, but Wii streams more video

New data from Nielsen shows Xbox 360 users spend more time per week on their consoles...but Wii users spend a bigger portion of their time streaming video.

Who Tunes Into Digital Music? Women, According to Nielsen

Media metrics firm finds that the majority of visitors to music news and listening sites are women...and they aren't young adults, either.

Amazon Drops Kindle Price, Adds International Capability

Amazon has dropped its Kindle reader down to $259, and has announced a $279 edition with U.S. and international wireless capability.

Amazon to Fork Out $150,000 For Unbooking Kindles

Amazon.com has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a class action suit over removing books from Kindle devices without owners' knowledge or consent.
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Adobe Issues Security Updates for Flash, Warns on Adobe Reader

Adobe has a security update to deal with zero-day vulnerabilities in Flash Player...but Acrobat and Adobe Reader have to wait until the end of June.

Adobe Aggressively Bringing Flash to Smartphones…But Not iPhone

Adobe is bringing a full Flash player to mobile devices, including Windows Mobile, Palm's webOS, Android, Android, Symbian, and BlackBerry...but not the iPhone.
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Google Voice Leaves Beta

It's taken a while, but Google has officially taken Google Voice out of beta and made it available to U.S. users.

Verizon Wireless Expands Netbook Offerings with Gateway LT2016u

Wireless carrier Verizon dives deeper into the netbook business with the Gateway LT2016u, featuring a 10.6-inch display and Verizon 3G connectivity.
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Bing takes over number-two search engine rank worldwide

Microsoft's Bing has finally unseated Yahoo from StatCounter's number-two search engine ranking worldwide...with a whopping 4.37 percent.
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Nokia, Apple Make Mobile Ad Moves; Yahoo Expands Bing Testing

Nokia is acquiring mobile analytics firm Motally while Apple shuts down Quattro Wireless; meanwhile, Yahoo is ramping up its use of Bing to power searches.
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Microsoft Starts Putting Bing Behind Yahoo Search

It's been a year in the making, but Microsoft is finally starting to test drive powering Yahoo searches with Bing.
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Comscore: Bing Gaining Ground in Search

Metrics firm Comscore shows Microsoft's Bing gaining ground in the U.S. search market...although Google is still way, way out in front.
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Bing Works to Bring Entertainment Front and Center

Microsoft's Bing search engine now goes to extra effort to bring movie, music, TV, and gaming content to users.
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Bing Search Gets Social with Facebook

Microsoft's Bing is getting more social: it's the first search engine to include Facebook updates and shared links alongside search results.
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Hitwise: Bing Lost Share to Google in April

New figures show Google gained two percent of the U.S. search market in April...and Microsoft's Bing lost the same amount.
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Nielsen: Bing Gained Search Share in February

Nielsen has released its U.S. search market figures for February 2010: Bing is up, and (surprisingly) Google is down.
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Facebook Drops Microsoft Ads, Picks Up Bing

Facebook has cut short a banner advertising deal with Microsoft...but Microsoft remains the search provider, and Bing features are on the way.
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Microsoft Shortens Bing Data Retention to Six Months

In a move to protect user privacy, Microsoft has announced it will purge IP addresses after six months, rather than eighteen.
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Comscore: Google Still Growing, Yahoo Still Shrinking

The search engine wars are still on, and while Microsoft is seeing an uptick in its search share...it mostly seems to come at the expense of partner Yahoo.
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Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Tie the Knot on Search

It's been (many) months, but Microsoft and Yahoo have finally dotted the i's and cross the t's on their search deal.