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Wellcome Trust's iPad rollout helps triple desktop costs

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 19:04
Consumerisation of devices has contributed to a three-fold increase in the Wellcome Trusts's desktop computing costs, its CIO has revealed.

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Apple warns iOS developers not to manipulate ratings

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 17:19
Apple has warned iOS developers not to use services that manipulate App Store rankings to make their iPhone and iPad apps seem more popular than they really are.

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iPhone 4S helps Apple claim top smartphone spot

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 16:09
Apple was the undisputed leader of the smartphone market in the last quarter, as rival Nokia lost almost a third of its sales, according to the latest research from the International Data Corporation.

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Apple worked on porting Mac OS X to ARM processors

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 09:20
Apple may have been working on porting the Mac OS X Darwin kernel to the same ARMv5 chipset architecture used by the iPhone and iPad, it has emerged.

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Apple iTV prototype 'in hands of Canadian telcos'

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 09:09
A new report claims that two Canadian telecommunications companies have got their hands on prototype versions of Apple's connected TV set.

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Samsung faces Iranian ban on product sales

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 08:38
Samsung faces a sales ban in Iran, not because of a patent dispute, but because an advert for the company's Galaxy Tab has been considered insulting by authorities.

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Anonymous claims to have released Symantec's pcAnywhere source code

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 08:17
Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.

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Steve Jobs' legacy to thanks for Apple's strong performance - shareholder

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
The time to judge how well Apple's new management team is performing will be in two years' time, according to Saudi billionaire and Apple shareholder Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

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iPad 3: Predictions and challenges

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:44
iFixit's Kyle Wiens has a darn good track record when it comes to Apple predictions. Here, he opines about the next iPad, foresees broken iPads everywhere, and even hints where post-Steve Jobs innovation might be headed next.

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Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet to get Android 4.0 in May

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:32
Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet will get an upgrade to Google's latest Android 4.0 OS starting in May.

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Ofcom aims to reduce Openreach charges

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:30
Ofcom has proposed new charge limits that will reduce BT Openreach's wholesale rental prices.

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Apple's extra little tricky MDM requirement

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:29
Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn't apply to the same MDM software that would be used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.

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Google takes Atlantis out of Google Earth

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:23
"Atlantis," reads my copy of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, "a vast island-continent submerged under the waters of the Atlantic towards the year 9560 BC; parts of it are still inhabited and can be visited."

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Apple snares top US smartphone sales spot

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:19
Apple was the top seller of smartphones worldwide and in the US last quarter, analysts said this week.

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Google 'poaches top Apple exec' and other rumours

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:56
Google looks outside the company to hire some integrity, Best Buy looks to consumers for mythical product research, and spammers look toward Steve Jobs for inspiration.

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Java tops C in language popularity assessment -- but not by much

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:54
Java is barely hanging on to its ranking as the most popular programming language, edging out C in this month's Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

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Bookle brings ePub reading to the Mac

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:52
While reading ebooks on your iOS devices is fairly pleasant, thanks to Apple's iBooks app, the company has yet to release any such program for the Mac.

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Samsung's next OLED displays to feature tough Lotus Glass

Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:47
Although Corning just announced Gorilla Glass 2.0 was just last month at CES 2012, it seems that the company is teaming up with Samsung to develop OLED screens that are as tough as Gorilla Glass.

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Apple reinstates iPhone, iPad to German online store (Video)

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:34
Apple removes then restores some products in its online store in Germany and in-flight Wi- Fi remains unprofitable with only 7 percent of the traveling public using the service.

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BTJunkie voluntarily closes file-sharing website

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 16:11
The BitTorrent search engine BTJunkie has shut down its website, the latest file-sharing site to take defensive action following law enforcement's shutdown of MegaUpload last month.

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