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[Medianews] Yahoo! Entertainment App for iPad

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[Medianews] Apple Fights Rival Google on New Turf

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[Medianews] APPLE-SA-2010-04-14-1 Security Update 2010-003

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[Medianews] Israel confiscates visiting iPads

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[Medianews] Web Coupons Know Lots About You, and They Tell

Web Coupons Know Lots About You, and They Tell By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD April 16, 2010 For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers. A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile phones, is packed with

[Medianews] Gizmodo Gets Hands On New 4G iPhone

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[Medianews] It looks genuine ... next iPhone found in a bar?

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[Medianews] Gizmodo: This Is Apple's Next iPhone

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[Medianews] Droid Incredible review

Droid Incredible review By Joshua Topolsky April 19, 2010 At this point, the HTC Incredible should seem like pretty familiar territory to our readers. We first caught wind of the device in a ROM leak back in December of 2009, and shortly thereafter saw lots of little snippets on the phone

[Medianews] MacBook Pro Core i7 review

MacBook Pro Core i7 review By Paul Miller Apr 14, 2010 While the MacBook Pro is just another Intel-based computer with standard internals, slightly inflated price tags, and a familiar (if legendary) design sense, Apple having the absolute corner on the market for building machines that

[Medianews] Keeping Medical Data Private

Keeping Medical Data Private Algorithm protects patients' personal information while preserving the data's utility in large-scale medical studies. By Katharine Gammon Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created an algorithm designed to protect the privacy of

[Medianews] Companies Slowly Join Cloud-Computing

Companies Slowly Join Cloud-Computing By BRAD STONE and ASHLEE VANCE April 18, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO - This year, Netflix made what looked like a peculiar choice: the DVD-by-mail company decided that over the next two years, it would move most of its Web technology - customer movie queues,

[Medianews] Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System

Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System By JOHN MARKOFF April 19, 2010 Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with

[Medianews] A $30 Cable and an iPad on a Television

A $30 Cable and an iPad on a Television By NICK BILTON APRIL 16, 2010 Last year in an effort to cancel my Time Warner cable, I bought an Apple TV. I came home with my new fancy sleek white packaging, tore open the box and plugged the Apple TV into my television. It took about 15 minutes

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