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Thursday, January 31, 2013

While the odds against success may be long, Blackberry, the company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM), has improved its chances of pulling off a last-minute upset with the introduction of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and the new smartphone models.
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The latest release of the DisplayPort Dual-Mode Standard released today by VESA supports the next generation of Dual-Mode DisplayPort enabled PCs and Dual-Mode DisplayPort cable adaptors, expected to be available to consumers later this year.
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Acer today introduced the Acer Liquid C1 with Intel Inside, the first smartphone based on Intel Atom processor Z2420for the Asia Pacific region.
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A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said it won't reconsider an earlier ruling refusing to impose a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone.
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Microsoft was sued on Thursday by Vringo Subsidiary I/P Engine. The company alleges Microsoft has been infringing patents that allow Internet search engines to most effectively place advertisements.
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NVIDIA's next generation "GeForce Titan" or GeForce 700 series of graphics cards is expected to be released sometime next month, and members of the Chinese PCOnLine community have posted a 3DMark 11 Xtreme Preset benchmark of the flagship GeForce Titan 780 model.
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Futuremark's updated 3DMark benchmark for Windows will be released on February 4, with Android, iOS and Windows RT versions to follow soon after pending app store approvals, the company announced today.
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Facebook on Thursday expanded its Gifts program and introduced gift cards, which consumers can use at Target and a other businesses, in the social network's latest move into the retail market.
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Google is offering panoramic views of the Grand Canyon through Google maps, which now include interactive images that cover more than 75 miles of trails and surrounding roads.
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Toshiba has started offering samples of an 8-megapixel, 1.12micrometer, back side illumination (BSI) CMOS image sensor integrating a color noise reduction (CNR) circuit.
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VideoLAN warned users of the v2.0.5 and earlier versions of the VLC media player that the software contain a critical vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on computers.
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At Integrated Systems Europe 2013, Samsung Electronics unveiled its full lineup of digital signage products, including a 95-inch LED display.
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Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).
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HTC Corp. will launch its new flagship smartphone, the M7, in London and New York Feb. 19, according to invitations sent out to to press.
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Cyberlink is offering its flagship video editing software PowerDirector 11 at a significant discount, as soon as you agree to switch from using competitive software solutions including the Adobe Premiere Elements, Sony Movie Studio and Pinnacle Studio.
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An email-based attack has been hijacking Yahoo accounts, security software company Bitdefender Labs has reported.
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Despite rapid device adoption, and new forms of movie distribution, video discs are by far the largest source of Hollywood's home-video revenue, the NPD Group says.
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata ruled out price cuts for the company's new Wii U home console, despite the weak sales.
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Hackers from China have infiltrated the New York Times for the last four months, the US paper says.
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Lite-On Technology has announced plans to acquire the remaining outstanding shares of Lite-On IT, the popular optical disc drive (ODD) and SSD (solid-state drive) maker.
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