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Firefox 4 downloads spike with automatic upgrade offers

Mozilla has started offering Firefox users automatic upgrades to Firefox 4... and uptake for the new browser has surged.
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Gmail adding single sign-in to chat with AIM

AOL says AIM users won't need to sign in to both AIM and Google Talk to chat with AIM contacts via Gmail.
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TiVo Premiere DVRs to support Comcast video on-demand

TiVo Premiere DVR owners who subscribe to Comcast will be able to access Xfinity on-demand video in selected markets - and Comcast will handle installation.
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W3C to develop peer-to-peer tech for browsers

The World Wide Web Consortium has a new working group that, among other things, will look at standardizing peer-to-peer- communication between Web browsers.
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YouTube founders buy social analytics firm Tap11

What are they up to? YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have added onto Del.icio.us by buying Twitter- and Facebook-analytics firm Tap11.
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Warner Music Group sold for $3.3 billion – is EMI next?

As CD sales continue to plummet, billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries is paying $3.3 billion in cash for Warner Music Group. Is EMI his next target?
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HP launches new Envy, Pavilion, and Mini notebooks

Hewlett-Packard has launched new versions of its Envy 14 and Pavilion dv4 - plus the diminutive HP Mini 210 "companion PC."
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HP debuts new ProBook, EliteBook business notebooks

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled new ProBook, EliteBook, and Mini notebooks - and a new HP DataPass prepaid 3G data plan for on-the-go connectivity.
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IDC: Smartphone shipments up 80 percent in last year

In the first quarter of 2011, smartphone shipments were up 79.7 percent worldwide compared to 2010.
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Global 3D TV shipments to increase five-fold in 2011?

According to iSuppli, lower prices and broader availability of 3D content will drive shipments of 3D TVs up nearly 500 percent worldwide in 2011.
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Cisco reorganizes to streamline business

After axing its Flip consumer camcorders, networking giant Cisco is diving into a substantial reorganization to streamline its operations.
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Nielsen: tablet users ditching PCs and ereaders

New figures Nielsen show consumers like tablets for portability, and they're increasingly using them instead of PCs, ereaders, and portable media players.
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Amazon Kindle lands at Walmart

Amazon is expanding the retail availability of its Kindle reader with the biggest brick-and-mortar retailer of them all: Walmart.
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Canalys: Android now 35 pct of global smartphone market

Canalys says Android has extended its lead in the smartphone market to 35 percent, with the strongest growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Clearwire: record subscriber additions, $227 million loss

WiMax operator Clearwire says it added 1.8 million subscribers but still racked up a $227 million loss for the quarter.
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Sprint debuts Motorola XPRT, Titanium for business customers

Sprint is courting business customers with the Motorola XPRT...and hopes they don't realize it's mostly the Droid Pro Verizon's been selling for months.
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Kobo Wireless eReaders drop to $99 at Best Buy

Just in time for Mothers' Day, the Kobo Wireless eReader is now available at Best Buy for $99...preloaded with 100 titles.
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Intel sticks to Moore’s Law with 3D transistors

Intel has a viable way to make 3D tri-gate transistors, meaning processors will continue to offer more performance in smaller packages, using less power.
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Novell wins bid to pursue ’90s-era Microsoft antitrust case

An appeals court says Novel can pursue an antitrust case against Microsoft over the death of WordPerfect.
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Warner Bros. buys Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes

Warner Bros. stakes out ground against Netflix by acquiring movie discovery service Flixster - and the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site.
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AOL: Display ads up, profits and subscriptions down

AOL first quarter results saw display ad revenue up four percent...but revenue still fell 17 percent
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Now that’s funny: Pandora gets into comedy

Pandora is now offering individualized comedy stations that serve custom content tailored to listeners' particular funny bones.
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Square gets backing from Visa…and adds encryption

The makers of the Square smartphone credit card readers have nabbed a strategic investment from Visa...and will be adding encryption.
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HP Veer 4G landing at AT&T May 15

HP's Veer 4G compact smartphone - running webOS and featuring a QWERTY keypad - will go on sale from AT&T on May 15 for $99.99.
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Logitech TV Cam for Skype connects to Viera HDTVs

Logitech's new TV Cam for Skype enables users to make 720p video calls right from their Panasonic Viera Connect-enabled TVs.
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Yahoo: Teens don’t know who bin Laden is

Yahoo says many teenagers don't know why Osama bin Laden is significant...and, by the way, Yahoo knows which of its searchers are teens.
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Court approves Google’s $900 mln Nortel patent buy

Nortel says U.S. and Canadian courts have approved Google's $900 million cash bid for the company's entire patent portfolio.
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Vatican hosts blogging summit

Eager to engage with online culture, the Vatican is hosting 150 Catholic bloggers in a first-of-its-kind summit.
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BlackBerry OS to integrate Bing search and maps

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer says RIM's BlackBerry OS will be integrating Bing search and maps - not as apps, but as core services.
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Acer Veritons save space, pick up new processors

Acer's new Veriton L4610G and X2110 aim to save space while offering plenty of power with either Intel Core processors, or an AMD Athlon with Nvidia graphics.
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Nokia still world’s largest handset maker

Despite failing to compete in the smartphone market, Nokia is still by far the largest maker of mobile phones on the planet.
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Microsoft losing browser share as IE9 gains traction

Microsoft's share of the Web browser market is shrinking, even as more Windows users upgrade to Internet Explorer 9.
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Nokia N8 pinks up with Symbian “Anna”

Nokia is rolling out a pink version of its 12-megapixel N8 handset...with Symbian "Anna," an update to Symbian^3 with improvements based on user feedback.
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Microsoft still struggling with Windows Phone 7 updates

Microsoft started pushing its first major Windows Phone 7 update over a month ago, but some - like owners of Samsung Omnia 7s - are still waiting.