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Joomla! 1.6 open source CMS now available, with more granular controls

The popular open source CMS, Joomla, has announced its latest version.

Verizon iPhone to be announced on Tuesday

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon will announce the iPhone on its network on Tuesday, January 11th.

Acer Aspire Predator AG3600 designed for gamers on a budget

Acer has built the Aspire Predator AG3600 with gamers in mind.

Dell unveils the Streak 7, new 7-inch tablet

Today at 2011 International CES, Dell and T-Mobile unveiled Dell's new 7-inch Android tablet, the Streak 7.

Microsoft debuts new multitouch mouse for Windows 7

Today at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Microsoft unveiled the Touch Mouse, a new multitouch mouse designed for Windows 7.

Fujitsu unveils ScanSnap S1100, ultra portable scanner

Fujitsu has introduced one of the world’s smallest document scanners, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100.

Comcast to offer 3000 hours of live TV streaming on tablets

Comcast has announced plans to enable in-home streaming for live and On Demand content this year on Apple’s iPad as well as Android powered tablets.

Seagate introduces new collection of GoFlex external drives for Macs

Seagate has introduced a new collection of GoFlex for Mac external drives. The new collection is designed to make it easy for those who use Mac OS X and Time Machine to backup, shuttle, or share their digital content.

Amazon releasing Kindle apps for Android and Windows tablets

For over two years, Amazon has been introducing a wide selection of free "Buy Once, Read Everywhere" Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms.

Ziff Davis acquires tech deals site LogicBuy

Ziff Davis has acquired LogicBuy.com, a leading provider of tech deals and coupons.

BitTorrent grows to 100 million users

BitTorrent, Inc., the popular file sharing site, has grown to over 100 million worldwide monthly users of its two software products—the original BitTorrent Mainline, and µTorrent.

Dell to acquire InSite One, expanding its medical SaaS solution

Dell has announced its intent to acquire cloud-based medical archiving company InSite One, Inc.. InSite One helps customers reduce costs associated with long-term data storage and addresses the issues around lack of sharing images between doctors when diagnosing patients.

Zynga launches music partnership with Dr. Dre

Zynga has announced the company’s first in-game music partnership with Dr. Dre, allowing players around the world to watch the music video for his first single, "Kush", from the artist's highly anticipated new album Detox, within Mafia Wars.

Official PlayStation app for iPhone and Android coming soon

PlayStation has announced that an application for iPhone and Android will be coming soon.

Kindle update for Android lets users buy newspapers and magazines

Amazon has updated that Kindle for Android app. This is the first Kindle app to receive an update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines.

Kobo brings Instapaper to its eReading apps for iOS

Kobo, an eReading service built on an open platform, has announced that the latest version of its application now includes the integration of Instapaper across all its iOS apps.

Allow others access to your Gmail account with Gmail Delegation

Good news for Gmail users that use multiple email accounts. Gmail has just enabled "Gmail delegation" that allows users to share access to a Gmail account.

MTV launches Music Meter, a music discovery tool

MTV has launched Music Meter, a site aiming to provide new metrics to gauge which artists are truly capturing the imagination of fans right now.

VoiceDJ allows users to control their music library with their voice

VoiceDJ is an iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows users to control their mobile music library entirely with their voice.

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures launches today for the Mac

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a free-to-play online virtual world, is now available for Macintosh Platform users. Clone Wars Adventures is browser-based virtual world where fans can live out the thrills and animated TV series of the same name on Cartoon Network.

Salesforce to buy web-based platform Heroku for $212M cash

As Salesforce looks to expand its cloud computing offerings into both the mobile and social network arena, the company announced it will acquire Heroku, which hosts apps for Ruby on Rails developers.

Fundry.com offers crowdfunding for developers

Fundry.com, a crowdfunding platform for software developers, has been launched by web development company, Stateless Systems. Through Fundry.com, developers can raise money to help complete their work.

Atari and Sony announce Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime video game

With the city quaking in fear and no help in sight, who ya gonna call? Atari is releasing the first ever Ghostbusters digital title, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime.

NASA and high tech partners host Random Hacks of Kindness

NASA joined with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the World Bank Dec. 3-4 to bring together computer experts looking for new approaches to disaster relief challenges.

3M Debuts the Swiss army knife of mobile ID readers

3m mobile reader3M Security Systems has introduced the 3M MD6000 Mobile ID Reader, a lightweight handheld reader that comes with five data capture modes giving users the capability to validate multiple types of IDs while in the field.

Hello Kitty Game for Nintendo Wii released, perfect holiday gift

Hello Kitty lovers rejoice -- Hello Kitty Seasons is available in North America.

In2Pay,Visa Mobile contactless payments solution released

Visa and Visa Europe have announced the commercial availability of mobile contactless payments enabled by DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay microSD solution.

LivingSocial receives $175 million investment by Amazon.com

LivingSocial has secured a $175 million investment from Amazon.

Amazon bans WikiLeaks from using its servers

WikiLeaks, the notorious whistleblower website, has been kicked off Amazon.com’s U.S. servers. This comes on the heels of the organization moving its operations only a day ago.

Motorola acquires connected home services developer 4Home

Motorola today announced that it has signed a agreement to acquire 4Home, a developer of software and services platform that bridges the gap between the consumer and the devices that deliver services and information to connected home users.

AOL acquires email prioritization app Unblab

AOL has acquired email prioritization app, Unblab. The acquisition was made public on Unblab's website.

Google donates $250,000 to iGotITtoo

iGotITtoo, a non-profit organization working to empower underserved communities by providing training in fundamental computer skills and education regarding social services, has been awarded today $250,000 by Google to expand their work across New York City.

Google Earth rolls out new version, improves realism

Google Earth has just released Google Earth 6 into its interactive digital atlas. Now you can explore your childhood home, visit foreign countries or scope out your next vacation spot with greater realism.

Blekko creates curated holiday shopping search

Blekko, the new search engine that is using human curation to eliminate spam from search results, has unveiled a new holiday shopping slashtag on Cyber Monday.