Apple suppliers begin production of white iPhone: sources

Source: Reuters

Suppliers to Apple Inc have begun production of white iPhones after a delay of almost 10 months, pointing to a launch date of within a month, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

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Apple's iPad to remain top tablet till 2015: Gartner

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON - The tablet computer market is heating up with new entrants all the time, but Apple's iPad will remain the top device over the next few years, according to technology research company Gartner.

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Hackers hunt prey on smartphones, Facebook

Source: AFP

SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers are following prey onto smartphones and social networking hotspots, according to reports released Tuesday by a pair of computer security firms.

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Co-founder Page returning to Google's helm

Source: AFP

SAN FRANCISCO - Google co-founder Larry Page on Monday takes back the reins of the Internet powerhouse that he and Sergey Brin created as Stanford University students some 13 years ago.

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Nokia files new patent violation complaint against Apple

Source: AFP

HELSINKI: The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday it was filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in "virtually all" of Apple's devices.

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Singlish made easy on the iPhone and Twitter

Source: SingaporeScene

As many of you may already know, Singlish is the English-based creole spoken colloquially within Singapore, and despite the government's efforts over the years with the Speak Good English Movement, Singlish is still frequently heard on the streets.

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Warner Bros to rent 5 more movies on Facebook

Source: Reuters

U.S. film studio Warner Brothers said it would offer five additional movies for rent on social networking website Facebook, a further sign of intensifying competition in renting out movies on the Internet.

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CTIA innovations show just how close we are to wire and cable-free living

Source: AFP

Wouldn't it be nice to have computer desks that weren't cluttered with cords, phones that you didn't have to plug in to charge and an easy way to wirelessly share the information from one device to another without a series of cables getting in the way?

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Macintosh software vet leaves "post-PC era" Apple

Source: AFP

A senior executive behind Macintosh computer software is leaving Apple as the culture-changing company rushes into a "post PC Era" in which iPads and iPhones supplant desktop computers.
Bertrand Serlet is ceding his position as senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering to Apple executive Craig Federighi, who will report directly to chief executive Steve Jobs, the company said in a release.

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Mozilla unleashes sleek new Firefox Web browse

Source: AFP

SAN FRANCISCO - A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released on Wednesday to vie with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and Google Chrome in the fiercely competitive market for Web browsing software.

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Google delays open access to new Android software

Source: Reuters

Google Inc is delaying widespread access to the new version of its Android software, saying it has more work to do before the product is ready for certain types of devices.

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RIM pulls drunken driving 'app' from Blackberry

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON - US senators on Wednesday said that Research In Motion (RIM) has promised to get rid of a Blackberry software program designed to help drunk drivers evade police checkpoints.

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iPad 2 on sale in S'pore in April

Sourcce: AFP

WASHINGTON: Apple said Tuesday that the iPad 2, the latest model of the hot-selling tablet computer, will go on sale in Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea in April.

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Novel Blackberry alerts for Philippine disasters

Source: AFP

MANILA : A Philippine charity said Monday it had launched a novel early warning system for disaster-prone areas using Blackberry devices and laptops.

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Apple called on to pull 'gay cure' app from iTunes

Source: AFP

Apple on Monday was under pressure to yank a so-called "gay cure" application from its iTunes shop for software for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices.

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Google fined over Street View

Source: AFP

PARIS : France's data privacy regulator said on Monday it had imposed a record fine of 100,000 euros (US$142,000) on Google for having collected private information while compiling its panoramic Street View service.

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Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player

Source: Reuters

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is not planning any more versions of its unpopular Zune digital media player, but is to continue offering music and video using the same software online, through its Xbox game console and on its Windows phones.

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iPad 2 Graphics Much Faster Than iPad 1, Motorola Xoom

Source: Mashable

The examination of Apple's continues, and now benchmarks of its graphics performance compare it favorably with both its predecessor and one of its most capable rivals, the Apple's claim of the iPad 2's graphics performance over the iPad 1 might be exaggerated, according to AnandTech's reviewer Daniel Dilger, who said he's "not sure that you'll ever see 9x running real game code." In fact, the iPad 2's graphics performance with the original iPad and the Motorola Xoom, and using GLBenchmark 2.0, the iPad 2 was between 3 and 7 times faster than the iPad 1, and was a surprising 2 to 7 times faster than the Tegra 2-packing Motorola Xoom tablet.

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Why Android Tablets Can't Compete with the iPad 2

Source: YCN

Dozens of new tablets were unveiled at CES this year, most of them running Android -- Google's "organic," open-source operating system, that people and corporations can use without paying a license fee. It gives them a head start in creating devices you'd want to use, whether they're hot new toys in the spotlight (like the Motorola Xoom) or relatively obscure cult favorites (like the Notion Ink Adam).

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Android tops BlackBerry in US

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON - Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday.

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