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Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

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created 12 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

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created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.


Trust Linux!

Trust Linux!

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created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...


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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.


Future bright for Microsoft cloud computing, server president says

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

All this week at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has talked about cloud computing, what many consider the next frontier. Bob Muglia, president of the company's Server and Tools business, sat down to talk ...


Microsoft Office 2010 beta ready to download

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you want to try out Microsoft Office 2010, the beta is available for anyone to download, the company announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.


Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go (AP)

Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through ...


'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations (AP)

'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.


Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers ...


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IBM makes Big Blue cloud

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8

IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.


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Security heightened ahead of Ubisoft's 'Avatar' game release

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game.


'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge (AP)

'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.


Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Samsung Bada

Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform: Samsung Bada

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced it will launch its own open mobile platform, Samsung Bada [bada] in December. This new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for ...


Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock (AP)

Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake ...


'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.