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Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry line of products, has announced the impending release of a tablet style device known as the PlayBook.
The PlayBook will feature a 7 inch touchscreen, front and rear facing HD cameras, and will run on a new OS developed around QNX’s Neutrino software.
While RIM has yet to [...]

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Samsung has debuted their Galaxy Tab, one of the first of the so-called “iPad Killers” from a major manufacturer.
The Galaxy’s specs will vary slightly from carrier to carrier, but all versions will run Google’s Android 2.2, the same OS that has helped propel some smartphones - including Samsung’s Galaxy class devices - into direct competition [...]

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In news that’s sure to stoke the Apple vs. Android fan battles on messages boards across the Internet, Android has cut into iOS’s market share and is threatening to become the number two ranked mobile operating system.
According to comScore, Apple’s market share 1.3% this summer, as opposed to the significant 5% increase for Android.  While [...]

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Many of us are still passive technology users.  Concepts such as computer repair and tech support aren’t even considerations until an actual crisis arises. 
Technology used to be so complicated that only experts would use it on a regular basis.  However, easy to use devices such as smartphones, mp3 players, and tablet computers allow anyone to [...]

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A new Internet security attack spread through email Thursday, though it came in somewhat old packaging. 
The attack, dubbed “Here you have” after the subject line of the phishing attack emails, was reminiscent of attacks from 2000 and 2001.  Those attacks, the ILoveYou and Anna Kournikova worms, were the last significant mass email attacks, until now.  [...]

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