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Apple's secret iPad advantage: The supply chain

How is it that Apple is able to beat every single tablet vendor on price? Their secret sauce: The supply chain.

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Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility

New technologies and devices are providing ever more mobility options. Companies must decide where to invest to maximize mobility's productivity boost. Listen and quickly learn what trends are driving these mobility initiatives.

Sprint unveils dual-screen, Android-based Echo smartphone

As previously rumored, Sprint did indeed reveal a dual-screen smartphone running on Android 2.2 at a special event in New York City this evening.

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Will Android + NVIDIA become the new Wintel?

Microsoft and Intel won't be the same powerhouses in mobile that they were in PCs. The new leaders of the computing world will be Google Android and NVIDIA. Learn why.

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If your kids are caught sexting, YOU could be sentenced

Texas is introducing a new measure that's designed to reduce sexting activity -- and reduce the serious penalties for kids who receive sext messages.

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McAfee: Malware going mobile

New mobile malware threats increased 46 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, according to McAfee's quarterly report on emerging threats.

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Sprint chokes on opportunity to raise the smartphone bar with Kyocera Echo

Sprint had the opportunity to wow a New York audience with news of an amazing new smartphone that could potentially make millions (OK, maybe thousands) of people forget that Verizon's iPhone will hit retail shelves in a few short days.

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Amazon's new Kindle software: Reviewing, ranking the features

Amazon has rolled out a software update for its Kindle designed to improve readability, sharing and eliminating quirks such as a wacky page number scheme. Here's a quick review of the new features.

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Microsoft merger specialist Songhurst is staying put

At the start of calendar 2011, there were reports that Microsoft was losing two of its key merger and acquisition specialists. But it turns out one of the two is sticking around, after all.

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Intel to resume shipment of flawed Sandy Bridge chipset motherboards - Watch out for potential upgrade headaches

Intel is to resume shipment of flawed Sandy Bridge chipset motherboards - but only to OEMs that promise to use them responsibly.

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Money shot: VeriPhone's new dual-mode CDMA/GSM chip

I was expecting the Verizon iPhone teardown to reveal nothing except a CDMA chip, some ASICs, a little antenna re-jiggering and that's it. Boy, was I wrong.

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'Hacker 3' escapes jail time in RBS WorldPay ATM heist

A Russian programmer involved in the hack of RBS WorldPay's network and the $9 million ATM heist that followed has escaped jail time despite confessing his role in the crime.

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Olympus SZ-10, VR-320, and VG-110 cameras (photos)

Two compact megazooms and a sub-$90 ultracompact join Olympus' 2011 point-and-shoot lineup.

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Huawei teases Ideos X3 smartphone, Ideos S7 tablet

Huawei will be bringing its new Ideos X3 smartphone and Ideos S7 tablet to Mobile World Congress this week, but the both are being teased with some promo images already.

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Google invests in anti-malware start-up

 

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Bing-powered search share tops 27 percent

 

Could Apple cut out the carriers from the iPhone equation?

 

Dummy SKUs hit BestBuy with March 11 date, probably the MBP refresh

 

IDC: Public IT cloud revenue to surge

 

Verizon iPhone 4 orders start popping up in mailboxes

 

LG Optimus 3D leak reveals 3D display, dual-camera design

 

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News Corp's Daily launches on Apple's iPad

News Corp's first iPad exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is unveiled in New York City Wednesday morning. It features a fully-fledged newspaper paired with interactive media including videos, 360 degree images, and even a crossword puzzle.

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Protecting privacy in the age of location-based services

At a Churchill Club event in Mountain View, Calif., executives from Silicon Valley discuss the delicate line companies walk between protecting privacy and offering better location-based services.

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