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I Was Talked Out of Buying a Windows Phone 7

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I found Sara Yin’s piece on the suspected “strangling” of Windows Phone 7 by carrier retail stores to be highly interesting, so I’m going to share my actual shopping experience (Yin was a mystery shopper) with the Windows Phone 7.
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Citigroup confirms security breach

Citi confirms data breach

Citigroup confirmed on Thursday that unidentified hackers breached security and have viewed some of its credit-card customers' account information in the U.S.
A visitor plays with a tablet PC at the Intel booth during the Computex 2011 computer fair at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei

Who doesn't want to own a tablet?

A new study by technology giant Samsung has revealed that more than 85 percent of US consumers, aged 18 and above, either own a tablet or are planning to purchase one.
Microsoft loses i4i case, must pay $290 million

Microsoft May Push Own Tablet Along With Windows 8

Microsoft may launch its own tablet along with its Windows 8 in late 2012, in what would be a significant move for the software giant which is yet to make a mark in the smartphone and tablet market.
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Apple's WWDC silence over iPhone 5: A giveaway to Android?

Apple fans will cheer the announcement of iOS 5 at the WWDC; but it is the Android camp that will be heartened by the fact that there has been no word on the iPhone 5. An iPhone 4 S in August? And the true iPhone 5 in 2012? will that be too late? Or, will it fit better into Apple's strategy?
Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, speaks during a media briefing in Los Angeles

Sony to launch affordable PS3 monitors

Japanese electronic heavy-weight Sony, at the E3 conference, has announced the launch of a 3D Playstation-branded monitor later this year priced at $499.
Steve Jobs takes the stage to discuss the iCloud service at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco

Apple dismisses PC, insists on iCloud

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has announced his aim to ‘demote the PC’ industry while introducing the iCloud, Apple’s new cloud-based solution for synchronizing files across multiple Apple devices.
Apple logo is seen on the facade of Moscone Center, San Francisco

Its official: Apple iCloud is here

Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at its developer conference to make the official announcement of the company's new cloud-based service, iCloud.
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Lulzsec strikes again: Nintendo hacked but servers safer than Sony

Nintendo announced that their web server was recently hacked by the Lulzsec hacking group. The hackers were able to penetrate the network but did not manage to obtain any sensitive information or customer data. The hack happened weeks ago, but Nintendo has just released a statement, leaving many to wonder about Nintendo's trust in communication with their gaming customers.
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Apple store defaced with Windows logo [VIDEO]

An Apple store being constructed in Hamburg, Germany was defaced with a Windows logo on Saturday. More precisely, it was a Windows logo with incorrect coloring as the blue and green squares were swapped.
Supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad shout slogans outside of a hotel where the opposition activists are gathered for a conference in Antalya

Syrian internet service back on-line

The Syrian internet service was said to be restored on Saturday, a day after two-thirds of the Syrian network had been disconnected amidst the civil unrest in the country
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Android, Apple iOS top market share gainers in U.S.

With a gaining 5.2 percentage point to capture 36.4 percent of all smartphone users, Google's Android was at the top in the U.S. smartphone operating system market for the three months ending in April, a ComScore report revealed.

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