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Samsung and Google Delay ICS Launch Following Job's Death

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Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. have agreed to delay the public announcement of a new mobile-phone product following the death of Apple Inc.'s former chief executive, Steve Jobs, the Seoul-based electronics giant said Saturday.
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iPhone, iPad App to Convert SmartPhone Into Mobile Medical Monitor

Researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have devised a smart option that uses an iPhone app to convert a Smart Phone Into a Medical Monitor. The researchers intend to eventually adapt tablet devices, into sophisticated medical monitors that would capture and transmit vital physiological data.

Will Samsung’s Nexus Prime Satisfy iPhone 5 Hopefuls?

Samsung and Google are widely expected to launch their highly anticipated Nexus Prime next Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Samsung Mobile's Unpacked 2011 event in San Diego, Calif. Codenamed Nexus Prime, the smartphone has more recently been called the Galaxy Nexus.
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Instant view: Samsung Q3 profit sags but beats forecasts

Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and televisions, estimated on Friday its July-September operating profit would fall 14 percent from a year ago, as persistent declines in semiconductor and flat screen prices outweigh a strong profit recovery in its handset business.
Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan has said it plans to protest at any public event in memory of Dunn.

Westboro Baptist Church Not iSad, Wants to Protest Steve Jobs Funeral

Most of the world spilled appreciation and iSad emotion upon the news that Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs died. By the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, known for picketing funeral such as Norway Massacre victims and the Ryan Dunn death continues with plans to protest Jobs' funeral.
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No iPhone 5 but Samsung Nexus Prime Coming (VIDEO)

With the official news of Apple's release of iPhone 4S sinking in, next Tuesday marks Samsung and Google's Unpacked press conference on their latest smartphones. Executives at Google are hinting at the anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android, but its arrival has yet to be disclosed.
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What happens to Apple after Jobs?

Steve Jobs, Apple Inc's co-founder and former CEO who died Wednesday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, created a series of seminal electronics products, reinvented several industries, and built Apple into a $350 billion juggernaut.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California

No iPhone 5: Why is Apple Holding Off?

Saying 'yes' to the rumors of a thorough revised model of last year's iPhone 4, the company unveiled iPhone 4S, and the iPhone 5 mystery remained a mystery after all. But what could be the reason behind the move?
A new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook tablet computer, is displayed at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

RIM: Possible Microsoft Takeover, but Not Samsung, HTC

With Canadian activist Victor Alboini already buying into BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and rumors that Carl Icahn may join him, a top analyst suggests there’s little interest in another company taking it over.

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