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Microsoft Bets on Massive Windows 8 Redesign

Apple Dominance Questioned: Microsoft Open New Front in Anti-iPad Campaign
Microsoft rolled development versions of its upcoming Windows 8 platform this week, garnering mostly positive response from industry watchers as it vies to prove its relevance in what is slowly becoming a post-PC world.
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Google+ APIs Open to Developers

It’s good news for Google+ (read Google Plus) developers as Google has released its first Google+ public APIs on Friday. It gives opportunities for the developers to start cooperating with the growing and hugely popular social networking Web site besides creating applications for it.
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A person uses the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices made by RIM in Toronto

Five Reasons RIM, BlackBerry Will Die

The BlackBerry smartphone phone was a big deal, at one time. But that was a long time ago, in tech terms. It was before 2007, when Apple launched its first iPhone. Now, as Apple nears launch of its iPhone 5, the BlackBerry and Research in Motion, the smartphone's manufacturer, are both on a fast track to demise. Here are five reasons RIM and its BlackBerry smartphones may die.
A new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook tablet computer, is displayed at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

BlackBerry Maker's Missteps Stir Talk of Its Sale

Research In Motion's dismal quarterly results, the latest in a string of disappointments by the BlackBerry maker, could prove a boon to prospective buyers eyeing its treasure trove of wireless patents.
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EBay lawyer: Craigslist sought criminal probe

A criminal investigation involving eBay is a game changer that should slow Craigslist's attempts to obtain documents and depositions in a parallel civil case, an eBay lawyer said in court.
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Myanmar lifts bans on foreign news websites

Myanmar lifted bans on prominent news websites on Thursday, including some run by critics of the army-dominated government, and unblocked online video portal YouTube, the latest signs of possible reforms in one of Asia's most reclusive states.
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Facebook Friend Risk: The Kweku Adoboli Dilemma

When a name like Kweku Adoboli instantly becomes public, like the UBS trader who allegedly lost the bank $2 billion in unauthorized transactions and who is suddenly a globally hot Internet search item, many turn to the most public source available -- Facebook, the world's largest social network.
iOS 5 banner displayed at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 in San Francisco, California

Top 10 Features iOS 5 Copied from Android

Apple’s upcoming operating system, iOS 5, which is going to power iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch next generation boats certain features which are already available with the Android based devices.
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Facebook to delay IPO until late 2012

Facebook will delay its initial public offering until the end of next year so employees can focus on developing products for the No. 1 social networking website, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Facebook Launches the Subscribe Button

Facebook already allows users to “like” public fan pages in order to receive updates in their News Feed, but starting today, Facebook will allow users to subscribe to one another's profiles.

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