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UAE to curb BlackBerry usage for individuals: report

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The United Arab Emirates will stop individuals and small businesses accessing the most private data services offered by BlackBerry, a newspaper said, but email and web access will not be disrupted, said the government.

China to give strategic support to microchip sector: Xinhua

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China plans to support its integrated circuit sector as a strategically important industry over the next five years, aiming for over a fourth of microchips used in the country by 2015 to be made in China, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
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RIM PlayBook: A case study on how to miss opportunities?

PlayBook carries RIM's hopes that the device will vault it over Android and Apple's iPad, to position it as a tablet of choice. However, RIM's answer to Apple's iPad and Motorola Xoom and hundreds of other tablets comes in bit late.

440,000 Nintendo 3DS units sold in first week

Nintendo Co said the 3DS device has made a good start with 440,000 units sold in the US in a weeks’ time. Launched on March 27, Nintendo 3DS has successfully out-performed its Wii.
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News of the World hacking scandal moves to UK court

An attempt by Rupert Murdoch to draw a line under an escalating phone-hacking scandal looked set to fail on Friday with a host of lawyers going to court to join forces against his British newspaper publishing arm.
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RIM's email-less PlayBook gets tough reviews

RIM's PlayBook tablet bombed with influential technology reviewers who called the iPad competitor a rushed job that won't even provide RIM's vaunted email service unless it's hooked up to a BlackBerry.
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Best Buy to shrink big boxes; concerns linger

Best Buy Co Inc said it will boost its Web presence, shrink some larger stores and open more of its smaller U.S. stores to try to win back market share from the likes of Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores.
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Google misses Street targets as costs swell

Google Inc fell short of Wall Street's first-quarter profit target as operating expenses surged, driving shares in the world's leading Internet search engine more than 5 percent lower.
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New Nintendo Console To Be Announced This June

Nintendo's newest console, according to multiple sources, will be capable of high-definition visuals with graphics comparable to that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3.

Facebook Lawsuit: The Evidence For And Against

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is facing a suit that could cost him billions if a judge finds that the documents presented so far are genuine. So the first question is whether they are or not.

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