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Verizon to Reportedly Get Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus
The Palm smartphones headed to Verizon Wireless in 2010 won't the same old Pre and Pixi on the Sprint Nextel network. According to reporting...
Hiring Expectations for IT Are Positive: Report
More than a third of information technology employers will be hiring full time employees in 2010, according to CareerBuilder. The job board's recent report...
10 Issues Microsoft Still Hasnt Addressed in Windows 7
10 Issues Microsoft Still Hasnt Addressed in Windows 7
by Don Reisinger
Security Effectiveness
Although Windows 7 has several new security features that have improved its effectiveness...
10 iPhone Apps to Kick Off 2010
10 iPhone Apps to Kick Off 2010
by Nate Eddy
Fitness Builder ($9.99)
The start of any new year is notoriously known as a jumping-off point for...
Nuance Acquires SpinVox
Nuance Communications said Dec. 30 it has acquired SpinVox for $66 million in cash and 2.3 million shares of Nuance common shares for a...
Apple to Sell 10 Million Tablet PCs in 2010, Says Ex-Google Exec
An Apple tablet PC in the new year is sounding increasingly likely.Lee Kai-fu, former president of Google Inc. Greater China, wrote in a Dec....
$500 Billion a Month for Global IT Failure? No Way
Failure in technology projects is as sure as the setting of the sun. Trying to estimate what it costs businesses on a global scale,...
Lunar Eclipse, Blue Moon Mark New Year’s Eve
Not only is the decade going to end on a blue moon-the second appearance of a full moon in a calendar month-but also a...
Google Likely Leaking Nexus One Details to Boost Buzz
Search Engine Land's Greg Sterling has his finger right on the pulse of the heady intersection of search, localization and mobility, so when he...
Google Nexus One to Cost $530 Unlocked, $180 with T-Mobile
Google will sell its Nexus One smartphone for $529.99 for users who want to pop in their existing SIM card, or with a two-year...