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Taiwan's HTC unveils smartphone with powerful camera

Taiwan's HTC on Monday unveiled the smartphones that it said would allow users to "retire" their digital cameras, as it sought to fight back against rivals Apple and Samsung.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Acer unveils world's thinnest laptop

Acer unveiled the world's thinnest laptop computer as an array of "ultrabook" rivals prepared to debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

BlackBerry maker out to capitalize on rivals

Research In Motion launched a new software platform Tuesday that lets businesses manage smartphones made by rivals that have been devouring the BlackBerry maker's market share.

Technology / Software

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

US anti-trust inquiry into Google, Apple

US officials have begun investigating whether close ties between the boards of technology giants Google and Apple violate antitrust laws, the New York Times said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cholera's nano-dagger: Researchers observe how pathogen decimates competing bacteria and human cells

Bacteria live in a state of perpetual warfare, with different species battling for dominion over their competitors and when pathogen, over their infected host. New research suggests that the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae, which ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Migration of key employees to competitors hinders organizational success

A study by researchers from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University explored the competitive advantage organizations gain when hiring key employees away from a competitor. The loss of a key employee can ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Female birds 'jam' their mates' flirtatious songs

When a single female is nearby, female antbirds will sing over the songs of their male partners in an apparent attempt to keep their messages from getting through, according to a new report published online on March 12th ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Palm faces 'make-or-break' event with launch of the Pre

Few businesses rise or fall on a single product, but Palm Inc. has essentially banked its future as a company on a small, touch-screen wireless phone set to hit the market in just two weeks.

Technology / Business

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Non-compete agreements create 'career detours'

Technology firms frequently require workers to sign non-compete agreements, which typically bar their employees from joining rival companies for one to two years. For firms, the agreements keep workers from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sharing patents with competitors may encourage innovation as probability for market success increases, study suggests

(PhysOrg.com) -- Firms that make a previously patented innovation accessible to competitors increase overall likelihood of improving upon that breakthrough while also raising profits for the original innovator and market ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ariz. bill against 'annoying' online to get change

(AP) -- Arizonans venturing online may have to think twice before leaving a comment on a website.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

India's TCS shares surge on upbeat earnings

Shares in India's biggest outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services jumped more than 10 percent in early trade on Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Technology / Business

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

French Internet company seeks $419 mln from Google

(AP) -- Google faces a new, multimillion-dollar challenge in Europe after a French Internet company filed a lawsuit Tuesday saying the search engine giant unfairly squeezed out competitors in France.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1