• 7
    Oct

Sony Brings $5 Music Service to the Market

The electronics company Sony has brought a new unlimited streaming service to the market by the name of Music Unlimited, a program they announced a little over a year ago. When the streaming service was discussed at the IFA consumer electronics show, there was a single price option – $9.99 – for a music streaming service that could...

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  • 7
    Oct

Samsung Plans on “Modifying” Devices that Infringe on Patents

Samsung has hit the drawing board on modifying their products so that they don’t get their products banned, says a news report from The Korea Times a few days ago. The newspaper cited well-known sources and indicated that it spoke to Samsung officials about their predicament. The mobile giant indicated that they were going through negotiations with Verizon...

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  • 7
    Oct

Amazon Now Selling E-Books Through Other Companies

Amazon has finally inked a deal with a large book distributor that will bring some relief to the tension between competing e-book companies. Amazon signed a deal with Ingram Content Group that will, over the course of the next year, allow companies like Apple and Barnes & Noble to sell Amazon books on their own devices. “We welcome...

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  • 7
    Oct

Both Android and Apple Grab More of the Smartphone Market

Both Apple and Android have seen significant rises in their respective bites of the market, reports indicate. As of the end of July, Google’s Android OS held a 52.2% share of the mobile market, a gain of almost 2% over last quarter, said ComScore’s report. Apple iOS also saw a rise in their share, and was up to...

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  • 7
    Oct

Apple UDIDs Stolen by AntiSec – Were You a Victim?

AntiSec, a well-known hacker group, posted last Monday that they had gained access to an FBI database and stolen some 12 million Apple UDIDs, also known as Universal Device IDs. Out of all 12 million, AntiSec only posted 1 million for the public to see. Lifehacker says that “none of the data is personal information,” but could potentially...

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  • 7
    Oct

Apple: the Galaxy S3 Violates Patents, Too

Now that Apple has won the majority of its patent suit against Samsung, the company has decided to file an amendment to include the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note into the list of products that infringe on patents and the iPhone maker wishes to ban. The filing was made just a few days ago, but it involves...

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  • 7
    Oct

Windows 7 Leads the Pack as Most Used Desktop OS

Four years after Windows 7 was launched and released to the public, the operating system has finally sustained a lead over Window XP and the Mac OS. This particular version of Windows currently holds 42.76% of the market, compared to Windows XP’s 42.5%. Windows 7’s share of the market has risen an average of 1% every month since...

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  • 7
    Oct

A Few People You Should Get to Know as a Small Business Owner

Many people have heard the popular phrase, “it’s all in who you know.” This quote refers to the massive number of jobs available through networking as well as the resources available to you as a small business owner. It’s all about getting to know the right “people”. But where do you meet these people in the first place?...

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  • 7
    Oct

Facebook Drops to $18 a Share

The world’s most popular social network has taken nothing but beatings since it went public a few months ago. The holiday weekend saw a 5.3% drop in Facebook’s share price, leaving them at $18.08 at the close of Monday. Facebook’s shares opened at $38, and the $18 mark would represent less than half of the original IPO price....

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  • 7
    Oct

Aurora’s Attacks on Google Still Occurring

Google and more than thirty other companies were affected by a hacker organization by the name of “Aurora” over three years ago. Since then, the aggressors have only gotten stronger, formed alliances, and added new weapons to their arsenal, according to cyberattack analysts. Aurora depends primarily on unpatched vulnerabilities known as zero-days, said the researchers at Symantec. The...

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