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• General Mobile DSTL1
  Mark Sullivan
  Nov 20 2009

  The General Mobile DSTL1 ($450, unlocked; price as of November 16, 2009) has some nice features, like dual-SIM card support, but I found that the device's awkward design and unresponsive touchscreen ...

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• Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back
  Mike Keller
  Nov 20 2009

  Early last week, Apple released the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard loaded mostly with welcome, but unsurprising bug fixes, including a patch for the uncommon but extremely harmful user account ...

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• Two approaches to NFC battle for French hearts and mobiles
  Peter Sayer
  Nov 20 2009

  Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones ...

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• Microsoft launches beta tests of free Office 2010, 'streaming' delivery
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 20 2009

  Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year.As first reported by ZDNet blogger ...

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• LaDiDa brings reverse karaoke to your iPhone
  Anthony Ha
  Nov 20 2009

  There are tons of karaoke applications for the iPhone, but a startup called Khu.sh is introducing a twist on the concept, “reverse karaoke,” to the App Store. There have been other ...

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• Verizon suit a 'gamble worth taking' for AT&T, says IP lawyer
  Brad Reed
  Nov 20 2009

  Although AT&T's false-advertising lawsuit against Verizon is a major risk for the company, intellectual property attorney Thomas Zellerbach thinks it's one worth taking. Zellerbach's reasoning ...

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• French game maker Gameloft ditches the Android platform
  Dean Takahashi
  Nov 20 2009

  [Updated] French mobile phone games publisher Gameloft said it is giving up on the Google Android platform. The company said it is cutting back investment in making games and other apps for ...

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• Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site
  Jaikumar Vijayan
  Nov 20 2009

  A 19-year old New Jersey man this week was sentenced this week to a year and a day in federal prison for hacking into the Church of Scientology 's Web site in Jan. 2008. Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, ...

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• Hot Potato launches event streaming, storytelling in real-time
  Kim-Mai Cutler
  Nov 20 2009

  Expect big things from this location-based service. Brooklyn-based Hot Potato launched a site and iPhone app today that lets groups of people share and create streams of content around events. You ...

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• Third-party screensavers return to Snow Leopard
  Ted Landau
  Nov 20 2009

  When Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) was first released, I noted that many (maybe even all) third-party screensavers would no longer work in the new OS. This was because 10.6 required 64-bit compatible ...

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