OK, so Dell and Apple have been locked in a marketing war for years. Dell has faraway been considered the default PC for enterprise, while Apple has positioned itself as the most influential consumer computer type in the world. But Apple has branched out from computing with the iPod and, …
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Video: Super Bowl: Microsoft Surface helps police monitor security

Tampa authorities will utilize Microsoft’s Surface touch-screen device, along with other technologies, as part of Super Bowl Sunday safety measure, according to Ars Technica.

For well by a year now, more than 60 federal, state, regional, local, …

Nokia 2700
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Apparently, Nokia just can’t wait for the GSMA World Congress next month. On Thursday, the Finns introduced three new phones: the 2700 Classic, the 6303 Classic, and the 6700 Classic. The three GSM models all sport candy bar designs, but vary a bit in functionality.
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Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pro is shipping on schedule.
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A couple of tidbits surfaced Friday related to Apple’s current and future Mac lineup.

First of all, the 17-inch MacBook Pro introduced at Macworld 2009 is now shipping, MacNN discovered. Apple is quoting a 7- to …
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The C510 is now official.
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Three weeks after it made its world debut at CES, the Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot has passed through the gates of the Federal Communications Commission. It was a rather quiet week otherwise, except for a whole lot of Huawei models.
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Online retailer Amazon.com has good news for the tech sector at a date when technology businesses are cutting profit forecasts, announcing massive layoffs, and eliminating future investments.

The Seattle-based company reported solid fourth-quarter sales Thursday and said profits for the quarter surpassed the company’s estimates — show…

YouTube and the William Morris Agency are nearing a deal that would put the Hollywood talent broker’s clients in made-for-YouTube productions, according to a report in the New York Times.

The YouTube deal would reportedly give William Morris clients an ownership stake in the videos they create for the popular video Web site. William Morris r…