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, and municipal authorities have …

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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 — showing that Amazon.com is passing rival eBay on the path to growth.

Net sales for the quarter increased 18 percent to $6.7 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $5.67 billion in the same quarter of 2007. Not including the $320 million impact from year-over-year changes in foreign-exchange rates all through the quarter, sales would have grown by 24 percent compared to the same quarter in 2007, according to the company. Income for the quarter was up nine percent to $225 million from $207 million a year ago.

Leading the Pack

Amazon used the economic conditions and recession to woo holiday shoppers by [...]

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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 represents the likes of actors Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and producers Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams.

An agreement would give the agency’s clients, which plus include musicians and other celebrities, access to at least 100 million viewers, the latest figure comScore offered for YouTube traffic.

“This is inevitable. It’s good for YouTube and good for humans who are creating substance that can’t find a place on the TV or cable networks,” said Phil Leigh, senior analyst at Inside Digital Media.

Monetizing YouTube substance

The New York Times cited anonymous sources who were not authorized to [...]

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