Microsoft today partly confirmed and downplayed its deal for Bing on Verizon's Android phones. It told SAI that there would be multiple Android phones on the carrier that would use Bing by default, but that the deal was "not exclusive" and that some of them would still use Google as a matter of course. The representative gave no clues as to which companies or devices would get the treatment....


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Office for Mac 2011 will ship on October 27th, a French website claims. The information is said to come direct from Microsoft France, which mentioned the information during an annual meeting held near Paris this month. Until today, the most precise launch date Microsoft could offer for the work suite was "at the end of October."...


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This week save $30 on the current-generation Mac mini with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive at MacMall.com. Other features of the Mini include a NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card, 8x SuperDrive, AirPort Extreme 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI port, SD card slot, and more. This Mac mini was priced at $699, but is now only $668.94 after a 4% price break. FREE UPS ground shipping is included along with FREE Parallels Desktop 5.0 software, and you can get $50 via mail-in-rebate when you purchase Toast 10 Titanium o...


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Intel chief Paul Otellini in an interview today [sub. required] confirmed that the first Google TV devices should start shipping in September. He didn't say whether the Logitech Revue or Sony's Bravia TVs, though Logitech has been the furthest in development. There are "many, many" other companies supporting the platform, the executive added....


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Parallels has validated earlier leaks and formally announced Desktop 6 for Mac, which will officially go on sale September 14th. The developer claims over 80 new features and enhancements in the virtualization software. The focus is on improved speed however, mainly by way of a switch to a completely 64-bit engine. Windows apps should on average run about 41 percent faster, Parallels says....


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Today Apple's online store has a vast selection of refurbished MacBook Pro models at discounted prices. They start at $929 for the 2.26GHz refurb. MacBook Pro with a 13.3-inch LED-backlit display, 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. This MBP also features a 8x SuperDrive, SD card slog, built-in 7-hour battery, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card and illuminated keyboard. It was $1199, but has seen a 22% price break cutting $270 off the price. FREE shipping is included....


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Google has responded to the recently revised iOS developer terms, saying this allows choice in who devs can use to make money from advertising. With Google's AdMob ads now supported, the company welcomes the opportunity with open arms, saying competition will drive growth and innovation in mobile advertising....


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Verizon's decision to force the use of Bing as the core search engine on the Samsung Fascinate may be part of a larger change that could undermine Android itself, a rumor hinted today. Two sources for Droid Guy, at least one of them previously accurate, claimed that Verizon is making Microsoft's Bing the mandatory engine on all of its Android phones in the future. It contradicts a previous statement from a Verizon representative that customers could change the search engine on phones if they liked....


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A new update for Raskin, an alternative Finder application for the Mac, has been launched. The software users a pan and zoom system to represent the Mac desktop and file system, displaying small images of files as quick visual aids. New in version 1.1 is added Quick Look integration, providing users with the ability to quickly glance at the contents of a file without needing to open it. The update also features interface enhancements, overall stability and speed improvements, along with a host of bug fixes. Raskin 1.1 can be purchased for $50 online and requires Mac...


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The newly public App Store Review Guidelines are providing extra insight into why certain apps have been rejected. The introduction of the document illustrates several themes present in the formal rules below. Apple admits, for example, that the reason it is strict with potentially offensive content is that most parents don't take advantage of parental control features. "So know that we're keeping an eye out for the kids," the guidelines claim....


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Amazon landed a major retail deal today that will let it sell the third-generation Kindle at Best Buy stores sometime in the fall. Both the Wi-Fi only and 3G versions will arrive at the same $139 and $189 prices as on Amazon's own pages. The costlier and larger DX isn't part of the plans....


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Sony has introduced a new model in the Xacti video camera line, the VPC-GH4. The VPC-GH4 has a traditional minicam body and Sanyo's double-range zoom feature, which provides one button switching between wide-angle and telephoto. It can shoot full 1080 60i HD video with maximum optical zoom of 10x for video, and has a high-speed mode. The VPC-GH4 also takes 10 megapixel digital photos, with up to 5x optical zoom. It has built-in support for popular social networks, and when connected to a PC can upload videos and photos to social media sites such as YouTube, Faceboo...


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Pentax on Thursday brought out an upgrade to its least expensive DSLR. The K-r directly tackles some of the issues with the earlier K-x and focuses on image performance first: it now shoots at up to ISO 25,600 (up from 12,800) and at up to 6FPS for 25 shots in continuous mode (up from 4.7). High dynamic range shooting is better with a new night-focused mode, and the shutter speed has climbed to 1/6000th of a second....


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Repair firm iFixit has conducted a teardown of the new iPod nano, which jettisons a clickwheel in favor a 1.54-inch touchscreen. The company describes the player as "more like a Shuffle with a screen than a Nano with multi-touch," in part because the Nano's case design is similar to that of the Shuffle. The touchscreen is in fact said to be inferior to the ones on iOS-based devices, as it supports only two fingers, and barely has space for one....


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ARM today gave a name and details to its future Eagle mobile architecture. The Cortex-A15 can scale up to 1.5GHz in a dual-core format and can even work in quad-core versions up to 2.5GHz, although this is more likely to reach larger or server-like devices. It's built for future 32 nanometer manufacturing and should shrink down to a smaller and more efficient 28nm over time....


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Apple has reportedly entered into a rare partnership with third-party vendor BridgeCo to help showcase its new AirPlay feature. At the companyís...


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Apple today made a rare about-face in policy today and reversed its ban on third-party development tools for iOS 4. The company said it was now "relaxing all restrictions" on what was allowed and would let developers write iPad and iPhone apps with Adobe's Flash CS5 or other kits beyond Xcode. The only limit is that the finished apps can't download any code of their own, it said....


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Apple is airing a new TV commercial for the iPad, dubbed simply "iPad is Musical." The spot is similar in format to one from August, presenting a series of apps in rapid succession. Some of these include third-party titles like MLB At Bat, Madden NFL 11 and Time Magazine. Others are native to the iPad, including Maps and Safari; the latter is shown browsing Facebook....


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