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Fox News on Apple’s blacklist, thanks to Glenn Beck

Business And Money Fox News — Love it or hate it, the network’s programming has a tendency to draw some strong opinions. And lately, those opinions have expanded beyond the bounds of living rooms and Sunday dinners, and straight into corporate...

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Nvidia Tegra 250-powered tablet demo @ CTIA

Android Movie buff? YouTube addict? Gamer? Tablets powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 250 chips might have what you need. See for yourself, as Adriana gets a personal demo of what these processors can do at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas.

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LG Remarq (Sprint) Hands-On @ CTIA

Ctia Las Vegas 2010 A lot of green-friendly effort went into the tiny form factor of the LG Remarq. But how does it stand up as a pocketable featurephone? Adriana got a look at the eco-mobile at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas.

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"W" Watchphone Hands-On @ CTIA 2010

Ctia Las Vegas 2010 As if users of Kempler & Strauss' "W" didn't already feel like Dick Tracy — the watchphone now has new updates, colors and the snazzy new gold-plated edition. Adriana checks it out at CTIA.

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LG Arena (AT&T) Hands-On @ CTIA 2010

Ctia Las Vegas 2010 Watch as Adriana gets her media on with the LG Arena, a robust 5 megapixeler with built-in photo-editing features, plus TV and multimedia.

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LG Cosmos (Verizon) Hands-On @ CTIA 2010

Ctia Las Vegas 2010 An entry-level messaging phone? For $30? The LG Cosmos is geared for budget-conscious consumers obsessed with text and status updates. Adriana finds out what does and doesn't come with this no-frills side slider.

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LG GX500 Hands-On @ CTIA 2010

Ctia Las Vegas 2010 LG just recently announced the dual-sim LG GX500. But are two sim cards better than one? Let's find out, as Adriana takes a quick look at the GSM feature phone.

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Pics: Samsung's Galaxy S

Android What’s S Life? That’s the question Samsung posed, and in its media event this morning, the company answered: It’s the Smart life, silly. That is, they say, if you’re smart enough to get the Galaxy S, which is...

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Casio G'zOne Brigade (Verizon) - Unboxing

Unboxing This full QWERTY featurephone is billed as waterproof, durable and built to military specifications. But does that justify the $250? Adriana sees what's in the box.

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Rumor: Tmo is making a play for the iPhone

Rumors And Leaks There have long been rumors from anonymous tipsters about the iPhone going here, or pundits guessing it could go there. This time, though, there’s actually a source. And it’s no less than Deutsche Telekom’s chief, Rene...

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Rumor: WP7S WILL get Copy/Paste

Rumors And Leaks When the news broke about Windows Phone 7 arriving without Copy/Paste feature, it made quite a stink. Analysts were gobsmacked, and fans were confused and ticked off. Why would Microsoft take such a huge leap backwards? Well it...

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Android users spend less on apps

Android Consulting firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE) estimates that close to 99% of the apps that are grabbed from the Android Market are freebies. And, says FADE, when the average Android user did spend money on...

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iPhone App: Need a “date”? PPX takes the “X” part seriously

Cell Phone Apps iPhone app PinpointsX, or PPX-to-go, describes itself as “The Ultimate Resource That Points You To Romance.” But it's more like an “Adult Friend Finder for smartphones,” complete with locator for fast hook-ups in the area and a text/call...

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iPad pre-orders beat iPhone’s

Business And Money If the early estimated iPad sales figures are to be believed, Cupertino must have a lot of jeans and sneaker-wearing execs grinning from ear to ear. In fact, it looks like the Apple tablet has already beaten the pre-order numbers that the...

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Palm Ad: A sexy, new look at WebOS

Entertainment Looks like Palm has a brand new bag with its most recent commercial. And it looks like a trendy little piece of “bidness” that brings a much-needed cool factor to WebOS’ image marketing. How hip is it? Very. Hip...

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The Pros and Cons of pre-ordering an Apple iPad today

Gadgets Apple has opened pre-orders for the iPad tablet today, with free shipping and delivery on April 3 (for the Wifi model; late April for the Wifi + 3G version). Aside from a little down time this morning for maintenance/updates, the...

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Study: Mobile workers are rude, dangerous and gross

Lifestyle Okay, I admit it didn’t say that exactly. But a recent report from Careerbuilder does reveal that more than half of today’s mobile workforce use their smartphones during meals, while driving and in the bathroom. The survey...

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Everyone’s getting sued now: Apple and others accused of patent infringement

Business And Money On the hot seat this time are AT&T, LG, Motorola, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, and quite notably Apple. (I can almost hear some of your thoughts as I write this; “Ha! Serves them right!”) A Texas-based company called Smartphone...

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Is your cell phone making you sick?

Lifestyle Uhhhh… Oh, my aching head. Sorry. Don’t know what’s wrong with me. I know I’m not sick. I was even out and about yesterday, enjoying some unseasonably warm weather. Now I’m at home, multitasking a phone...

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Retailers slash prices on Palm Pre/Pixi Plus

Business And Money If you were undecided about the Plus versions of the Palm Pre or Pixi, here’s some news that might tip the scales for you: Various retailers are practically giving away these phones, in an effort to bolster sluggish sales. First,...

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Ballmer makes nice with Apple (?!)

Post In a speech last week at the University of Washington, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the following statement: "Apple's done a very nice job that allows people to monetize and commercialize their intellectual property." Wow, talk about a...

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iPad hits the red carpet, unveils commercial on Oscar night

Entertainment Did you see the Academy Awards? If so, then maybe you noticed someone familiar hitting the red carpet: Hey, that’s Steve Jobs! Was he there to stuff iPhone 4Gs and iPads into the Oscar goody bags? Well, no, probably not. But he...

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iPad, schmiPad: New pics of the Microsoft Courier

Gadgets Does the Apple iPad leave you wanting more? Instead, some people are holding out for the long-awaited, much-anticipated Courier tablet to finally hit the scene. The dual screen Microsoft device has had the industry holding its breath...

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HTC responds to Apple lawsuit, plus Noah rocks FoxBusiness.com

Android No matter what your point of view in this Apple vs. HTC patent infringement case, one thing’s for sure: The situation has gotten plenty of tongues wagging in the media world. First up: HTC’s response to the suit. Rewind to a couple days...

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Netflix to come to iPhone?

Entertainment I am sorely in need of some positive iPhone news right now. Thank goodness my friend Will Park, over at IntoMobile was on duty today. He posted an item about Netflix possibly ramping up with its own app. This is different from the account...

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What’s up with you, Apple? (Part 2: App Store keeps booby apps, boots DuckPhone?)

Cell Phone Apps If you saw my previous post on Apple suing HTC over patent infringement, then you know that the iPhone maker is not my favorite company at this moment. It’s tough to separate feelings about a device that has brought so much organization...

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What’s up with you, Apple? (Part 1: Suing HTC over patents?)

Post Cupertino’s in a snit over what it perceives as infringement "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware" — specifically "unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image" and references to...

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Trade in phones for Sprint instant credit

Business And Money Are you Sprint customer with an old phone laying around? Then you might be interested in the carrier’s Buyback Program, a service that lets users turn in more than 900 different devices for account credit. If you have any...

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Text to help Chile

Weather When it comes to natural disasters, it’s deeply heartening to see people rally behind a cause that can help so many victims put their lives back together. After Haiti, the key U.S. wireless carriers offered their support by taking text...

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Google execs convicted in Italy for hosting bullying vid

Business And Money Three Google executives were convicted in an Italian court last Wednesday, thanks to a third-party online video that showed the bullying of an autistic teenager. Let’s clarify something: These men didn’t upload the vid. They, in fact, had...

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