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- Nokia now No. 1 vendor of Windows Phone 7. Will its gamble pay off?Just a year after Nokia and Microsoft announced their partnership, Nokia is shipping more Windows Phone 7 handsets than any other manufacturer.聽
- iPhone 5 could get smaller dock: reportThe iPhone 5, expected to launch later this year, may ship without the familiar white connector and 30-pin dock.聽
- Lightsquared: what happened, what's next, and why it mattersUpstart company Lightsquared planned to use ground towers and satellites to build a wholesale 4G network that would expand mobile access to rural parts of the US. But the FCC spiked the proposal over technical concerns. Now what?
- Google and Microsoft square off over online privacy concernsLast week, users of Apple's Safari browser accused Google of violating their privacy to place "tracking cookies." Now Microsoft says Google is circumventing privacy features in the Internet Explorer browser, too.
- Google glasses, due this year, turn seeing into searchingGoogle is prepping a pair of augmented-reality glasses, according to one report.聽
- iPad 3 will look a lot like the iPad 2: reportiPad 3,聽Apple's best-selling tablet, is not getting a radical redesign, judging by a new photo. But the best聽argument聽for the聽iPad 3 may be its intangible features.聽
- What Heinrich Rudolf Hertz taught us about nothingnessHeinrich Rudolf Hertz, who was honored Wednesday on his 155th birthday, helped explain how even nothing at all can be something. 聽
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz didn't know the spark he ignitedHeinrich Rudolf Hertz would be 155 years old today, February 22, 2012. Hertz is known for his discovery of the existence of electromagnetic waves. Applications of his work are myriad, but the scientist himself didn't recognize them.
- How Heinrich Rudolf Hertz revealed the invisible worldHeinrich Rudolf Hertz, the man behind today's Google doodle, found what eyes could not see. Today would have been Heinrich Hertz's 155th birthday.
- New Nook Tablet: Price is down, but so is memory capacityBarnes and Noble this week introduced a new Nook Tablet, which comes equipped with 8GB of memory, and a new $199 price tag.聽
- Can the PlayBook OS 2.0 save the BlackBerry tablet?RIM this week introduced PlayBook OS 2.0, a software update for the PlayBook slate.聽
- Windows 8 logo: Goodbye flag. Hello... window.The Windows 8 logo, unveiled today, replaces the multicolored flag with a blocky, blue window.聽
- Kindle Fire 2 arrives this summer: reportA new rumor suggests that Amazon could release a Kindle Fire 2 in May or June.聽
- Motorola Droid 4 brings back the slider, in styleMotorola this week launched the Droid 4, a smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.聽
- Twitter apologizes for squirreling away iPhone user dataTwitter has agreed to amend its privacy guidelines, after facing criticism over a mobile functionality called Find Friends.
- Chinese workers earn a shared $8 for every iPad 2 they make: reportA new report indicates that workers at Apple suppliers in China are聽paid much less than their counterparts elsewhere in the world.聽
- Twisted Metal review roundupTwisted Metal review scores are in. Time to strap on that seatbelt.聽
- Valentine's Day Google doodle: Does it subtly support gay marriage?Valentine's Day inspires a lovely Google doodle cartoon, with a political message right at the end.
- PlayStation Vita review roundupThe PlayStation Vita handheld gaming platform launches this week. So how good is Sony's latest gadget?聽
- iPad 3 with 4G heading to AT&T and Verizon: reportThe iPad 3 will be the first iPad to connect with the Verizon and AT&T 4G LTE networks, according to one source.聽