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Samsung to release jumbo-sized Galaxy MegaSamsung is set to release a new Galaxy model that is part smart phone, part tablet.
Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch will be unveiled on Sept. 4: reportThe long-rumored Samsung smart watch, which may be called the Samsung Galaxy Gear, could be introduced as soon as next month. Maybe.
Sony and Viacom join forces to conquer streaming TV: reportSony may have struck a deal with Viacom for its forthcoming Internet television service.聽
Facebook to test new mobile payment programFacebook will partner with menswear site JackThreads for a pilot program, according to a report in All Things D. The mobile payment system intends to facilitate sales on Facebook.
Assad supporters hack Outbrain, a content-recommendation serviceA group of pro-Assad hackers redirected traffic from three major US news sources through their content-recommendation service, Outbrain.
iPhone 5C: Is Apple prepping a budget smartphone for a fall launch?Apple iPhone 5C rumors seems to have reached a critical mass. Several analysts now predict the unveiling of a $300 (or less) iPhone 5C on Sept. 10. But Apple has not confirmed.
IBM purchases Israeli cybersecurity companyIBM announced its purchase of Trusteer, a company that helps protect organizations against security breaches.聽
Android dominates, BlackBerry market share slides globallyBlackBerry is now No. 4, behind Microsoft, in worldwide market share, says a new Gartner survey. The Android operating system dominates with 79 percent market share.
Gmail users do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy, says GoogleGoogle denied that it violates consumers' privacy when it reads e-mails, according to court documents聽
It's now officially a smart phone world, report showsStrong Samsung and Apple sales helped smart phones surpass feature phones globally for the first time ever, Gartner is reporting.聽
Can Apple's iPhone 5S make fingerprint scanners cool?Apple will unveil its iPhone 5S on Sept. 10 with a new fingerprint sensor feature, say analysts.
North Korea now has its own smartphone, state media reportsNorth Korea is now manufacturing its own smartphones, according to a report recently released by the country's Korean Central News Agency.聽
Dalai Lama's Chinese-language website hacked, warns computer security firmThe聽Dalai聽Lama's Chinese-language website is infecting visitors' computers with viruses in what could be an attempt to spy on human rights activists,聽according to the computer security firm Kaspersky Lab.
BlackBerry primes budget (and decidedly retro) 9720 smart phoneThe BlackBerry聽9720 is targeted at budget-minded consumers in聽Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. North American users need not apply (yet).聽
Why Facebook is snapping up a speech-translation companyMobile Technologies, which is based in Pittsburgh, will likely be used to bolster Facebook's speech-recognition capabilities.聽
Russian charged in largest cybercrime ring ever prosecuted in US pleads not guiltyDmitriy Smilianets is accused of being a member of a team which stole credit card information, costing affected companies more than $300 million
File-sharing website, The Pirate Bay, launches new Web browserThe often-controversial file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay, introduced a new Web browser to mark the site's 10th anniversary.
Waiting for the new Apple iPhone? Mark your calendar for Sept. 10.The new Apple iPhone, which reports say will be called the iPhone 5S, is expected to be introduced on Sept. 10 and put on sale a few weeks after that.聽
BlackBerry Z30 video leaks. Is this the next BlackBerry flagship?A new video purports to show the BlackBerry Z30 smartphone.聽
Erwin Schr枚dinger: Why the Google doodle celebrates him and his catMonday's Google Doodle remembers Erwin Schr枚dinger, the thinker behind the famous聽Schr枚dinger's cat.