1. Microsoft suspends 'Fort Gay' gamer
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Presuming his location to be a pejorative slur, Microsoft suspends an Xbox Live gamer until the company discovers that Fort Gay, W. Va., is a very real place.Source: CNET News.com  ...

2. Microsoft sends Bing back to school
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The company is launching Redu, a site aimed at drawing more people into the debate over the future of U.S. education. Among its features is a Bing map displaying educational job openings.Source: CNET News.com ...

3. Trend Micro bets on the cloud
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Trend Micro revamps its consumer-protection suites by wagering heavily on cloud-based protection, creating security suites that the company claims are faster at detection and lighter on system resources.Source: ...

4. Samsung 2View TL210/PL150 [REVIEW]
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You may have loyalties to the likes of Sony, Canon, Nikon etc but you have to admit Samsung is shaking the tree when it comes to innovation … witness its NX DSLR-style camera! The company first introduced ...

5. SoloPower trumpets certification for flexible solar modules
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Silicon Valley-based company claims industry-first UL certification for solar modules made from thin-film CIGS material which are making their way to market from multiple suppliers.Source: CNET News.com ...

6. Apple starts shipping new iPods
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Company's new models are scheduled to arrive in consumer homes by the end of the week.Source: CNET News.com  ...

7. Aboard an Alcatel-Lucent undersea cable ship (photos)
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The telecommunications infrastructure company gives ZDNet UK a tour of its cable gear factory and the ship Ile de Batz, offering a look at a vital part of the global Internet that's normally hidden by ...

8. Boxee uses Apple TV to talk Box pricing
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Makers of the upcoming Boxee Box plan to release the device in November for $200, the company announced in a blog post following Wednesday's Apple TV announcement.Source: CNET News.com  ...

9. Toshiba joins IFA tablet race with Folio 100
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The Folio 100, Toshiba's entry into the tablet race at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show in Berlin, comes with Android version 2.2 like the competition, but the company has opted for ...

10. Toshiba to introduce world's fastest SDHC UHS-I cards
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...  20MB/s. The company says mass production of the SDHC UHS-I cards and sample shipments of the new microSDHC UHS-I cards will begin from November 2010.Source: News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) ...

11. The InfoWorld news quiz: Sept. 3, 2010
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... the only company serving up specials this week. For example: Intel continued its corporate shopping spree, while Google snapped up more companies in the gurgling social media space; TV pundit Glenn Beck ...

12. Acer comes back down to earth, Dell rises
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Fastest-growing PC company of the last few years stumbles during the second quarter. Observers say it has to do with Acer's reliance on notebook sales as desktops gain.Source: CNET News.com  ...

13. Onapsis to release ERP vulnerability testing suite
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An information security company will soon release a tool that will allow companies to test their ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for security threats. The first version of X1 works with SAP ...

14. Dell loses 3Par bidding war to HP
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Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.Source: InfoWorld Top ...

15. Navteq tries to make GPS directions more 'human'
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Company creates a way to make GPS directions far more understandable to the average driver.Source: CNET News.com  ...

16. VMware wants to own your data center
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VMware is having a pretty good year, if a company can be judged by the fear it strikes into its opponents.Source: InfoWorld Top Stories  ...

17. HP wins 3Par for $2.4 billion
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update Dell walks away from the storage company after a bidding war that started at $18 a share and ended up with Hewlett-Packard's winning offer of $33 a share.Source: CNET News.com  ...

18. New Ford police utility vehicle targets tech (photos)
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Ford reveals its newest pursuit-rated vehicle--the company's first-ever specially designed Police Interceptor utility.Source: CNET News.com  ...

19. iTunes song-sample plan runs into music publishers
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Trade group approaches Apple on the eve of Wednesday's media event to inform company publishing rights must be secured first.Source: CNET News.com  ...

20. Gambling app coming to BlackBerry OS
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A new application from a Vegas company is making its way to BlackBerry devices to provide users with free gambling functionality.Source: CNET News.com  ...