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  11/12/09 7:40pm Computing, Gaming Google SPDY protocol to speed up the web, Xbox Live gets Facebook and Twitter Tuesday, Microsoft denies Windows 7 was inspired by Mac OS X

  Google is working on an application-layer protocol called SPDY (pronounced "speedy") that it claims increases web page load times… dig deeper

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  11/11/09 7:17pm Computing Bing now uses Wolfram|Alpha data, Google offers double storage at same cost, Microsoft rep says Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS X

  Bing has teamed up with ambitious answer engine Wolfram|Alpha to provide in-engine answers to questions related to health,… dig deeper

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  10/22/09 5:32pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Steve Ballmer says Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on is coming, Bing Facebook search to go live within two months, Microsoft stores open in Scottsdale and Paris

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Gizmodo in an interview today that the Xbox 360 gaming console will finally get a Blu-ray add-on,… dig deeper

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• OS LAUNCH

  10/22/09 3:24pm Computing Microsoft Windows 7 now available in stores

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  10/21/09 7:37pm Computing Google and Bing add Twitter real-time search, Amazon calls Windows 7 "biggest pre-order product of all time," Google joins forces with iLike and LaLa for music search

  Google and Bing are now both offering real-time searches of Twitter updates. Bing will also search Facebook statuses in the near… dig deeper

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  10/16/09 7:10pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Researcher: YouTube has no bandwidth traffic costs, Microsoft store grand opening rumored to be October 22, Google Street View taking suggestions for off-road trike project

  Google spends almost nothing on bandwidth from ISPs, the chief scientist at Arbor Networks says. The company uses up 10% of all… dig deeper

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  10/14/09 5:29pm Computing Windows 7 Family Guy special produced by Seth MacFarlane

  Ars Technica: http://bit.ly/19Pzf6 dig deeper

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  10/05/09 7:40pm Computing, Mobile Adobe debuts non-web Flash app development for iPhone, 10,000+ Hotmail account passwords hacked, 85% of Mac owners also have PCs

  Adobe announced that the next version of Flash Professional will let its users turn their Flash apps into iPhone or iPod touch… dig deeper

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  09/28/09 6:30pm Computing Google Wave to add 100,000 beta testers, Gmail outage caused by Google Contacts overload, Lenovo promises 56% faster Windows 7 boot times

  Google's ambitious Wave service will see its first pseudo-public debut in a few days. On September 30th, 100,000 beta testers will… dig deeper

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  09/14/09 7:00pm Computing, Mobile iPhone MMS already working for some AT&T customers, Facebook's Twitter-like status tagging feature goes live, Microsoft campaigns to get business to drop Windows XP for 7

  Apple and AT&T have been teasing that iPhone owners will get multimedia messaging service (MMS) functionality for a few months… dig deeper

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  08/21/09 6:25pm Computing, Gaming Microsoft retail stores hiring, PS2 backwards compatibility never returning to PS3, Twitter to offer commercial accounts this year

  Microsoft is opening its first two Apple-esque retail stores in Scottsdale, AZ and Mission Viejo, CA, and we're apparently getting… dig deeper

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  08/20/09 4:09pm Computing Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) download availability ends today

  MIcrosoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Download Page: http://bit.ly/3N6GwR dig deeper

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• REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

  08/19/09 1:48pm Computing Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium to sell for nearly $100 less in the UK (at first)

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  08/07/09 7:00pm Computing New Apple iMacs rumored to have two "compelling" new features, Microsoft mall store construction photographed, CBS and Hulu experiment with ad volume

  In a vague article, AppleInsider claims that Apple will be introducing new models of the iMac all-in-one desktop computer with two… dig deeper

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  07/31/09 7:07pm Computing Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack pricing revealed, WSJ Connect to challenge LinkedIn, RIAA successfully sues student $22,500 per song

  We'd already figured out that Microsoft was planning to release a Windows 7 Family Pack for households with more than one… dig deeper

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