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Minnesota Sen. Al Franken on Tuesday formally voiced his objection to the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile and urged regulators to reject the deal. "This transaction is not in the public interest," Sen. Franken said in a statement. "If approved, it would result in greatly reduced competition, the...

Apps are everywhere: on your phone, on your tablet, and, of course, on your computer. So, it's no surprise there are also hundreds of them available to users of the most popular social network around, Facebook. They come in many flavors, from useful utilities to fun timewasters, like games. You...

It just got easier to be a Windows-using digital-SLR photographer. Starting today, you can download the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack, which will profile native file support for over 120 camera models, including those from Canon, Nikon, and Sony. Previously, if you wanted to view raw camera files...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it had released the "Mango" update of Windows Phone to manufacturing, also known as RTM. Microsoft is preparing for its own Mango update to existing hardware. "This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator...

There are few secrets in the technology world, but there are plenty of code names. Before marketers can step in and brand a product, programmers and project managers get to name their creations. In rare instances, a code name can become the actual name of the product. To show what an unpopular...

Mobile data usage surged 77 percent in the first half of the year, led by ever-increasing use of YouTube. YouTube videos accounted for the single largest slice of mobile bandwidth usage and took up 22 percent of the pie, according to the MobileTrends Report H1 2011 from Allot Communications...

“Wild and crazy ideas” are what Google says it's been cooking up in Google Labs since its inception. But to put "more wood behind fewer arrows," as Google CEO Larry Page phrased it recently on the company’s official blog, Google Labs is shutting down. In Google Labs, engineers loaded up...

Apple's keyboard of the future might not have keys at all, according to a patent discovered by Patently Apple that was originally filed by a team of Apple inventors in the first quarter of 2010. Housed in a case made from glass, metal, and plastic, this virtual keyboard would use acoustic pulse...

Looking to upgrade your phone, but downgrade the cost? Buying a new phone doesn't have to be a major investment, and you don't have to settle for just any old heap of plastic that's been tossed into the discount bin. There are plenty of great, cheap phones out there, and we've rounded up the...

Dashing the hopes of "Back to the Future" and "Bill and Ted" fans alike, a group of Hong Kong scientists claims that recent research proves that time travel is impossible. http://common1.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/31/0,1468,i=311388,00.jpg[/img] A team at the Hong Kong University of...

Not since the announcement in 1996 that antiretroviral therapy could effectively control H.I.V. has there been a season of AIDS news as hopeful as this one. Trials of a new microbicide have brought positive results; ongoing studies of circumcision are showing that it gives strong, lasting...

In Friday’s Fixes column, I wrote about the Medicines Patent Pool, a new organization trying to make AIDS drugs better, cheaper and available sooner to people who need them in poor countries. It relies on voluntary donations of rights by patent holders, most of them pharmaceutical companies...

thats true how can you ever love your enemy even if it is written Bible or anyother holy book. From my view loving an Enemy is impossible as if we love our enemy then there will be no enemies at all.

We know what you're thinking: Mac OS X Lion (10.7) has been out for nearly a week, so why have we yet to hear anything about Snow Lion? Patience friends, Apple will roar soon enough -- but for now, 10.7.2 will have to do. Apple released the beta update to developers over the weekend, eschewing...

We get the impression that Kyocera's design team had been hacking away at the Echo for years -- largely due to the blocky corners that remained, despite the current market's affinity for curvation -- and in a way, we're actually relieved that Sprint took a chance with it. We've seen what's to...

The rumors were true, and today's the day that the Bluetooth SIG gets official with the latest, greatest version of Bluetooth. Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, as it'll be called, promises to be markedly faster than prior iterations thanks to the reliance on 802.11, which is the same protocol used by WiFi...

SuperSpeed USB from the USB-IF As technology innovation marches forward, new kinds of devices, media formats, and large inexpensive storage are converging. They require significantly more bus bandwidth to maintain the interactive experience users have come to expect. In addition, user...

I am buying a new computer and I wanna make sure I choose the right motherboard. I am confused between MSI K8T NEO2FIR and Asus A8V Deluxe. I am sure both are good but just wanna know which one is stronger. Getting an AMD Athlon 3200+ with a 256MB ATI 9800 pro. I hope i get a reply fast and i...

Nokia N9 officially Appear In Nokia Connection of this year, except releasing two low-end dual sim mobile phone C2-02 and C2-03, the most outstanding is Nokia N9, which is the first cell phone employs MeeGo operating system, simultaneously, it also the highest-end mobile phone in N series...

Our goal is not to build the most computers. It’s to build the best.” That was Apple COO Tim Cook two days ago during Apple’s quarterly earnings call. Sure, it may sound like spin from an executive who doesn’t have a better answer as to why Apple isn’t competing in the low-end of...