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Tech Sanity Check

TechRepublic Member | July 11, 2011

How loyal are you to Microsoft Windows? Take the poll

Technophiles and early adopters appear to be using Windows in smaller numbers than ever. Here's a quick data point on that topic and a poll that is aimed at measuring your Windows loyalty. Read more

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Webcast: Integrating Social Media into Your Business

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The Microsoft bully is back

Microsoft is up to their old tricks of gouging smaller companies, claiming patent infringement. This time around it's Samsung. Read Jack Wallen's take on this latest Microsoft bullying. Read more

Q&A on Verizon's new tiered data plans

Michelle Gilbert from Verizon Wireless provides some answers to questions about Verizon's new tiered data usage plans. Read more

The economics of Apple's App Store

Apple's App Store average paid app price is $1.44, of which it's reported the company gets an average of 26 cents per download. Larry Dignan offers more details. Read more

Five password reset options for online apps

Programmer Justin James presents five common ways to reset passwords for online applications and explains which two of the options provide the most security. Read more

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HP swaps WebOS leaders, Rubinstein gets 'product innovation role'

HP will install Stephen DeWitt as general manager of its webOS unit. Jon Rubinstein, who led webOS at Palm and HP, will take "a product innovation role" at HP's PC unit. Read more

Why do people choose Android smartphones?

Why do people choose an Android handset over the iPhone? Read more

Acer's tablet: dawdle on software and die

The Iconia A500 would have been more successful had it gotten its Honeycomb 3.1 act in order quickly. Read more

Microsoft makes it official: New beta of Windows Intune 2.0 available for download

Microsoft is making a beta of the next release of its Windows Intune available for download on July 11, officials announced during the Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. Read more

Google+ looking to piggyback off Gmail; integration aplenty

Google is looking to leverage Gmail to integrate its Google+ social networking tools and plans several integrations ahead between the two services. Read more

Getting a user-friendly Web address on Google Plus

You may already have a unique, user-friendly Google+ Web site, without needing to do anything. Here's how it works. Read more

Google Plus: The anti-privacy machine?

Many web users do not recognize the importance of privacy and security, a problem destined to become much worse before it gets better. Read more

Facebook blocks Open-Xchange contact exporter tool

Facebook has blocked another tool that lets you export your Facebook friends so you can import them elsewhere, like to Google+. Read more

Google+ spurs margin worry, questions about ROI for search giant

Google appears to have generated some social networking buzz with its Google+ effort, but Wall Street analysts are already wondering about return on investment and the hit to profit margins. Read more

Apple's App Store economics: Average paid app sale price goes for $1.44

App prices on Apple's App Store are rebounding 14 percent in 2011 compared to an 18 percent decline in 2010 and the company's average selling price is $1.44. Of that sum, Apple's gets an average... Read more

Why Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is so bullish on Bing

Microsoft's Bing search engine is one of the Microsoft products that Redmond's shareholders -- not to mention many Wall Streeters who watch Microsoft -- love to hate. But Microsoft CEO Steve... Read more

Generation Y: Buck up, work harder; you're letting the side down

It's not every day I sit down, start writing, and rage about the generation I do my best to represent on a vast scale. Today was that day. Read more

Google Science Fair features projects on energy, cancer research (photos)

Google's Science Fair came to a close today with participants from three age groups (all in their teens) flown in from all over the world. Here's a look at the top 15 entries this year. Read more

Two newspapers to sell Android tablets with digital subscriptions

The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, both published by Philadelphia Media Network, will sell Android tablets this year with subscriptions to both newspapers in digital form. Read more


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Motorola Droid 3 (photos)

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Kent German's favorite Android apps (CNET 100)

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Cracking Open the HTC Flyer

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