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'Lion' brings iPad gestures to Mac OS for only $30
Apple Monday previewed Lion, the next major version of Mac OS X, which will feature iPad-like multi-touch gestures and be sold for $29.99 on the Mac App Store. The low price is the same as Apple charged for Snow Leopard, the current version, but Apple had charged $129 for most previous major releases of Mac OS X. The big difference this time is it will be sold through the Mac App Store as a 4GB download, rather than on a disc. Read More


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New tool shows would-be emailers if you're swamped on Gmail
A Georgia Tech researcher is taking aim at email overload with a new tool that shows people thinking about messaging you just how swamped your Gmail account is in real time. Read More

Whirlwind tour of computing and telecom's top honors, awards and prizes
From the Nobel to the Marconi: Internet, Ethernet, security and other IT/telecom pioneers get their recognition Read More

Steve Jobs biography climbing the charts ... despite not existing
At this moment, the No. 11 top-selling book on Amazon.com is iSteve: The Book of Jobs, which will not be available to be read by anyone - even those who have already bought it -- for another 274 days. Read More


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2011 Marconi Prize goes to giants of cellular communications, data storage
The 2011 Marconi Prize, sometimes described as the Nobel Prize in Information Technology, has been awarded to two major contributors to cellular communications: Qualcomm Co-founder Irwin Jacobs and the late information theorist and professor Jack Wolf. Read More

N.C. outsourcing deal leads to IT layoffs
Dex One will reportedly cut about 30% of its IT staff after signing an outsourcing pack with HCL Technologies. Read More

Syria Internet service said to be restored
The Internet in Syria was back on Saturday, a day after it was reported that two-thirds of Syrian networks had been cut off from the rest of the world in the wake of civil unrest in the country. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Avaya

Enhancing customer experience: first, do no harm
Best practices for enhancing the customer experience, don't wait to long to handing problems, look for low-hanging fruit by assessing obvious problems, make technology updates when the time is right, cross pollinate the organization. Learn More

Daily Innovation Smackdown: Tim Berners-Lee vs. Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Is it fair to have two against one? When you are the creator of the World Wide Web I suppose opponents need to gang up on you. Tim Berners-Lee takes on the Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Berners-Lee creamed his first round opponent, HP's Leo Apotheker, who garnered no votes. Page and Brin got a battle from former VMware head Diane Greene, but prevailed with 65% of the vote. Will they be able to squeak by again? Read More

Sprint expands Evo brand with tablet, '3D' smartphone
Sprint is trying to replicate the hit it scored last summer with the HTC EVO 4G smartphone by expanding the brand to both a tablet and a new "3D" smartphone. Read More

HP shifts to purpose-built systems
Hewlett-Packard will show off multiple systems built for specific purposes at its user conference this week in Las Vegas. Read More

Imaginary interface lets you interact with invisible phone
Researchers at Germany's Hasso-Plattner Institute have developed what they call imaginary interfaces that allow users to interact with their phones even though they're not in front of them. Read More



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