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  • Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

    (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google. On Tuesday, the largest PC maker in the world -- a dubious distinction these days ...

  • New MacBook Air imminent

    MacConnection , stock has vanished for the popular 13.3-inch Air with a 1.8GHz processor and 256GB solid-state drive. That said, Best Buy has stock, but it's the "only reseller on ...

  • The world of wearable computers

    FORTUNE -- Computers one wears, rather than carries in a briefcase, backpack or pocket, are at an "inflection point" -- a market poised to explode from $3 billion to $5 billion today to as much as $30 billion to $50 billion in three to five years. That's according to aCredit Suisse report snaggedFriday ...

  • Could Tumblr turn into Yahoos MySpace

    Can Yahoo and Tumblr >>> (Credit: CNET screenshot) Marissa Mayer wants Yahoo to attract a younger, hipper and cooler audience for Yahoo. Its audience of 700 million is aging, and the 18-year-old brand that defined the first era of the web doesn't have a compelling entry point to attract the coveted 18-to-34 demographic. Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology conference ...

  • Yahoo to consider $1.1B price tag for Tumblr this Sunday -- report

    AllThingsD reported Friday. Unnamed sources told ATD that the deal is entirely in cash, which means Yahoo isn't offering up any stock options for the hip blogging site. The sources also said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer -- who has been trying to turn the large, struggling company around -- thinks buying Tumblr is key to her vision of a new Yahoo. Yahoo sent out ...

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Arbitrage

In Nicholas Jareckis assured directorial debut Arbitrage, Richard Gere plays Robert Miller, a master of the universe whose universe is in danger of collapsing around him. A billionaire hedge-fund manager who appears to be leading the most charmed of liveswealth, privilege, public resp ... ...

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  • DirecTV wants to buy Hulu again

    (Credit: Hulu) Satellite TV provider DirecTV is thinking about buying all or parts of streaming video site Hulu, according to news reports on Friday. An unnamed source ...

  • Ready for Windows 8 Were just starting on Win 7 says Dell

    (Credit: Microsoft) Maybe everyone's focused on the wrong Microsoft operating system. Dell said during its earnings conference call on Thursday that "commercial" customers, meaning corporate customers, are just now transitioning ...

  • Crave Ep. 121 Wake up to a dancing iPhone

    This week we get a first look at Tim-e the dancing robotic iPhone dock, give a salute to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on his return to Earth, and demonstrate Petswitch, which lets you put your face on your pets ...

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