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  • Microsoft is released its latest mobile phone software to cell phone manufactures today….

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  • This is my heart beat….

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  • A Japanese seaside resort is teaming up with Konomi Digital Entertainment to create a vacation getaway for young men and their virtual girlfriends….

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  • Research in Motion the creator of the Blackberry smart phone has reportedly backed down in its standoff with the Indian government.  India…

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  • Aug 31, 2010

    Killing Cable

    I moved coast to coast about six months ago and I still haven't hooked up a new cable connection in my house. Okay – given I'm a public radio…

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  • Aug 31, 2010

    GooglePlex

    Nirvana for film buffs.  Imagine an online movie rental store with every movie, ever made always in stock – an unlimited number screens and an…

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  • Facebook is expected to announce a new location-based service for users that will probably use the GPS chip in your mobile phone to track your whereabouts. Steve Henn reports.

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  • Research in Motion, the company that makes Blackberry smartphones, is under attack from governments that say the device's encryptions are so good it represents a security threat. Steve Henn reports on how one of the Blackberry's key selling points has become the company's Achilles' heel.

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  • Reports say Google and Verizon have been trying to hammer out a shared vision of how the future of the Internet should work. Reporter Steve Henn talks with Kai Ryssdal about how a deal could impact consumers and why we should care.

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  • Ultra high-speed Web browsing, an HD camcorder and an 8 megapixel camera, and access to over 65,000 apps — All that's on Google's new Droid X phone. Sounds great, but the phone takes five times the bandwidth as other similar smart phones. Can Verizon's network handle it?

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