Nuance Buys Swype, Android Gesture Input Specialist

Nuance acquired Android phone gesture software maker Swype for $102.5 million, which could position it for acquisition by Google. - Speech recognition software provider Nuance Communications (NASDAQ:NUAN) confirmed it has purchased Swype, a maker of gesture input software for smartphones based on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system, for 102.5 million Oct. 6. In a curiously structured merger, Nuance paid Swype ...


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LG Display Touts World's Most Energy Efficient LCD TV

Size matters, sure, but so does power efficiency. It's becoming an increasingly important thing this day and age, with power constraints becoming all the more evident and efficiency numbers becoming just as important as diagonal inches, resolution specifications or asking price. LG Display is taking note, and this week they're unveiling a...

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Siemens Brings Video Conferencing to OpenScape UC Suite

Siemens software-based video conferencing offering is designed to be an alternative to more costly hardware-based solutions from competitors, according to company officials. - Siemens Enterprise Communications is adding desktop video conferencing capabilities to its OpenScape unified communications portfolio, arguing that the software-based offering will be easier for enterprises to deploy and use than hardware-based systems from the likes of Cisco Systems. Siemens ...


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A FOSS Success Story: LibreOffice Turns 1

It seems hard to believe it was just a year ago that LibreOffice was born, so ubiquitous and widely accepted is the software today. Yet it really was just 2010 when tensions were building about Oracle's treatment of OpenOffice, ultimately prompting the Document Foundation to form and create the new fork that 25 million of us now love and rely on.

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Ipad 2 Review(2)

Perhaps I was swept up by all the hype but I expect a lot more from Apple?s tablet. The iPad is somewhere between a giant iPod touch and iPhone. Essentially, other than the larger screen, the only thing that the iPad offers that is new is a keyboard dock. The eBook store is not new… its new for Apple, but the Kindle and other eBook stores have been on the iPhone / iPod touch for quite a while. I myself [...]

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Netflix backtracks on Qwikster, will keep DVDs and streaming under the same URL

The Netflix Contrition Tour 2011 continues today, as the company announced today that it won't be spinning off DVD-by-mail rentals into a new company called Qwikster. While the plan for DVD operations to be separated internally appears to still be under way (no word yet on the promised videogame rental option), for customers things will stay the same, with one login and one website. While the retreat will probably prompt even more speculation about the company's true plans, CEO Reed Hastings has issued yet another apology to customers, admitting Netflix may have moved too fast this time.

Another sticky issue that's not so easily dealt with is the recent pricing change that took effect last month. While many speculated at the time about what percentage of customers would see higher prices as a result, spokesperson Steve Swasey reveals it affected about half of the company's subscribers. For the rest who had signed up for the $7.99-streaming only package (an option selected by the overwhelming majority in the quarter before the change) prices didn't go up at all. We have our own ideas about what the pricing should be, but it seems Netflix has finally realized not all customers got the message that it's a streaming company now, and tacking DVDs onto its new primary offering for only $2 extra just didn't work. Since all that uproar Netflix has announced a few new / expanded content deals for its streaming service, with Discovery and exclusive rights to previous seasons of The Walking Dead from AMC. But with renewed competition from the likes of Blockbuster and Amazon only time will tell if it can do enough to stop the subscriber bleeding. The Netflix Q3 earnings report is due October 24th -- think that will be an interesting call to listen in on?

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In Egypt, should Internet access be an inalienable right?

Riots and unrest in Egypt have been ongoing all week, but the Internet only seemed to take notice when it affected the Internet. On Friday, news reports revealed that the government had shut down Internet access to its 80 million citizens, also blocking text messaging and mobile services. Access ...

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Apple, Other Smartphone Makers Hit with Infringement Suits

Little-known SmartPhone Technologies files lawsuits against Apple, AT&T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola accusing them of violating patents owned by the company. - The smartphone patent lawsuit derby continues with a company named SmartPhone Technologies suing Apple, AT amp;T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola, accusing them of violating patents owned by the company. Filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of T...


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Report: Sprint's Total Equipment Protection Won't Cover iPhones [Sprint]

It looks like Sprint iPhone users will have to buy AppleCare+ like the rest of us if you want a safety net for dropped, submerged, and otherwise demolished handsets. SprintFeed got its hands on a slide saying Sprint's Total Equipment Protection plans won't cover the iPhone. More »


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