Opera Mobile is getting Google as its default search option.
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Opera has given Yahoo the boot and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices.

In January 2007, Yahoo and Opera announced that Yahoo would be the …

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Mobile users who haven’t made the jump to watching videos on their cell phones and smartphones may see a juicy, dangling carrot on the horizon. A paper submitted by John Barrett of Parks Associates and David Wertheimer of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center (PDF), summarizes that mobile …

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Opera Mobile is getting Google as its default search option.
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Opera has given Yahoo the boot and made Google the default search engine for its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Web browsers designed for mobile devices.

In January 2007, Yahoo and Opera announced that Yahoo would be the …

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Apple distributed invitations Wednesday morning for “an iPhone software road map” event next week, which means we’re finally going to hear details on the plans for an iPhone software development kit.

Next Thursday, we'll find out more about what Apple has in mind for third-party iPhone software….

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It looks like a new ultra-mobile PC brand will soon be coming to Asia. When CNET Asia spoke to Singapore-headquartered MWg (formerly O2 Asia) during the Atom V launch in the island state yesterday, Vice President Sanjay Sabnini revealed in an aside to us that the company plans to bring …

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Shrinkage is a natural part of gadget evolution: So as phones have gotten smaller over the years, why not headsets? Especially ones with Bluetooth because, if you’re not careful, you could end up looking like a cartoon character.

That, by the way, is the last thing we’…

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Sony began its annual “Open House” in Las Vegas this morning and, as usual, pulled out all the stops. Here are the latest product releases:

Home theater

New Sony Blu-ray players: Better than PS3?
Sony PX-LX300USB lets you breathe new life into your old vinyl records
Another proprietary wireless audio system: Sony S-AIR

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Thought you could get rid of those incriminating text messages with a simple Delete? Not so fast, Tex. Gadget blogs are all abuzz over a little device that purports to enable users to recover and view deleted data stored on almost any cell phone SIM card.

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If the spare contents of your wallet dictate your dining destination, you’ll want to know of this reprieve. Cellfire (hands-on review), offers coupon deals with more than 10,000 local U.S. restaurants and services, and chains. With custom-built applications for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, the RAZR, and Nokia …

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If the spare contents of your wallet dictate your dining destination, you’ll want to know of this reprieve. Cellfire (hands-on review), offers coupon deals with over 10,000 local U.S. restaurants and services, and chains. With custom-built apps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, the RAZR, and Nokia phones, …

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The Respisens system fits into a T-shirt.
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Ever found yourself peddling along madly and forgetting to breathe? If you have a respiratory illness, that can cause more than a minor glitch on the bike path. To monitor patients’ inhalations and exhalations, scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research institute
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It’s not a software development kit, but there is something new today for iPhone owners.
Apple released OS X firmware update 1.1.4 Tuesday for the iPhone, saying little about the new features. The last update, 1.1.3, introduced a few new capabilities such as the ability …

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