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News about Phones
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Canada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US
Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone.
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Here's how secret voice commands could hijack your smarthphone
Researchers have found something new to worry about on the internet. It turns out that a muffled voice hidden in an innocuous YouTube video could issue commands to a nearby smartphone without you even knowing it.
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How Intel knocked itself out of the smartphone chip market
Intel's Atom smartphone chip cancellations pull the curtain back on an ugly past in which the company shot itself in the foot with bad timing and ill-advised executive decisions.
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Disruptive Intelligent Systems to smash $US1 trillion mark by 2019
The deployment of billions of advanced systems across major industries over the next five years will be critical to enabling the vision around intelligent systems.
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Dying BlackBerry recommits to the physical keyboard
BlackBerry will rededicate itself to physical keyboards as the company tries to regain its footing.
Tutorials about Phones
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BlackBerry 6: Wipe Your Smartphone, Restore Factory Settings
Many reasons exist for why you might want or need to "security wipe" a BlackBerry, or completely erase all personal data stored on your handheld: You got a new smartphone and plan to retire the older device; you're trading in your existing BlackBerry for a new one from your wireless carrier; you and a friend are swapping devices; you loaded too many applications or media and just want to start over from scratch; etc.
Features about Phones
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iPad 2 and iPhone 5: What's coming?
Kyle Wiens and his team at iFixit, a Web site that provides free repair manuals and advice forums, are some of the smartest Apple geeks around. They've taken apart countless iPhones, Macs and iPads to see what makes them tick-and, of course, to find out how to repair them.
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Android 3.0 tablet: Five key features
Tablet application developers can rejoice now that Google has released its software development kit for Android 3.0, the new edition of the platform designed specifically for tablets.
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IT in 2011: Four trends that will change priorities
It's always a challenge for IT departments to anticipate how corporate technical demands will evolve, especially when IT budgets have been as tight as a drum for two years.