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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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First multi-touch tablet from Toshiba available today

Toshiba made available today its 9th generation M700 tablet PC, the current highest-end tablet PC offered by the company, and the first to offer multi-touch capability.

Verizon president: Google's Android dovetails with Verizon's Open Access

Verizon gave some hints late last week that it may be willing to do more than just welcome Google's Android handset environment into its foray of "open access" devices, but conceivably embrace it outright.

Improved startup repair tool, media throttling among Vista SP1 changes

To reassure customers that it really has been addressing consumers' concerns about Vista, Microsoft has made its change log to Windows Vista SP1 publicly available early.

LinkedIn wants your apps for the business world

APIs and widgets that let developers build applications using LinkedIn data.

CompUSA store chain to soon become history

CompUSA, an early success story among computer retailers, will now cease to exist as a store chain by the end of this year. Meanwhile, rivals Best Buy and Circuit City only keep coming on stronger.

AOL debuts new desktop software for Windows

After its OpenRide software was not well received, the ISP went back to the drawing board. The result was AOL Desktop, which released Friday.

LG's dual-format disc player hits stores

The company said Monday that its second try at a dual-format next generation disc player is now available at retailers.

Toshiba enters the solid-state disk arena

Nearly a full year after leading flash memory producer Samsung presented its first solid-state drives, flash producer Toshiba plans to follow along behind with three models that take advantage of its exclusive design.

Palm to miss revenue targets by a substantial margin

The handheld manufacturer expects to post revenues some $30 million less than its original forecast due to shipping delays in a unnamed product.

Symantec update removes Web filtering program

An update for the company's Norton Antivirus software has yet again caused problems with its customers' computers.

Office Live Workspace beta goes public

Since October, Microsoft has been busy working to hang its Office shingle in "the cloud," where users can save documents somewhere to the Web. Now it's ready for the general public to try out the cloud.

Netflix envelopes anger Postmaster, Postal Service balks

The US Postmaster General issued a report to the Postal Service recommending it either change its First Class mailing standards to disallow Netflix mailers, or start charging the company a 17 cent handling fee per envelope.

Exclusive beta invitation from Game Tap and Beta News

Time Warner subsidiary GameTap is searching for people who love to play games to join its beta program. Sign up through this exclusive invitation before the spots fill up

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