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PC World - The perception of Lenovo as a laptop innovator has paid dividends in the enterprise space, but the reputation may not...
NewsFactor - The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are suing the Department of Justice to obtain official records concerning the U.S. government's possible use of cell-phone-tracking technology to spy on individuals without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause.
PC World - A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is now being used to steal system-administrator passwords...
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In order to accommodate the restrictions that Apple placed on iPhone apps to conserve system resources, this version of Google Talk shuts down if you launch another application.

</a>Reuters - If "American Idol" and a modern fairy tale combined to create a video game, you'd get "Boogie SuperStar" -- Electronic Art's latest game for the Nintendo Wii system.

NewsFactor - Sony is feeling some gaming-division woes this week with a double PlayStation 3 whammy. First, Sony's PlayStation Web site fell victim to SQL-injection attacks. Now Sony's PS3 firmware update is turning some consoles into bricks.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - New rules in California and Washington make the market ripe for improved speech-enabled cell phone applications, a Nuance study suggests.
Reuters - Three mobile phone operators in Spain fixed tariffs in March 2007 to compensate for a new law banning rounding up call periods, Spain's Competition Commission said on Thursday, citing initial findings of an investigation.
Macworld.com - Norway is known for many things: Norse gods, the work of Henrik Ibsen, and a second place spot on the United Nations's Human Development Index (unseated just this past year from the top spot by rival Iceland).
<p>Reuters - British computer games retailer Game Group smashed first-half profit forecasts, boosted by new releases like Grand Theft Auto IV and Wii Fit, but its shares slumped on concern that demand has peaked.

PC World - Taiwan's Asustek Computer (Asus), the leader of the mini-notebook category due to its early launch of the Eee PC, launched two...
CNET - After navigating some rough seas, Sony's Electronics division has been starting to right the ship.

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.

PC Magazine - Sony pulls the latest update to its PlayStation 3 after users report problems large and small.
PC World - Nvidia said it will take a one-time charge to cover costs related to repair of defective GPUs used in notebooks.

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