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Adobe Admits It Is Saying Buh-Bye to Flash for Mobile Devices

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Looks like Apple’s Steve Jobs was right (as usual).

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It’s All About Content: Why Tablets Help Hard Drives

Mark Wojtasiak, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Seagate Technology in Voices on October 5, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Rumors of the hard drive’s death have been greatly exaggerated — again.”

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Microsoft’s Advertising Arm Still Weighing "Do Not Track"

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 22, 2011 at 9:57 am PT

The latest version of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer includes a do-not-track tool that broadcasts users’ wishes not to be monitored online–but that doesn’t mean Microsoft’s advertising unit is honoring those requests yet.

Pen Computing Backers Hope to Write New Chapter With Android

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 20, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

The rise of the iPad might suggest to some that people just prefer a touch-based device to pen computing. However, those who support using a stylus say there are yet opportunities and are shifting their attention to Android. Adobe is among those hoping to see a return to pen computing.

Google’s Andy Rubin Gives a Flash of Tablet Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 6:33 pm PT

Taking the stage to kick off D: Dive into Mobile, Google’s Andy Rubin gave a glimpse of Android 3.0 running on a prototype Motorola tablet. That was the icing on a pastry-laden talk filled with Gingerbread, Froyo and Honeycomb.

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Shunned Profiling Technology on the Verge of Comeback

Steve Stecklow and Paul Sonne, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 24, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

One of the most potentially intrusive technologies for profiling and targeting Internet users with ads is on the verge of a comeback, two years after an outcry by privacy advocates in the U.S. and Britain appeared to kill it.

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Is iPad’s First Real Rival

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 10, 2010 at 6:02 pm PT

The Galaxy Tab is a serious alternative to the iPad and one that will be preferred by some folks who want a camera and the ability to run Web videos and applications written in Adobe’s Flash software, writes Walt.

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"Cookies" Cause Bitter Backlash

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Emily Steel, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 20, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Tools that track users’ whereabouts on the Web are facing increased regulatory and public scrutiny and prompting a flurry of legal challenges. Since July, at least six suits have been filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against websites and companies that create advertising technology, accusing them of installing online-tracking tools that are so surreptitious that they essentially hack into users’ machines without their knowledge.

Viral Video: Windows 7 Slate vs. Apple iPad

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2010 at 5:10 am PT

I really don’t have to say more, because you geeks lap up just this kind of video. That’s because it’s of a Hanvon slate, using the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, being put through its paces–email, video, browsing, mapping–against an Apple iPad. Let the innovation games begin!

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So Many Trackers, So Little Time

WSJ Staff in News on August 3, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

A Wall Street Journal study found an average of 64 tracking tools on the top 50 websites. In fact, there are so many of these files out there that a new company is winning business by helping sites keep track of the trackers.