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- Apple iPad Mini slated for October unveiling: report
The iPad Mini will make its debut later this month, according to one reporter. But what will Apple's new tablet look like?
- The Galaxy S III Mini: Samsung's latest device underwhelms
The Samsung Galaxy S III Mini looks like a chip off the old block – but its specs are firmly middle-of-the-road.
- 'Completely wrong,' Mitt Romney, and the Google dust-up
Google says the 'completely wrong' image results are 'natural' – not a deliberate jab at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
- RIM's pitch: Earn $1,000 off a BlackBerry 10 app, RIM will pay you $10,000
RIM desperately needs a hit with BlackBerry 10, which may not launch until March of next year.
- Microsoft Office reportedly bound for iOS, Android in 2013
A Microsoft Office app is headed for Android and iOS, one news outlet has alleged. But Microsoft says the Office report is inaccurate.
- Lytro 'light field' cameras launch nationwide, adds new controls
The Lytro 'light field' camera now allows users to toggle a range of manual settings, including shutter speed and ISO sensitivity.
- Bad weather scuttles supersonic jump from the edge of space
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver, has delayed his Red Bull Stratos jump until later this afternoon. Baumgartner plans to leap from a balloon stationed 23 feet above the New Mexico desert.
- A year after losing Steve Jobs, how has Apple changed?
Apple has posted a video memorializing former CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away a year ago today. A look at where Apple stands in the post-Jobs era.
- It's official: Windows Phone 8 will launch October 29th
Microsoft sent press invitations this week announcing the launch of its Windows Phone 8 platform on October 29. The smart phone OS will run on handsets from Nokia, Samsung, and HTC -- and there's a rumor that Microsoft may be working on its own model as well.
- Galaxy S III delivers: Samsung enjoys record sales
Samsung smartphone sales are up, and so are the South Korean company's third quarter profits. Much of the credit should go to the blockbuster Samsung Galaxy III smartphone.
- The 20 most fascinating accidental inventions Most inventors strive for weeks, months, or years to perfect their products. (Thomas Edison tried thousands of different light bulb filaments before arriving at the ideal mixture of tungsten.) But sometimes, brilliance strikes by accident. Here's a salute to the scientists, chefs, and everyday folk who stumbled upon greatness – and, more important, shared their mistakes with the world.UPDATE: After great reader feedback, we've added five additional accidental inventions: Stainless steel, plastic, ice cream cones, Post-it Notes, and matches.
- Steve Jobs biography: Best business book of the year?
One year after Steve Jobs' death, his biography by Walter Isaacson is now a finalist for the annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. The book came with Steve Jobs' full cooperation.
- Will Sprint steal MetroPCS from under T-Mobile's nose?
Earlier this week, it looked as if T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom would soon acquire MetroPCS. Now come reports that Sprint is interested in the budget carrier, too.
- Facebook: 1 billion users. What's next for the social network?
Facebook: 1 billion users arrives just two years after it announced it had half a billion users. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now 'a part of this tradition of things that connect us.'
- Facebook: 1 billion monthly users and counting
Facebook reached a major milestone: 1 billion active members. Some 600 million of them access the social network through phones and tablets.
- Bettina Wulff and the trouble with fighting Google's autocomplete
Bettina Wulff, Germany's former first lady, objects to Google's autocomplete. But suing the company may make things worse.
- iPad Mini will arrive in November, according to new report
Apple is prepping a new tablet called the iPad Mini. So how will the iPad Mini measure up to the current, full-sized iPad?
- T-Mobile and MetroPCS could soon be merged: report
If Deutsche Telekom does indeed acquire MetroPCS, it would give T-Mobile some extra clout in the US market.
- iPhone 5 targeted in Samsung's new legal attack on Apple
iPhone 5 violates Samsung patents, alleges the Korean company. Samsung hopes to block sale of the iPhone 5 in the US.
- Kindle Paperwhite arrives. Should you check out Amazon's new e-reader?
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite matches the Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight on price (as long as you don't mind looking at a couple of advertisements).