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iPod designer Tony Fadell takes on thermostats with Nest Labs

iPod designer Tony Fadell takes on thermostats with Nest Labs

Tony Fadell, Apple's former Senior Vice President of the iPod Division, oversaw iPod and iPhone development between 2001 and 2009. T...

Star Wars Blu-rays first to offer THX Media Director tech

Star Wars Blu-rays first to offer THX Media Director tech

The Star Wars Saga Blu-ray boxset, out on September 12, will be the first software release to feature THX's new Media Director ...

iPhone 5 reportedly slated for early October launch

iPhone 5 reportedly slated for early October launch

According to BGR, an AT&T Vice President is telling employees to be prepared for an early October launch of the iPhone 5. Jim Daly...

Motorola Remains Independent, No Necessary Nexus in Future

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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="250" mce_src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3166/googlenexusslive25580x4.jpg" src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3166/googlenexusslive25580x4.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="google_nexus_s_live_25-580x447" width="324" />While Google’s purchase of the Motorola group may mean many things for Google, especially along the lines of patents, Motorola will, if Andy Rubin and Motorola’s Sanjay Jha are to be trusted, still act as a separate company. In addition, Rubin has doubly assured the Android public that the next Nexus device coming from Google will not necessarily be a Motorola device, and that Motorola “will be part of that bidding process” but will not necessarily be a certain lock-in.</div>
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As it’s clear that every real hardcore Android fan’s true love of Android is shown in their wanting to see the next Nexus device, Andy Rubin released a set of words noting how it should be clear to everyone that Google’s acquisition of Motorola does not mean Motorola will be given any special favors:</div>
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“We have this lead device strategy, that strategy has worked quite well to help focus the team. What we do is select, around Christmas time each year, a manufacturer that we work very closely with to release a device in that timeframe, and that includes also some essential companies and all the components that go into the device. And essentially all the teams huddle together in one building, they jointly work and these development efforts go on for 9-12 months, and ultimately at the holiday season or right before it the devices pop out that are based on this effort.”</div>
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Publicly, as in sitting right alongside the official release of the acquisition of Motorola by Google, manufacturers Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, and LG, have appeared rather positive about the deal:</div>
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“We welcome today’s news, which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment to defending Android, its partners, and the ecosystem.”<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />– J.K. Shin President, Samsung, Mobile Communications Division</div>
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“I welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.”<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />– Bert Nordberg President & CEO, Sony Ericsson</div>
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“We welcome the news of today‘s acquisition, which demonstrates that Google is deeply committed to defending Android, its partners, and the entire ecosystem.”<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />– Peter Chou CEO, HTC Corp.</div>
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“We welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.”<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />– Jong-Seok Park, Ph.D, President & CEO, LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company</div>
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What we’re looking at here instead will be Google acquiring a strong and significant patent portfolio, one that Motorola has very recently suggested that it was (and is) in a strong position to be on the patent offensive in the very near future. We can guess here that Google will now be able to hopefully defend itself against the current patent war going on in the streets.</div>
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Motorola Remains Independent, No Necessary Nexus in Future

While Google’s purchase of the Motorola group may mean many things for Google, especially along the lines of patents, Motorola will, if ...

The Lion Roars with 1 Million Downloads in Just One Day

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It hasn’t been too long since Apple launched its eighth major release of its operating system, the Mac OS X Lion, but the company is already seeing over one million purchases and downloads. Available through the Mac App Store for USD$29.99, the company says that this is the fastest selling Apple OS in its history.</div>
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It’s not that surprising anyway that Apple can manage to sell so many copies of its latest OS every time it’s released, as a sour Windows user who can’t afford to upgrade to a newer version of Windows because they’re so expensive, Apple’s operating systems are so affordable. The Lion comes with 250 new features for its Mac devices such as Multi-Touch gestures, system-wide support for full-screen apps, Mission Control – an innovative view of everything running on your Mac, the Mac App Store, Launchpad, and a completely revamped Mail app.</div>
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The Lion Roars with 1 Million Downloads in Just One Day

It hasn’t been too long since Apple launched its eighth major release of its operating system, the Mac OS X Lion, but the company is a...

President George W Bush pops in for Facebook chat

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/world%20of%20tech/us_flag-200-200.jpg"/><p>President George W. Bush is taking a leaf out of Barack Obama's book, by using Facebook to get his point across... well, to flog his book at least.</p><p>The former US Commander in Chief sat down with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook Live channel this evening to promote his memoirs Decision Points, which was released earlier this month. </p><p>Facebook users were encouraged to send their own questions into the 43rd President, who kick-started the interview by saying, "They didn't think I could read, let alone write!"</p><p><strong>"I'm an iPad guy"</strong></p><p>In a rather surreal interview with Zuckerberg, Bush said he used no tech and gadgets while President, but claimed that his administration was the first to use email. He said he refrained from using it himself so his words could not be taken out of context.</p><p>He added: "When I left office and went back to Crawford, Texas, I became a BlackBerry person, but now I'm an iPad person and I use the Facebook to stay in touch with people who are interested in me."</p><p>Dubya also took the opportunity to rip on Zuckerberg for not graduating from college, while congratulating him on the success of Facebook and its use as a freedom fighting tool around the world.</p><p>Bush set up a Facebook page in June to promote his book and various personal appearances. So far he has 600,000 fans. Obama currently has 16.8 million. Keep on truckin' George.</p><img border="0" height="1" src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/9809/s/101e4a06/mf.gif" width="1"/><div class='mf-related'><p>

President George W Bush pops in for Facebook chat

President George W. Bush is taking a leaf out of Barack Obama's book, by using Facebook to get his point across... well, to flog his bo...