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Operators can make profit from mobile broadband - says Nokia Siemensview story

http://www.itwire.com – Prophesies of doom and gloom for mobile operators are legion as they struggle to meet surging demands for mobile data and price-eroding fierce competition, but Nokia Siemens Networks claims that profitability is within operators' grasp. (IT news)

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Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood announced. It’s huge, but it's not AC 3view story

http://www.itwire.com – Ubisoft has announced the next iteration of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.  Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is being described as a fully fledged full priced game but it is neither AC 2.5 nor is it AC 3.  This one includes multiplayer for the first time. (IT news)

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Vodafone NZ shoots itself in the foot: new tariff brings on regulationview story

http://www.itwire.com – Launch of new mobile plan by Vodafone NZ with a huge differential between on-net and off-net calling rates has led the NZ Commerce Commission to reverse an earlier decision. It now says that mobile termination rates - the prices mobile operators charge other telcos for delivery of calls to their customers' phones - should be regulated. (IT news)

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Android overtakes iPhone in US smartphone marketview story

http://apcmag.com – A surge in Android sales has seen Google’s open-source smartphone OS shoot past the iPhone in the US consumer market as Windows Mobile slumps towards single-digit insignificance. (IT news)

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Borders prepping Kobo e-book reader for Aussie launch next weekview story

http://apcmag.com – US chain Borders is the latest to release an ebook reader with the US$150 Kobo, which Borders Australia will showcase next week ahead of a local launch. (IT news)

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Start-up Infineta attacks data center connection logjamsview story

http://www.networkworld.com – Start-up Infineta Systems is coming out of stealth mode just in time to reveal that it is working on one of the knotty problems raised this week at the EMC World conference – how to connect data centers efficiently for backup, replication and cloud services that rely on live migration of virtual machines. (IT news)

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Python + PyGTK + WebKit in 20 minutesview story

http://www.tuxradar.com – In season 2 episode 7 of our podcast we laid down the simple challenge for each of the four podcasters - Andrew, Graham, Paul and Mike - to produce something original for the website. (IT news)

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BSA continues to fight the good fightview story

http://www.itwire.com – Despite a seemingly simplistic assessments of piracy, the BSA's latest research into world-wide piracy rates shows that the Global Financial Crisis wasn't the expected opening of floodgates. (IT news)

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Atlantis is ready to fly into the sunsetview story

http://www.itwire.com – The NASA space shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. It is ready for its final mission into space, STS-132, which is set to launch on Friday, May 14, 2010.   (IT news)

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Handii Go Generation Tablet - close but let down by softwareview story

http://www.itwire.com – A few months ago the tablet PC was a dead duck. But then Apple announced the iPad and all of a sudden the category become hot and sexy again. The Handii Tablet, running Windows 7 Professional, tries to pull back some of Apple’s momentum, addressing many of the iPad’s shortcomings but missing on some key features. (IT news)

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Windows 7 to XP downgraders getting the bootview story

http://apcmag.com – Buyers of Windows 7 will soon be unable to do the up/downgrade shuffle to Windows XP as Microsoft changes the license conditions. (IT news)

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Humble Indie Bundle - last chance to buy!view story

http://www.tuxradar.com – You have just 10 hours left to buy the Humble Indie Bundle - a collection of six indie games that run on Windows, Mac and Linux. No, they aren't open source, but we think there are four important reasons why you should seriously consider investing: (IT news)