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Wal-Mart will no longer sell Amazon’s Kindle products, highlighting the tensions between the online and physical retail worlds. The retailing giant confirmed in an e-mail that it would no longer carry the product beyond its current inventory. Reuters earlier reported the decision. Amazon declined to comment. The decision to cease selling Amazon’s products comes as …

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HTC’s ‘what’s next’ event: Join us Wednesday (live blog)

What exactly does HTC have up its sleeve? Find out all of the details right here. HTC is holding a product event in New York, which kicks off at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT on Wednesday. CNET’s Brian Bennett and I will be there bringing you all of the action live. You can tune into the live blog …

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HTC pulled the curtain back on its Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, the latest takes on Microsoft’s upcoming mobile platform. It’s shaping up to be an aggressive launch for Windows Phone 8, which already has the backing of Samsung, Nokia, and now HTC. The phones are expected to debut in November, following closely behind the launch of the desktop …

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Don’t expect a lot of big strategic changes to come to T-Mobile USA with new CEO John Legere taking the reins. The wireless carrier, which is a distant fourth-place player in an industry dominated by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, has the right plan in place to return to growth — it just needs to execute, Legere told CNET in an …

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LG’s quad

LG’s latest super phone, the Optimus G, will head to the U.S. in the fourth quarter, according to the head of its U.S. marketing unit. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Best Laptop for 2022: The 15 Laptops We Recommend Best TV Deals of 2022: Save Up to $1,500 on LG, Samsung and …

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LG’s public image problem: It doesn’t have one

LG must feel like it’s shouting into the wind when it comes to smartphones. The company today showed off the Optimus G, the latest Android super smartphone. The G boasts the most advanced Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, a 13-megapixel camera, and a hefty 2,100mAh battery. The question is: will anyone care? There lies LG’s biggest dilemma in the smartphone market. …

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Who has the ‘real’ Windows Phone? HTC makes its case

With its Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, has HTC actually replaced Nokia as the darling of Microsoft? Ever since Microsoft veteran Stephen Elop took the reins at Nokia and struck a transformational deal with his former company to fully back Windows Phone, it was assumed that the fallen Finnish mobile devices giant would be first among equals when it …

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Motorola unveils its first Intel

After years of talk, Intel is finally making some headway into the smartphone business. The Razr i with an Intel Atom processor. Motorola Mobility Motorola Mobility is the latest company to unveil a smartphone, the Razr i, to be powered by an Intel processor. The Razr i is essentially the recently announced Droid Razr M for Verizon Wireless, only with …

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How to simplify your messy photo collection

Woven is aiming to create some order out of the chaos that is your photos. If you’re anything like me, your collection of photos are in a number of disparate places, from Facebook to Instagram, as well some stored on a smartphone, with others on a PC. Sure, there’s Dropbox, but who’s going to pay for that much storage? So …

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Nokia says it took ‘appropriate action’ for fake

Nokia said it exercised “poor judgment” in faking video and stills supposedly shot by the recently unveiled Lumia 920 and that it has taken “appropriate action” to deal with the situation. A Nokia representative, however, declined to specify what “appropriate action” actually meant. “Today, we concluded the internal investigation, and our findings confirm that poor judgment was exercised in the …

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