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Sony, Warner to sue music service Grooveshark

Grooveshark.com, a free music streaming service, could soon feel even more legal heat from the music industry. Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are readying a lawsuit which could be filed today, according to The New York Times. The action follows a Universal Music lawsuit filed last month against Grooveshark, claiming its employees posted …

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Rumor: iPad 3 replacement microphone part leaked

Now that the iPhone 4S is rapidly becoming Apple’s best-selling device, the rumor mill turns its attention to the forthcoming iPad 3, widely expected in the first quarter of 2012. Today’s rumor offering comes from a part leaked on TVC Mall’s site that reportedly is a replacement microphone unit for the iPad 3. This is reportedly the iPad 3 replacement …

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Yep, RIM stunk it up in the third quarter

Research In Motion reported declining profits and revenue in the third quarter as it continues its downward spiral. For its fiscal third quarter, the Canadian mobile devices maker reported (PDF) a profit of $265 million, or 51 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $911.1 million, or $1.74 a share. Excluding one-time charges, including one taken for its …

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Feds release report citing LightSquared interference with GPS

LightSquared’s wireless network will interfere with a “majority” of GPS devices, according to a report from federal officials. LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja delivers a speech at CTIA 2011. CNET/Marguerite Reardon The official report released late yesterday, showed that the LightSquared network still caused harmful interference in a majority of general-purpose GPS receivers, according to Anthony Russo, director of the National …

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Microsoft Mobile Keyboard 5000 hands

How much do ergonomics matter when you’re using a tablet as your primary mobile computer? Microsoft is betting that the answer might be “very,” if the newly released Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000, available today, is any indication. The Microsoft Mobile Keyboard 5000 with an iPad 2: Larger than I’d prefer. Sarah Tew/CNET The $50 keyboard is “ergonomist approved” with …

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BT delivers 3D via its Vision service. Apathy awaits.

BT might struggle with the basics of its business, like connecting customers — and keeping them connected — and generally being able to answer the phone in a language approaching English, but it still wants in on 3D. But then, why wouldn’t it, every man and his ill-conceived mongrel seems to be in on this act. BT says that movies …

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Netflix for iPad gets a sexy new interface

Last month, Android tablet owners were treated to a Netflix interface overhaul, one designed to help users “more easily discover the content they want to watch.” Now it’s the iPad’s turn: just-released Netflix 2.0 brings a refreshed interface to Apple’s tablet. The update is available now, and it’s a required download: you can no longer run the previous version of …

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T-Mobile USA and Nokia said today they will sell the Lumia 710, marking Nokia’s push to re-enter the U.S. market in a real way. With the Lumia 710, priced at $49.99 and available on January 11, Nokia and T-Mobile are going after consumers who own a basic cell phone, but have been hesitant to upgrade to a more complicated smartphone. …

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Need a new cell phone? Ask me!

Dear CNET readers, please let me take a moment to introduce myself. I’m Brian Bennett, CNET’s new mobile phone editor, and I’ve been seriously addicted to gadgets for pretty much my entire life. From high-style Macs, to building my own hulking gaming rigs, and of course today’s super-powerful smartphones, I dig a ton of tech. My only requirement is that …

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Nokia Lumia 710 (T

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia Lumia 710 (T-Mobile) 2:45 Looking for a truly modern smartphone experience on T-Mobile but don’t want to shell out too much cash? You’re in luck since Nokia just announced that its new $49.99 Lumia 710 handset will hit the carrier soon. I was able to spend a little hands-on time with this Windows Phone Mango …

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