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Another month, another Verizon Wireless LTE network outage. At least that’s the current story line as the wireless carrier investigates customer complaints of disruptions to its next-generation network. The Wednesday outage marks four high-speed wireless black eyes for Verizon in the last three months as customers from Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and California jumped on the carrier’s forums to complain early this morning

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Verizon Battles LTE Outage, Cable Spectrum Opposition

You’re in a new city, and, through a pair of thick-rimmed glasses, you view data overlaid onto your view of buildings, streets, fellow travelers, and more. This vision of a Terminator-like accessory is looking more likely, following new reports that such a device will be released by the end of this year by — who else? — Google.

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Google Planning Data-Display Glasses

Research In Motion has finally made good on a promise to update its PlayBook operating system.

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RIM’s PlayBook OS 2.0 Finally Brings Native E-Mail

Barnes & Noble opened a new front in the media tablet war on Tuesday with a President’s Week rollout of its latest Nook device. The 7-inch, $199 Nook Tablet has half the internal storage of the last Nook Tablet, 8 GB instead of 16 GB, but costs $50 less. Otherwise the specifications are the same: It’s powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor, with a slot for up to a 32 GB of memory on a microSD card, and Barnes & Noble says the battery is good for 11-1/2 hours of reading time or nine hours of video playback.

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Barnes & Noble Unveils New Nook Tablet that Matches Kindle Fire Price

It’s a tablet. It’s a smartphone.

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Galaxy Note’s a Handy Not-So-Little Hybrid

A bill to auction off pieces of the public airwaves currently used for broadcast television so that they can be freed up for wireless Internet is making its way to President Obama’s desk. Members of Congress are promoting it, in part, as a jobs bill. “With 13 million Americans still seeking employment, job creation is a driving force behind efforts to expand wireless broadband,” wrote U.S

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Airwaves to Be Freed Up for Faster, Better Wireless

A day after Twitter admitted that it uploads contacts from iPhones and other mobile devices via an application and keeps them for 18 months, Google was caught with its hand in the privacy cookie jar. The search giant developed a code to thwart the private browsing settings of Apple’s Safari browser, allowing it to track unsuspecting users’ Web surfing, The Wall Street Journal reported

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Google Insists Safari Privacy Bypass Didn’t Collect IDs

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public. Enter Soulo, a software and microphone kit that can turn an iPad or other Apple device into a karaoke machine.

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Review: Soulo Converts iPad into Karaoke Machine

Verizon Wireless stores will soon have more Droids hanging around than the Mos Eisley spaceport, with the latest of the Star Wars-themed devices hitting the shelves on Friday.

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Motorola’s Droid 4 Added to Verizon Lineup

The nation’s top wireless carrier, Verizon, succeeded in capturing a share of the limelight in Las Vegas this week at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show — with AT&T and Sprint using the venue to unveil a swath of new 4G LTE devices. On Monday, for example, AT&T took the wraps off five super-fast Android smartphones and one new tablet, which are all coming down the pike in early 2012. By contrast, Verizon’s focus had been centered on serving the needs of small- and medium-size business owners and software developers.

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Wireless Carriers Share 2012 CES Limelight