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Android Continues to Chip Away at Smartphone Web Consumption The Android mobile operating system—specifically, smartphones running it—is continuing a steady climb in mobile web market share versus Apple's iOS-based devices. Duke Nukem Forever: New Gameplay Video Unveiled! Wome thirteen years after the game's initial announcement, Take-Two Interactive—which owns publishing rights to the title—has announced that Duke Nukem Forever is finally going to be completed. And we have some hands-on gameplay footage! Craigslist Abandons Adult Services... for Good? Craigslist has removed its Adult Services section for U.S. visitors, which should come as a relief to the various entities that have been petitioning for Craigslist to shut down the section—including human rights groups and more than 17 attorneys general from states across the nation. Texas AG Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Google Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an antitrust review of Google, the search engine giant announced Friday. Google Settles Buzz Class-Action Suit for $8.5M Google has reached a settlement on a class-action suit regarding its Buzz social-networking feature. Google to Simplify Privacy Policy Google on Friday announced that it will be streamlining its privacy policy, effective Oct. 3. The search engine giant is not making any material changes to its policy, but is removing redundant sections, and launching a new privacy tools page. Google Chrome 6: Hands On Google Chrome has turned two; to celebrate, Google released version six, which features an even more stripped-down design and blazing speed. Canon Shows Off Concept Cameras at Expo Canon this week hosted a New York City expo, which included a first glimpse of some prototype devices and features, and some hands-on time with already released products. We take you inside. Apple's Ping Inundated with Spam Comments Days after its release, Apple's new Ping social network within iTunes is being inundated with spam comments. Mobile Apps Helps Boost Twitter Membership to 145M Aided by a growth in mobile app usage, Twitter has topped 145 million users, an addition of 40 million users in just four months. Play 'StarCraft II 'On Multiple Monitors with Actual Tools Utility Blizzard crippled multiple monitor support in "Starcraft II" in the interest of fairness. Actual Tools' utility restores it. Nvidia Releases 400M Series Laptop GPUs Nvidia on Friday introduced its new GeForce 400M series of graphics processing units (GPUs), which will power the next generation of laptops from companies like Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba. Group Attacks Google Privacy, Schmidt with Times Square Ad Just in time for the holiday weekend, a California-based consumer group has purchased space on a Times Square jumbotron to display a video that attacks Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and his company's privacy policies. Toshiba Recalls 41K Satellite Laptops Due to Overheating Toshiba is recalling 41,000 laptops due to concerns about overheating AC adapter plugs. Tandberg Announces Data Protection Appliance for SMBs Tandberg Data now offers several enterprise-level network-attached data protection devices for the SMB. Pew: 72 Percent of Adults Now Send Text Messages Texting among adults is on the rise, with more than 72 percent of those over 18 using the technology, but their usage still pales in comparison to texting among teenagers, who send an average of five times as many texts as their adult counterparts, according to a Thursday report. Facebook Adds Remote Log-Out Security Feature Facebook on Thursday added a remote log-out feature that will allow users who accidentally left themselves logged in on a particular device to end those sessions from another location. Google Celebrates Chrome's 2nd Birthday with New Stable Release Google on Thursday released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which promises faster speeds and a simplified interface. Apple iTunes Ping: Hands On Apple wants the new iTunes social network to be the Facebook of music. With Dell Out, 3PAR and HP Will Rule Enterprise Storage Now that Dell is out, HP's acquisition of 3PAR for $2.4 billion will make HP a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise storage space.

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