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19/06/2006 - Falla in PayPal: calo di fiducia e arriva GBuy - Scoperta una falla PayPal in un momento decisamente delicato: a fine mese verrà lanciato il sistema GBuy |
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19/06/2006 - Primi dettagli su Half-Life 2: Episode Two - PC Gamer rende pubblici alcuni dettagli legati al gameplay della seconda espansione dello sparatutto 3D di Valve. |
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19/06/2006 - BTX, un formato più vivo di quel che si creda - Intel rilascia qualche numero relativo alla diffusione del formato BTX, fornendo informazioni decisamente interessanti ed inattese circa la diffuzione dello standard |
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19/06/2006 - Sony smentisce il downgrade di PlayStation 3 - Sony definisce "ridicole" le indiscrezioni che si sono diffuse a proposito del possibile downgrade di alcuni degli elementi di PlayStation 3. |
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19/06/2006 - iTunes Music Store: come sarà il futuro in Europa? - Il futuro del servizio di download di brani musicali potrebbe incontrare ostacoli sul territorio Europeo, sebbene la Commissione non rilevi violazioni in materia di antitrust |
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19/06/2006 - In arrivo Windows Mobile Device Center - Microsoft aggiornerà il software per la sincronizzazione dei dispositivi mobile con un nuovo componente: Windows Mobile Device Center |
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19/06/2006 - Dragon's Lair torna in HD - Digital Leisure rispolvera il vecchio classico lasergame, ammodernandolo in tutti gli aspetti. |
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19/06/2006 - Nuovo monitor 20 pollici da Viewsonic - Viewsonic annuncia un nuovo monitor 4:3 da 20 pollici di diagonale e con risoluzione nativa di 1400x1050 |
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19/06/2006 - Roadmap dei chipset VIA - Molte soluzioni sia AGP che PCI Express, per processori Intel e AMD, da parte del principale produttore taiwanesi di soluzioni chipset |
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19/06/2006 - Philips, presto lettori e masterizzatori Blu-ray - Philips farà il suo ingresso a breve nel mondo dello standard Blu-ray |
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19/06/2006 - Grand Theft Auto IV con il motore grafico di Table Tennis? - Secondo rumours, il nuovo episodio della serie di Rockstar North potrebbe avvalersi del motore grafico di Table Tennis. |
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19/06/2006 - X1800GTO2 da Sapphire - Presentata la nuova soluzione video basata su chip R520 di ATI destinata al segmento di fascia medio alta del mercato |
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19/06/2006 - In arrivo Mac OS X 10.4.7 - Apple pronta a rilasciare pubblicamente il settimo aggiornamento di mantenimento per il sistema operativo Mac OS X "Tiger" |
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19/06/2006 - Rebellion acquisisce lo staff di Core Design - Rebellion ha acquisito le prestazioni dello staff di Core Design, la software house che ha curato la serie Tomb Raider fino all'episodio The Angel of Darkness. |
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18/06/2006 - Utility per il mondo Mobile - Come ogni settimana il mondo dei software per dispositivi mobili si evolve, offrendo tantissimi nuovi programmi spesso gratuiti. Anche questa settimana vediamo cosa bolle in pentola per i dispositivi Palm OS e Windows Mobile |
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17/06/2006 - Nuove piattaforme PC-1 nel futuro di VIA - Il produttore taiwanese si prepara a lanciare sul mercato nuove piattaforme specificamente pensate per sistemi in vendita nei paesi in via di sviluppo |
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17/06/2006 - Windows Vista Torrent bloccato da Microsoft - Microsoft non ha gradito l'iniziativa legata al download della beta 2 di Windows Vista a mezzo di BitTorrent |
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17/06/2006 - Ancora dettagli su Halo 2 PC - Bungie aggiunge nuovi dettagli su Halo 2 PC oltre a quelli già noti. Stavolta, fa riferimento soprattutto al supporto online della versione PC. |
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17/06/2006 - Nuovi dettagli sui sistemi Intel per i paesi in via di sviluppo - Il produttore americano continua a proporre le proprie soluzioni per abbattere la "barriera digitale", rendendo possibile ai paesi in via di sviluppo di accedere agli strumenti informatici |
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17/06/2006 - Tim Schafer vuole Psychonauts su XBox 360 - Tim Schafer, fondatore di Double Fine Productions, chiede che Psychonauts sia incluso nella lista dei giochi compatibili con XBox 360. |
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16/06/2006 - Nuovo Vaio TX3 con cpu Intel Core Solo - Sony ha presentato un aggiornamento della propria linea Vaio TX |
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16/06/2006 - Prey: immagini e dettagli sul demo - 3D Realms e Human Head Studios rendono disponibili immagini inedite di Prey e qualche dettaglio aggiuntivo sul demo ufficiale del gioco. |
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16/06/2006 - Windows e Mac OS X sempre più vicini - Boot Camp, ambienti di virtualizzazione di terze parti e addirittura un progetto opensource per convertire eseguibili Windows in binari per OS X. I due sistemi operativi non sono mai stati così vicini |
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16/06/2006 - Un micro alimentatore per sistemi Mini-ITX - 60 watt possono sembrare pochi a confronto degli alimentatori da 1000 watt ora disponibili, ma in alcuni casi possono essere più che sufficienti |
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20/06/2006 - Nokia e Siemens annunciano una mega-alleanza - Insieme, le due societa' daranno vita al terzo player mondiale nel settore delle telecomunicazioni. L'obiettivo? Quadruple play. In vista pesanti tagli ai posti di lavoro |
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20/06/2006 - Cassandra Crossing/ Foneros in pericolo - di Marco Calamari - Prova sul campo di Fon, che non convince sul piano informatico e che potrebbe persino inguaiare gli utenti italiani che gia' oggi partecipano all'ambizioso progetto di connettivita' distribuita |
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20/06/2006 - Contrappunti/ Il rock'n'roll dell'audiovisivo - di Massimo Mantellini - Doveva accadere e sta accadendo: la mediazione va crollando anche sul fronte dei contenuti audio-video. Sorretti da servizi che scommettono (quasi) alla cieca ma che gia' cambiano tutto |
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20/06/2006 - Download/ Time is on my side - Yes it is. Tempo da dedicare al lavoro, per il riposo, per altre attivita', progetti. E pisolino. Tre strumenti (in inglese) per dar tempo al tempo |
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20/06/2006 - Coral forgia il DRM universale - Un consorzio formato da big dei media digitali ha rilasciato la prima versione pubblica di una specifica che ambisce a standardizzare il sistema di protezione della musica e degli altri contenuti digitali |
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20/06/2006 - Il Web 2.0 di JBoss unisce AJAX e Java - Da poco entrata in Red Hat, JBoss ha completato lo sviluppo di un framework basato su Java che promette di semplificare la creazione di applicazione AJAX |
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20/06/2006 - Linux spreme i core di Niagara - L'ultima release del kernel ha ufficialmente portato in Linux il supporto all'ultimo processore di Sun, che potra' ora essere utilizzato in un grande numero di distribuzioni orientate ai server |
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20/06/2006 - Oracle serve un Linux preconfezionato - L'Oracolo presenta un programma che fornisce ai propri clienti configurazioni hardware e software gia' testate per far girare i suoi database su Linux |
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20/06/2006 - Brevetto Excel, Microsoft perde il ricorso - BigM perde il ricorso contro la sentenza di colpevolezza per violazione di un brevetto d'un programmatore di origine guatemalteca. Che pero' non ottiene i maxidanni che sperava |
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20/06/2006 - Il segreto del calcio australiano? Un software - Si chiama SportsCode e secondo BBC e' il motore della nazionale australiana, per la prima volta ai Mondiali. Studia le strategie degli avversari e da' consigli tattici su misura. Ma contro il Brasile non e' bastato |
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20/06/2006 - USA, sanzioni per i videogiochi del sesso - Il produttore che dovesse porre in commercio titoli contenenti feature a contenuto erotico o violento non dichiarate incorra in multe colossali. Cosi' l'industria spera di evitare l'intervento del Congresso |
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20/06/2006 - Google Pages rimuove pagine pericolose - Google spiega a Punto Informatico: c'e' chi approfitta dello spazio gratuito per diffondere malware, ma stiamo lavorando ad una soluzione. La presenza di un keylogger era stata segnalata da Websense |
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20/06/2006 - Gli spammer corteggiano gli utenti MySpace - La comunita' virtuale di Rupert Murdoch al centro degli interessi di compagnie ed individui senza scrupoli: c'e' chi si offre di comprare profili personali e chiede la visualizzazione della propria lista di contatti |
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20/06/2006 - Mani sudate? Colpa del cellulare - Una ricerca condotta da un'universita' coreana evidenzia che il telefonino provoca un aumento della sudorazione delle mani, soprattutto tra i giovani. Effetti anche sulla pressione |
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20/06/2006 - Videoclip, la svolta web di Sony BMG - Il gigante della musica lancia una piattaforma di accesso gratuito al proprio catalogo di video musicali, condito da interviste e altri materiali. Al grido di DRM e pubblicita' web |
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20/06/2006 - Neutralita` della Rete, spunta il compromesso - Il Senato degli Stati Uniti ora pensa a congelare tutto per cinque anni, cosi' da permettere studi di settore sulla neutralita' e sui nuovi modelli di business voluti dai grandi ISP. Funzionera'? |
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20/06/2006 - Le aste online della pubblicita` - Right Media annuncia il lancio di una nuova piattaforma automatica che permette agli editori di mettere all'asta i propri spazi pubblicitari sul web: senza intermediari, senza agenzie |
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20/06/2006 - I robot dovranno seguire un Codice Etico - Un team internazionale di ricercatori pensa a regole di convivenza per gli automi di domani, oltre le leggi asimoviane. Per evitare tensioni tra umani e macchine di domani. Al centro i robot del sesso e i robopolice |
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20/06/2006 - Roma, convegno Democrazia in Digitale - Annuncio |
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19/06/2006 - Windows Live Messenger Released - Microsoft Corp. today released Windows Live Messenger, available at http://get.live.com/messenger/overview, one of the first of more than 20 new Windows Live services to launch globally over the course of the year.
?Windows Live is all about giving consumers the tools and services theyneed to be in control as they stay connected to the people they careabout, on top of the information that is important to them, and betterprotected across all their online activities,? said Martin Taylor,corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN at Microsoft.
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Video Call - The free, synchronized audio and video service in Windows Live Messenger
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Windows Live Call with Verizon Web Calling service.
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Cordless phones designed exclusively for Windows Live Messenger - Uniden America Corp. and Philips recently introduced phones that make the Windows Live Call feature for Windows Live Messenger available in North America and Europe.
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Microsoft LifeCams optimized for Windows Live Messenger - Microsoft Hardware and the Windows Live services group announced last week a line of webcams that are designed for use with Windows Live Messenger. ?
Sharing Folders - Now sharing is as easy as dragging and dropping a file. Customers can more easily share their files and personal photos with family, friends and colleagues on their Windows Live Messenger Contact List.
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Windows Live Contacts - Contact information is always current with Windows Live Contacts in Windows Live Messenger.
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Integration with Windows Live services - Windows Live Messenger integrates with other Windows Live services such as Windows Live Search, Windows Live Local, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces.
 Download: Download Windows Live Messenger
 View: Windows Live Messenger
View: Microsoft
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19/06/2006 - Apple Movie Download Service by 2007? - Apple is negotiating with movie studios to make films available as downloads through iTunes. The company is attempting to convince the studios to allow it to sell films at $9.99 each. Studios are pushing back, according to a report in Variety: they want to be able to charge a series of tiered prices, just like they do in the offline world.
Apple may face some resistance in forcing studios to agree a one-fixed-price deal. Former Sony Music chief technology officer Phil Wiser recalls that when Jobs was attempting to negotiate permission for the iTunes Music Store he approached labels with a "take it or leave it" proposition. Movie industry moguls are also wary of giving to much control to iTunes, which has already managed to convince music label bosses to remain with the service despite offering songs at a fixed 99-cent-per-track price.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is attempting to use the huge presence he now has in Hollywood as a result of the Pixar/Disney merger to kick-start these negotiations. "He came in with a lot of bravado and said: 'We set our mind to what we were going to do in the music business and revolutionised it, and now we want to do the same thing with film," one studio person close to the talks for movie downloads told Variety.
The report suggests movie downloads are likely to debut (at least in the US) "by 2007".
 News source: Macworld UK
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19/06/2006 - China Cost Film Industry ?$2.7bn? Last Year - According to a global movie body, movie piracy in China is costing the industry $2.7bn a year. The Motion Pictures Association say that around 93% of all films bought in China are pirated, and 40% of the losses are accountable to people downloading movies from illegal online sources.
The report suggests that the Chinese film industry was most affected, losing $1.5bn to piracy, while major US film studios accumulated losses of $565m to piracy. "In terms of who's losing the most here in China, it's not the MPA's member companies, it's the local industry," MPA Asia Pacific head Mike Ellis said when speaking to the BBC.
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19/06/2006 - Paypal Fixes Fatal Flaw - Updating a previous story, Paypal has found and fixed the URL which was re-directing traffic to a server in Korea, which is also in the process of shutting down that server.
Online transaction outfit, PayPal has found a phony URL on its site that was being used by fraudsters to steal credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to PayPal users. The issue was publicised by Netcraft, and PayPal swiftly fixed it. However it is unclear how many people lost personal details because of it.
The scam involved tricking users into accessing a URL hosted on the real PayPal web site. This URL used SSL to encrypt information transmitted to and from the site, and a valid 256-bit SSL certificate was presented to confirm that the site does indeed belong to PayPal. But the content on the page was been modified by the fraudsters via a cross-site scripting technique (XSS).
News source: The Inquirer
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19/06/2006 - Windows Live Messenger Launch Almost Here - Windows Live Messenger is virtually here, with an expected launch late on Monday 19th June / early Tuesday 20th June.
Messenger final will be available from the new Windows Live products page, soon to be published at get.live.com, or you can jump straight to the Messenger page by going to messenger.live.com. Easy isn't it?
In case you've forgotten, Windows Live Messenger features the following improvements:- Video Call
- Windows Live Call with Verizon Web Calling service
- Integration with Windows Live Messenger phones
- Integration with Microsoft LifeCams
- Shared Folders
- Offline Instant Messaging
- Windows Live Contacts
- Integration with other Windows Live Services
 Link: Windows Live Messenger Home (currently disabled)
News source: Liveside
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18/06/2006 - Mac OS X 10.4.7 To Deliver Audio Fixes and More - Specifically, people who claim to have tested the latest pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.4.7 say the update will offer fixes for audio playback in iTunes, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack and QuickTime. It will also improve Bluetooth file transfers, mobile phone synching and mouse pairings, these people have said.
The update has been under development at Apple for a couple months and saw its latest seedings on Thursday in the form of Mac OS X 10.4.7 build 8J2133 (Intel) and Mac OS X 10.4.7 build 8J133 (Power PC). In Delta update form -- the bare bones install requiring Mac OS X 10.4.6 -- the updates are said to weigh in at a hefty 130MB and 64MB, respectively.
Testers have also disclosed that Apple has implemented fixes into the release for saving Adobe and Quark documents to AFP mounted volumes, syncing files and other data to .Mac, and using iChat to create chat rooms over the AIM protocol.
View: Full Article @ Apple Insider via OSNN
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18/06/2006 - Vista Premium Requirements Detailed - Microsoft has detailed specifications related to Vista Basic and Premium this week, stating that in order for a PC to be "Vista Ready", all requirements must be met.
"To qualify for a basic system logo, the devices of a basic system that includes embedded or add-in devices must comply with the basic requirements (if a logo program exists for the device categories)," Microsoft explained.
"Likewise, to qualify for a premium system logo, the devices of a premium system that includes embedded or add-in devices must comply with the premium requirements for the device category."
Those wishing to qualify now for the program must meet the following standards effective immediately: high-definition audio and DirectX 3D 9 support, one or more digital outputs for video adapters, Ethernet and/or Wi-Fi support, USB 2.0 support, and system resume times of two seconds or less from the "standby" state.
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18/06/2006 - Bill Gates' e-mail to employees - Bink has posted an email that Bill Gates sent out to all Microsoft employees and Subsidiaries.
From: MSBILLG
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:41 PM
To: Microsoft and Subsidiaries: All FTE
Subject: My Transition Plans
I wanted to take a moment to share some of my thoughts, as well.
As Steve's mail indicates, I've decided that two years from now, in July 2008, I want to devote more time to the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Right now and for the next two years, my full-time job is here at Microsoft, and my part-time job remains the Foundation. Beginning in July 2008, I will switch that, to be full-time at the Foundation, while remaining involved with Microsoft as Chairman and an advisor on key development projects on a part-time basis.
To prepare for this change, we have a well-thought-out transition process. Again, I will continue at Microsoft full-time for the next two years, but over the course of those two years, my day-to-day responsibilities will shift to a team of incredible technical leaders who are already doing amazing things at the company.
I feel very lucky that we've got extraordinary technical leaders at the company, like Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie, who can step up to assume the roles that I've played. I've known Ray for the last 20 years, and he has created some of the most important developments in the industry. Craig and I have worked together for nearly 14 years, and he's been a technical visionary and a leader on policy throughout his career. With Ray and Craig stepping up, I feel very confident that the technical stewardship of Microsoft is in very capable hands.
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18/06/2006 - Last Week on Neowin (Week ending June 18th) - This week saw Neowin updating its design layout to Public Preview 5. Almost everyone appears to have welcomed the changes, we know theres a way to go yet before all the features are completed. Look out for another release soon.
Jumping right to the end of the week, yesterday also saw the re-launch of our very own podcast rebranded NeowinCast due to a dispute over an existing podcast that was already being used for the NeoCast branding. The panel (lardiop, LOC, bangbang023, and shanepitman) cover a few recent news items including: Vista BETA 2 biggest download event in history, Microsoft cuts PC to PC synching from Vista, WGA phones home and much more.
In news we reported that not only the voice of Microsoft, Robert Scoble was quitting but also Bill Gates is taking a back seat, we covered this with 2 reports, one of which includes a cast from Mr G himself.
In hardware news we reported on Apples iPod slave factories, Intels new Xeon core codenamed Woodcrest and AMD's announcement on major price drop on it's current CPU line after the July 23rd release of Intel?s Core 2 Duo Conroe processors. In software news we covered Windows getting it's largest security update in over a year, thats 12 patches for Patch Tuesday. Windows Vista Beta 2 became available on an official torrent and was cited as the largest download in history. Although some would say that it was the largest download in Microsofts' history. The RIAA did not escape this weeks news either, claiming that music piracy is contained but then also banned people from dancing to music videos on YouTube.
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18/06/2006 - Microsoft Takes Aim at ITunes - Microsoft is said to be planning a rival to Apple's phenomenally successful iPod music player and iTunes music service. Sources close to the discussions claimed that Microsoft has already demonstrated a device that plays music and video, and has held licensing talks with the music industry to form its own music service, according to a report from Reuters.
Microsoft is remaining tight-lipped about the developments, and has not mentioned a possible launch date. The software giant already provides the copyright framework for some worldwide subscription music services, none of which has been able to shake Apple's domination of the market.
News Source: VNU.NET
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