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Apple gains, RIM loses handset market share Top
Apple makes gains in handset and platform market share, while Research In Motion loses ground on both fronts, according to market researcher ComScore.
 
Guinness World Record for iPad typing broken Top
How fast can you type the alphabet on an iPad? The previous record of 6.31 seconds has been busted by the teenage son of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili who did it in 5.26 seconds.
 
This Day in Tech: Facebook blocks contact-exporting tool, Twitter buys BackType Top
Too busy to keep up with today's tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Tuesday, July 5.
 
Report: Morgan Stanley warns 34,000 clients of data breach Top
Data was on unencrypted discs that were found to be missing from a package sent to the New York State Tax department, according to Credit.com.
 
Breastfeeding truck coming to a city near you? Top
If performance artist Jill Miller has her way, moms will simply have to summon The Milk Truck using their smartphones for a private spot to nurse when out and about.
 
Researchers sequence cancer-resistant rodent's DNA Top
Humans might benefit from better understanding the naked mole-rat, which boasts a lack-of-pain sensation in its skin, and resistance to both aging and disease.
 
Tooling around San Francisco's TechShop Top
CNET gets a tour of one of TechShop's four commercial-scale hacker facilities, which are helping to bring the maker culture to the mainstream with classes and monthly memberships.
 
Lodsys files suit against New York Times, five others Top
The high-profile, patent-holding entity which has gone after app developers has taken aim at six companies in a new lawsuit that says all are infringing on one or more of its patents.
 
PI accused of hacking phone of murder victim Top
Private investigator and journalists of Murdoch-owned News of the World reportedly previously targeted politicians, royal family members, and celebrities.
 
Netflix bests Hulu in battle of apps Top
A research firm crunches data to illustrate how HBO Go and Hulu Plus fared against Netflix in an App Store cage match.
 
Verizon confirms tiered data plans and hot-spot charge for July 7 Top
The carrier bids farewell to unlimited data plans this week and says hello to usage-based options. Verizon also is adding a charge to use its mobile hot-spot feature.
 
WebOS chief: Don't fret over TouchPad reviews Top
An internal e-mail from HP Senior VP Jon Rubinstein shows him cheering up his staff by comparing complaints about WebOS and the company's new TouchPad to the first reviews of Apple's Mac OS X.
 
Report: PlayStation 3 successor launching in 2012 Top
DigiTimes report claims the device will also come with a Kinect-like controller-less motion-gaming feature built in.
 
Twitter buys influence with BackType acquisition Top
The next battleground in social networking is measuring influence, not just winning users. Twitter's acquisition of social-media analysis company BackType illustrates that trend.
 
Report: Google to rebrand Blogger, Picasa Top
Google wants to respectively rename the services Google Blogs and Google Photos, according to a Mashable report.
 
Facebook news event Wednesday: Join us live Top
Tune at 10 a.m. PT tomorrow to find out what Facebook's mystery announcement is. CNET will bring you the news live from Facebook's headquarters as the event takes place.
 
Microsoft skips Apple's copy, paste with Bing 'Lasso' Top
A new feature in Microsoft's Bing application for iPad aims to make it easier to start a new search from any page you're on just by drawing a circle around a word or two.
 
MIT smartphone clip-on detects cataracts in minutes Top
Catra is a cheap clip-on eyepiece and software for smartphones that maps cloudiness in the eye lens like a radar. MIT researchers say it could help many people in developing countries.
 
Microsoft, Wistron ink Android patent deal Top
The software giant signs an agreement with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron to cover patents also related to Google's other operating system, Chrome OS.
 
FoxNews.com Twitter feed hacked Top
Google shuts down Realtime search, new iPhone 4 owners now have the opportunity to buy insurance from AT&T, and a Fox News Twitter feed was hacked and led to disturbing and false tweets about President Obama's death.
 

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