Enough. I’ve had it with people and their smartphones, iPads, Kindles or whatever who are interrupting my experiences at the movies, during a play or while dining at restaurants. I’m fed up with the loud conversations over cellphones on buses and trains. Read full article > >

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Standard & Poor’s dropped the company’s bond rating to junk status and lowered its outlook for the Finnish handset maker following low sales of its smartphones.

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Bits Blog: S.&P. Downgrades Nokia’s Bonds to ‘Junk’

Sony once wowed the world with the Walkman and the Trinitron TV. But its fortunes have taken a sharp turn amid disruptive new technologies and unforeseen rivals.

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How Sony Fell Behind in the Tech Parade

Google is currently making a pair of glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyes in real time.

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Bits Blog: Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End

New York Waterway recently introduced an iPhone app that allows riders to use their smartphones as their tickets.

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App City: A Smartphone Can Be a Ticket to Ride

Some tech gadgets that once seemed indispensable have been mercilessly superseded over the years, and Research in Motion is trying to avoid that fate for its BlackBerry.

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BlackBerry, Aiming to Avoid the Hall of Fallen Giants

Microsoft, long ridiculed as the tech industry dullard, has surprised critics with its Windows Phone software. But will consumers be tempted enough to try it?

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Microsoft, Defying Image, Has a Design Gem in Windows Phone

Microsoft, long ridiculed as the tech industry dullard, has surprised critics with its Windows Phone software. But will consumers be tempted enough to try it?

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Microsoft, Defying Image, Has a Design Gem in Windows Phone

Some health organizations and school districts are developing Web sites and text services to reach teenagers.

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Sex Education for Teenagers, Online and in Texts

Thanksgiving is under assault. Stores that once closed their doors in deference to the holiday are now touting Turkey Day deals starting as early as 9 p.m. Workers who should be on vacation are answering office e-mails on their smartphones. And those who plan on celebrating with a traditional dinner are finding that the cost of a bird is near its 30-year high, according to government data. Read full article > >

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A defense for Thanksgiving

Apple is using its scale and prowess to deliver products at more aggressive prices, giving it more industry power.

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Apple’s Lower Prices Are All Part of The Plan

Although the new phone is virtually indistinguishable from its predecessor on the outside, the company says the iPhone 4S is packed with better technical innards, including a more advanced camera.

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Apple Introduces a New iPhone, With a Personal Assistant

In the consumerization of I.T., fewer companies are dictating which smartphones, tablets and other electronics must be used by their employees.

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Workers’ Own Cellphones and iPads Find a Role at the Office

Recent blockbuster patent deals are fed largely by legal considerations, not economic ones, analysts say.

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A Bull Market in Tech Patents

Despite reassurances from Google that it will run Android as an open platform, some fear former partners will become rivals.

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Google’s Coup Shifts Mobile Alliances