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Teens send a median of 50 texts per day, dwarfing the volume of texts sent by an increasing number of U.S. adults who use text messaging on their mobile phones, according to the Pew Research Center.

Active-shutter glasses will be required for 3D viewing on the 16-inch screen laptop that will use similar technology to Sony's Bravia TVs and allow toggling between 2D and 3D.

Resistive Random Access Memory, or ReRAM, is non-volatile memory with lower power consumption and much greater storage capacity than the Flash memory used in mobile phones and MP3 players today.

The mouse can be flattened for easy transport and includes Microsoft's BlueTrack Technology that can track on most surfaces.

The latest version of Google's modeling software offers improved tools to amateur and professional 3D artists alike.

Family Pack discounts to reappear in October as Win7 adoption curve starts to flatline.

PC shipments are projected to increase by 15.3% year over year in the second half, about 2% less than Gartner's previous forecast, due to the uncertainty in the U.S. and European economies.

IBM has fixed a security report it issued last week that misstated Google's security vulnerabilities.

VMware VDI environments can improve performance as much as 10x using the FalconStor Network Storage Server, the company claims, and provide integrated multi-tier data protection.

Responding to tough competition from Apple and other smartphone makers in the handheld gaming market, Nintendo said it will slash $20 from the price of two systems starting September 12.

RIM's engagement with Indian government officials may keep BlackBerry users from losing e-mail and instant messaging service.

The $1.4 billion acquisition would expand the chipmaker's offerings in the smartphone market while also gaining a customer base that includes every major mobile phone maker.

Highlights of exclusive InformationWeek Analytics research as it appears in & quot;Global Threat, Local Pain, & quot; our report assessing whether the high-profile infiltration of corporate networks worldwide (Google China leaps to mind) is forcing execs to reconsider their security strategies and pony up related resources.

AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and YouTube are also named in the patent infringement lawsuit filed by the Microsoft co-founder's firm, Interval Licensing LLC.

Microsoft is pulling out all the stops when it comes to marketing its forthcoming smartphone platform.

Email and peer-to-peer networks also rank as significant venues for malware attacks, which have increased slightly in the U.S. but declined in Europe, according to Panda Security.

After Dell matched its $27 a share offer, HP increased upped the bid to $30, positioning 3PAR stockholders to reap more than a 200% premium.

Expected gross margins for the third quarter were lowered a point, to 66%, by the chipmaker along with a revised revenue projection of 11 billion.