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• Google promotes Chrome with free in-flight Wi-Fi deal

  Google today said it will sponsor free Wi-Fi on three major U.S. airlines during the last six weeks of the year to promote its Chrome browser.

• Meet the CIO who bought 4,500 iPads

  Medtronic Inc., which makes medical devices, may be one of the earliest and biggest corporate buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet. CIO Michael Hedges has purchased 4,500 iPads for his company, which employs 40,000 people.

• Smartphones grow by 90% in third quarter, IDC says

  The global smartphone market grew nearly 90 per cent in the third quarter, with enormous gains by Samsung and HTC, market research firm IDC reported Thursday.

• Microsoft touts UI efficiency with WP7

  Microsoft claims its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones help users get more done in fewer steps than do rival phones.

• Super Talent introduces 8GB USB 3.0 flash drive for $14

  Memory vendor Super Talent Technology announced a new USB 3.0 drive that sells for under $2 per gigabyte of capacity.

• Android phones outsell iPhone 2-to-1, says research firm

  Android-powered smartphones outsold iPhones in the U.S. by almost 2-to-1 in the third quarter, a research firm said today.

• Verizon launches iPad sales in stores on Thursday

  Verizon Wireless kicks off sales of Apple's iPad bundled either with a MiFi mobile hotspot or as Wi-Fi-only units in 2,000 stores on Thursday.

• Are Apple's iPhone and iPad relevant to enterprises?

  The conventional wisdom is that enterprises aren't impressed by Apple's shiny iDevices, perceiving them as a consumer play. Is that a fair assessment? And if so, could it change in the foreseeable future? Let's take a look, in The Long View ...

• Should Microsoft be carved up?

  A recent Goldman Sachs report that downgraded Microsoft stock from Buy to Neutral also made this startling suggestion: Microsoft should be carved up, with its consumer division severed from its enterprise business.

• Galaxy Tab on sale Nov. 11 at Verizon for $600

  Verizon Wireless will put the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab running Android 2.2 on sale Nov. 11 for $599.99, the carrier said today.

• Sprint launches Dell-made 3G/4G netbook, notebook

  CHICAGO -- Sprint Nextel Tuesday unveiled dual-mode 3G/4G-embedded netbook and notebook computers, both made by Dell, at the 4G World conference here.

• AT&T, Verizon promote iPads and Galaxy tablets

  CHICAGO -- Tablets computers are bound to be big sellers, and the two largest U.S. wireless carriers are getting ready to embrace that trend with retail sales of the already popular iPad and the yet-to-be released Galaxy Tab later this fall.

• Steve Jobs talks trash about Google's Android, knocks tiny tablets

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday took shots at Google and dismissed iPad wannabes as "dead on arrival" during his company's earnings call with Wall Street analysts.

• Proxim looks to fill 'backhaul' demand for 4G wireless networks

  As users demand faster WiMax and LTE wireless networks and devices, wireless carriers must vastly expand the network infrastructure that carries data from cell towers to central switching offices.

• Warranty firm blames iPhone 4's glass for 82% jump in damage claims

  Apple's iPhone 4 is "significantly more prone to physical damage" than last year's iPhone 3GS, a company that provides after-sale warranties said today.