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Microsoft bringing New and Improved Kinect to Windows PCs in 2012
Microsoft will be building a new and improved Kinect hardware device for use with Windows PCs in 2012. Kinect is the motion and voice technology that Microsoft launched as an add-on for the Xbox
Read More »Apple’s Grand Central Store Will NOT be open on Black Friday, Apple discount announcement
Just shy of a month ago, pnosker reported the rumor that Apple Inc. would be opening its newest store in Grand Central in the greatest city in the world (aka New York City.) Moreover,
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Meg Whitman – Pulling HP out of a nose dive
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a massive drop in quarterly profits amid more than a year of harsh waters. For this past fourth period ended Oct. 31, 2011, H-P’s revenue dropped 3% and net income plummeted 91%. Newly appointed
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Battle of iPhone 4S carriers, AT&T wins data speed while Verizon wins call reliability
With iPhone now being available across the 3 major mobile carriers, the hard part is deciding which carrier serves the best needs for each consumers. This debacle has now been simplified by a recent
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U.S. water treatment systems attacked by hackers
A water pump in Springfield, Illinois was destroyed after a group of hackers infiltrated the utility’s network. The pump is thought to have been destroyed by rapidly turning it on and off. Peter Boogaard,
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Infinity Ward bans 1600 cheaters from MW3’s online
Infinity Ward’s community manager, Robert Bowling (aka FourZeroTwo,) had warned gamers against hacking a few weeks ago. Now it seems that his team is doing everything they can to thwart any would-be cheaters and
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Wikipedia fundraising gets a generous $500k from Brin Wojcicki Foundation
Just two days after Wikipedia’s eighth annual fundraiser kicked off this past Wednesday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wife, Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of genetic testing company 23andMe donated half a million to Wikimedia Foundation.
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Android activations hit 200 million, near a growth ceiling?
Google announced at a press conference on Wednesday that over the course of the last six months, the number of activated Android devices has doubled. That means nearly 200 million Android devices are running
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Yelp Announces IPO…Yet Another Company
In my article I wrote yesterday, Angie’s List was going public and I said Yelp was right around the corner. However, I did not think it would be immediately the next day. Yesterday (Thursday),
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Look out pedestrians, the hybrids are coming!
Recent studies have show that hybrid cars are safer for drivers but more of a safety hazard for pedestrians. Why? The extra mass that comes with an electric car carries extra kinetic energy, making
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