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Microsoft ending consumers' ability to file class-action suits — Microsoft, maker of the dominant Windows computer operating system and the Xbox game console, is changing many of its customer contracts to prohibit class-action lawsuits. — Microsoft's Windows operating system accounts for about 84% of the personal computer market.
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Android updates embarrassing, but do users notice? — It was big news this week that most Android phones haven't yet been upgraded to the latest Android operating system. Developers also seem to still prefer writing apps for Apple devices, despite Google's predictions. That's sure embarrassing for Google.
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Intel's 4-inch Next Unit of Computing to cost $400 — Computex — Intel's got next... The Next Unit of Computing, that is. While making our way through the madness at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, we stopped by Intel's booth to check out the company's new small-form-factor PC.
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Twitter Flies The Nest And Moves Into Its New 1355 Market Street Headquarters — After two and a half years, Twitter has moved out of its old office at 795 Folsom Street in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. — Employees filled their streams with tweets about the move on Friday.| James Trew / Engadget: |
PSA: Some Meebo services shutting down starting next month — News barely just hit the airwaves about Google snapping up social platform Meebo, and already it's being dismantled. As from July 11th, Meebo Messenger, Sharing on Meebo, MeeboMe and all the mobile apps will be shutting down.
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Apple to introduce TV SDK at WWDC — We have heard from a source that Apple will be introducing a TV SDK at WWDC next week. This would enable third-party developers to create software for Apple's TV products. BGR reported late last month that Apple has plans to demonstrate …
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Pinterest Just Hired A Big Name Lawyer From Google To Deal With One Of Its Biggest Threats — Today, Pinterest found an executive it hopes will be able to deal with an existential threat. — His name is Michael Yang. — Today is Yang's last day as deputy general counsel at Google.
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Verizon and AT&T Opt Out of 50GB Dropbox Promo for Samsung's Galaxy S3 (Updated) — When Samsung announced the Galaxy SIII in London, they mentioned that the phone would come with 50GB of free Dropbox storage for 2 years, adding to its appeal. When announced stateside though … | T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Alleged Droid RAZR HD leaks show expanded Kevlar shell and 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 core — Droid-Life has received some pictures of what appears to be the rumored upcoming Droid RAZR HD, with what looks like an expanded Kevlar backplate and a thicker profile from last year's RAZR refresh.| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
In Russia, Yandex will be replaced by Google as default search option in new Firefox — Here's an interesting change about to occur: when Mozilla pushes the launch button for the next version of the Firefox browser (version 14), the default search engine in Russia will no longer … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Online Seniors: Tech-Savvier Than You Think — It's not often that we come across startups that focus on seniors, but according to a new report by analyst firm Forrester Research, seniors ages 65 and up are probably more connected and tech-savvy than you think. Forrester found that about 60% of U.S. seniors are online.
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Kodak's Patent Allure Fades — Value Tarnished After Invalidation Ruling; Portfolio Lacks Stalking-Horse Bid — Eastman Kodak Co.'s effort to draw interest in the sale of its digital patent portfolio is flagging, people familiar with the matter said, complicating the 132-year-old photography …
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Exploring The New Foursquare — The big-picture thing to remember for a company like Foursquare, which has raised a lot of venture capital, is that growth is what keeps the lights on. If your growth isn't accelerating — or, worse, you're not growing at all — your days of freedom are limited.
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Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
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University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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