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First Windows 8 PCs appear early, crapware included — Summary: Microsoft's official launch party for Windows 8 is still weeks away, but one well-known retailer has jumped the gun. Cable shopping giant HSN has five Windows 8 PCs for sale on the web. All are, unfortunately, fully loaded.| New York Times: |
In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword — When Apple announced last year that all iPhones would come with a voice-activated assistant named Siri, capable of answering spoken questions, Michael Phillips's heart sank. — For three decades, Mr. Phillips had focused on writing software …
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Apple Publicly Responds to Complaints of Purple Lens Flare on iPhone 5 Photos — Soon after the release of the iPhone 5, some users began noticing a purple flare or halo showing up in photos taken with the device's camera pointed at or near bright light sources.| Alec Liu / Motherboard: |
What Happened to Diaspora, the ‘Facebook Killer’? It's Complicated — It's impossible to grasp the consequences or outcomes of new technology, especially when that technology is developed by a twenty-something hacker. — That much was already clear in January 2010 …
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U.S. Lawmakers Say Huawei Poses Security Threat — Congressional Probe Says Huawei Poses National-Security Threat to the U.S. — WASHINGTON—A Chinese telecommunications giant that has been attempting to expand in the U.S. poses a national-security threat and may have violated U.S. laws, according to a congressional investigation.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Motorola confirms death of Webtop, laptop accessories — The company said adoption wasn't strong enough to justify additional resources. — Motorola Mobility's Webtop concept, which enabled its phones to act as the brains of a laptop or television entertainment hub, has quietly been killed off, the company confirmed to CNET today.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
YouTube Adds 60 More Web Video “Channel” Deals In Europe, US — YouTube is ramping up its channel experiment. — Google is funding a new batch of video-makers to join the 100 it launched in the last year. And it's making an international push, by adding content for the UK, German and French versions of the site.
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paidContent, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, AllThingsD, Softpedia News, CNET, memeburn, WatchingTV Online, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, youtube-global.blogspot.ca, Neowin, The Next Web and Mashable!. Tweets: @pkafka
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Apple reportedly orders 10M iPad Minis for fourth quarter — Component makers in Asia say they have received orders for the unannounced tablet that eclipse Amazon's orders for the Kindle Fire, The Wall Street Journal reports. — Apple is apparently thinking big for its iPad Mini …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
EBay Battles Back With Mobile, Local, Personalization, And A More Streamlined PayPal — It's not easy for a $63 billion company to make a successful pivot, but if eBay manages to pull it off, it will be one for the history books. The e-commerce giant has been shifting focus from being primarily … Thanks:@leenarao
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Launching AdWords Business Credit Card To Boost SMB Search Ad Spend, Starting First In UK, Extending To U.S. — When small businesses need to make investments in IT or other operations, it's often the companies selling them the goods that help with financing solutions.
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| Lauren Schuker Blum / Wall Street Journal: |
Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles — As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, they're reshaping the real-estate landscape — Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma …
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| Tom Simonite / Technology Review: |
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