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Microsoft planning Xbox event for May — Microsoft had originally been planning to unveil its next-generation Xbox details at an event in April, but The Verge has learned that the company has pushed this back to May. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott revealed recently that Microsoft is planning …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Said to Adopt AMD Chips for Next Xbox Console — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will use an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor in its next Xbox game console as it seeks to cut the cost of building machines and get developers to create more titles, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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| Sarah Silbert / Engadget: |
Intel announces next-gen Thunderbolt with 20 Gbps throughput, 4K support — Here at NAB, Intel just introduced the next generation of its Thunderbolt interface, which promises a data rate of 20 Gbps in both directions (on each of the two channels) as opposed to 10 Gbps for the previous version.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Confirmed: Apple Kicks AppGratis Out of the Store for Being Too Pushy — Apple has ousted a popular app-discovery application from its iTunes App Store, claiming the app circumvented App Store rules preventing applications promoting other apps and direct marketing.| Yusuf Mehdi / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Mediaroom and Our TV Journey — The following is a post from Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Marketing, Strategy and Business for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. — Today, Microsoft and Ericsson announced a definitive agreement for Ericsson to acquire Mediaroom …
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News Corp. Threatens to Pull Fox off the Airwaves if Aereo Wins — Goodbye, free TV? — News Corp. COO Chase Carey said his conglomerate is considering moving programming from its Fox broadcast network, which viewers can receive over the air, for free, to its pay cable networks.
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HTC Posts Record-Low Profit After Latest Smartphone Delayed — HTC Corp. (2498), Taiwan's largest smartphone maker, posted its lowest quarterly profit on record after the delay of a new flagship phone caused revenue to miss the company's target. — First-quarter net income plunged 98 percent … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
HP launches Project Moonshot, powered with Intel's Atom at first — Summary: HP's bet to be a server leader revolves around hyperscale servers, targeted workloads, power savings and better density. At stake is HP's reputation as an innovator. — Hewlett-Packard launched its Moonshot server line … | Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg: |
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| Heather Harde / Facebook: |
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
U.S. Patent Office Withdraws Primary Objections to Apple's ‘iPad Mini’ Trademark Application — Last week, we noted that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had issued an initial office action denying Apple's application for a trademark on the term “iPad mini”.
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| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Liquid Robotics launches autonomous sea-faring data center — The new Wave Glider SV3 is essentially a fully autonomous floating server rack, a system its maker fashions as the Amazon Web Services of the open ocean. — After previously setting a Guinness world record for the longest distance traveled …
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Chief Tries to Infuse Yahoo With a Start-Up's Spirit — Since taking the reins at Yahoo, Marissa Mayer has been trying to convince customers and employees that there is still life in a company that Silicon Valley long ago left for dead. — Yahoo, an Internet pioneer …
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| Erica Ogg / GigaOM: |
Hey, Tim Cook: We found an executive to run Apple Retail for you — Ron Johnson is out as CEO of J.C. Penney. After less than two years on the job, it's not quite clear what the next step would be for him. Luckily for him, it just so happens that Johnson's former employer, Apple …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts — Educational publisher Elsevier is diving deeper into the world of open and social educational data: it has bought Mendeley, the London/New York-based provider of a platform for academics … | Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal: |
Silicon Valley's Mouthwatering Tax Break — Debate Emerges Over Whether Daily Fringe-Benefit Meals Are Taxable; Issue Is Now on IRS's Radar — Google has more than 120 corporate cafes world-wide serving over 50,000 meals a day. Above, a cafeteria at Google's Venice Beach campus.
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