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Xbox 720 document leak reveals $299 console with Kinect 2 for 2013, Kinect Glasses project — While it's clear Microsoft isn't planning to introduce its next-generation Xbox console this year, all signs indicate that a 2013 launch is on the cards. A newly leaked 56-page document sheds …
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Facebook to pay $10 million to settle suit — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according to court documents made public over the weekend.
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| Kyle Wiens / Wired: |
The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable — This week, Apple delivered the highly anticipated MacBook Pro with Retina Display — and the tech world is buzzing. I took one apart yesterday because I run iFixit, a team responsible for high-resolution teardowns of new products and DIY repair guides.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Finally Ditches “50+”, New and Old Tweets Now Show Exact Counts Of Retweets and Favorites — Tweets past, present, and future now show their exact number of retweets and favorites instead of showing “50+” if they pass that count — a move that could promote vanity and competition on Twitter.
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| Greg Sandoval / CNET: |
Amazon's music cloud is licensed by all top labels — Warner Music Group, which produces albums by singer Bruno Mars (above), is one of the top-four record labels to license Amazon's cloud service. — (Credit: Harper Smith) — Amazon's cloud music service is fully licensed … | Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup.com: |
Samsung Galaxy S III Canadian launch delayed, now happening on June 27th — One of the most anticipated Android devices to land on Canadian soil is the Samsung Galaxy S III. This has already seen global pre-orders rise to over 9 million and basically every Canadian carrier is on board to launch it … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Zynga And CBS Are Working To Bring Draw Something To Primetime TV — So you wondered how Zynga was gonna make money off its $210 million acquisition of OMGPOP? How about this: Hit game title Draw Something will soon be at the center of a new primetime game show, according to a report by Variety.
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| Jason Boog / GalleyCat: |
eBook Revenues Top Hardcover — Net sales revenue from eBooks have surpassed hardcover books in the first quarter of 2012. — According to the March Association of American Publishers (AAP) net sales revenue report (collecting data from 1,189 publishers), adult eBook sales were $282.3 million … | Reuters: |
FCC may take up issue of cell phone radiation — (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a review of the agency's stance on radiofrequency energy emitted from cell phones amid lingering concerns that the devices may cause brain tumors.
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| Guy Podjarny / Guy's Pod: |
Not as SPDY as You Thought — SPDY is awesome. It's the first real upgrade to HTTP in 10+ years, it tackles high latency mobile networks performance issues and it makes the web more secure. SPDY is different than HTTP in many ways, but its primary value comes from being able to multiplex …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
AOL closes billion-dollar deal with Microsoft, selling most of its patents — A $1.056 billion agreement that transfers about three-quarters of AOL's patent portfolio to Microsoft has been completed, the companies announced today. Over 800 of AOL's 1,100 patents now belong to Microsoft …
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| Ashlee Vance / Business Week: |
The Two Horsemen of the Enterprise Software Apocalypse — At 71, Dave Duffield ought to be retired. He's spent a half-century starting technology companies and is worth billions. He has a $35 million Dassault Falcon 900EX jet, homes in the Bay Area and Palm Springs … Sponsor Posts
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