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Microsoft talked with Nokia about buying devices unit report
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp recently talked with Nokia about buying the Finnish phone maker's devices unit, but the discussions faltered and are not likely to be revived, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday in its online ...
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Solving read-only conditions for external hard drives
Do you have an external hard drive that you cannot write to on your Mac? While most external storage media's default formatting and other setups should make them both readable and writable on most Mac systems, there may be times when this is not the case. NTFS formatting The first detail to check is if the drive is formatted to the popular NTFS format used in Windows systems. Often ...
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Enjoy all 1.3 billion pixels of this impressive Mars panorama
massive image of the surface of Mars that hits 1.3 billion pixels . The interactive view of the Rocknest landscape is courtesy of the Curiosity rover. It took the rover's three cameras and image collection activities spread over several different days to gather all the visual data. This is the first NASA-produced image from the surface of Mars to top the 1-billion-pixel ...
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Twitter acquires Spindle and shows more interest in local discovery
acquired Spindle, a mobile application for learning about what's happening nearby, the companies announced Wednesday. "We've spent the past two and a half years building a product that helps you answer the question: 'What's happening nearby right now?'," the startup said in a blog ...
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Spill a lot NeverWets ready to coat your gear
This superhydrophobic coating is truly stunning The NeverWet package contains two cans -- a base and top coat -- capable of covering 10 to 15 square feet with water-repelling action on a multitude of surfaces including metal, wood, fabric, and plastic. The base coat takes about 30 minutes to dry, and the top coat takes another 30 minutes to cure. Unfortunately, it's not wise to use ...
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Facebook weaves new network fabric
(Credit: Facebook) Facebook has a communication problem. The apps are talking the network but with limited context and bottlenecks inside its data centers. Now, the social network is planning to improve the communication with a new networking fabric to serve its 1.1 billion users. "Networking is built around ISP networks and protocols for interconnecting of ISP networks. It's not ...
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App lets you show a doctor your um rash down there
(Credit: Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Sometimes my CNET handlers like to challenge me. Or perhaps they're sending me a discreet message. Today, for example, one of my knowing leash-pullers sent me details of an app he thought might interest me. I took one look and wondered what he might have meant, for this was not something I would ever Pinterest. You see, I now have set ...
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Microsoft pulls a 180 rescinds Xbox One connection mandate
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Microsoft backtracked today on its much-derided policy that would have required Xbox One gamers to connect their consoles to the Internet once a day to prevent game piracy. Microsoft faced a huge ...
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Stratasys acquires MakerBot in $403 million deal
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) MakerBot, one of the highest-profile desktop 3D printing companies, has been acquired by Stratasys, the ...
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UPDATE 1-Micron profit beats estimates as chip prices climb
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:16pm EDT * Third-quarter earnings $0.04/share vs est $0.02 * Revenue $2.32 bln vs est $2.25 bln * Average selling prices of DRAM chips rise 16 pct By Sruthi Ramakrishnan June 19 (Reuters) - Micron Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit due to higher prices for its memory chips used in personal computers, mobile handsets and tablet devices. The company said ...
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Finisar profit beats Street estimates shares jump
(Reuters) - Network equipment maker Finisar Corp reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts' expectations as demand for its fiber optic products rose.Finisar shares rose 10 percent in trading after the bell. The stock closed at $14.52 on the Nasdaq on Wednesday.Net profit attributable to the company fell to $3.9 million, or 4 cents per share, in the fourth quarter from $18 million, or ...
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Micron posts quarterly profit as chip prices rise
(Reuters) - Micron Inc posted its first profit in eight quarters due to higher prices for its memory chips used in personal computers, mobile handsets and tablet devices.Net income was $43 million, or 4 cents per share, in the third quarter, compared with a loss of $320 million, or 32 cents per share, a year earlier.Revenue rose 7 percent to $2.32 billion.Micron said average selling prices of ...
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LA to give every student an iPad $30M order
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found that the iPad was the least expensive option that met its specifications. The initial order is for more than 31,000 iPads, Apple said. The Los Angeles Unified School District has more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. ...
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New US Climate Strategy Brewing
Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate advisor said on Wednesday. Obama will take several steps to make tackling climate change a "second-term priority" that builds on first-term policies, Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for ...
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FCC nominee Wheeler is more wonk than water-carrier
FORTUNE -- "Competition is a power unto itself that must be encouraged. Competitive markets produce better outcomes than regulated or uncompetitive markets." That's a platitude that could easily have been uttered in the late 1990s, when financial markets were being deregulated. Or during the 1970s, when the airlines were being deregulated. But it was uttered on Tuesday, by Tom ...
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Microsoft had flirted with buying Nokia WSJ says
Wall Street Journal . With such a deal, Microsoft would gain direct control over the mobile device maker, which has been the marquee partner for the software giant's fledgling Windows Phone operating system. CNET contacted Microsoft and Nokia for comment, and we will update the story when the companies respond. More to ...
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Inside Fukushima Draining a radioactive flood
AN ALARM lets off a shrill beep as a dosimeter on the bus hits 1500 microsieverts of radiation. "Do not open the windows," an official warns. We are inside ...
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With bug bounties Microsoft extends an olive branch to hacker community
three bug bounty programs through which the company will pay security researchers as much as $100,000 for sharing techniques for exploiting Windows 8.1 Preview and Internet Explorer 11 Preview, as well as viable ideas for general, broad system defense. As part of the announcement, Microsoft will host a live Mitigation Bypass Bounty event at Black Hat USA 2013, where participants will attempt to ...
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Hosting service deletes all MegaUpload users data
legal battle with the U.S. government forced him to turn over the data from MegaUpload's severs, but copies were housed on the hosting site LeaseWeb, according to his angry tweets. He said the web-hosting company deleted millions of files, "petabytes of pictures, backups, personal & business property," without warning, earlier this year. Read more about it at ...
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Breathalyzer watch puts date time drunkenness on your wrist
(Credit: Tokyoflash) You've just created a combination watch and breathalyzer. You're sitting around, trying to decide what to name it. Aha, you think, let's call it the Intoxicated Watch. That will get the point across. ...
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After Katy Perry is dumping by text standard practice
(Credit: AmericanVogue/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) As one who has been dumped by Skype, registered mail, Pinot poured on bald head, head-butt, intermediary, and sudden marriage to another, I wondered what could possibly remain. Then I read Katy ...
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Sony gives brief look at the PlayStation 4 experience
(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET) Despite the bountiful PlayStation 4 chatter and coverage, some people still don't have an idea what it's like to actually use the highly anticipated gaming device. A new video produced by Sony gives a feel for the console by showing several actors playing games, sharing gameplay footage, and setting up downloads remotely. While ...
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More to watch on Apple TV
Bill Nye the Science Guy has an iOS app . CNET Update delivers the tech news you need in under three minutes. Watch Bridget Carey every afternoon for a breakdown of the big stories, hot devices, new apps, and what's ahead. Subscribe to the podcast via the links below. ...
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Patent-licensing Firm Files Second Lawsuit Against Motorola Mobility
IDG News Service (Washington, D.C., Bureau) - Intellectual Ventures, a large patent-licensing firm, has filed a second patent-infringement lawsuit against Motorola Mobility while its first patent lawsuit is still pending in a Delaware count. The patent-licensing firm filed ...
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Nvidias stock jumps on license plan Wall Street eyes Apple
By Noel Randewich(Reuters) - Shares of chipmaker Nvidia surged nearly 6 percent on Wednesday after the company said it plans to license its graphics technology, opening the door to new business with Apple, Samsung Electronics and other mobile device makers.Chief Executive Officer Jen-Hsun Huang told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday that licensing graphics cores ...
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Silicon Valley's Expo ambitions
Moffet Field, a fairly unknown former military airbase in Silicon Valley near Mountain View and Sunnyvale, may become the centerpiece of the 2020 World Expo if Governor Schwarzenegger and other advocated of a California bid get their way.
California wants one of its cities to host the 2020 World Expo, the event is a seminal one on the world calendar and is expected to draw in over 70 million visitors to Shanghai, the city currently hosting the exhibition, which last six months. Read more
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