Archive for January, 2012


Megaupload given two more weeks to deal with user data

Megaupload has negotiated a 14-day reprieve for troves of data stored on the site. But that doesn’t mean Megaupload users will see their files anytime soon. 



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Apple Passes HP in "PC" Shipments–or Did It?

Company shipped 17% of PCs in the world in the fourth quarter of 2011–but what constitutes a PC?



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Apple Passes HP in "PC" Sales–or Did It?

Company shipped 17% of PCs in the world in the fourth quarter of 2011–but what constitutes a PC?



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Listen to Thomas Edison’s recording of Otto von Bismarck in 1889

A 122-year-old recording of Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, has been discovered in Thomas Edison’s laboratory.

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Twitter should be silent for Frozen Planet, says BBC

Twitter and Facebook communication should not distract people while they watch ‘intense’ shows such as Frozen Planet or Sherlock, says a BBC executive.

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Nintendo-playing centenarian says video games secret to youth

Forget jigsaw puzzles or knitting, a centenarian from East Renfrewshire says the only way to keep her mind active is playing computer games on her beloved Nintendo DS.

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Samsung faces EU competition probe over Apple attack

Samsung faces an investigation by European competition authorities over allegations it abused patents on standard smartphone technology to attack Apple.

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50 billion devices online by 2020

The number of web-connected devices will grow more than fourfold by 2020, networking giant Cisco has claimed.

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US election candidates target Twitter users

This year’s US presidential race will be ‘the Twitter election’, according to the site’s chief executive, Dick Costolo.

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Chinese activist on trial over Skype poem

Chinese prosecutors cited a poem and messages sent on Skype against a dissident who stood trial on Tuesday, his son and his lawyer said, in the latest case highlighting the Communist Party’s drive to silence political challengers.

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