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Yahoo continues streamlining effort, bids farewell to six more services
- Yahoo is planning another wave of service closures designed to free the company of underutilized services and mobile applications. Multiple apps and services will be retired by the end of this month according to a recent post on the company’s…
Upcoming Netflix family plan allows four simultaneous streams
- Netflix recently announced some new family-oriented changes to the streaming service. In a quarterly letter to shareholders, CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells noted the company intended to launch a new family plan that would allow up to four…
Nissan, NYC unveil fleet of electric taxis to celebrate Earth Day
- Nissan has joined forces with the City of New York to unveil a fleet of electric cars that will be put to use as taxis in the Big Apple. The six Nissan Leaf taxis are part of a test program…
USB 3.0 SuperSpeed update to eliminate need for chargers
- While the imminent arrival of next-gen USB and Thunderbolt interfaces is no longer fresh news, ComputerWorld brings to attention one potentially revolutionary detail: the next iteration of USB will deliver enough juice to effectively power any device without the aid…
Prototype IBM solar collector could revolutionize solar technology
- Today’s solar collectors do an admirable job of collecting free energy from the sun but there’s one huge drawback: if too much energy is concentrated in one place, they run the risk of frying themselves. But that could all change…
Vote on US Internet sales tax bill nears: Marketplace Fairness Act
- The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act -- an innocuously named piece of legislation which is actually an initiative to implement a nation-wide sales tax. Essentially, the MFA doesn't create a federal sales tax, but…
Tech giants unite for Chinese earthquake relief, raise $32 million
- Several tech industry rivals are putting their differences aside in order to come together to help raise money for victims of this weekend’s devastating earthquake in China. A score of tech firms have donated more than $32 million in towards…
Anonymous organizes Internet Blackout Day in protest of CISPA
- Members of the loose-knit hactivist group Anonymous are encouraging an Internet Blackout Day in protest of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) which once again made it through the House of Representatives late last week.
IBM in talks with Lenovo over potential x86 server business sale
- Almost a decade after famously unloading its personal computer business to Lenovo, IBM is once again looking at the Chinese firm over a potential deal to sell off its System x server business. According to reports from The Wall Street…
Razer will honor erroneous 90 percent off coupon code
- Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan recently announced plans to honor an unauthorized 90 percent off coupon code that went viral a few days ago. He noted that Razer had the option of legally cancelling the orders but they decided…
Archos announces three Android-based smartphones
- Tablet maker Archos recently announced a new line of Android-based smartphones featuring a slim design, Qualcomm processor, an IPS display and two SIM slots to allow customers to use the phone with two different carriers seamlessly. All of the new…
Self-driving cars won't hit public roadways until 2025, experts say
- Don’t plan on trading in your existing car for one that can drive itself anytime soon. While we’ve seen significant advances in autonomous driving technology from companies like Audi, BMW, Nissan and even Google, experts tell us that we shouldn’t…
Google Fiber network headed to the 'Silicon Slopes' of Provo, Utah
- Google is getting serious about taking its gigabit internet service to new markets. Less than two weeks after it named Austin, Texas as the second Google Fiber city, and following another planned expansion to its existing service in Kansas, the…
Porous electrode batteries 2000x more powerful, charge 1000x faster, 30x smaller
- University of Illinois researchers have uncovered a way to design batteries that are thousands of times more powerful, 30 times smaller and charge 1000 times faster than current offerings. If what the research team claims is true, the next generation…
Evernote sets their sights on building hardware
- Evernote CEO Phil Libin recently said his company would soon be working with manufacturing partners to release branded hardware that would be “new and magical.” He pointed out that Evernote wouldn’t actually build the hardware but would help co-design products…
Google will deactivate Glass if early owners sell or loan the device
- As anticipated, we’re beginning to see a number of Google Glass user videos hit the web as the very first prototypes are finding new homes. Naturally, the lure to sell the ultra-rare spectacles for a quick profit is no doubt…
World's fastest Internet arrives in Tokyo: 2Gbps for $50/mo
- So-net, a Sony-owned Internet service provider, is busy rolling out 2 Gbps fiber-based Internet to Japan's Tokyo-area residents. Named "Nuro", the company's blazingly fast service is double the speed of Google Fiber and claims to be the fastest in the…
Intel CEO: Windows 8 touch devices will drop to just $200 this year
- Windows 8 tablets and touch-enabled laptops haven’t really taken off the way Microsoft had hoped for after tailoring its operating system for finger input. But Intel CEO Paul Otellini believes things are bound to change later this year when the…
Amazon patent outlines an anonymous mobile payment system
- Amazon may be preparing to launch an anonymous mobile payment system as evident by a patent application published yesterday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Originally filed for in April 2009, the service would allow people to purchase items…
Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5
- Netflix has been working toward transitioning away from Silverlight to HTML5, it recently indicated on its technology blog. With Silverlight's biggest customer fleeing the web-based video plug-in scene, the imminent demise of browser plug-ins like Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight…
Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web
- Officials in Taiwan are investigating claims that Samsung paid people to post favorable reviews about their products online while at the same time offering up negative feedback on rival HTC’s products. The investigation launched after the Fair Trade Commission received…
Microsoft signs Android, Chrome OS patent deal with Foxconn
- Hon Hai Precision Industry, commonly known as Foxconn, has joined a list of manufacturers to reach a licensing agreement with Microsoft over patents associated with Android and Chrome OS. Fine details about the arrangement are being kept under wraps for…
Motorola's next phones will be sized "just right" and forgo bloatware
- Motorola hasn't been particularly active in the smartphone space since being acquired by Google in mid-2011 (completed last May) and considering most onlookers believe the purchase was made purely to expand the search giant's patent portfolio, many have questioned the…
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