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Microsoft offers cash for hacker tactics
MICROSOFT has posted bounties of up to $US100,000 ($A106,000) for "truly novel" ways to hack the latest version of its Windows software for powering ...
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Microsoft Nokia had device acquisition talks WSJ
-0.26% that nearly led to the software giant acquiring the Finnish telecom company's mobile device business, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Journal said that the two companies made "significant progress" toward a deal, but talks broke down due to a final price and Nokia's market position, as it trails behind Apple ...
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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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Rumor Microsoft set to reverse controversial game licensing policies
changed certain policies for Xbox One "as a result of feedback from the Xbox community." More to come. ORIGINAL STORY Take this with a grain of salt for now, but Giant Bomb news writer Patrick Klepek ...
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Report Immigration Reform Would Boost US Economy Finances
CAPITOL HILL -- A congressional report estimates that reforming America's immigration system and legalizing 11 million undocumented immigrants would boost U.S. economic growth and shrink the federal deficit. The report was seized upon by senators debating an overhaul to federal immigration laws. Legalizing millions of unauthorized immigrants would have an almost entirely positive effect ...
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Fed Interest rates wont go up til unemployment goes down
In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...
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Clark and Thunell join board of Blackstone company
NEW YORK -- The Blackstone Group LP said Wednesday that General Wesley Clark and Lars Thunell have joined the board of its newly formed power development company Fisterra Energy.Clark is former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and Thunell is the former head of the International Finance Corp., which is the financing arm of the World Bank.Blackstone, a private equity firm, created Fisterra ...
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Take an early peek inside Microsofts new downtown Portland store
PORTLAND, Ore. - Microsoft Corp. gave reporters a preview of its gleaming new Portland store Wednesday ahead of its Thursday grand opening. Manager David Dantes leads a staff of 45 at the 3,200-square-foot store, constructed in the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill restaurant, 300 S.W. Yamhill St., at Pioneer Place in downtown Portland. The Portland store is one of seven Microsoft ...
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Federal Reserve Stimulus Program to Stay in Place
Washington (dpa) - The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would continue its bond buying program to bolster the US economy and kept its benchmark interest rate at record low levels. Speculation about whether the central bank would continue with its 85-billion-dollar a month bond buying programme had left world bond and equities markets yo-yoing in recent weeks. The Fed signalled ...
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Do We Achieve Anything By Arming The Syrian Rebels
By James D. Zirin President Obama announced recently that he had taken the reluctant decision to send arms to the Syrian rebels, but it is far from clear what he hopes to achieve. Polls say that 70% of the American people oppose sending arms to the rebels, mostly because of the perception it is too little, too late, and it will not do very much good. Syria is already awash in arms, and ...
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For Small Business Week Maybe Throw More Spaghetti Against The Wall
When politicians talk about supporting small business, they usually refer to Joe the plumber, Mike the barber, or maybe even Barbara's flower shop. They understand that when most of us think about small business, most of us think about what I refer to as the Main Street type businesses around the corner. Unfortunately, ...
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Embrace The Life-Building Power Of Creative Destruction
in 1942, in the midst of a world-changing war. The process of creative destruction stems from competition and innovation, which drive changes in the market. Schumpeter explained: "Progress entails...the destruction of capital values in the strata with which the new commodity or method of production competes. In perfect competition the old investments must be adapted at a sacrifice or ...
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We Dont Need A Media Shield Law For Fox And AP We Already Have The First Amendment
Image via CrunchBase By Steve Simpson Perhaps we can't blame the media for demanding a shield law from Congress that would protect it against investigations like those the Justice department launched against a Fox reporter and the Associated Press. But media shield laws are a mistake, because they treat freedom of speech like a privilege to be doled out by politicians like so many ...
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Lytros Photo Sharing App Syncs With Its Camera
Lytro has brought Silicon Valley-style innovation to the photography world with its light field camera. The device enables people to do previously unheard of things such as take photos first, ...
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What Are The Biggest Risks To Facebooks Stock
Facebook has shown improved growth in recent quarters, there are still risks that investors should watch. Despite stronger revenue growth, the stock could not sustain the momentum it gained from November to January. The margins are shrinking and there is still doubt as to whether Facebook will be able to substantially improve its monetization over the long term. In our previous note, we looked ...
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Red States Rank Low On U.S. Human Development Index
Southern states rank low again in second American Human Development Index. When it comes to well-being -- as measured by health, education and income -- the southern 'red states' continue to be in worse shape compared to their Yankee rivals, according to a study called the Measure of America, released Wednesday by the Brooklyn based-Social Science Research Council. The state of the ...
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Papers please Microsoft creates second-class citizens with Office iPhone app
Computerworld - Microsoft erred when it decided that the new Office Mobile for iPhone would be available to Office 365 customers but not to those who purchased a traditional "perpetual" license to Office 2013, an analyst argued. "It's a mistake," said Frank Gillett of Forrester Research in an interview last week. "Any one [with Office 2013] should be able to access ...
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Federal Reserve more optimistic about US economy keeps stimulus program unchanged
Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for ...
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J.D. Power ranks GM tops in quality for first time
It was a significant accomplishment for a company whose questionable vehicle quality in the past was part of what put it on a path of steady market share declines, financial losses and eventually a 2009 bankruptcy and federal ...
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Lytro releases new iPhone app for its revolutionary camera
The "Lytro Mobile" app also lets users upload their photos to Lytro's website and view what the rest of the world is uploading in a very Instagram-esque ...
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Financial Stocks Financial stocks continue retreat on Fed decision
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks continued to decline on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve announced no changes in its monetary policy, reflecting additional ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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