Stories by Damon Poeter
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May 21 10:15pm EST
Clothbot, the Fabric-Gripping, Pants-Climbing Robot
Chinese roboticists have built a small, fabric-clutching robot that pulls itself up pants and shirts by creating wrinkles with its pair of gripper wheels, Automaton reports. More >
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May 21 08:43pm EST
HBO'S 'Game of Thrones' Tops Pirated TV Rankings
The sword-and-sorcery epic is distributed in delayed fashion internationally and that may explain why so many are turning to the torrents for their GoT fix, TorrentFreak reports. More >
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May 21 07:31pm EST
China Greenlights Google-Motorola Mobility Deal
Google clears the final hurdle in its $12.5 billion acquisition of the mobile device company after China extracts a pledge that Android will remain free and open for five years. More >
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May 21 04:52pm EST
Ex-Rutgers Student Sentenced to 30 Days for Webcam Cyberbullying
Dharun Ravi escapes maximum penalty of 10 years in prison after being convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate Tyler Clementi, days before Clementi took his own lif... More >
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May 21 03:18pm EST
SpaceX Prepares for Second Try at ISS Mission on Tuesday
An engine problem that aborted Saturday's launch attempt is fixed, cargo run to the space station is a go as the ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' and others are also aboard the SpaceX... More >
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May 19 08:08am EST
SpaceX Launch Scrubbed at the Last Second
Computers detect an engine problem on the Falcon 9 rocket, automatically shutting it down just seconds before liftoff and aborting a historic cargo run to the ISS. More >
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May 18 08:18pm EST
Why Does ZTE's Score M Have a Built-In Backdoor Hole?
The Chinese handset maker's entry level Android smartphone can be taken over by anyone with a hard-coded password, and guess whatit's been published on the Internet. More >
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May 18 05:51pm EST
Everything Falling Into Place for SpaceX ISS Cargo Run
The weather looks good, SpaceX and NASA have resolved some technical issues, and the first privately funded mission to the International Space Station is a go for Saturday. More >
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May 18 03:52pm EST
The Week in Chips: Kepler, Trinity, and Ivy Bridge
Talk about a busy week on the chip beat! Nvidia, AMD, and Intel all had products and announcements to sharehere's a breakdown in case you missed it. More >
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May 17 10:38pm EST
Iran Rattles Saber ... Over Google Maps
Google recently removed the name 'Persian Gulf' from its maps and Teheran is threatening to sue the search giant if it isn't restored. More >
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May 17 09:24pm EST
Report: Jobs Wanted to Design an iCar Before His Death
Apple's iconic leader also dreamed of redesigning everything from yachts to medical devices, J. Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler tells Fast Company. More >
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May 17 06:32pm EST
Survey: Facebook Trails Google in Mobile, Regular Users
A new poll from digital marketing agency Greenlight digs into the nitty-gritty of Facebook's position relative to its biggest online competitor, Google. More >
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May 17 03:37pm EST
Report: HP Mulling Plans to Slash 25,000 Jobs
Hewlett-Packard could cut 8 percent of its global workforce with the bulk of the cuts coming in its enterprise IT services business, Bloomberg reports. More >
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May 16 11:46pm EST
Implant Allows Paralyzed Subjects to Move Robots with a Thought
Researchers at Brown University have developed a neural interface that allows users to control a robot arm using only their thoughts. More >
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May 16 08:46pm EST
Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Denies Tax-Dodging Talk
The Singapore resident has renounced his U.S. citizenship ahead of the Facebook IPO that will net him billions, but Eduardo Saverin tells the NYT it's not about the taxes. More >
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May 16 07:49pm EST
Apple Moves to Dismiss Siri False Advertising Suit
A motion to dismiss contends that plaintiffs alleging Apple misrepresented Siri's capabilities in iPhone 4S advertising only have vague complaints to offer. More >
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May 16 03:50pm EST
Avira Issues Fix, Offers Details on PC-Crashing Update Bug
A bug in a software update puts Avira's ProActiv behavioral monitoring component on tilt, blocking everything from trusted OS processes to Microsoft Office. More >
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May 15 10:10pm EST
Oops! Avira AV Update Blocks Apps, Hangs PCs
A bug in a software update puts Avira's ProActiv behavioral monitoring component on tilt, blocking everything from trusted OS processes to Microsoft Office. More >
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May 15 09:29pm EST
Report: Google Planning Five New Android Jellybean 'Lead Devices'
The search giant is planning a major shift in strategy, working with multiple device makers on a portfolio of unlocked 'Nexus' phones and tablets running Jellybean, the WSJ reports... More >
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May 15 07:40pm EST
Report: NASA Training Astronauts for Asteroid Missions
NASA is currently training astronauts to land on asteroids and hopes to send humans to one of the distant space rocks in about a decade, The Telegraph reports. More >
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May 15 04:25pm EST
Nvidia Promises Big Things for Kepler in 2012
Kicking off the GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang pledges to take GPUs into the cloud with new tech baked into the company's latest architecture. More >
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May 15 04:08pm EST
AMD Rolls Out 'Trinity' APUs for Mainstream, Ultrathin Laptops
The new A-Series chips deliver up to 12 hours of battery life and provide double the performance-per-watt of the previous generation of 'Llano' APUs, according to Advanced Micro De... More >
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May 11 09:15pm EST
Report: HP Getting Back in the Tablet Game with Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard has apparently licked its wounds from last year's TouchPad debacle and is gearing up to enter the consumer tablet market once again. More >
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May 11 07:33pm EST
NASA Greenlights SpaceX ISS Visit for May 19
After a series of delays, the first privately funded cargo mission to the International Space Station is cleared for take-off from Cape Canaveral at 4:55 a.m. ET. More >
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May 11 05:25pm EST
Nvidia Posts Solid First Quarter, Banks on Kepler to Drive Growth
The graphics chip maker suffered a dip in net income from the holiday quarter but a new mainstream GPU architecture and growth in the Tegra line lead to rosy outlook. More >
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