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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 7
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.07.07.12
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After Android Trial, Google Demands $4 Million From Oracle
Google wants $4 million from Oracle to cover the costs it incurred during this spring's epic legal battle over the Android mobile operating system.07.06.12
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Manchester United IPO: Forget Soccer, It's a Media Company
Manchester United isn't a soccer teamat least not in the business sense. It's an ad-dependent, content-producing media company that wants to go public. Sound familiar?07.06.12
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Drones, Caves, and Toilets: When Data Centers Go Rogue
From drones to toilets, Wired takes a look at the world¿s most creative efforts to reinvent data-center design.07.06.12
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Shanghai Company Targets Apple's Siri for Patent Infringement
A Shanghai-based company thinks Siri is a little too similar to their own voice-recognition software and is now suing Apple for alleged patent infringement over the technology.07.06.12
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Why an Amazon Smartphone Launch Makes Perfect Sense
Amazon is having a banner week in the rumor department. On Wednesday, the China Times reported that Amazon is spinning up production of a next-gen Kindle Fire for a release date sometime in the next two month. And now the huge online retailer is once again the target of smartphone speculation -- not bad for a company that was best known for book, garment and small appliances deliveries just 12 months ago.07.06.12
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Apple Fixes 'Appageddon' DRM Issue, Re-Updates Affected Apps
Apple has rectified a botched DRM update that ended up crashing apps that users recently updated.07.06.12
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Windows 8 for $39.99 -- Are You In?
This week, Microsoft announced that most Windows users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for only $39.99. For anyone that doesn't usually buy upgrades, that is a significant cost break compared to what it usually costs (around $50 to $100). Now, before you jump on that deal, consider the following¿07.06.12
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Easily Charge Devices at Home or On the Go With Idapt
These days, most of us have several electronic devices that have specialized charging cables. Keeping track of them, and remembering to bring them when we travel, can sometimes be a challenge. One solution to this problem is to use a specialized charger that can charge multiple devices at once.07.06.12
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Where in the World Is Google Building Servers?
Google turned the hardware world on its head when it decided build its own servers in tandem with various manufacturers in Taiwan and China. Rather than buy gear from big-name server makers such as Dell and HP, it streamlined the process, going straight to Asia -- where all the Dell and HP gear was being built. The move was so successful, others followed, including Amazon and Facebook. In a way, Google shifted an entire market to Asia. But now Google has apparently moved elsewhere.07.06.12
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Imagine Cup Alumni Spotlight: GINA Helps First Responders Worldwide
The Imagine Cup's tagline is, "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems." It's an ambitious goal, and one that is smartly conceived for a global competition. It focuses competitor's projects into something that has humanitarian implications instead of purely commercial. And everyone's take on what real-world challenges are important are going to be different and in many ways, local. The projects I get the most excited about are the ones that take on the humanitarian angle and succeed. One example of that success is demonstrated by the Czech team, GINA, who competed in the Imagine Cup world-wide finals in Poland in 2010.07.06.12
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 6
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.07.06.12
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Facebook Mimics Google With Underwater Cable to Asia
On Thursday, Facebook confirmed that it's pitching in on a new 10,000-kilometer undersea fiber optic cable that will link Malaysia, Korea, Japan, and several other Asian countries by October 2014. The story was first reported on Wednesday by Commsday.07.05.12
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Olympus Takes a Third Stab at Wearable Computer Glasses
Glasses-based computing is hot right now. With Google pulling out all the stops for its Google Glass demo at I/O last week, it's no wonder that Olympus is getting back into the wearable computing game.07.05.12
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Curation: How the Global Brain Evolves
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, review. Those who can't review, tweet. Those who can't tweet, retweet." The sentiment expressed in this buzzy quote is funny and makes a real point. Unfortunately, it's a bogus one.07.05.12
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British Journal of Photography iPhone App Gets it Right
Photo mags on the iPhone struggle with the fact that photos and creative page layouts look great when they're big and the phone's screen is relatively small. Viewing a large amount of content through a limited window can be frustrating and disorienting. That's why we like the British Journal of Photography iPhone app that was released today.07.05.12
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'Made in USA' Nexus Q Teardown Reveals Many Overseas Parts
Stating that a device is "designed and manufactured in the USA" doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a purely stateside product. Kyle Wiens and his team at iFixit took apart Google's Nexus Q, and found that the company sourced several of the Q's components from China, Japan, and other Asian or European countries.07.05.12
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Appageddon! Apple Botches DRM Update, Crashes Dozens of Apps
The July 4th holiday has not been kind to Apple users and app developers. Starting late in the day on July 3rd, Apple began pushing out corrupt App Store updates that cause immediate app crashes. In effect, you launch your app, then -- boom! -- it dies.07.05.12
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What if Steve Jobs Had Discovered the Higgs Boson?
Ever wonder what Steve Jobs would have done if he'd gotten into experimental physics? When CERN scientists announced that they'd probably found the Higgs boson, they got more than their fair share of smack talk from the design community for presenting their discovery in Comic Sans. Even the font's creator, Vincent Connare, wasn't impressed.07.05.12
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Google to Shut Down iGoogle
Google is doing some spring cleaning in the middle of summer, announcing it will shut down five more services, including iGoogle. Fans of Google's widget-based homepage have a little over year to find a replacement.07.05.12
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Travel Week: Prepping Your Tablet For a Toddler
How to set up your tablet for a quick burst of usage by a toddler.07.05.12
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Apple's Grip on Metal Chassis Supplies Leaves Ultrabook Makers Scrambling
Apple barely even has to worry about wielding its patent holding for the design of the MacBook Air. It rules over potential ultrabook competitors by keeping a tight reign on the supply chain.07.05.12
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Footnotes: Lazy Sharks, Humiliated Seals, and Googlers Eating Dog Food
Welcome to the maiden voyage of Footnotes, Wired¿s new video series on the language and ideas of ¿ well, Wired.07.05.12
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A Nation of Tinkerers: Crowd-Funding Turns Amateurs Into Inventors
It's great that we're opening up a path to early-stage investing so that everyone can dabble in some VC action. But we shouldn't forget about the people who want to bring a dream to life without quitting their day jobs.
07.05.12
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for July 5
Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.07.05.12
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Clive Thompson on the Perils of Winnowing Windows
The cognitive perils of having lots of open windows have been somewhat overblown. It's not always bad for us—and sometimes it can be very good.07.04.12
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Twitter Crackdown Would Make Steve Jobs Proud
Users and developers may be howling over Twitter's crackdown on third-party apps, but the intent is clear: Twitter wants to gain more Apple-like control over the Twitter user experience.07.04.12
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