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10/02/2012
Video: President Obama shoots marshmallow at White House Science Fair
Along with the help from Joey, an 8th grader from Arizona, U.S. President Barack Obama loaded a homemade rocket launcher and fired it inside the White House.
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09/02/2012
Video: The Byte - Yahoo starts fresh, Nokia layoffs, Chrome for Android 4.0, President Obama's science fair
More than half of Yahoo's board will be new, setting the stage for a fresh start for incoming CEO Scott Thompson. Nokia will lay off 4,000 workers and move more of its production facilities to Asia before the end of 2012. Google's Chrome browser will come to Android 4.0 devices and sync bookmarks and autocomplete data across devices. At the White House Science Fair President Barack Obama launched a marshmallow with an eighth grader's air cannon.
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09/02/2012
Video: The Byte – Sony rebrands, ThinkPad gets Android 4.0, Fisker blocked, Google fiber ready
The Byte, Feb. 7, 2012 Sony will merge its PlayStation platform into its broader services and products. Lenovo’s ThinkPad tablet will get upgraded to Android 4.0 in May Google is ready to lay fiber cables in its pilot for super fast internet in Kansas City, Kansas.
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09/02/2012
Video: Commuter crush? Snap photo, post to new network of sites
Next time you're on the subway, a secret admirer may be snapping a picture of you to post on a network of sites that lets others rate, comment and share your mug.
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09/02/2012
Video: The Byte - Apple injunction, Wi-Fi grounded, smartphones outship, subway pics
The Byte, Feb. 6, 2012 Apple removes then restores some products in its online store in Germany. In flight WiFi remains unprofitiable with only 7 percent of the traveling public using the service. Smartphones outshipped PCs and tablets for the first time in 2011. Subway riders in cities worldwide are getting snapped by admiring riders.
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03/02/2012
Video: The Byte - Not Stringer's fault, Google fined, Playbook cut, Android Market cleaned
The Byte, Feb. 3, 2012 Today on The Byte: Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that Sony's losses aren't his fault. Google has to pay a fine to a French mapping company for undercutting competitors. RIM cuts the price of its Playbook again, hoping to clear out inventory. Android Market malware is reduced by 40 percent by an application scanner called Bounce.
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03/02/2012
Video: World Tech Update: Facebook's IPA, Sony in trouble and the Asus Padfone
Coming up on World Tech Update, Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld iWorld.
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02/02/2012
Video: New Sony CEO has big plans for company turnaround
Sony's Kazuo Hirai will take over as CEO from Howard Stringer come April, the company announced Wednesday.
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02/02/2012
Video: Sony CEO Howard Stringer hands the reins to Kazuo Hirai
Sony's CEO Howard Stringer appeared alongside his incoming replacement at a press conference in Tokyo. Kazuo Hirai, who currently heads the company's core consumer products division, will take over in April, at the start of the new fiscal year.
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02/02/2012
Video: San Francisco's tech community is cautious about Facebook's IPO filing
Southpark is the area where San Francisco’s technology folks so often go to lunch, just up the street from the AT&T; ballfield, on streets swarming with tech’s version of hipsters. It’s just the crowd that should care about Facebook’s IPO filing—but the mood here, is cautious.
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02/02/2012
Video: Facebook files for $5 billion IPO
The SEC filing does not give a proposed date for the IPO and Facebook hasn't released its expectations for the initial stock price.
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02/02/2012
Video: The Byte - iPhone envy, Samsung's troubles, Japan's tech problems
The Byte, Jan. 31, 2012 Sources in the Taiwan smartphone supply chain say that a number of device makers are delaying new models on the heels of the iPhone's record success. Samsung still isn't allowed to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the latest ruling in Germany and the European Commission is also investigating the company for breach of competition law Toshiba and Fujitsu joined other tech companies in Japan as they booked deep losses in their latest quarter.
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31/01/2012
Video: The Byte - car tech, Twitter changes, anti-phishing fight
A new report paints a chaotic picture of automated software control systems in cars, Twitter hopes to unmask censorship with a new controversial feature and industry heavyweights push for DMARC.
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30/01/2012
Video: Facebook, Washington state sue alleged ad scammer
Washington's attorney general announced two new lawsuits against Adscend Media, a company that allegedly has been earning US$20 million a year using a Facebook scam.
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30/01/2012
Video: Nintendo Wii U will launch in time for 2012 holiday season
Nintendo said its new game console called Wii U will be available for the 2012 holiday season in the US, Europe and Japan.
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27/01/2012
Video: Apple breaks records, new EU data laws and a new Facebook app to die for
Coming up on World Tech Update this week the EU proposes new online data protection rules, Apple shatters sales records under CEO Tim Cook and a new Facebook app is to die for.
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27/01/2012
Video: EU data protection proposes big fines for businesses
The European Commission announced a data protection bill this week that it hopes will safeguard citizen's online privacy.
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25/01/2012
Video: App Review, Episode 1 - Travel apps
In our first IDG App Review we take a look at apps for travelers including Flight Track, Kayak, Flight Control and others.
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24/01/2012
Video: Location-based CPR app about to expand to San Jose, Calif.
As of next month, the app will spread to nearby San Jose, California from San Ramon, where the fire chief came up with the app more than a year ago. It’s the first of many stops the app is making across the Bay Area—with development underway in San Francisco as well. The idea is that any good Samaritan in a public space can opt-in to the location-based app and If you’re nearby and 911 is dialed for a potential heart-attack, an alert will go to your phone.
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