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• Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent

  16-10-2015 23:59
  
  A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Apple Inc to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company's iPhones and iPads without permission. The amount was less than the $400 million the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) was claiming in damages after the jury on Tuesday said Apple infringed on its patent for improving the performance of computer processors. The jury deliberated fo
  
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• Yamaha to debut all-electric, two-wheel-drive concept bike at Toyko Motor Show

  16-10-2015 23:45 via cnet.com
  
  Battery-electric propulsion won't be limited to cars alone.
  
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• FTC reviewing VW's 'Clean Diesel' ads for fraudulent claims

  16-10-2015 23:19
  
  "Diesel in Latin means 'dirty,'" chimes in another friend in the backseat. To prove them wrong, the gray-haired driver gets out and holds her white scarf up to the tailpipe of the purring car. ...
  
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• Make and share lists with The List App

  16-10-2015 23:13 via cnet.com
  
  Why tweet when you can list? Check out The List App from B.J. Novak.
  
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• Chipmaker Micron's CEO to take voluntary 50 percent pay cut

  16-10-2015 23:13
  
  (Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc said Chief Executive Mark Durcan will take a voluntary 50 percent cut in his base salary, amid cost-cutting at the memory chipmaker. The cut, which is temporary, reduced Durcan's annual base salary to $525,000, effective Oct. 18, the company said in a filing on Friday. Micron, which makes both dynamic random access and NAND flash memory chips, has struggled with weak demand for its chips used in computers.
  
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• iPhone 6S, 6S Plus land in fast-growing India market

  16-10-2015 23:06 via cnet.com
  
  Consumers in India, a critical battleground for smartphone makers, can now buy Apple's latest phones.
  
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• Lenovo nixed idea of selling Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet

  16-10-2015 23:04 via cnet.com
  
  The PC maker questioned why it would sell a competitor's product.
  
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• iPhone battery dying fast? Facebook could be to blame

  16-10-2015 22:39 via cnet.com
  
  Facebook says its working to fix its battery-draining app. Meanwhile, Skype makes it super simple to chat with anyone - no account needed.
  
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• Crave Ep. 222: Are you worthy to lift this Thor's hammer?

  16-10-2015 22:31 via cnet.com
  
  An electrical engineer created a replica of Thor's hammer Mjolnir, but apparently he's the only one who can lift it.
  
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• US court backs Google book scanning

  16-10-2015 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google can continue to scan millions of books without violating copyright laws, a US court had ruled.
  
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• Are you worthy to lift this Thor's hammer?, Ep. 222

  16-10-2015 22:26 via cnet.com
  
  This week on Crave, we clean the oceans with a 3D-printed bikini, try out a Bluetooth mood ring for dogs, and find out if we're worthy enough to lift an awesome replica of Thor's hammer. Probably not, but we can dream. It's the Crave show!
  
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• Gripping film made from NASA Apollo shots captures magic of zero-gravity

  16-10-2015 22:20 via cnet.com
  
  Take an atmospheric trip back to the golden age of manned space travel with this fan film from YouTube user Tom Kucy made with images from Project Apollo Archive.
  
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• Russian hackers breached Dow Jones for trading tips: Bloomberg

  16-10-2015 22:15
  
  (Reuters) - Russian hackers had infiltrated Dow Jones & Co to steal information to trade on before it was made public, and the breach was "far more serious than a lower-grade intrusion" disclosed by the company, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission are leading an investigation, which began at least a year ago, Bloomberg reported. "We have received no information from the authorities about any such a
  
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• Pioneer surprises with new hi-res portable music player

  16-10-2015 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Pioneer has announced its first hi-res portable player, the XDP-100R, in addition to a high-end streaming receiver and headphones.
  
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• Target suffers X-rated headache

  16-10-2015 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pornographic audio has been blaring out at Target stores across California. A weak system is to blame.
  
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• Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet: The toughest Windows tablet today?

  16-10-2015 21:39 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  This tank-like tablet has a durable design, allowing it to withstand some of the toughest climates.
  
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• US appeals court rules in favor of Google's online library

  16-10-2015 21:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Google is not violating copyright laws by digitizing millions of books so it can provide small portions of them to the public, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a decadelong dispute by authors worried that the project would spoil the market for their work.
  
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• How to download and install the Google Play store on any Android device

  16-10-2015 21:29 via cnet.com
  
  Picked up a phone that doesn't come with the Play store preinstalled or simply looking to manually install the latest version? Here's what you need to know.
  
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• How do the colors look with those new Philips Hue bulbs? (pictures)

  16-10-2015 21:26 via cnet.com
  
  The second generation of Philips' color-changing bulbs have arrived -- but are the colors any better?
  
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• 'Simpsons' fan fights to change Australian currency to dollarydoo

  16-10-2015 21:13 via cnet.com
  
  The dollarydoo was made popular in the "Bart vs. Australia" episode of "The Simpsons," and now one guy has started a petition to make it Australian's official currency.
  
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• 'All Android devices' vulnerable to new LTE security flaw

  16-10-2015 21:11 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Devices on AT&T and Verizon networks are vulnerable to "loss of privacy, incorrect billing, and data spoofing."
  
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• The 404 Show 1,634: Steam Machines, The Martian, X-Files, Red Oaks, BTTF month continues (podcast)

  16-10-2015 21:04 via cnet.com
  
  Back to the Future Month continues today as Russ and Jeff discuss more of their favorite oddities from the trilogy, paradoxes and all. They'll so break down a spoiler-free review of The Martian, talk about new Steam Machines, the X-Files revival and new shows to check out on-demand!
  
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• King.com: the secret story behind the numbers

  16-10-2015 20:59
  
      King.com chief operating officer Stephane Kurgan tells WIRED2015 the story behind the gaming company's headline-grabbing numbers.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Microsoft CEO says he's taken 4 percent stake in Twitter

  16-10-2015 20:58
  
  Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has bought a 4-percent stake in Twitter, a vote of confidence in the struggling messaging company. That makes Ballmer one of Twitter's ...
  
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• Take complete control over Pebble Time notifications on Android

  16-10-2015 20:57 via cnet.com
  
  A recent update added the ability to control notifications based on the time of week, and it's brilliant.
  
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• Watch Brembo punish its Formula 1 brakes with some red-hot testing cycles

  16-10-2015 20:54 via cnet.com
  
  No, you probably don't want these on your street car.
  
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• Steve Ballmer takes 4 percent stake in Twitter, owns more than CEO

  16-10-2015 20:49
  
  Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has taken a 4 percent stake in Twitter Inc , according to his spokesman, making him the third-biggest individual shareholder in the social media company. Ballmer's stake is worth more than $800 million based on Twitter's $21 billion market value. Only co-founder Evan Williams and Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal have greater stakes among individual investors.
  
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• Star Wars shirt for boys writes Leia out of the scene

  16-10-2015 20:45 via cnet.com
  
  Princess Leia gets evicted from a Star Wars photo and replaced with her brother on a boys' T-shirt. Some fans aren't happy about the change.
  
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• Alisée de Tonnac: the future of technology doesn't lie in the developed world

  16-10-2015 20:41
  
     The future of technology is not in the Western world, says Alisée de Tonnac. It's in emerging markets.
  de Tonnac is CEO of Seedstars World, an organisation that helps shine a light on emerging entrepreneurs around the world. Seedstars runs competitions -- what de Tonnac calls "The Startup Olympics" -- around the world. Their objective is to find the best entrepreneurs, to connect them to corporations, governments and stakeholders that can he
  
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• 'Refugees In' is Pussy Riot's brutal new video

  16-10-2015 20:38
  
      Pussy Riot have debuted a brutal new music video calling for governments across Europe to embrace migration and let "Refugees In".By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• The Dodge Viper might head to sports-car heaven in 2017

  16-10-2015 20:29 via cnet.com
  
  FCA's pending union contract points to a grim, short future for the brand's premier sports car.
  
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• One million players for Star Citizen

  16-10-2015 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than one million have joined the Star Citizen space simulation game which has raised almost $93m by crowd-funding
  
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• Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet: Built like a tank, runs like a tablet

  16-10-2015 20:03 via cnet.com
  
  Dell's newest rugged tablet has a durable design that helps it withstand some of the harshest climates known to mankind. Is this the toughest Windows tablet on the market?
  
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• The new Noma could be made of toilet paper and sprouts

  16-10-2015 19:54
  
      A rebuilt Noma could be made of decomposing compost and toilet paper or sprouts and grains.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Eat hipster algae and save the oceans

  16-10-2015 19:32
  
      Our craving for fish is an ecological catastrophe in the making. According to WWF's report Living Blue Planet, between 1970 and 2012 overfishing has shrunk the world fish population by 49 percent. Trawling -- a widespread fishing method using large nets dragged by several boats-- is progressively eroding the seabed, and killing plenty of microorganisms thriving there.  
  What's maybe surprising is that not all fish are fished to be actually eaten.
  
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• This man's factory is turning waste coffee into green energy

  16-10-2015 19:08
  
      The UK drinks 70 million cups of coffee a year. That produced 500,000 tonnes of waste, which costs the industry £80m to dispose of. Every year. On an industrial estate in Cambridgeshire, that waste is being turned into advanced biofuels.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Why smart people make dumb decisions

  16-10-2015 19:05
  
      "Why do very bright people so often do things that are spectacularly stupid?" asked Gillian Tett at WIRED 2015. 
  Tett, an anthropologist by training, is a senior journalist at the Financial Times. She's written a book about 'silos' -- the social and mental boxes we put ourselves in both personally and professionally. She thinks these silos are at the heart of why companies make big mistakes.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Ballmer owns 4 percent stake in Twitter : Bloomberg

  16-10-2015 19:04
  
  (Reuters) - Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer owns a 4 percent stake in Twitter Inc , Bloomberg reported, citing an email from him. A Twitter account with the handle @Steven_Ballmer tweeted on Friday that Ballmer had bought the stake over the past few months. Ballmer's stake is worth a little more than $800 million as of Twitter's stock close of $29.71 on Thursday.
  
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• Search for Chewbacca instead of Waldo in 'Where's the Wookiee?'

  16-10-2015 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  New Star Wars kids book features 40 pages of intricate illustrations of everyone's favorite 8-foot-tall walking carpet getting lost in crowds of Ewoks, Jawas and more.
  
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