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• Microsoft raises dividend, plans $40 billion share buyback

  20-09-2016 23:54
  (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Tuesday raised its quarterly dividend by 8 percent and said it would buy back up to $40 billion as part of a new share repurchase program. The new buyback program has no expiration date and may be terminated at any time, the company said on Tuesday. The company also said it was on track to complete its current $40 billion stock repurchase program by Dec. 31.
  
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• BlackBerry DTEK60 briefly leaked on BlackBerry's own website

  20-09-2016 23:39 via zdnet.com
  
  ​The unannounced device appears to be a bigger, better equipped version of the BlackBerry DTEK50 released by the company earlier this year.
  
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• Innovation, safety sought in self-driving car guidelines

  20-09-2016 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saying they were doing something no other government has done, Obama administration officials rolled out a plan Tuesday they say will enable automakers to get self-driving cars onto the road without compromising safety.
  
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• The Division's PC feature-testing server coming very soon - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:28 via cnet.com
  
  Ubisoft also states that it is looking into how it could launch the PTS for PS4 and Xbox One.
  
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• AT&T plans to offer super-fast internet using power lines - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:27 via cnet.com
  
  Project AirGig is a novel approach to deliver connectivity. AT&T plans to hold trials next year.
  
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• Pokemon Sun/Moon: New creatures revealed, bank feature delayed - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:24 via cnet.com
  
  All of today's Pokemon Sun and Moon news in one place.
  
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• Google Drive now lets you find docs using natural-language queries - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:23 via cnet.com
  
  You can type in a search query as if you were asking a simple question in everyday speech.
  
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• Raise the gates! Zombies, Run The Board Game is on Kickstarter - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:22 via cnet.com
  
  Running is great, but you can't be doing it all the time. Some of us can't be doing it any of the time. Here's another way to get the popular Zombies, Run experience -- sitting down as nature intended.
  
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• Tesla fixes security bugs after claims of Model S hack

  20-09-2016 23:21
  Tesla Motors Inc has rolled out a security patch for its electric cars after Chinese security researchers uncovered vulnerabilities they said allowed them to remotely attack a Tesla Model S sedan. The automaker said that it had patched the bugs in a statement to Reuters on Tuesday, a day after cyber-security researchers with China'a Tencent Holdings Ltd disclosed their findings on their blog. Interest in car hacking has surged since Fiat Chrysler last year recalled 1.4 million U.S. vehicles to f
  
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• How to get Android notifications on your Windows PC - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:21 via cnet.com
  
  The Windows 10 action center can alert you to incoming calls, texts and app notifications on your Android phone.
  
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• All of Battlefield 1's modes and maps confirmed - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:18 via cnet.com
  
  EA reveals all of the multiplayer content you'll find in the base game.
  
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• Samsung will have 500,000 Galaxy Note 7 replacements in stores Wednesday - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:16 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung also says 25 percent of US customers have exchanged their potentially explosive devices for new models, up from 13 percent last week.
  
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• Gears of War 4 free on PC with some Nvidia cards - CNET

  20-09-2016 23:15 via cnet.com
  
  Buy a newer Nvidia GPU and get a free copy of the game on PC and Xbox One.
  
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• Denon HEOS and Amazon Alexa voice control combine forces - CNET

  20-09-2016 22:45 via cnet.com
  
  Denon says it is working with Amazon to enable Alexa voice control of HEOS multiroom speakers by early 2017.
  
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• Amazon found guilty of shipping potentially dangerous goods by air

  20-09-2016 22:42
  
  A sentence is expected on Friday.
  
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• MIT gizmo peeps at your heart's desires with wireless signals - CNET

  20-09-2016 22:35 via cnet.com
  
  Researchers with the famed tech school's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab might not know what you're thinking, but they know how you feel about it.
  
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• 500,000 safe Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices arrive in stores

  20-09-2016 22:30
  
  Samsung is ready to give you a choice. Turn in your original Samsung Galaxy Note7 and get a new one immediately, or live with a Note7 that never stops reminding you to turn in your original, dangerous Note7. In other words, you really have no choice. In the nearly three weeks since reports of the recently shipped Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices exploding during recharge (and at other inopportune times), the company has scrambled to identify the issue (a bad batch of lithium ion batteries), the sour
  
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• Taste the rainbow of Skittles memes, thanks to Trump son's tweet - CNET

  20-09-2016 22:26 via cnet.com
  
  From the serious to the sugary and silly, reactions have started a candy-coated conversation.
  
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• Obama: Social media explosion has given power to the powerless - CNET

  20-09-2016 22:12 via cnet.com
  
  When President Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon came into power, the mobile Internet and social media were still in their infancy.
  
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• The iPhone 7 costs Apple more than you think - CNET

  20-09-2016 22:04 via cnet.com
  
  According to a new teardown from IHS Markit, the cost to make the device jumped about 18 percent compared with last year's model.
  
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• Here's a svelte, slate bottom freezer from GE - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  Look for an alternative to stainless steel in your kitchen? Consider slate.
  
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• GE GDE21EMKES Bottom Freezer Refrigerator review - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  It's nothing too flashy, but the GE GDE21EMKES is a dependable fridge with just enough style for the price -- and it's great at repelling fingerprints.
  
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• MakerBot unveils first new 3D printers since 2014

  20-09-2016 21:47
  
  BROOKLYN - MakerBot is back in the 3D printing hardware game, but it's shifting away from consumers. Almost a decade after inventing the home 3D printing market, MakerBot is now focused squarely on professional product prototyping and the education markets. "It's part of an overall re-positioning," said MakerBot CEO Jonathan Jaglom. The MakerBot Replicator+ Image: lance ulanoff/mashable The company unveiled a brand new professional-grade 3D printer, MakerBot Replicator+; new printing material, T
  
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• Epic real-life Space Invaders game uses drones, motorized seat and lasers - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:42 via cnet.com
  
  Makers at Israel's GeekCon whip up a version of a classic arcade game that puts players in the center of an alien invasion while still maintaining the 8-bit kitsch.
  
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• Chinese hackers take over moving Tesla from 12 miles away

  20-09-2016 21:38
  
  Chinese white-hat hackers (hackers that expose vulnerabilities with good rather than pernicious intentions) just proved that Tesla has a significant security risk on its hands. Keen Security Lab, a Chinese hacking research group, released a blog post as well as a video showing their ability to hack and control unmodified Tesla Model S vehicles in both Parking and Driving Mode. SEE ALSO: Sorry, Tesla: Chevy Bolt officially goes 238 miles on a single charge Some of the remote-controlled features w
  
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• What you should know about the new home button on the iPhone 7 - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:35 via cnet.com
  
  The new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus both come with a new home button that simulates clicks but doesn't actually move. It also has a couple of quirks. Here's what you should know about it.
  
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• MacOS Sierra has arrived -- here's how to download and install it - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:33 via cnet.com
  
  MacOS Sierra is here. Learn if your Mac can run Apple's next computer operating system and, if so, how to download and install it.
  
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• How to download the Siri-filled macOS Sierra update now

  20-09-2016 21:28
  
  Apple's newest version of its Mac operating system is here. After a months-long public beta, Apple released the first official version of macOS Sierra Tuesday. You can download it for free right now. SEE ALSO: Meet macOS: Here's all the ways your Mac will completely change this fall The update — Apple's first to be released under the new macOS moniker — marks Siri's desktop debut. It also brings better multitasking features, a new universal clipboard and improvements to existing apps
  
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• Self-driving Uber allegedly spotted on the streets of San Francisco - Roadshow

  20-09-2016 21:23 via cnet.com
  
  Spoiler alert: It may not have actually been driving itself.
  
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• Helicopter tangles with cow. Cow wins - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:22 via cnet.com
  
  A helicopter pilot in Australia ends up in a scary situation after a close encounter with a cow.
  
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• Why, yes, the Nokia 216 phone is from Microsoft - CNET

  20-09-2016 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  Microsoft's sale of its feature phone business isn't a done deal just yet.
  
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• Review: LG G6 Signature OLED 4K television

  20-09-2016 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LG G6 OLED TV reviewIf you're a serious AV fan you'll already know all about LG's OLED TVs. For many picture quality enthusiasts, the way OLED technology enables every pixel in a 4K/UHD TV to deliver its own light and color independent of its neighbors gives it an unassailable advantage - especially where contrast is concerned - over rival LCD screens.With LG's OLED65G6, though, OLED's innate technological advantages are just the start of its high-end charms. This flagship 65-inch TV - part of L
  
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• Big picture: Terrapattern finds invisible urban patterns

  20-09-2016 21:00
  
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• 11 wireless earbud headphones that aren't the Apple AirPods - CNET

  20-09-2016 20:41 via cnet.com
  
  If you aren't ready to pick up the Apple AirPods and hitch yourself to the Apple wagon, check out this roundup of wireless earbud alternatives.
  
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• Harrowing 'Passengers' trailer goes from space romance to space disaster - CNET

  20-09-2016 20:36 via cnet.com
  
  Love and technology-gone-wrong highlight the dramatic new trailer for upcoming space flick "Passengers."
  
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• GoPro Hero5 Black goes naked (pictures) - CNET

  20-09-2016 20:19 via cnet.com
  
  GoPro's new top camera is cloud connected, voice controlled and waterproof without a housing.
  
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• Apple files patent application for a better paper bag - CNET

  20-09-2016 20:14 via cnet.com
  
  The legendary tech powerhouse's latest idea apparently is revamping the shopping bag.
  
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• Spotify and Tinder pair up to get music lovers on the same page

  20-09-2016 20:09
  
  We’re hoping this one doesn’t end in tears.
  
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• ​SanDisk shows off 1-terabyte flash memory card - CNET

  20-09-2016 20:04 via cnet.com
  
  The Extreme Pro SDXC card prototype isn't on sale yet but it could appeal to videographers shooting a lot of high-resolution 4K video.
  
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• McAfee's MGT sinks 21 percent after NYSE refuses share listing

  20-09-2016 20:01
  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of MGT Capital Investments , led by anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, dropped 21 percent on Tuesday after it said the New York Stock Exchange denied approval of the listing of shares for a planned merger with anti-spyware company D-Vasive Inc. The steep plunge in MGT brings its losses over two days to about 40 percent after the company said on Monday it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In May, MGT
  
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• Apple MacOS Sierra review - CNET

  20-09-2016 19:59 via cnet.com
  
  With a renamed, revamped operating system, your Mac is getting a lot of new features from this free update.
  
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• Brangelina divorce: Life lessons we learned from the social-media reaction - CNET

  20-09-2016 19:56 via cnet.com
  
  News of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie breaking up has predictably blown through social media like a storm of pity and schadenfreude. Here are five early lessons we've taken away.
  
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