Twitter lit up with activity during last night's State of the Union address as users, including journalists and politicians, turned to the social network. President Obama, in his fifth State of the Union address, touched on hot topics ...
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Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. The report from Counterpoint Research, based in Hong Kong, said Apple had a 15% ...
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Microsoft is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband access using TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations, as part of a long-term strategy to spread mobile telephony and ...
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Internet use fell in U.S. homes but soared inside the Superdome during this year's Super Bowl. AT&T's mobile network in the Superdome got a workout, carrying 388GB of data over the course of the game, up more than 80 percent from the ...
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The popular games platform Steam is now available for Linux laptops, according to a blog by Canonical, distributor of the Ubuntu operating system. While Linux has long been one of the main operating system of choice on the server, ...
Intel is set to launch a web-based video streaming service this year, as the chipmaker attempts to find new means of making profit in the face of declining PC sales. The world's largest computer chip manufacturer has felt the force of a ...
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That glimmer of hope some are seeing in the economy may be the glint of a diamond or the sheen of a silk scarf. Buoyed by signs of life in the real estate and stock markets, wealthy Americans are spending more freely on luxury goods, ...
Western Digital, one of the few companies to offer a streaming-media player with a built-in hard drive (the WD TV Live Hub), is taking a different approach with its new entry-level model, the WD TV Play. Given its hockey-puck design, $70 ...
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013 takes an unprecedented journey to all seven continents, delivering fashion, beauty and earth’s most exotic destinations across print, tablet, mobile, web and television. Available on newsstands and ...
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Earlier this week, the Consumer Reports TV crew was filming a segment on blenders, detailing the results of our recently updated Ratings of nearly 60 models. Our cameraman got too close to one of the blender blades and gave his thumb a ...
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Let's hope that the pounding you feel in your chest today is love. But let's face it, while it may not seem romantic, the best gift you can give a loved one is a healthy heart. So here are five simple things you can do to keep your heart ...
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Winners in the Outdoor category of the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid-State Lighting Design Competition were announced today at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by DOE, the Illuminating ...
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Intel intends to sell set top boxes which can see what you're doing in your home. It will be able to identify each individual watcher of a domestic TV. The information gathered will allow companies to target advertising at specific ...
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A new not-for-profit company called Digital Mobile Spectrum Ltd (DMSL) has been established to tackle the problem of 4G interfering with Freeview broadcasts. A former Nokia-Siemens Networks CEO has been tapped to handle the roll-out of 4G ...
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AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 were NT$99.4 billion (US$3.42 billion), down 3.3% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was US$97 million, with a gross margin of 2.8% while ...