Saturday, December 10, 2011

IT News Head Lines (AnandTech) 10/12/2011

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GM Buys Lithium Phosphate Batteries for Spark EV
Lithium Phosphate batteries less prone to fire

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12/09/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday

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IBM's Watson Ponders Whether to Fight Patent Trolls or Join Them
The Strategic IP Insight Platform providers the perfect tool for finding prior art -- or potential victims

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Morgan Stanley Downgrades Tesla Shares, Disappointed by EV Adoption
Tesla shares were cut from $70 to $44

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WebOS Fate May Be Determined at HP All-Hands Meeting Today
Many expect Whitman to address what HP plans to do with webOS, which former CEO Leo Apotheker decided to kill back in August

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Acer Sick of Being "Cheap" and "Unprofitable", Wants to be Like Apple
Company hopes that ultrabooks are the answer to its sales woes

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Mysterious "UFO" Footage Near Mercury Debunked
YouTube user siniXster believes the NASA camera footage is a UFO, but scientists say its just a ghost of where Mercury was positioned the previous day

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Quick Note: Iran Shows Off Images of Downed Stealth Drone on State TV
The authenticity of the images has not yet been verified

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12/08/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday

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Schmidt Claims Google TV Will Dominate, Android Will Win Devs in 2012
Google finally upgrades

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U.S. Justice Department Climbs Aboard E-Book Antitrust Investigation
Very few details were provided regarding the investigation in the hearing, other than that the probe would look into possible anticompetitive practices in the way of e-book sales

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Washington D.C. First in Nation to Get 100-Gigabit Fiber "DC-CAN" Network
The idea behind DC-CAN is to offer a city-owned, middle mile network that last-mile service providers can establish a connection with for cheap

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AT&T Has $8.8B Extra to Convince Gov't, Rivals to Close T-Mobile Deal
Move could pay off in the long run, if reduced competition allows it to raise prices

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RIM Barred from Using BBX Name for Latest OS
RIM to use BlackBerry 10 instead

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Microsoft to Give Windows Store Developers More Money Than Competitors
Windows 8 beta will launch in February with Windows Store

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Verizon to Offer Family Data Plans Next Year
The shared, pooled, or family data plans would allow multiple users to share one batch of data for various devices such as smartphones, tablets, and USB modems for laptops

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F-22 Fighter Production Restarts, Last Delivery Coming Next Year
Last F-22 set to be delivered next spring

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Quick Note: Apple Loses Trademark Suit over iPad Name in China
Apple stands to lose more than a billion in compensation in the case

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Report: AT&T Worst in Customer Satisfaction for 2nd Year in a Row
More surprising: regional and prepaid carriers topped Consumer Reports' customer satisfaction survey

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12/07/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday

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Pentagon/Analysts Believe RQ-170 Stealth Drone Malfunctioned, Wasn't Shot Down by Iran
However, a Lexington Institute analyst said that all signs point to the RQ-170 Sentinel as the missing drone

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RIM's Attempt to Block "Dingleberry" Jailbreak on PlayBook Fails
Much like Apple, RIM was quickly outwitted by hackers

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Verizon to Challenge Netflix, Cable TV with Video Streaming Package
Verizon's Web streaming service could be available as soon as 2012

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Military Biofuel Costs Slashed Thanks to Massive Navy Purchase
Fuel is still nearly five times as expensive as traditional fuel

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Vice Adm. Venlet Requests Production Slow Down for F-35 Lightning II
Building jet while ground and flight testing was ongoing was a "miscalculation" according to Venlet

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