Ecuadorian government grants Wikileaks' Julian Assange diplomatic asylum
During a press conference held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Patino, the Ecuadorian government announced that Julian Assange will receive diplomatic asylum in the South American country. After thoroughly investigating Assange’s claims, Ecuador reportedly verified that the Wikileaks founder has been abandoned by the Australian government, that the... 
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Best in Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680 may have swiped the performance crown away from AMD's Radeon HD 7970 earlier this year, but at $500, the initial Kepler offering was inaccessible to most system builders. That situation improved slightly in May with the GTX 670, a popular choice among enthusiasts for delivering an... 
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OLPC's XO-4 Touch hybrid notebook / tablet set to arrive in Q1 2013
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) non-profit organization has confirmed a new version of the XO device is currently in development. The XO-4 Touch, described as a huge leap forward in what the organization can offer, is a hybrid device that combines the XO’s existing laptop functionality with a full-functional... 
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Rumor: Microsoft to price Surface for Windows RT tablet at $199
Microsoft’s Surface tablets were generally well-received by media when they were unveiled back in June despite the fact that Redmond didn’t fully disclose everything about the Windows 8 portables. One of those key sticking points is price, a topic that Microsoft has said will be addressed close to availability. ... 
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Windows 8 arrives for TechNet & MSDN subscribers, 90-day trial available to all
The final, RTM build of Windows 8 is now officially available to download for MSDN and TechNet subscribers after being made available on torrent sites earlier this month. This is the same code that will be available to the general public on October 26 as an upgrade or with new... 
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Hulu sued over 24-year old video privacy law
Due to a 1988 video rental privacy law, media streaming outfit Hulu has found itself in a jeopardous position. An anonymous group of individuals are suing Hulu for purported violations of privacy, a charge brought about by sharing users' video watching history with advertisers. 
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Windows 8 vs. Windows 7 Benchmarks: Microsoft's Latest OS Put to the Test
Back when Vista first arrived I remember comparing how it performed to XP and being extremely disappointed with the results. Vista was generally rough around the edges and that included drivers, so gaming and productivity applications were more often than not slower in the new OS. Microsoft's PR machine has... 
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 goes on sale tomorrow starting at $499
Samsung unveiled the quad-core Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress back in February but it wasn’t until earlier this month that everything was finalized with plans to launch the device in the coming weeks. That time has arrived as we now know how much Samsung is asking for the... 
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Neowin: "Metro" Windows Explorer concepts
For the past couple of weeks, the Internet has been debating the reasoning why Microsoft would dump its "Metro" branding for the Windows 8 user interface. The company could be changing the UI branding to "modern", although Microsoft has yet to officially confirm this. Even with the changes in the... 
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HP isn't threatened by Surface tablet, applauds Microsoft's effort
Microsoft’s decision to release their own Windows 8 tablet has had mixed reactions from manufacturers and those in the media. On one hand, there’s the camp led by companies like Acer and CEO JT Wang that believe Redmond has little business in the hardware game. Their entry, as Wang recently... 
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Windows Phone app publishing on hold after hiccups in Marketplace upgrade
Microsoft is experiencing some problems with its Windows Phone Marketplace that are preventing users from downloading updates for their apps. The error, according to a blog post at Microsoft's Windows Phone Blog, is related to digital certificates and should only affect phones that upgraded to Windows Phone 7.5 from an... 
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aim to reinvent the toilet
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently held a competition that asked some of today’s brightest inventors to help solve a problem plaguing more than 2.6 billion people worldwide. The task was to reinvent the toilet without using running water, electricity or a septic tank and it must not expel... 
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Facebook's Instagram acquisition green-lighted by UK's OFT
Facebook’s first hurdle in its acquisition of Instagram has been cleared after the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) passed the merger. The regulator said the acquisition would not substantially lessen competition for consumers in the country, or place the social network in a position of unfair advantage. ... 
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HP spins off webOS group into new company called Gram
It’s been a long and rough road for webOS. Once believed to be the first serious contender to Apple’s iPhone OS in terms of design and usability, it failed to live up to its promise due to… well, you name it: lackluster hardware, poor execution, and the Motorola Droid stepping... 
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New MPEG standard cuts video bandwidth requirements in half
A new MPEG video standard called High Efficiency Video Coding claims to be twice as efficient as current standards which essentially means that we can expect to download movies twice as fast as before. The format will be able to maintain the same level of quality that we are accustomed... 
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Mad Catz unveils $300 modular S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 gaming keyboard
Complementing its customizable Cyborg R.A.T. mouse series, Mad Catz has announced a new gaming keyboard with more gimmicks than Billy Mays. The S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 touts a full metal chassis with five interlocking hardware modules -- the main keyboard, a palm rest, a numpad, a "function strip" and a "V.E.N.O.M." touchscreen --... 
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Gartner: Smartphone adoption up 43%, buyers waiting for new iPhone
Gartner’s latest mobile and smartphone sales figures show that demand for the iPhone 4S has halted, presumably because people are waiting for the new iPhone to launch. Apple’s flagship handset is expected to get a refresh as early as next month. 
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Former MPAA CTO speaks out against laws like SOPA
Former Motion Picture Association’s Chief Technology Officer Paul Brigner has offered a level-headed rundown regarding the perils of using DNS as a means of Internet enforcement. Once controversial legislation, SOPA relied upon DNS-blocking techniques to essentially take down undesirable websites -- a bill which Brigner openly supported on behalf of the MPAA... 
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Microsoft and Adobe release a slew of critical security updates
Microsoft and Adobe have unleashed a series of software updates today, plugging a ton of security holes. The latest Patch Tuesday consists of nine bulletins including five rated as critical and four deemed important. One of the bulletins, MS12-060, addresses a flaw in all supported editions of Office that is... 
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Adobe to disable new installs of Flash on Android starting tomorrow
Adobe surprised many late last year when developers were notified that the company no longer had plans to develop future builds of Flash Player for mobile browsers. Instead, they would be focusing all of their attention on HTML5 and other web technologies. The beginning of the end starts tomorrow as... 
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Microsoft's Hotmail rebrand is a hit, SkyDrive website revamped
Microsoft rebranded Hotmail as Outlook.com late last month in an attempt to rid itself of the negative reputation it had earned since launching way back in 1996. We’re only two weeks into the change but it appears the decision has paid off as Microsoft announced today that 10 million users... 
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EA's Origin, SimCity coming to Macs in February 2013
Love it or hate it, EA’s Origin digital distribution service is growing at a steady pace, with over 500 games available from more than 50 publishers. The publisher revealed in June that Origin has played host to more than 12 million downloads and hailed the service as a "huge success".... 
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Microsoft licensed Apple tablet patents, Samsung refused
According to the latest from Apple's testimony in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung, Microsoft struck a deal with Apple permitting the software-maker to utilize Cupertino's tablet design patents. 
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Tuesday tech deals: $600 Ivy Bridge PC, $60 Kindle 3G
HP Pavilion HPE Ivy Bridge Core i7 PC from $600 + $30 s&h 
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New site ranks web services based on 'terms of service' agreements
A new ratings system hopes to help web users deal with what they describe as the biggest lie on the web – "I have read and agree to the terms." The service is already live although an official launch is scheduled for next week’s Telefonica Campus Party, a tech festival... 
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