FTC opens inquiry into 'patent assertion entities,' aka patent trolls
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced they are opening an
inquiry into patent assertion entities, otherwise known as patent
trolls. Specifically, the FTC is looking into roughly 25 companies that
are in the business of buying and enforcing patents. Better late than
never, right? 
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Weekend game deals: Mass Effect 3 Digital Deluxe $7.49, BioShock Infinite $20, 75% off Batman Arkham and Lego titles
You shouldn't have to spend more than $5 for a full weekend of gaming
between Steam's free access to Dead Island: Riptide, The Binding of
Isaac for $0.99, assorted $5 specials at Get Games and a new Humble
Mobile Bundle with six Android games for four bucks and change. Also... 
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Apple hires top Nike designer to work on wearables
Apple has hired one of Nike’s top design directors to work on wearable
products at Cupertino. Ben Shaffer served as Nike’s Studio Director of
Innovation Kitchen which is the athletic apparel company’s research and
development arm responsible for products like the Nike FuelBand which is
said to be a favorite... 
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Google misses deadline set by French regulators over privacy order
Google could be facing a hefty fine in France for not complying with
requests to modify how they treat user data. France's privacy watchdog,
the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes, or CNIL,
issued a three-month deadline for compliance back in June which has now
expired. ... 
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Weekend Open Forum: Would you accept Deux Ex-like augmentations?
With so many companies developing wearable smart devices, it seems like
it's only a matter of time before Deus Ex-style body augmentations are
being widely discussed. It's kind of scary to think about having just a
smartphone's features on or in your body, but... 
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China to lift 13-year ban on video game console sales
China has now officially approved proposals that will see the 13 year
ban on the sale of gaming consoles come to an end, opening up a massive
market for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to tap into. 
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Mozilla working on a second-screen solution that may rival Chromecast
Mozilla is working on a Chromecast-like mirroring feature in Firefox.
We first caught wind of the test when Mozilla employee Mark Finkle
posted an image of what he described as tab mirroring from Firefox to
Roku via a Nexus 4. 
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Valve unveils Steam Controller, promises PC-like accuracy
Valve is closing off the week with the last of three major
announcements: a controller designed to work with the company's living
room focused Steam Machines. Aptly named Steam Controller, the device is
shaped like a standard game console controller, but the actual setup is
far from typical. Instead of... 
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FordÂ’s Alan Mulally said to be the frontrunner for top job at Microsoft
Ford CEO Alan Mulally is now the frontrunner for the top job at
Microsoft. The 68-year-old Mulally reportedly had little interest in the
position at first but is now warming up to the idea according to
sources close to the situation as reported by All Things D. 
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Microsoft tests cloud gaming service using Lumia 520
Microsoft is in the process of building its own cloud gaming service
not unlike Sony-owned Gaikai. The goal of the yet-unnamed project is to
stream games to Windows devices including the PC and Windows Phone
according to sources familiar with the project as reported by The Verge.
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Microsoft working on single app store for Windows, Windows Phone
Microsoft has made a point to highlight how their multiple platforms,
from Windows to Xbox, all share bits of the same underlying kernel. Now,
it seems more convergence is in the horizon, with reports suggesting
that the company is working on a single app store for "next releases" of
Windows... 
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Build a custom solid state drive using microSD cards
Do you have a collection of old microSD cards sitting around collecting
dust? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could actually put them to good use
instead of giving them away or even worse, tossing them in the trash?
Well now you can thanks to this neat looking microSD SSD... 
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Build a custom soild state drive using microSD cards
Do you have a collection of old microSD cards sitting around collecting
dust? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could actually put them to good use
instead of giving them away or even worse, tossing them in the trash?
Well now you can thanks to this neat looking microSD SSD... 
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Steam Family Sharing program beta begins, email invitations being sent out
We last reported on Steam Family sharing when Valve announced the
program earlier this month. The company said the service would be
entering beta shortly, and now select users have been contacted via
email on how to get started. 
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BlackBerry manufacturing partner Jabil evaluating exit strategy
The fallout from BlackBerry’s decision to go private isn’t limited to
shareholders and company faithful. One of the company’s key
manufacturing partners, Jabil, is now warning investors that they might
lose BlackBerry as a customer. To say that it’d be a serious blow would
be an understatement as the Canadian... 
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Downloads of iOS 7 caused 'major' Internet traffic jams
Apple’s iOS 7 became available for download last week just a couple of
days before the iPhone 5S and 5C hit the streets. As has become the case
with major revisions from Apple, the influx of traffic pinging
Cupertino’s servers led to a lot headaches for those trying to
upgrade... 
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Underground black market Atlantis disappears along with users' money
Earlier this week it was revealed that Silk Road competitor Atlantis
was closing for business – or more rather, was being forced to shut down
due to unknown security reasons out of their control. Customers were
given one week to pull all money out of the system with any remaining...
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A story of Java's improbable return to prominence
General-purpose programming language Java was lauded as the next big
thing a decade or so ago. As I can attest to, it was being taught as an
entry-level programming course at colleges across the country and billed
as the platform to beat with regards to app development – both on... 
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Evernote, 3M join forces to take the Post-It Note digital
Cross-brand promotion is all the rage lately. In the wake of Google
adopting Nestle’s Kit Kat brand as the codename for the upcoming
revision of Android, longtime 3M staple Post-It is joining forces with
note-taking provider Evernote to ensure the sticky paper notes remain
relevant in today’s digital age. ... 
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VLC update adds new audio core, hardware decoding and more
The VideoLan Organization has released a major update to its popular
open-source, cross-platform VLC media player software. Among the
highlights in version 2.1.0 are a new audio core, hardware decoding and
encoding, initial support for Ultra-HD video formats, advanced subtitles
and improved efficiency. 
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Google unveils most substantial change to search algorithm since 2010
Google on Thursday introduced a major change to its core search engine
to mark the company’s 15-year anniversary. Described as the biggest
change to the core algorithm since the launch of Caffeine in early 2010,
Hummingbird is said to be the result of a foundational rethink of page
ranking and... 
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Micron now sampling speedy 2GB Hybrid Memory Cubes
Micron Technology is now shipping 2GB Hybrid Memory Cube engineering
samples to select customers. Described as a dramatic step forward in
memory technology, Micron’s Cube is the first to be shared broadly
according to the company. But what exactly is a Hybrid Memory Cube,
anyway? 
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Google set to enforce tighter SSL security in Chrome
Google is setting out higher standards for security in Chrome and other
products created on it. The company is outlining major changes to its
enforcement of SSL/TLS certificates on a post to the CA/Browser Forum
Public Discussion List. 
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Dell drops XPS 10, leaves Microsoft as lone RT tablet provider
It’s getting awfully lonely for Microsoft’s Windows RT as Dell’s XPS 10
tablet is no longer available from the company’s website. Dell joins a
host of others including Asus, Lenovo and Samsung that have all bailed
on Windows RT in recent memory. The decision leaves Microsoft as the
only company... 
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Thursday tech deals: Dell XPS 8700 $1.300, 65" Toshiba 4K LED $5.492, Linksys EA6700 $200
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Speedy Painter 3.1.8
Speedy Painter is an OpenGL based painting software for Windows. It supports Wacom digitizers to vary size and opacity of brush strokes according to pen pressure.
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Wine 1.7.3
Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs.
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LibreOffice Productivity Suite 4.1.2
LibreOffice was developed to be a productivity suite that is compatible with other major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms.
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Free Studio 6.1.12
Free Studio is an all-in-one package bundling all free multimedia applications developed by DVDVideoSoft.
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Comodo Dragon 29.0.0
Fast and versatile Internet Browser based on Chromium, infused with Comodo's unparalleled level of security.
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Virtual CloneDrive 5.4.7.0
Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually.
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RoboForm2Go 7.9.2.2
Saves online passwords, automatically logs in, fills forms, works from USB disk.
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Speckie 6.0
Speckie is the first and only dedicated, real-time spell check solution for Internet Explorer.
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Windows Essentials Codec Pack 4.5
Collection of Video and Audio Codecs and tools that are required to Encode / Decode Audio and Video files.
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Pale Moon 24.0.2
Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows.
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Wise Registry Cleaner 7.86
Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry cleaning tools available in the market today.
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RoboForm 7.9.2.2
RoboForm is a free password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence.
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GreenBrowser 6.5.0927
GreenBrowser is a multiple windows browser based on IE, with powerful features.
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DVDVideoSoft Free Studio 6.1.12
Free Studio is a single package which bundles all free software from DVDVideoSoft to work with DVD, video and audio files.
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Facebook for Android 3.7
Facebook app for your Android device.
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Linux Kernel 3.11.2
Download the latest version of the Linux operating system.
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Google Chrome Beta for Mac 30.0.1599.66
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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Google Chrome Beta for Linux 30.0.1599.66
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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Mac Blu-ray Player 2.8.10
Mac Blu-ray Player is the first universal media player for Mac & PC in the world.
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Junkware Removal Tool 6.0.3
Junkware Removal Tool is a security utility that searches for and removes common adware, toolbars, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from your computer.
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PhotoShine 4.2
PhotoShine gives you an easy way to make photo collage by adding your photo into different beautiful templates. For example, you can add your photo into a classical love style template, a pink girl style template, a baby cartoon template, or a magazine cover template etc by just one click in PhotoShine.
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OpenOffice.org for Windows 4.0.1
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite that resembles MS Office functionality.
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Anvil Studio 2013.09.02
With this free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI tracks, and two one-minute audio tracks.
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OpenOffice.org for Mac 4.0.1
OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multi-platform and multi-lingual office suite that resembles MS Office functionality.
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ServiWin 1.557
ServiWin utility displays the list of installed drivers and services on your system.
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