Key BlackBerry 10 developers leave to launch new design company

More than half a dozen BlackBerry 10 developers have reportedly left
the company to form a new design group called Topp. The employees in
question were brought on when BlackBerry purchased their previous
employer, The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), in 2010.



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DreamWorks Animation chief offered $75M to put additional Breaking Bad episodes online

Roughly six weeks ago, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffery Katzenberg
offered to finance three additional episodes of Breaking Bad for $25
million apiece. That would have resulted in a nice profit for those
involved with the show as the average episode last season only cost
about $3.5 million to create. Simply...



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Wednesday tech deals: Dell Inspiron 14 $800, Lenovo IdeaTab $219, 50" Vizio LED TV $650

Topping our list of today's deals is the new Inspiron 14 laptop from
Dell, complete with 4th gen Intel processors and 1080p touchscreen for
just $799.99.



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Flickr iOS 7 update allows you to auto upload full res photos to your 1TB of free storage

Earlier this year, Yahoo announced a complete redesign of Fickr with
additional sharing functionality, full res images and most notably, 1TB
of photo storage. Now the company has released an update for its Flickr
app that allows users to make better use of the free storage capacity.



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Steve Ballmer, Al Gore and Mark Zuckerberg all tried to buy Twitter

An upcoming book on the history of Twitter by Nick Bilton has uncovered
a number of secrets surrounding the microblogging platform. Among them
is the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Ballmer and Al Gore all tried to
purchase Twitter during the company’s rise to fame.



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Microsoft awards $100,000 to single researcher in Windows 8.1 bounty program

Microsoft has awarded $100,000 to James Forshaw, a security researcher
at Context Information Security, for coming up with a new exploitation
technique around the built-in protections of Windows 8.1. The
announcement was made on Microsoft's BlueHat blog and marks the second
payout since the company kicked off its first bounty...



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HP needs 'all hands on deck' to boost turnaround effort

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer caught a lot of flak earlier this year for her
decision to end the company’s work from home policy. Now it seems other
are following in their footsteps as Hewlett-Packard is actively
discouraging the practice at their offices.



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Apple launching iPhone 5s and 5c to 35 countries starting October 25

After Apple experienced a shortage with its new iPhones at launch,
especially with the new gold 5s, the company announced today that its
new devices will be coming available in several additional markets by
the end of the month.



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Indicted Anonymous members don't all fit the hacker profile

The FBI indicted a number of Anonymous members last week and as it
turns out, not all of them fit the underground hacker stereotype. In
total, the 28-page indictment alleged that 13 people were responsible
for helping Anonymous take down or disrupt service at multiple websites
including Bank of America,...



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Grand Theft Auto 5 collects 7 Guinness World Records

Grand Theft Auto 5 has been by far the biggest game launch of the year,
captivating Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers since its release last
month. The launch was so huge for publisher Rockstar Games that it
managed to collect seven Guinness World Records in various categories,
including the...



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'Login and Pay with Amazon' lets shoppers use Amazon credentials at third-party retailers

Amazon has launched a new feature that will allow members to use their
login credentials at other third-party retailers. Aptly named Login and
Pay with Amazon, the service is expected to immediately compete with
credit cards and PayPal as payment methods for online shoppers.



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Samsung launches Galaxy Round, features 5.7" curved OLED screen

In case the Galaxy Note 3 didn't tickle your fancy, Samsung has come
out with a brand new device that's similar to the Note in many ways, but
with one main difference. Rather than the standard, flat 5.7-inch Super
AMOLED used in the Note 3, the new Galaxy Round uses...



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Disney researchers use electrostatic to create haptic feedback

Researchers at Disney have invented a unique method to generate
tactical feedback on a smooth glass display – all without physically
modifying the screen. Unlike traditional haptic feedback solutions that
use a vibrating mechanism, the new method uses electrostatic combined
with a slick algorithm to accomplish the same task.



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Roundup: The 12 Best Games for Android Phones

Screw Apple, you say. You don't need to enter their closed system to
taste sweet mobile bliss! Look, you have a perfectly fine Android
handset or tablet on your person. It's still wrapped in plastic, even.
Once you remove that protective layer, it's Fun City! We've got you
covered on...



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Did you know: 50 year-old error correction code gives today's flash memory a boost

For the uninitiated, low-density parity-check (LDPC) code is an error
correction code (ECC) that is used to both detect and correct errors on
data that is transmitted from one point to another. All ECC types
include correction data, so when information is transmitted with errors,
the receiver has enough information...



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Apple expected to refresh entire iPad line at October 22 media event

Apple will have a new wave of iPads out in time for the holiday season.
The slates are expected to take center stage at a special media event
on October 22 according to people familiar with Apple’s plans as
reported by All Things D.



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Microsoft finally confirms Office for iPad is in the works

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally confirmed that a version of
Office is in the works for the iPad. During a speaking engagement at a
Gartner event in Florida, Ballmer said support for the iPad would be
picked up once there is a touch first user interface which likely
means,...



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The Feds are starting to identify and arrest Silk Road users

Last week we learned that the FBI brought down the infamous online drug
market called Silk Road, along with its alleged owner, Ross Ulbricht.
The website was touted as a relatively safe way to conduct otherwise
shady drug deals, especially since the market frequently referred to
itself as “anonymous” and...



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Sony's third-gen personal 3D viewing headset now up for pre-order

Sony’s HMZ-T3W personal 3D viewing headset is now available for
pre-order on the company’s website and in retail Stony stores. The third
iteration includes wireless connectivity with dual OLED monitors that
are said to simulate sitting 65 feet away from a massive 750-inch
display.



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Raspberry Pi has now manufactured 1 million boards in the UK

Single-board computer maker Raspberry Pi has now officially
manufactured 1 million boards through its UK based factory, according to
a post on the official site.



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Yahoo Mail celebrates Sweet 16 birthday with bevy of new features

Yahoo Mail is celebrating its Sweet 16 birthday and you’re invited. To
honor the occasion, Yahoo is offering users a wealth of new Mail
features across the desktop, Android and iOS – many of which were
previously only available in the $19.99-per-year Mail Plus version
according to a post on...



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Google announces Pixel-inspired HP Chromebook 11 for $279

Google and HP have added a new member to the Chromebook family.
Announced at an event in New York City this morning, the HP Chromebook
11 takes a few design cues from the Chromebook Pixel but at a much more
affordable price point with more modest specs and a plastic...



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BlackBerry developing multi-platform enterprise cloud service

BlackBerry is attempting to revive itself through an announcement of a
new multi-platform enterprise cloud service, according to a post on
Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog. The service will allow companies to
easily monitor employee smartphones and tablets as well as administer
applications.



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BlackBerry in development on multi-platform enterprise cloud service

BlackBerry is attempting to revive itself through an announcement of a
new multi-platform enterprise cloud service, according to a post on
Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog. The service will allow companies to
easily monitor employee smartphones and tablets as well as administer
applications.



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Nest Labs makes the boring smoke detector exciting with Protect

Nest Labs has officially unveiled their latest household appliance, a
smoke detector. Known as the Nest Protect, the company hopes it will do
for boring smoke detectors what the Learning Thermostat did for boring
thermostats – make them more appealing and easy to use.



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The Best Android Games: 12 Must-Play Titles
Google's
mobile OS keeps proliferating on more and more handsets and the games
hitting that hardware keep getting better. Among our picks are Angry
Birds Star Wars II, which is a mild improvement over the original but an
improvement nonetheless, as well as Reaper, Temple Run 2, The Room, and
more.



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AMD Radeon R9 270X and R7 260X Review
Previous
years have seen the release of a new GPU generation every year which
makes the Radeon HD 7000's shelf life surprising, even more so
considering the majority of the new RX 200 series cards rebadges from
existing HD 7000 products. The RX 200 series will consist of the Radeon
R7 240, R7 250, R7 260X, R9 270X, R9 280X and later this month the R9
290 and R9 290X. Confused yet? Well let us try and clear a few things
up.



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Steed 1.0.5.956
Azure, FTP, S3, all in one. For Windows.


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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 10.0.9
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RealVNC Free 5.0.6
VNC
is remote access and control software for an unrivalled mix of Windows,
Mac, UNIX and Linux computers. With a simple peer-to-peer architecture,
no agents or centralized servers are required.


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Windows Firewall Control 4.0.2.2
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Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the
functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the
most frequent options of Windows Firewall.


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Alcohol 52% Free Edition 2.0.2.5629
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PilotEdit Lite 6.4.0
PilotEdit Lite is a free text editor that can edit huge files larger than 10GB.


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Ad-Aware Free 11.0.4397.0
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BurnAware Free 6.6
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Kingo Android Root 1.0.8
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risks. The easiest Android root software you have ever seen. Supports
almost every Android device and all Android versions.


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SoulseekQT 2013.10.5
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doPDF 7.3.393
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DriverEasy 4.6.0
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Trojan Killer 2.1.9.1
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specifically for automatic removal of viruses, bots, spyware,
keyloggers, trojans, scareware and rootkits without the need to manually
edit system files or registry.


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Glary Utilities Pro 3.93
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Mozilla Firefox 25.0 Beta 6
Experience cutting edge features but with more stability.


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HelpNDoc 4.0.3
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Mozilla Firefox for Linux 25.0 Beta 6
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Hard Drive Inspector 4.18.180
Monitors hard drives for possible problems using S.M.A.R.T. technology.


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Hornil StylePix 1.14.0
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is an image editor that has all the features of raster graphics editor
and adhered to lightweight design and effective UI. In addition, it has a
built-in image viewer and batch processor.


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Microsoft Security & Critical Releases ISO October 2013
This ISO CD image files contain the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on August 2012.


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Wise Disk Cleaner 7.95.566
Free up disk space by deleting junk files that are no longer used.


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Glary Utilities 3.9.3
Powerful utilities to increase your PC performance and maintain your system.


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Google Chrome Dev for Linux 32.0.1664.3
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