Developers Making Progress Building Elon's Hyperloop
If you thought the Hyperloop 800 MPH transit system announced by Elon Musk earlier was just a pipe dream, in fact, it's not. While Musk himself handed off the project to a team of developers, progress is being made and plans are being drawn up for a nationwide system of transport tubes.
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Ubuntu Phone Launch Delayed Until Early 2015
If you were planning on getting or giving one of the new Ubuntu-powered smartphones for the holiday season, you'll have to get creative and wrap up a picture of it to give as a gift. Canonical announced that there will be a slight last minute delay on the rollout and they emphasize the slight delay part since it looks like the first Ubuntu phones will be introduced 1Q2015.
Canonical clearly underestimated the difficulties of launching a product in the mobile market and needed more time. But, it could be worse: Ubuntu Phone should hopefully be good and stable when it's released.
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Sims 4 to Get Game Pack in January
The developers of the Sims announced on their website Friday that the Sims 4 will getting its first game pack entitled The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat in January.
With a Game Pack, gamers will get new clothes, objects, and gameplay features that likewise revolve around a theme -- in this case, and outdoors-centric one.
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Microsoft Windows Browser Ballot Removed in Europe
When the European Commission ruled that Microsoft was unfairly promoting its own browser back in 2009, Microsoft complied with the ruling by offering a choice of browsers for new installations of Windows. Fast forward five years and Microsoft has removed all vestiges of the ruling as soon as the five year ruling expired.
The obligations imposed by the decision have now expired and Microsoft will no longer maintain this website. Microsoft encourages customers who want more information about web browsers or want to download another browser to do so by visiting the websites of web browser vendors directly.
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Tesla's First Battery Swap Station Opens Next Week
Just in time for Christmas, Tesla is opening its first Model S battery swap station.
The company announced today that it's ready to start a pilot program for invited Model S owners along the San Francisco to LA route, at a facility across the street from its Supercharger station in Harris Ranch, CA. Right now Tesla says the whole process can be done in under three minutes, but with changes to the vehicle design, it says cars could be ready to go in less than a minute.
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Killing Floor 2 Developer Diary
Tripwire Interactive's latest developer diary focuses on the weapons of Killing Floor 2.
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Sony Pictures CEO Claims 'We Have Not Caved'
Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please? I would like to announce that Sony's CEO has taken the position of Information Minister.
While President Obama has joined the voices criticizing Sony Pictures for its decision to pull The Interview, its CEO claims he " In an interview with CNN set to air tonight during Anderson Cooper 360, Michael Lynton tells Fareed Zakaria that "We have not caved. We have not given in." In the pieces CNN has teased, he even says the company would still like for people to see this movie.
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Flaw Discovered That Let's Anyone Listen To Your Cell Calls
Pretty soon we are all going to have to wrap ourselves completely in tinfoil to avoid being spied on. Well, that is if you aren't doing that already.
German researchers have discovered security flaws that could let hackers, spies and criminals listen to private phone calls and intercept text messages on a potentially massive scale – even when cellular networks are using the most advanced encryption now available.
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Judge Concerned Google Antitrust Lawsuit Too Vague
Remember that thing we talked about a while back that involved some stuff that people were suing that one company over? I guess the lawsuit was too vague.
A judge on Thursday said she would require consumers suing Google over its Android smartphone operating system to submit more factual details in order for an antitrust lawsuit to proceed, at a time when the Internet search company faces increased regulatory pressure.
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ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z Motherboard
The LanOC crew has the ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z motherboard on the test bench today for a little review action.
Due to Intel releasing new chipsets often a lot of people might think that the motherboard market has a big focus on Intel boards. As I have seen in the past on our forums, our Facebook, and even at our events there is still a large AMD following that is hungry for the latest and greatest to support their preferred vender as well. Well when looking to lock in a board for future AM3+ testing I ended up with the Asus Crosshair V Formula in my hands.
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Instagram Deletes Millions Of Accounts In Spam Purge
But....but...but....what about all those followers I paid for?
Photo-sharing app Instagram has removed millions of accounts believed to be posting spam, angering many legitimate users. People who lost a lot of followers criticised the action, dubbing it the "Instagram Rapture". Like its parent company Facebook, Instagram routinely removes accounts to limit spam and prevent users buying followers to appear more popular. Rapper Akon reportedly lost 56% of his followers in the cull.
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Microsoft Files Suit Against Tech Support Scammers
It's nice to see Microsoft taking action against these scumbags but I have a feeling this is going to be a game of whack-a-mole. Every time they smack one, another pops up in its place.
In its first big strike against technical support scamming companies, today Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit will file a civil lawsuit in federal court in the Central District of California against Omnitech Support and related entities for unfair and deceptive business practices and trademark infringement.
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ASUS Maximus VII Impact LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
With ASUS Republic of Gamers motherboards it's all about the sequels. You have to wonder just how long ASUS can keep its momentum pumping out sequel after motherboard sequel. ASUS' Maximus VII Impact shows us that there is seemingly no end in sight, and very likely with good measure as well.
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Corsair Hydro H80i Liquid AIO CPU Cooler Update Review
As we continue to move up the Corsair All-In-One CPU cooler matrix, today we get to the mid-range Hydro Series™ H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler. This is another cooler that has been on the market for quite a while and we give it another look and see how it compares against today's market in term of cooling and value.
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