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GRAPHICS, HARDWARE
NEWS, RUMORS
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For what looks to be AMD's future graphics card, someone has put it up on eBay for sale.
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HARDWARE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Internet freedom attacks from all directions... lots of news edition.
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DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS, BLOGS
NEWS
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Our latest installment of our daily Tech Around the World news update segment for December 3rd, 2012.
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SECURITY, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Over the past couple of months, we have witnessed a sea of changes to Terms & Conditions of online services. All these changes spark from a 2010 Supreme Court decision, trickling down to other T&C's.
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CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS
NEWS
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APPLE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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There is no doubt about it - Apple is getting ready to launch the iPad 3. Riding on that wave, we got contacted by a representative of NextWorth, online reseller of used electronics.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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Sennheiser, well respected manufacturer of quality headphones, saw an increase in complaints and warranty returns of their equipment. Consumers had purchased online from websites based in - you guessed it - China.
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HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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It is now official, Meg Whitman will replace Leo Apotheker as Hewlett-Packard’s CEO. The HP Board of Directors has been called dysfunctional by nearly all of Silicon Valley because this is their seventh CEO choice since 1999.
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DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Among the new features for the Diablo series we have auction house, that also allows to trade in real money (micropayments). Activision Blizzard now announced that PayPal will be their payment-service partner.
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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Groupon, a purveyor of daily deal coupons, is looking to make its own good deal. Groupon has filed for an IPO with the SEC. Now you can own part of the company that profits from partnering with businesses to offer discounts.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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By the time you're reading this, Microsoft is expected to announce buying Skype S.a r L., a Luxembourg-based company for a grand total of $8.5 billion, acquiring all of Skype's debt in the process.
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HARDWARE, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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China's largest TV brand has picked the SiS chips for its first-generation Smart TV platform built around Android and sporting gesture-based controls, Skype videoconferencing, web browsing, social services and more.
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BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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A note to Paul Allen, a Silicon Alley billionaire, Microsoft's co-founder and the owner of the Octopus megayacht and three losing professional sports teams: Nine years is way too long a wait to file suit to protect your patents.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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Friday, a 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court agreed with the computer software industry to stop sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.
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SECURITY, BUSINESS
NEWS
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There was a lot going on at the Santa Clara Convention Center. We were there for the GlobalFoundries Tech Convention. The other activity which is probably of more interest to our readers was an eBay gathering.
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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HARDWARE, BLOGS
NEWS
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SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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What happens if you would add voice functionality to Ning? Future MySpace/Facebook/Twitter competitor, that's for sure. But what if a Skype buyer owns a share in Facebook, Twitter and Ning?
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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GM is partnering with eBay Motors to sell new cars - this time the premature July announcement has reached fruition. That false start has been given the gas, and as of today, you can buy GM cars on eBay.
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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It looks like shopping spree is over for eBay: the auction house announced that StumbleUpon was spun off [bought in 2007], and that Skype is heading for IPO early next year.
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