Best Buy recalls batteries over fire risk
Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 19, 2013
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Kim Dotcom slams Megaupload 'data massacre'
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom Thursday condemned a Dutch company's decision to delete million of files belonging to users of his defunct website, calling it "the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet".
Internet
Jun 19, 2013
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The broken symphony of swinging metronomes
An experiment with 30 metronomes reveals chimera states which combine aspects of synchrony and of disorder. Researchers had been looking for such states for ten years.
Jun 19, 2013
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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin ...
Archaeology
Jun 19, 2013
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US seizure of journalist records called 'chilling'
The US government's secret seizure of Associated Press phone records had a "chilling effect" on newsgathering by the agency and other news organizations, AP's top executive said Wednesday.
Telecom
Jun 19, 2013
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Microsoft mulled buying Nokia unit
Microsoft was in talks to boost its position in the mobile phone market by buying the devices business from Nokia but failed to seal a deal, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal (Update)
Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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LA to give every student an iPad; $30M order
Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 19, 2013
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Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds
Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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Gamer outrage prompts Xbox One policy changes (Update)
Microsoft handed gamers a victory by backing off plans for new-generation Xbox One consoles to require Internet connections and put restrictions on playing second-hand game disks.
Software
Jun 19, 2013
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