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WSJ: Microsoft’s next generation of Surface tablets includes a 7-inch version

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Wonder what a Nexus 7 / Kindle Fire / iPad Mini fighter from Microsoft would look like? You may find out soon, as the Wall Street Journal has just posted a “breaking news” alert that it’s heard Microsoft is developing a new lineup of Surface tablets …


Researchers use Google, Yahoo, and Bing to find drug side effects faster than the FDA

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By analyzing search data, researchers can now discover the unknown side effects of prescription drugs more quickly than before. Using data from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, researchers discovered trends that accurately correlated wit…


Comcast and Cablevision detail their ‘six strike’ copyright alert strategies

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This week five major internet service providers in the United States rolled out the “six strike” Copyright Alert System (CAS), and while we already had a sense of how AT&T and Verizon would be employing the alerts, we now …


Samsung takes a page from Apple’s Passbook with new Wallet app

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Samsung took the wraps off of its new Samsung Wallet app during a developer conference at Mobile World Congress on Wednesday. The Wallet app is designed to let users store things such as event tickets, boarding passes, members…


TV stations learn that default passwords are no protection against zombie apocalypse

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Authorities have reportedly identified the hacker responsible for this week’s zombie hoax in Montana and three other states, while TV stations have found an explanation for how it happened — weak passwords.
The suspect, …


Zombies are not invading Montana, despite emergency alert

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If you happened to be watching the Steve Wilkos Show in Great Falls, Montana yesterday, you may have had your viewing interrupted by a strange emergency alert warning of a statewide zombie apocalypse. Fortunately for everyone,…


Oracle updates Java two weeks early to address more security vulnerabilities

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Two weeks ahead of schedule, Oracle has released another update addressing a number of active Java exploits. Just last month, Oracle updated its Java add-on in response to an alert from the US Department of Homeland Security, …


‘House of Cards’ review: ‘You’ve got to get a grip on who your masters are’

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Spoiler alert: to the best of my knowledge, this review contains no spoilers of House of Cards with regard to its plot. It focuses on the mood, style, characters, and language of the show, and to that end quotes much of its be…


90 Seconds on The Verge: BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 7.8, and Netflix vs. HBO

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Tell me where is fanboy bred.Or in the heart or in the head?How begot, how trollishèd?
It is engendered in replies,With hazing fed, and comment diesIn the charging cradle where it lies.Let us all ring fancy’s knellI’ll …


OneLouder’s 1Weather gets big 2.0 update

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Our friends at OneLouder, the studio behind Play Store hits such as TweetCaster and FriendCaster, have let us know that its weather app has gotten itself a nice big upgrade today. We’re in version two, and with that comes new support for Android tablets. You’ll get an entirely new user interface tailored specifically for the [...]