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  • iPad Mini Retinas display is a moving target Heres why

    Apple faces some tough choices when deciding on a display technology for the upcoming iPad Mini. That results in vagaries in suppliers' production ...

  • Successor to Optimus G will sport Snapdragon 800 processor

    The successor to LG's flagship smartphone Optimus G will be powered by the speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, the companies announced Wednesday ...

  • Best Buy recalls MacBook Pro replacement batteries due to burn hazards

    (Credit: CNET) After a U.S. government agency received 13 reports of battery fires, including one that caused a "serious burn" to the user's leg, Best Buy has decided to recall thousands of replacement batteries for Apple's MacBook Pro laptops. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...

  • Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web

    WASHINGTON -- When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern. Instead the man who was responsible for protecting the personal information of Facebook's more than one billion users from outside attacks went to work for another giant institution that manages and analyzes large ...

  • F.T.C. Is Said to Plan Inquiry of Frivolous Patent Lawsuits

    WASHINGTON -- The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission is expected on Thursday to recommend a sweeping investigation of "patent trolls," companies that buy large portfolios of technology patents and use them to sue software designers and makers of products like smartphones and tablet computers, people briefed on the inquiry ...

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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) [DVD]

Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) [DVD]

Of all the films made about the Holocaust, Alain Resnais Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) is quite possibly the most moving and thought-provoking, which is all the more impressive given than it is barely more than a half an hour in length. As a visual document of the remnants of Nazi concentration camps, it makes an ironic statement about the inherent neutrality of physical object ... ...

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  • Sony chief says time needed to study proposal

    TOKYO (AP) -- Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders ...

  • Rockmelt launches Android app with enhanced navigation

    Android users and not merely a port of an iOS app." So, what are the differences between the social browser's Android and iOS app? A lot. First of all, the Android app is tooled for bigger screens, which means navigation is at the bottom of the screen in portrait mode and on the right in landscape mode. Also, as users scroll through the app, the navigation disappears to show-off more ...

  • Facebook has never been stronger since IPO Sandberg says

    Reuters © Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, speaks during Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco, June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen ...

  • US Oil Steady Below $99

    U.S. oil prices were steady below $99 on Wednesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to shed some light on whether it plans to taper its $85 billion stimulus program. The Fed's three quantitative easing schemes have been key in boosting prices of oil and other commodities. ...

  • Rockets Lazada gets $100 million in bid to be Southeast Asias Amazon

    (Reuters) - Lazada, the Southeast Asian online retail company founded by Germany's Rocket Internet Gmbh, has secured another $100 million from investors in its bid to lift the region from its status as an e-commerce ...

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