Day: January 23, 2013

Military Story

8,000 Miles, 96 Hours, 3 Dead Pirates: Inside a Navy SEAL Rescue

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As reported on Wired. BY DAVID AXE The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge tows the lifeboat from the Maersk Alabama to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer on April 13, 2009. Photo: U.S. Navy   On April 8, 2009, four pirates armed with AK-47s clambered up the side of the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama, sailing off the coast of Somalia. But after a brief scuffle with some of the 20 crewmembers, the pirates opted to abandon the 508-foot…

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New Test Could Be NFL’s Breakthrough in Battle Against Concussions

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As reported on Wired. BY SEAN CONBOY A test developed at UCLA uses a PET scan to screen for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological disease that has been linked to repeated head trauma and until now could only be diagnosed posthumously. Several NFL players, including Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May and is shown here in 2007, have been diagnosed with CTE. Photo: Elise Amendola/Associated Press   It’s an old NFL maxim that a player’s…

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Apple Business

The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn’t want you to see

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon Steve Jobs threatened patent litigation if Palm wouldn’t agree to stop hiring Apple employees, says former Palm CEO Edward Colligan in a statement dated August 7th, 2012. The allegation is backed up by a trove of recently-released evidence that shows just how deeply Silicon Valley’s no-hire agreements pervaded in the mid-2000s. Apple, Google, Intel, and others are the focus of a civil lawsuit into the “gentleman’s agreements,” in which…

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iPad Hack Statement Of Responsibility

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANDREW AUERNHEIMER In June of 2010 there was an AT&T webserver on the open Internet. There was an API on this server, a URL with a number at the end. If you incremented this number, you saw the next iPad 3G user email address. I thought it was egregiously negligent for AT&T to be publishing a complete target list of iPad 3G owners, and Itook a sample of the API…

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FitStar Reinvents The Home Workout With Upcoming iPad App From NFL Tight End Tony Gonzalez

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As reported on TechCrunch. by KIM-MAI CUTLER FitStar, a fitness app startup backed by Floodgate and Google Ventures that uses the iPad to transform home video workouts, just announced its first creation. In it, Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez becomes a user’s personal trainer, leading them through about 60 different video exercises. The idea is that the iPad is much better suited toward helping people achieve their fitness goals. Unlike DVDs and videos, which are passive, the…

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Microsoft Story

Microsoft Korea Reportedly Shuts Down Its Seoul-Based R&D Unit

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU posted yesterday 0 Comments Microsoft Korea will close its research and development unit by the end of next month,reports Asiaone (h/t TNW). The company announced last year that its Asia-Pacific R&D Center will be headquartered in Beijing, which represents Microsoft’s largest R&D investment outside of the U.S. The company plans to leverage the facility to develop China-based talent and research as a “core contributor” to its global portfolio of products and services.Microsoft…

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Android

The Truth Is That Android Is Cheap, Not Good

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS When Android first appeared I had an inkling that it would be a hit. I didn’t enjoy the early incarnations of the software – the G1 was like a Sidekick on steroids – but generally I expected Android devices to blanket the world for one simple reason: it was free and carriers no longer had to worry about Java stacks and wonky, homebrew OSes. Instead they could sell phones…

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Business Culture Mobile

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 now up for download (video) Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos BlackBerry’s just served up fresh tools to replace its Mobile Fusion brand and help businesses manage employee phones: BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. BES 10, which is now available for download, not only supports the upcoming fleet of BB 10 phones and existing BlackBerry hardware, but Android and iOS devices as well. With the software, businesses can use a web-based interface to manage applications and data on company-issued devices or personal hardware that’s…

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Business Hardware Dev

Intel will discontinue desktop motherboards following Haswell release

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As reported on Engadget. By Zachary Lutz  The decline in desktop PC sales is beginning to ripple throughout the industry, asIntel has revealed plans to wind down its desktop motherboard division over the next three years. According to AnandTech, the company will release boards that are based on the Haswell architecture before completely suspending development. Moving forward, Intel will instead focus its efforts on creating form factor reference designs for the Ultrabook, tablet and desktop markets. Curiously, one product that’s currently immune…

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Business

Logitech gambled big on video conferencing, lost

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr  Logitech’s PR machine is on the loose this morning, trying to dampen expectations before the company announces its quarterly financial results later in the day. The key message is that we shouldn’t expect any great shakes from the video conferencing side of the business. In fact, there’ll be a $211 million charge against earnings, which is big enough to wipe out the previous quarter’s income four times over, and…

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