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EU fines Microsoft over $730 million for failing to include browser ballot in Windows 7 SP1

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Nearly 20 years later, the decision to bundle a web browser with Windows is still giving Microsoft grief. Today, the European Union has decided to fine the company €561 million (around $732 million) for breaking a 2009 antitrust agreement. At the time, Microsoft agreed to include a browser ballot box in every new copy of Windows, allowing users to pick any one of the 12 most popular browsers rather than defaulting to Microsoft…

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YouTube To Launch Music Subscriptions

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As reported on TechCrunch. by VICTORIA HO YouTube plans to launch a music subscription service later this year, to allow people to listen to tracks online, and to possibly cut out the ads that precede each video for subscribers, according to Fortune. The largest storehouse of streaming video, YouTube relies on selling banner ads on the site and running short clips before each video, giving a cut back to record companies. YouTube has released a statement that…

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Business Mobile

HTC Reports Lowest Sales Since Jan 2010, Worst Revenue Decline In 4 Months, As February Sales Fell 44% To $384M

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN The new HTC One unveiled last month is increasingly feeling like last-chance saloon for the troubled Taiwan handset maker. Today HTC noted that its sales for the month of February fell by nearly 44% to 11.37 billion Taiwan dollars ($384 million), from NT$20.3 billion for the same month one year ago. Looking at thebigger picture, that NT$11.37 billion is barely higher than what HTC made in January 2010, when it reported NT$11.12 billion in…

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Beats is either ‘in talks’ with Apple over new music-streaming service, or it’s just very good at marketing

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Excuse us, but we find it hard to swallow some of the hype that swirls around theBeats brand. That sounds harsh, maybe, but it’s borne out of experience. Anyway, we do trust Reuters, and that outlet claims to have it on good authority that Beats is “in talks” with Apple over a partnership involving the forthcoming Daisy music-streaming service that was formerly MOG. The word is that Tim Cook attended an “informational” meeting with Beats CEO Jimmy…

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Samsung will stop sale of Windows RT tablets in Germany due to weak demand, according to reports

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr We already know that Samsung was too timid (or maybe too sensible) to launch its Windows RT-based ATIV Tab hybrid in the US, but now it appears the manufacturer is having doubts about European demand too. Heise.de and our friends atMobileGeeks are reporting that Samsung will stop selling its ATIV Tab in Germany — Europe’s biggest economy — and some other unspecified European countries after speaking to retailers about the level of interest they’re seeing for Microsoft’s stripped…

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Automotive

Volvo revamps its pedestrian detection system to automatically break for cyclists (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos Cars that automatically stop when a pedestrian is in the way have been in Volvo’s fleet for a while now, but the automaker has just unveiled an update to its existing tech that’ll stomp on the brakes when cyclists are too close for comfort. Announced at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the revamped system detects how close objects are with a grille-mounted radar and then uses a high-def camera within an auto’s rear-view mirror to discern…

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Business Culture

Learn to Manage Up to Keep Your Boss Happy and Off Your Back

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry You know that a bad boss is bad for you, but a good way to keep a boss from going bad in the first place is to get a handle on their expectations and manage them while they manage you. After all, it’s a two-way street. “Managing up,” as the saying goes, is easier said than done, but it’s not impossible. The real key is to learn your boss’s prefered communication style,…

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At $3.9M, This Is the World’s Most Expensive (and Powerful) Lamborghini

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As reported on Wired. BY DAMON LAVRINC View as gallery   Ask a 13-year-old to design their dream car and the Lamborghini Veneno is what you’d get. It’s a 750-horsepower, carbon fiber assault on the senses, and even if you could afford the $3.9 million price tag, Lamborghini is only making three of them, and of course they’ve all been sold. Apologies to Mr. Zuckerberg and the Koch brothers. The Venono, designed as a 220 mph…

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The Breathtaking Final Fantasy Art of Yoshitaka Amano

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As reported on Wired. BY CHRIS KOHLER The worldwide success of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing games is due in great part to the contributions of graphic artist Yoshitaka Amano. Born in 1952, Amano began his career as an animator for seminal Japanese animation series like Speed Racer and Gatchaman, before turning freelance in the 1980s and concentrating on illustrations. His artistic signature, quite different from the big-eyed, primary-hued anime style that had come to define postwar Japanese aesthetic, lent a…

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Apple’s watch will run iOS and arrive later this year, say sources

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As reported on The Verge. By Nilay Patel Jony Ive wants a spot on your wrist More details are emerging about Apple’s forthcoming watch, which is targeted for release this year, according to a Bloomberg report this morning and corroborated by our sources. Bloomberg says the watch project has long been a favorite of Apple design chief Jony Ive, who reportedly ordered “boxes” of Nike sports watches for his team to study a few years ago. That’s perfectly in line with…

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