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Toshiba’s 2012 Q3 makes $322 million net profit, sees a future in nuclear

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper Toshiba’s latest numbers may not reach the dizzying heights of last quarter, but at least it’s not back to filling out its spreadsheets in red pen. The company is announcing profits of $322 million from net sales of $14.9 billion. A big chunk of that change came from Tosh’s “social infrastructure” division, which produces power plants, medical systems and radiation detectors — while its home entertainment and computing divisions sat and…

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River Thames to bathe in upgraded long-distance WiFi Mobile

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As reported on Engadget By Sharif Sakr Not that a view over the Thames ever gets old, but commuters should soon find it a bit easier to check their inboxes while they’re on or next to the water. Californian WiFi specialist Ruckus says that its wireless steering technology — which increases network range by up to 4x by directing signals around obstacles and interference — has just been picked for an upgrade to BT’s Thames WiFi service. The…

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Lenovo debunks RIM deal rumors, says CFO was just chatting Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg Lenovo turned a few heads last week when its CFO mentioned RIM as a possible acquisition target or partner, and with many eyes peering in its direction, the company’s felt the need to clarify its relationship with the BlackBerry maker. An English-language statement — courtesy of The Next Web — says Wong Wai Ming was “speaking broadly about M&A strategy,” and only included RIM in this comment as the interviewer asked about Lenovo’s…

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Insert Coin: DeltaMaker fuses razzle-dazzle with 3D-printing

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tipwith “Insert Coin” as the subject line. “Why should a 3D printer look like a microwave oven?” That’s the question being posed by the DeltaMaker Kickstarter project team, which thinks it can put some showbiz into 3D printing using a so-called delta robot…

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Apple iPhone Story

Unlocking Your Phone Without Permission Becomes Illegal Tomorrow: Here’s Why You Should Care

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Kevin Purdy After this upcoming weekend, you have to ask your phone company if you want to use the phone you (kind of) bought from them on any other carrier’s network. You used to be able to ask for, or purchase, or hack your way to an “unlocked” phone, but that will be illegal after Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. The Librarian of Congress believes cellphone companies are doing a good enough…

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Space Story

The Solar System’s Most Spectacular Geology Revealed by 50 Years of Robotic Exploration

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM MANN Before 1962, most of the planets in our solar system appeared as hardly more than blurry dots in some astronomer’s telescope. The most that scientists knew about Mercury, Venus, or Jupiter was their size, surface temperature, and atmospheric composition. But on Dec. 14, 1962, the Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. For the first time, researchers had detailed and up-close information about another world, helping spawn new scientific fields…

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Apple’s Tim Cook Sees “Huge Opportunity” For iPad In Mac Cannibalization

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to questions about the issue of potential cannibalization of Mac sales by iPad devices on today’s earnings call, a question made more timely by the fact that Mac sales were down considerably on the quarter. He reiterated that supply constraints are leading to fewer sales, but also tackled cannibalization as a broad topic, noting that there is opportunity there for the iPad in a couple…

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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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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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