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  • Dotcom in tears after Megaupload files deleted

    Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers.LeaseWeb said in a statement it hosted the data for over a year at its own expense without receiving any requests to access it or retain ...

  • Microsofts Xbox DRM reversal not the first 12 tech mulligans

    changed its controversial stance on always-on connectivity and game DRM on Wednesday, a reversal that comes after more than a week of harsh criticism from consumers, press and especially competitors. The move comes just a few months before the console is set to hit store shelves, and is widely-viewed as reactionary. Rival Sony, which priced and further detailed ...

  • Microsoft has no plans to revisit Xbox Ones $499 price

    Even as the company backtracks on its unpopular game-sharing policy, a company executive tells CNET that it won't budge on the price for the console, some $100 more than the rival PlayStation ...

  • John McAfee resurfaces as ranting video star mocks McAfee software

    John Mcafee, anti-virus software guru, arrives for a news conference outside of the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, December 4, ...

  • Yahoo rejects fears hackers will exploit old user IDs

    By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:46pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts. The Internet company, which announced last week it would release user IDs that ...


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Movie Review

Waking Life [DVD]

Richard Linklater has complained that there aren't enough ideas in movies these days--that is, beyond the idea of the "high concept," in which you can summarize everything a movie is about in two sentences--so he went out and made one that is about nothing but ideas and certainly cannot be summarized in two sentences. The result, Waking Life, is simple in conception, but mind-boggling in i ... ...

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  • Much faster Wi-Fi coming soon

    The latest Wi-Fi technology, called "802.11ac," offers speeds of up to 1.3 Gigabits per second. That's fast enough to transfer an entire high-definition movie to a tablet in under 4 minutes, share photo albums with friends in a matter of seconds or stream three HD videos at the same time. It's more than double the top speed of the previous standard, known as ...

  • Vine videos provide clues to new design features

    It's no coincidence that the teaser videos come just a day before Twitter rival Facebook is expected to announce an Instagram video feature for sharing more than photos through ...

  • Microsoft Xbox One policy switch makes user forums explode

    After the tech giant announces that it's backtracking on its much-derided Internet connection requirement, social media, comment threads, and gaming forums light ...

  • Analysis Sprint should raise Clearwire bid to avoid Dish tension

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp should consider raising its offer price for Clearwire Corp or risk being saddled with a contentious relationship with Dish Network Corp, controlled by feisty billionaire Charlie ...

  • Virtual reality Its time for garage inventors again

    PALMER LUCKEY was just a baby the last time virtual reality was talked up as "the next big thing". Twenty disappointing years later, he has single-handedly driven its renaissance (see ...

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