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  • Imagination reports a 57 percent drop in profits

    Imagination Technologies saw profits for the year ending 30 April 2013 fall by 57 percent to £11.2m. Imagination Technologies is best known as the firm behind the PowerVR GPU that is licensed by Apple, Intel and Samsung in their mobile chips. Despite the firm having an impressive customer list, it posted a 57 percent decline in full-year profits to £12.1m despite seeing revenues ...

  • Game readies pop-up Xbox One shop

    gaming store Game is opening up a small pop-up shop in which it will let UK punters get a close look at the Microsoft Xbox One console. Before, if you wanted to see the console you had to attend the E3 gaming tradeshow in America. From tomorrow you'll be able to do it in fixie bike and moustache paradise ...

  • Canonicals Ubuntu for smartphones gets support from eight mobile operators

    Canonical has announced the formation of the Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) for its Ubuntu for mobile operating system that includes Deutsche Telekom, EE and Korea Telecom. Canonical has been busy developing a version of ...

  • Kim Dotcom accuses Leaseweb of deleting Megaupload data

    with the data seized in the Megaupload shutdown apparently has deleted it. Leaseweb, says Kim Dotcom, has taken it upon itself to rid its servers of the Megaupload burden. He is not happy. "VERY BAD NEWS: #Leaseweb has wiped ALL #Megaupload servers. All user data & crucial evidence for our defense destroyed ‘without warning'," he tweeted. "While @EFF is fighting ...

  • Japan formally OKs new nuclear safety requirements

    TOKYO -- Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.The new requirements approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority take effect July 8, when operators will be able to apply for inspections. If ...


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Speed 2: Cruise Control

Don't let the movie poster fool you. Even though Sandra Bullock takes top billing and her face is most prominently displayed on the advertisements for "Speed 2: Cruise Control," she spends most of the movie taking a back seat to Jason Patric's action hero, Willem Dafoe's mugging villain, and director Jan De Bont's confusing action and bigger-than-life special effects. Bullock, who has a sly and wo ... ...

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  • Bits Blog A Quantum Computing Problem Solved

    Researchers at the University of Sydney and Dartmouth College said they have found a new way to design quantum memory, a key element in making quantum computing a reality. The method, they say, reduces the number of errors typically expected in quantum computing without sacrificing high-speed performance.Quantum computing draws on certain well established, but difficult-to-control subatomic ...

  • Apple TV adds HBO Go and WatchESPN

    HBO Go includes on-demand access to all of the premium channel's shows, movies, comedy specials and other content. The WatchESPN app features live sports events as well as on-demand video ...

  • Houses that flip and fold into place

    By Brian Dumaine FORTUNE -- Prefab houses have been around forever-at the turn of the last century you could order a kit house from the Sears catalogue-but they soon achieved a reputation for shoddy workmanship and unappealing design (think trailer-style homes). A new generation of architects and designers have decided that there's no reason prefab houses can't look great and be of ...

  • BlackBerry shares fall as analyst downgrades stock ahead of earnings

    TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry shares fell nearly 4 percent on Tuesday after a Bernstein Research analyst cut his rating on the stock to "underperform" ahead of the company's quarterly earnings release next ...

  • 10 features Microsoft needs to put in the next Surface Pro

    $199 for a list $499 Surface RT tablet -- shows that Microsoft's intent on getting rid of its Surface stock, prices be damned. With new Surfaces on the way (possibly as soon ...

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