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Pokemon Go Is a Hacker's Dream

Posted by dcg on Monday July 11, 2016 @09:01PM
from the thedailybeast.com dept.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/11/pokemon-go-is-a-hacker-s-dream.html

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Court extends Butterfly Labs asset freeze

Posted by dcg on Friday October 03, 2014 @05:14PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/court-extends-butterfly-labs-asset-freeze/

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Sprint and SoftBank End Their Pursuit of a T-Mobile Merger

Posted by dcg on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @12:41PM
from the dealbook.nytimes.com dept.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/sprint-and-softbank-said-to-abandon-bid-for-t-mobile-us/

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Nasa approves 'impossible' space engine design

Posted by dcg on Monday August 04, 2014 @08:24PM
from the independent.co.uk dept.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-approves-impossible-space-engine-design-that-apparently-violates-the-laws-of-physics-9646865.html

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Re:FTC Alleges T-Mobile Crammed Bogus Charges onto Customers’ Phone Bills on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @09:11PM (#7974521)

Reaction from T-Mobile USA: http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/our-reaction-to-the-ftc-la...

Facebook tinkered with users' emotions in experiment

Posted by dcg on Monday June 30, 2014 @12:10AM
from the latimes.com dept.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-facebook-research-20140629-story.html

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An affordable 4K monitor? It's finally here.

Posted by dcg on Friday June 13, 2014 @05:38PM
from the usatoday.com dept.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/06/08/reviewed-asus-pb287q-affordable-4k-monitor/10089975/

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Mozilla scraps Metro version of Firefox, citing low interest

Posted by dcg on Friday March 14, 2014 @08:45PM
from the news.cnet.com dept.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57620382-93/mozilla-scraps-metro-version-of-firefox-citing-low-interest/

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TIOBE Index for March 2014: F# on its way to the top 10

Posted by dcg on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @04:59PM
from the tiobe.com dept.

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

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Google Now Launcher Arrives on Google Play Store, Limited Availability

Posted by dcg on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @07:08PM
from the lifehacker.com dept.

http://lifehacker.com/google-now-launcher-arrives-on-google-play-store-limit-1531713934

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Beings Not Made for Space

Posted by dcg on Monday January 27, 2014 @07:18PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/bodies-not-made-for-space.html

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Re:T-Mobile CEO hints at family plan disruption in 2014 on Friday January 03, 2014 @07:15PM (#7009162)

Another potential downside is that the $30/month plan does not support roaming data. If you are in an area not covered by T-Mobile's towers you will not have data service. Voice and text will still work fine. I speak from experience here.

The devastation of Deepwater Horizon from above

Posted by dcg on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:46PM
from the dailymail.co.uk dept.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523669/Mesmerizing-photos-Gulfs-210-MILLION-gallon-oil-slick.html

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US and UK 'spy on virtual games like World of Warcraft'

Posted by dcg on Monday December 09, 2013 @06:57PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25310774

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Re:SpaceX Falcon aims for telecoms market with SES-8 launch on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:07PM (#6797016)

The launch is scheduled to be broadcast at 5:00 PM EST.

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

SpaceX Falcon aims for telecoms market with SES-8 launch

Posted by dcg on Monday November 25, 2013 @04:06PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25087861

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Re:Show HN: Visualize your Dropbox Space Usage on Thursday November 14, 2013 @07:21PM (#6736823)

SpaceSniffer is another great tool for Windows that uses a treemap to visualize files on disk.

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer

T-Mobile users can now send MMS messages to Google Voice numbers

Posted by dcg on Thursday November 07, 2013 @04:49PM
from the phandroid.com dept.

http://phandroid.com/2013/11/07/google-voice-t-mobile-mms/

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Apple Opening Arizona Plant With 2,000 Workers to Make Parts

Posted by dcg on Monday November 04, 2013 @08:17PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-04/apple-to-build-plant-in-arizona-with-2-000-workers-to-make-parts.html

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Re:FLAC 1.3.0 Released on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @08:18PM (#5865645)

The Google Music Manager program just transcodes FLAC to 320kbps MP3 before uploading.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1100462?hl=en

After SimCity debacle, EA leaves no doubt: Sims 4 works offline

Posted by dcg on Monday May 06, 2013 @06:14PM
from the gamasutra.com dept.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/191780/After_SimCity_debacle_EA_leaves_no_doubt_Sims_4_works_offline.php

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