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Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple report

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:40:01 +0000

South Korean electronics giant loses $ 10 billion in market value — all because of a report in DigiTimes.
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Pure Storage’s next-generation flash array offers high-availability option

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:20:01 +0000

Pure Storage today announced the second generation of its all-flash array, which can now be configured for high availability.
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Brain Chip Helps Quadriplegics Move Robotic Arms with Their Thoughts

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:02 +0000

It’s the first study to show that brain chips can assist paralyzed people to perform complex real-world tasks.

A paralyzed patient equipped with an implanted brain chip has been able to use a robotic arm to reach for and pick up a bottle of coffee, bring it close enough to her face so she could drink from a straw, and then place the bottle back on the table.

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Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:40:01 +0000

There’s a new product that just came out of Disney Labs — a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and even a collection of curated YouTube videos, all designed to be watched online or on any of your mobile devices. The new Disney Video site, located at video.disney.com, combines the best of Disney past and present, with a whole lot of content that might not be found anywhere else.

It’s too early to know too much about the site — we spotted after it was announced on Twitter by Henry Work, Senior Software Engineer for Disney Interactive Labs, and have a request out for more information. But at first glance, it seems like a pretty cool example of what a major media company can do with a huge library of content that it hopes to bring to multiple platforms and devices.
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The real business of the DIY movement

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:20:01 +0000

At the inaugural Hardware Innovation Workshop, about 200 leaders in the DIY movement gathered to talk about how to build real companies, while still maintaining a maker ethos.
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Smartphone security is heading for ‘apocalypse’

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:20:01 +0000

The meteoric rise in the smartphone market is creating a dangerous vulnerability in smartphone security — one that may not be patched until the problem expands into what has been dubbed an “apocalypse.”
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Sprint’s Android users get carrier billing in Google Play

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:02 +0000

American Android users started getting carrier billing in Google Play early this month through T-Mobile (and later AT&T), and now Sprint can join the party. Any app, book, music or video purchase can be tacked on to the monthly bill for your EVO 4G LTE instead of going through Google. The move leaves Verizon as the only major US carrier without a carrier billing option, so you’ll have to sit tight if you own the original US Galaxy Nexus and hate the thought of a separate download bill. We’ve also heard nothing about regional carriers being on the roadmap, but we’ll keep you posted.

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Treyarch Call of Duty Black Ops II doesn’t need new engine

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:02 +0000

The next version of Call of Duty will run on the same old engine as many of its predecessors. The Call of Duty franchise has been running on the IW3.0 engine since 2007, with the exception of Modern Warfare 2, which used IW4.0. But don’t expect a major under-the-hood overhaul for Black Ops II. But

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Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:20:01 +0000

Palantir Technologies, the big data analysis company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $ 56 million in new funding, according to a document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This is by no means Palantir’s first go-round with venture capital investors. This is the company’s 7th round of funding, according to our records.
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Positionly Raises $300,000 For Search Engine Ranking From Point Nine, Others

Gsurface — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:00:02 +0000

Search engine ranking startup Positionly has secured $ 300,000 seed funding from Berlin-based led by seed VC Point Nine Capital and joined by Angels Mariusz Gralewski and Michal Skrzynski.

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