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Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales
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on May 16, 2013
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Fishermen falling for new bass species hook, line and sinker
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on May 12, 2013
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Coastal river systems in Alabama and the western Florida panhandle are home to the newest member of the black basses: the Choctaw bass, Micropterus haiaka. For decades, biologists and anglers alike confused this species with one of its relatives, the spotted bass. But at least national fishing organization told FoxNews.com that the Choctaw bass will now likely be a top target for catch-and-release fishermen in the southeastern United States.
Fishermen falling for new bass species hook, line and sinker
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on May 9, 2013
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Coastal river systems in Alabama and the western Florida panhandle are home to the newest member of the black basses: the Choctaw bass, Micropterus haiaka. For decades, biologists and anglers alike confused this species with one of its relatives, the spotted bass. But at least national fishing organization told FoxNews.com that the Choctaw bass will now likely be a top target for catch-and-release fishermen in the southeastern United States.
People Are Speaking, Markets Are Reacting, Fears Are Falling And Hackers Are Gonna Hack!
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on May 4, 2013
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Editor’s note: Howard Lindzon is co-founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.
The markets are not changing so much as the technology that makes markets move. The technology has enabled machines to ping each other at speeds that give them an edge over humans (at least in the very short-term) and people are connected to other machines and people in ways that can’t be quantified. The social web and the leverage from these connections have the media confused, and it seems angry, if not completely wrong.
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Falling Windows RT Tablet Prices Signify Slow Adoption
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on April 3, 2013
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angry tapir writes “Prices of Windows RT devices have started falling, signaling an attempt by PC makers to quickly clear out stock after poor adoption of tablets and convertibles with the operating system. Microsoft released Windows RT for ARM-based devices and Windows 8 for Intel-based devices in October last year. The price drop is an acknowledgment that Windows RT has failed, analysts claim. Though Microsoft has not publicly acknowledged the failure of Windows RT, there is already growing concern about the fate of the OS. IDC earlier this month said that Windows RT tablet shipments have been poor, and that consumers have not bought into ‘Windows RT’s value proposition.’ PC and chip makers have acknowledged poor adoption of the operating system. Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, last month said he was disappointed with the poor response to Windows RT, and Acer executives have said that Microsoft needs to improve the usability of RT.”
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Apple aims to save a falling iPhone via new patent filing
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on March 21, 2013
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A newly-published patent application suggests ways to protect a dropped iPhone by controlling where it lands or even slowing its descent. [Read more]
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Vertu’s first Android smartphone costs €7,900, admits to falling short of ‘bleeding edge’
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on February 12, 2013
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That fancy Vertu Ti handset we saw pop up last month? It’s finally been priced, predictably out of the average buyer’s price range. Sticker shock starts at €7,900, or about $ 10,587, and buys eccentrics with money to burn a sapphire-covered 800 x 480 display, 1.5GHz of processing power and a 1,250mAh battery — all wrapped in a durable titanium shell. What’s it missing? 4G connectivity, unfortunately. “Vertu will never be at the bleeding edge of technology,” Vertu head of design Hutch Hutchison told the BBC. “It has to be about relevant technology and craftsmanship — it’s not a disposable product.” At those prices, we’d certainly hope not. Vertu phones might not be packed with the mobile world’s latest tech, but Hutchison says that the top dollar pricetag buys better durability. “People think sapphire is just posh glass,” he explained to the BBC. “The only thing that scratches it is a diamond.” At the very least, Vertu customers won’t have to worry about which pocket they keep their keys in.
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Red Bull Stratos supersonic skydive live: Felix is falling!
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on October 14, 2012
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Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel’s Targets
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on October 3, 2012
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nk497 writes “When Paul Otellini announced Ultrabooks last year, he predicted they would grab 40% of the laptop market by this year. One analyst firm has said Ultrabooks will only make up 5% of the market this year, slashing its own sales predictions from 22m this year to 10.3m. However, IHS iSuppli said that Ultrabooks have a chance at success if manufacturers get prices down between $ 600 to $ 700 — a discount of as much as $ 400 on the average selling price of the devices — and they could still grab a third of the laptop market by 2016.”
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Whites falling behind in smartphone usage, Nielsen study shows
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on September 24, 2012
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PC makers falling further behind Apple, says Canalys
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on August 1, 2012
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PC makers have their work cut out for them over the next 12 months. To compete with the iPad, PC makers need to add touch to ultrabooks — but that adds cost.
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Melting Point For ICS? Its Share Of Android Penetration Is Growing While Others Falling
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on July 3, 2012
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Google has released its latest Android developer stats, which show that Gingerbread, version 2.3, at 63.6 percent, remains the single most-popular Android version, based on how many devices have accesed the Google Play app store in the last two weeks. But some number crunching, courtesy of Ben Evans, shows that the newer Ice Cream Sandwich may be picking up some speed.
Google says that ICS accounted the last two weeks, for 10.7 percent of all Google play visits. But Evans’ calculations indicate that in that time there were actually more ICS than Gingerbread devices added to the overall base — for the first time. In fact, it looks like ICS devices are actually growing in their overall percentage of all active Android devices, while all other versions are seeing declines.
Falling memory prices may bring irritating, intrusive devices
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on January 9, 2012
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Everyone likes it when prices fall, right? But there may be a point when flash memory gets too cheap for its own good.
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Danger! Falling Rocks: Meteorites and Asteroids [Infographic]
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on November 7, 2011
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VMware, a Falling Giant?
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on November 4, 2011
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New submitter Lashat writes “According to Ars Technica, ‘A new survey seems to show that VMware’s iron grip on the enterprise virtualization market is loosening, with 38 percent of businesses planning to switch vendors within the next year due to licensing models and the robustness of competing hypervisors.’ What do IT-savvy Slashdotters have to say about moving away from one of the more stable and feature rich VM architectures available?”
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What Are the Odds You’ll Get Struck by the Falling ROSAT Satellite?
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on October 21, 2011
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Track Germany’s Falling, 2.4-Ton Satellite in Real-Time
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on October 18, 2011
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NASA’s falling satellite caught on video?
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on September 25, 2011
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Amateur video purports to show a few dozen pieces of the broken-up satellite on their way to a final resting place, perhaps somewhere in the Canadian wilderness?
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Satellite AR app for Android will help you be sure UARS isn’t falling on you
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on September 24, 2011
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Earlier this week I mentioned that the UARS was falling back to Earth much faster than NASA had expected. Starting today and Tomorrow the satellite will enter the atmosphere and fall to the ground. NASA has no idea where the satellite will hit but they know a bunch of chunks will survive re-entry and hit [...]
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SatelliteAR Android app now tracks falling UARS, helps you avoid being smooshed
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on September 24, 2011
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You may have a better chance of winning the lottery or running into Captain Kirk at the mall, but when it comes to being impaled with pieces of the now defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as it plummets towards Earth, it’s better to be safe than sorry. The SatelliteAR Android app has added a temporary feature that gives stargazers the ability to monitor this space junk’s trajectory to avoid impact when it re-enters the atmosphere sometime later today. NASA has assured us that the bus-sized satellite won’t land anywhere in North America, but if it touches down at night, people on the ground could witness a pretty sweet light show wherever it does land. Android users determined to avoid a Wicked Witch of the East-like fate can download the app at the source link below and check out the video demo after the break.
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FAA Issues Warning for Pilots to Watch Out for NASA’s Falling Dead Satellite
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on September 24, 2011
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Track NASA’s Falling, 6.5-Ton Satellite in Real-Time
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on September 23, 2011
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