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Apple ruined Motorola’s fingerprint sensor plans with an acquisition

When Motorola was working on the Nexus 6 back in 2012, the company was working alongside AuthenTec to bring a fingerprint sensor to the smartphone. Unfortunately, Apple beat them to the...

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Microsoft’s new web browser will ship alongside Internet Explorer

When Microsoft announced its brand new web browser, Project Spartan, many assumed that this meant the end for Internet Explorer. However, the company clarified yesterday that Project Spartan will be...

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Netflix admits that Popcorn Time is a major threat to the industry

Popcorn Time is a torrent based "Netflix for Pirates" that makes it incredibly easy to stream pirated movies. The ease of use, solid interface, infinitely larger library, and the fact...

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Windows 10 will close the gap between the PC and the Xbox One

Despite the fact that Windows powers the vast majority of the gaming rigs out there and the Xbox controls a significant portion of the console market, Microsoft has never made...

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AMD hopes its Carrizo chip will save its shrinking PC business

Last year wasn't exactly a good one for AMD, but the company hopes that things will be different in 2015. Even the fact that its hardware is powering the PlayStation...

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Current legislation doesn’t do enough to protect people’s privacy

In the post-Snowden world, people are more concerned about their privacy than ever before. Technology not only provides us with an unprecedented amount of convenience, but also with an equal...

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Amazon is ramping up its original content war with Netflix

As a subscriber to both Amazon Prime and Netflix, I'm finding the original content war between the two to be most enjoyable. No doubt inspired by its recent Golden Globe...

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Xiaomi’s new Android media streamer is the size of a phone charger

Xiaomi's new $30 Mi Box Mini looks a lot like the standard charger that comes with the iPhone, but rather than having a USB port on the back, it has and...

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IBM’s new mainframe can comb through billions of transactions a day

Even after a few decades, IBM continues to release new mainframe computers, the newest of which is the Z13, which the company unveiled on Tuesday. IBM claims that the Z13,...

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Three of AMD’s top executives have left the company

AMD's executive lineup underwent a massive shakeup yesterday after General Manager of Computing and Graphics Business Group, John Byrne; Chief Marketing Officer, Colette LaForce; and Chief Strategy Officer, Raj Naik all left...

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