Staples to offer 3D printing next year, partners with Mcor

3D printer maker Mcor Technologies announced yesterday a new partnership with Staples to offer "Staples Easy 3D" -- a 3D printing service for customers. The service aims to offer ordinary people access to affordable, eco-friendly, high-quality and "photo-realistic" 3D printed products through Staples' retail store...

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Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS 13 goes on sale for $1,449

                            Dell is graduating its internal "Project Sputnik" program this week with the release of a thin and light XPS 13 laptop powered by Ubuntu Linux. Branded as the XPS 13 Developer Edition, the...

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Twitter in legal spat over data clampdown

                             (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's steadily tightening grip over the 140-character messages on its network has set off a spirited debate in Silicon Valley over whether a social media company...

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Mexican court enters preliminary $2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo

                          (Reuters) - A civil court in Mexico entered a preliminary $2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo Inc for breach of contract involving a yellow pages listings service, Yahoo said on Frida...

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Dad creates video-equipped quadrocopter to walk son to the bus stop

Every weekday morning, Paul Wallich would accompany his young son some 400 meters from their home to the bus stop to make sure he was sent off to school safely. It’s not a terribly long distance to travel on foot but when it’s cold outside during the winter, it can certainly be an inconvenien...

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Sources: Xbox 720 will be available in time for Thanksgiving 2013

                            Project Durango (the codename for the new system) is expected to contain four processing cores, each with four logical cores. The final issue of Xbox World also believes we could see up to 8GB of RAM,...

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Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 5 in the US

                                            Apple has finally begun selling factory-unlocked iPhone 5 smartphones in the US. As with previous...

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Latest Humble Bundle offers Saints Row, Darksiders, Metro 2033, more

                                  Previously limited to indie games, the Humble Bundle has teamed up with THQ to offer the ailing publisher's games for a price you can't refuse. Using the familiar...

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Sony's PlayStation3 beats Nintendo's Wii U over Black Friday

                              (Reuters) - Sony Corp sold over 525,000 PlayStation3 consoles in the United States during the week of Black Friday that kicks off the holiday shopping season, surpassing sales of Nintendo's...

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Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

                          Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing...

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Facebook, Zynga revamp partnership

                             (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Zynga Inc severed the cozy ties that once bound the Internet industry's closest couple, revising a years-old partnership between the two companie...

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RIM shares rise 6 percent as Goldman jumps on BB10 bandwagon

                        (Reuters) - A wave of optimism surrounding the launch of Research In Motion's re-engineered BlackBerry line picked up momentum on Thursday with Goldman Sachs raising its rating on the smartphone maker and setting...

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Survey names Verizon the best US carrier, AT&T the worst

                           Consumer Reports has released its annual cellular service report with findings that are similar to last year's. After surveying 63,253 cellular subscribers across 23 metropolitan markets, Consumer Reports determined...

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Cisco to buy privately held network software company

                            (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc said it will buy privately held network traffic-management software maker Cariden Technologies Inc for about $141 million in cas...

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Surface Pro pricing revealed: $899 for 64GB and $999 for 128GB

                        Following the release of the Surface with Windows RT last month, Microsoft has finally announced a release date and pricing details for the Intel-based variant equipped to run the full-fledge version of the operating...

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Redesigned, speedier iTunes 11 now available for download

                        One month after initially planned and with just a day to spare on its second deadline, Apple has finally released iTunes 11. The newest version of the company’s desktop media player and digital storefront has been redesigned...

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VLC launches Kickstarter campaign for Windows 8 app

                        The team behind the popular open-source media player VLC has announced plans to develop a native app for Windows 8’s  Metro UI, and they’re looking to crowdsource funds for the project through Kickstarter....

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Microsoft Security Essentials bombs tests, loses AV-Test certificate

                           Microsoft Security Essentials was the only entry to fail AV-Test's certification between September and October -- an embarrasing slip for the once well-regarded virus protection solution. MSSE...

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Samsung takes aim at Japanese rivals with Android camera

                          (Reuters) - South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co is taking aim at its Japanese rivals with an Android-powered digital camera that allows users to swiftly and wirelessly upload...

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Samsung Galaxy products infringe Apple patent: Dutch court

                        (Reuters) - A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that some of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringe an Apple patent in the latest round of the two firms' worldwide battl...

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MSI unveils GT60 Workstation notebook with Quadro, Ivy Bridge

                        Although MSI has been building high-end notebooks for years, nearly all of them have targeted gamers and few if any have been specifically designed for intensive production. That's about to change as the company has announced...

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Next Windows may be free, yearly upgrades, possible 2013 launch

                               Tired of using the same operating system for years? Microsoft certainly hopes so. The Redmond-based software maker is hoping "Windows Blue" will change how consumers perceive Windows...

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Microsoft says Google Shopping customers are getting 'Scroogled'

                         Microsoft has launched a new holiday campaign designed to show Google users how Google Shopping really works. It’s called “Scroogled” and in short, Microsoft aims to point out how the search giant’s shopping...

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Sharp unveils 4K 32-inch IGZO LCD monitor, yours for just $5,500

                           Sharp has unveiled a new monitor powered by their ultra-thin IGZO technology that delivers an incredibly high resolution in a very sleek looking package. The professional-grade 32-inch (when measured...

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Asus delays dual-screen hybrid Taichi ultrabooks until Dec. or later

                       Asus has reportedly delayed the launch of its upcoming dual-screen Taichi ultrabooks. Unveiled at Computex in June, the hybrid systems were originally due to ship in November, soon after last month's release of Windows...

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Microsoft and Amazon To Launch Smartphones in 2013

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Amazon Prime users can earn video credit by waiving two-day shipping

                                Amazon appears to have expanded its no-rush shipping program for the holidays, allowing Prime users to earn more than just digital music credits. No-rush shipping allows Prime...

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Bitter struggle over Internet regulation to dominate global summit

                      (Reuters) - An unprecedented debate over how the global Internet is governed is set to dominate a meeting of officials in Dubai next week, with many countries pushing to give a United Nations body broad regulatory powers even...

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Google hires thousands of humans to rank search results manually

                       Anyone who thinks Google's results are solely the product of fancy-pants algorithms and clever engineering -- think again. The Register has taken a look into Google's 160-page guidebook which is essentially a reference manual for human "raters" -- yep, that's right:...

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Chinese chip maker hopes to rival Intel, AMD, ARM with custom CPU

                                China is preparing to unveil details about an 8-core processor designed and developed entirely within the country. The CPU is expected to eventually challenge powerhouses...

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New, thinner 21.5-inch iMac available this Friday

                              Earlier this month a rumor surfaced claiming Apple would have to delay the launch of their redesigned iMacs due to an issue with a welding process. Although a second report citing...

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Firefox 18 beta adds JavaScript improvements, Retina Display support

                                          Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux that adds a number of new...

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Windows Store crack turns trial apps into full versions

                        A tool of questionable ethical value has surfaced, allowing Windows 8 users to transform trial apps into their full-fledged, paid-for counterparts. Wsservice_crk has actually been available for at least a month...

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Next Windows Phone update to include VPN support, various fixes

                         With the launch of Windows Phone 8 almost exactly a month ago, Microsoft is already looking forward to an interim update for the platform. Codenamed Apollo Plus, the update is said to include wireless and audio improvements, as well as VPN support -- a feature...

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JPR: Nvidia weathers turbulent PC market with 20% quarterly growth

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has published its third quarter statistics for the graphics processor market showing weak seasonal performance with shipments down 1.45% quarter-over-quarter and 10.8% year-over-year. The underwhelming results were largely blamed rocky PC shipments, which stems from factors including ongoing economic woes in the US and abroad...

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New worm is designed to attack Iran financial institutions

                          Stuxnet garnered a ton of media attention when it managed to cripple Iran’s nuclear program but a new worm recently detailed by Symantec is attacking the country on a different and perhaps even more...

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Nintendo Wii U sales surpass 400,000 units in first week

Nintendo's next generation Wii U system was greeted with mixed reviews. It’s a capable machine that meets the standards of modern console gaming and doesn't feel like it’s pocked with omissions, the second-screen feature looks promising, and it offers a pretty decent launch lineup of in-house and third-party games. But at the same time many questions...

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Galaxy Note II hits 5 million channel sales in two months

 Samsung has revealed that its oversized Galaxy Note II smartphone just surpassed 5 million channel sales, less than two months after its launch. The company stopped short of mentioning actual sales to consumers, but the figure still provides an indication of how much demand the so-called ‘phablet’ is seeing, with estimates suggesting it is selling...

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Psy's 'Gangnam Style' video sets multiple records on YouTube

      Korean pop sensation Psy has managed to set a number of new records on YouTube thanks to his hit video Gangnam Style. In less than five months, his music video surpassed Justin Bieber’s Baby to become the most viewed clip on the video sharing site. It’s an impressive feat when you consider that Bieber’s song has been...

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Minecraft 1.5 Redstone Update for PC will arrive in January 2013

     Diehard Minecraft fans may want to circle January 2013 on their calendars as this is when we are told that the 1.5 update will arrive for the PC. Known as the Redstone Update, this will be the first of several that focuses on single-feature revisions, themes or fixes, according to a recent post from Gamespo...

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Advanced SystemCare Free 6.6.8.170

Publisher:           IObitLast updated:     November 14, 2012File Size:             19.0 MBOS Support:       Windows (all)License:              Adwa...

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Weekend tech reading: Haswell to be Intel's last swappable CPUs?

Intel’s Haswell could be last interchangeable desktop microprocessors As personal computers become smaller, their flexibility is decreasing. According to a media report starting from code-named Broadwell generation of processors, Intel Corp. will only offer mainstream desktop chips in BGA packaging, which will eliminate upgrade options as well as...

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Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website

  (Reuters) - Dr. Latisha Smith, an expert in decompression sicknesses afflicting deep sea divers, has cleared criminal background checks throughout her medical career. Yet someone searching the Web for the Washington State physician might well come across an Internet ad suggesting she may have an arrest recor...

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Saudi regulator suspends Mobily from selling SIM cards

    (Reuters) - Etihad Etisalat Co (Mobily), Saudi Arabia's second-biggest telecoms operator, has asked to meet the industry regulator after it was suspended from selling pre-paid SIM cards, a company spokesman said, describing the ban as "astonishing...

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Nokia imaging chief to quit

   (Reuters) - Nokia's long-time imaging chief Damian Dinning has decided to leave the loss-making cellphone maker at the end of this month, the company said in a statemen...

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Sony at greater risk than Panasonic in electronics downturn: Fitch

 (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp has a better chance than rival Sony Corp of surviving Japan's consumer electronics slump because of its unglamorous but stable appliance business of washing machines and fridges, credit rating agency Fitch said Frid...

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Autonomy founder says HP allegations don't add up

  (Reuters) - Mike Lynch, mathematics whiz and former boss of Autonomy, said he can't see how accusations leveled by Hewlett-Packard Co of dodgy accounting add up to a $5 billion writedown on the software business he sold them last yea...

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HP says products may have been sold to Syria by others

                         (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co said in a letter made public on Friday that its products could have been delivered to Syria through resellers or distributors, but the world's largest PC maker affirmed it did not sell directly to the countr...

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Nexus 4 can handle LTE after all, but only in Canada

  Google’s latest Nexus 4 smartphone is a great deal at only $300 or $350 for the 8GB or 16GB model, unlocked, and without the nuisance of a contract. But even though its specs are about on par with today's top performing phones, it falls short in one critical aspect: no official support for LTE networks. The key word here is ‘official’, as...

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Survey: 48% of motorists between 18-29 use Internet while driving

            According to a survey performed by State Farm Insurance, as many as 21 percent of smartphone-owning drivers confess to accessing the web while driving -- or webbing -- as the company refers to it. Drivers between the ages of 18 and 29 are by far the most likely demographic to endanger...

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