New Twitter policy notes copyright take-down requests

From CNET News.com: If Twitter receives a complaint that a tweet has breached copyright, the site will now transparently display a notice explaining why the tweet was pulled instead of just yanking the infringing tweet.

A policy shift will now see infringing tweets replaced with a...

HP ups Linux Foundation standing to Platinum membership

From CNET News.com: HP has increased its investment in the Linux Foundation.

The organization, which aims at increasing adoption of Linux across the world, announced today that HP has decided to upgrade its Linux Foundation membership from Gold to Platinum. By doing so, HP will now...

Samsung Galaxy S III Sales Hit 30 Million

From DailyTech: Apple may be basking in glory of the iPhone 5, but Samsung has a heavyweight champion of its own in the smartphone sector. Samsung this weekend announced that it has shipped 30 million of its latest flagship smartphone: the Galaxy S III.

The Galaxy S III has only...

AMD’s Roadmap Slide Does Not Predict Steamroller in 2013

From X-bit Labs: The steam keeps going out of AMD as it continues to develop, but that does not mean that Steamroller-based accelerated processing units are due in 2013. Apparently, Advance Micro Devices plans to continue to use Piledriver cores with its code-named Richland...

LG Introduces 23” Display with Touch for Windows 8-Based PCs

From X-bit Labs: LG Electronics this week introduced its Touch 10 monitor optimized for use with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8-based operating system. The new touchscreen-enabled display supports up to ten touch-points and is designed for consumers looking to enjoy an enhanced touch...

Kingston HyperX PnP KHX16S9P1K2/16 2x8GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

One of the direct consequences of special relatively proposed by Albert Einstein back in 1905 is the concept of time dilation. Basically, it suggests the time between two events depends on the relative speed of the observer's reference frame, which can be derived from the Lorentz transformation equations. While it is true that this has been proven experimentally by scientists many times using high precision equipment, the fact is...

Google Translate upgrade offers a smarter dictionary

From CNET News.com: Google has added a small but important upgrade to its Google Translate service that's meant to help you understand foreign tongues better.

The tech giant's upgrade to the feature comes in three parts. According to the Google Translate blog, "Reverse translations"...

Android beats iOS 5-to-1 in Q3 smartphone market share

From CNET News.com: Android commanded the worldwide smartphone market share in the third quarter, new data from research firm IDC has revealed.

With a whopping 75 percent of market share and more than 181 million smartphones shipped, Android's operating system is apparently just...

TigerDirect to Absorb Circuit City, CompUSA Brands in North America

From DailyTech: CircuitCity.com and CompUSA.com will now be absorbed by computer/electronics retailer TigerDirect in an effort to combine brands for an easier business model.

Systemax, a multi-channel retailer of consumer electronics that heads TigerDirect, CompUSA and Circuit City...

Samsung Sells Three Million Galaxy Note II Smartphones in One Month

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics said Friday that in little more than a month it managed to sell three million Galaxy Note II smartphones. The milestone not only illustrates rising popularity of expensive Samsung smartphones, but also growing adoption of handsets with ultra-large...

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