The television set-top box will die in 2012

March 22   2 Comments  

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Free yourself, and your WiFi network

NetZero: Obviously using their own dial-up

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NetZero tries a new strategy for today’s super-connected world.

Gas prices rise for 10th straight day

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Gas are at a national high in Chicago.

Gas prices are growing, and there is on sign of stopping.

Rumors of a new Google may be old news

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The company may have come up with new search technology, or might already use it.

Google being investigated by the FTC over privacy policy violation

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A legal investigation is underway over uses of tacking software on the Safari browser.

Google outbids Facebook to acquire Milk

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The small studio, lead by Digg co-founder Kevin Rose, is said to be valued around $30 million dollars

Apple’s shares climb to $600 in anticipation of iPad “3″

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Shares are expected to increase even more as the new tablet releases this Friday.

Apple faces lawsuit over Siri functionality

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A Brooklyn man is suing Apple over false advertising claims with its popular phone assistant.

Yahoo sues Facebook over patent infringement

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The search engine giant believes that Facebook has taken some of its patented technology.

New iPad could face slowed down network and overage charges

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The new Retina display and high demand could leave new iPad owners with a slow 4G network and a stack of overage costs.

Government gets swamped with requests under FOIA, attempts to be more “transparent”

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Agencies scouring for resources.

“No iPad for you!” – Apple claims iPad pre-orders have been exhausted

March 11   1 Comment  

iPad's pre-order stock has sold out.

Pre-orders have been sold out by “off the charts” response.

Facebook blacks out in Europe

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So what did people do? They Tweeted.

PC sales reported to increase 4.4 percent in 2012

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Ultrabooks such as the Asus x21 are said to boost PC sales this year as competition grows in the tablet market.

PC’s are predicted to increase to 368 million units in sales by the end of the year.

Retina display shortage may lead to delays on new iPad

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Sharp’s delay on Retina display production may cause problems for Apple’s new tablet.

New iPad announced at Apple press conference

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Apple CEO unveils the new iPad at an event in San Francisco

Apple announces iPad upgrade to be released March 16. Will support 4G LTE on AT&T and Verizon.

Law enforcement cracks down on “Anonymous”

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Arrested hackers may be linked to Anonymous movement

LulzSec founder turned informant in hacker group criminal probe

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Hector Monsegur, also known as "Sabu"

Not anonymous anymore…

A simple, straightforward, cheap guide to buying cables and wires

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Don’t pay more … or anything sometimes

How much energy is used by cable TV boxes?

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Set-top boxes in the U.S. consume 27 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year, equivalent to the annual output of six coal-fired power plants. Part of the reason is that they typically operate at nearly full power even during the two-thirds of the time when they are not in use. (Thinkstock)

Short answer: A lot