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• New mileage standards would double fuel efficiency
• Apple's victory means soul-searching for Samsung
• Scientists find the oldest bugs trapped in amber in Italy
• Brainwave-controlled robotic exoskeleton will help stroke victims
• Success Kid Will Answer Your Questions Live
• Samsung takes wraps off of Windows 8 desktop PCs
• IBM introduces new powerful mainframe computers
• Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeff Sonderman of the Poynter Institute/PolitiFact
• KKR in talks to invest $1.27 billion in Japan's Renesas: sources
• Best Buy founder has 60 days to revise buyout offer
• Hearing on Apple injunction vs Samsung set for December
• The most amazing smartphone you’ll never buy: LG unveils quad-core Optimus G
• Zynga's creative chief exits, plans Zynga-backed start-up
• New CEO Melissa Mayer starts cracking the whip at Yahoo
• Early estimate suggests iPad mini manufacturing cost is under $190
• Renesas shares jump, sources says KKR to invest $1.27 billion
• Sanctions block Iran gamers from World of Warcraft
• Obama, Comedians Top Tuesday's Republican Convention Tweets
• Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeff Sonderman of the Poynter Institute/PolitiFact
• Time Warner will invest $25 million to expand its NYC fiber network
• Success Kid Will Answer Your Questions Live
• Questions and answers about gas mileage standards
• New mileage standards would double fuel efficiency
• News Summary: New government gas mileage rules
• IBM envisions its Watson supercomputer becoming a supercharged voice assistant
• Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? YouTube Mashup Shows Uncanny Symmetry [VIDEO]
• Curiosity Beams First Telephoto Image; Cyborg Flesh
• Lexmark to dump inkjet business, shares jump
• New Java 7 exploit can be used to compromise Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computers
• Facebook and Twitter: A No-No for Federal Jurors
• Android word games to test your spelling and knowledge
• When the Facebook 'Like' Doesn't Work
• Kim Dotcom vows to keep America out of next version of Megaupload
• Accused High School Shooter Posted Clues on Facebook. Who Was Listening?
• Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO
• Facebook may be interested in acquiring navigation company Waze
• This Android Robot is Controlled By Your Phone [VIDEO]

New mileage standards would double fuel efficiency Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:29 PM PDT The Obama administration has finalized regulations that will force automakers to nearly double the average gas mileage of all new cars and trucks they sell by 2025.

Apple's victory means soul-searching for Samsung Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:19 AM PDT A U.S. jury's $1 billion verdict against Samsung for what rival Apple claimed was the illegal copying of its iPhone and iPad designs signals a turning point for the South Korean electronics giant known for its prowess in adapting the innovations of others and nimbly executing production.

Scientists find the oldest bugs trapped in amber in Italy Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT Researchers working in Italy have found the oldest specimens of bugs trapped in amber. The critters are a whopping 230 million years old, which puts them in the late Triassic period. The team found one fly and two mites in droplets … Continue reading →

Brainwave-controlled robotic exoskeleton will help stroke victims Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:10 PM PDT We've seen some pretty amazing uses of robotics to help the disabled, including an exoskeleton that can give paraplegics the ability to walk again. Now researchers at Rice University are looking to help stroke sufferers move their limbs again by … Continue reading →

Success Kid Will Answer Your Questions Live Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:47 PM PDT Dreading summer's end? To get you in the back-to-school spirit, we'll be chatting live with a very special student who's just experienced his first days of kindergarten.

Samsung takes wraps off of Windows 8 desktop PCs Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:24 AM PDT Samsung will offer three different choices to people interested in buying a desktop computer equipped with a redesigned version of Windows going on sale this fall.

IBM introduces new powerful mainframe computers Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:26 AM PDT IBM on Tuesday introduced a new line of mainframe computers the company calls its most powerful and technologically advanced ever.

Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeff Sonderman of the Poynter Institute/PolitiFact Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT No matter what side of the political aisle you fall on, there is one thing in which we can all agree: virtually every candidate running for political office is full of it. Of course, some candidates are more liberal with the truth than others. It is all a matter of degree.

KKR in talks to invest $1.27 billion in Japan's Renesas: sources Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:42 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR is in talks to invest about 100 billion yen ($1.27 billion) in Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp, sources said on Wednesday, in a deal that would provide a much needed boost to the struggling chipmaker. The offer under discussion would give KKR more than 50 percent of cash-strapped Renesas, which is in the midst of a sweeping restructuring as it fights for survival in the face of sinking prices and aggressive overseas rivals. ...

Best Buy founder has 60 days to revise buyout offer Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT Best Buy (BBY) on Monday announced that it has reached an agreement with the company's founder Richard Schulze that permits him to form an investment group and conduct due diligence. The Board of Directors is also prepared to offer Schulze two Board seats. The founder was given 60 days to propose a fully financed definitive agreement to the company, however if the proposal is rejected Schulze will not be able to pursue an acquisition until January 2013. Best Buy's announcement comes shortly after the company named Hubert Joly its CEO and formally rejected Schulze's initial takeover bid. Best Buy's press release follows below. Best Buy Board and Founder Richard Schulze Reach Agreement Permitting Schulze To Form Investment Group And Conduct Due Diligence

Hearing on Apple injunction vs Samsung set for December Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:48 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a December 6 court date to hear Apple Inc's request for a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics' smartphones, which could delay the potential impact of Apple's crushing legal victory. Apple on Monday identified eight devices it will seek preliminary injunctions against, and said it would file for a permanent sales ban. A hearing about the preliminary injunctions had been scheduled for September 20 but it is not clear if this issue will be addressed at that hearing or moved to December. In an order on Tuesday, U.S. ...

The most amazing smartphone you’ll never buy: LG unveils quad-core Optimus G Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:30 PM PDT As the smartphone wars continue to heat up, LG (066570) has fallen way behind. In some ways, that's a good thing — it has kept LG off Apple's radar, if nothing else. LG did manage to eke a small profit last quarter, which is more than most smartphone vendors can say these days, and the South Korean company just took the wraps off its latest smartphone. The LG Optimus G is the latest and greatest from the struggling smartphone maker, and it definitely has some appealing specs that could give it a leg up on rival Samsung's (005930) Galaxy S III — on paper, at least. The new Optimus G features a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, a 4.7-inch True HD 1280

Zynga's creative chief exits, plans Zynga-backed start-up Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:36 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc's chief creative officer Mike Verdu has quit to start his own company, becoming the latest top-level executive to depart the struggling social games maker in past weeks. Verdu, who led many of Zynga's studios and creative projects for over three years after a stint at Electronic Arts, announced his exit from the company behind "Farmville" just three weeks after Chief Operating Officer John Schappert resigned. Morale has suffered as Zynga's share price continued to stumble and revenue growth stalled, sources close to Zynga have said. ...

New CEO Melissa Mayer starts cracking the whip at Yahoo Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:25 PM PDT Yahoo (YHOO) employees had better enjoy the free iPhones and all the free food they'll be getting at Yahoo company cafeterias because it seems they're going to be working a lot of late nights. Business Insider reports that new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is letting Yahoo employees know that they're going to have to start putting in a lot more hours if they want to catch up with her former company Google (GOOG). An unnamed source tells Business Insider that a team of Yahoo's product designers pitched a new product to Mayer that she approved on the condition that they get it to market months ahead of their own schedule. Then Mayer supposedly told them they had exactly one week to figure out

Early estimate suggests iPad mini manufacturing cost is under $190 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:40 PM PDT Sameer Singh at Tech-Thoughts has done some nifty detective work to put together a manufacturing cost estimate for the iPad mini based on leaked part information, and has come up with an estimate of $189.32. Included among Singh's iPad mini estimated bill of materials are an A5 processor that costs $13.50, a display that costs $48.54 and memory that costs $13.50. Singh speculates that the BOM cost means that Apple (AAPL) is likely to sell the iPad mini for $299, or $100 more than the Google (GOOG) Nexus 7 and the Amazon (AMZN) Kindle Fire. [Via Cult of Mac] Read

Renesas shares jump, sources says KKR to invest $1.27 billion Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Renesas Electronics Corp jumped more than 35 percent on Wednesday after sources said U.S. private equity fund KKR & Co LP plans to invest around 100 billion yen ($1.27 billion) in the struggling Japanese chipmaker. ($1 = 78.5000 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Dominic Lau; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

Sanctions block Iran gamers from World of Warcraft Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT They've vanquished elves, trolls, and all manner of magical monsters. But one select group of online gamers is facing an even more formidable foe: The U.S. sanctions regime.

Obama, Comedians Top Tuesday's Republican Convention Tweets Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:08 PM PDT Twitter has had a major impact on this year's presidential election, and the Republican National Convention is no exception to the phenomenon. There were more tweets about the event on its first day, than during the entire 2008 convention.

Developing Minds Want to Know: Q&A with Jeff Sonderman of the Poynter Institute/PolitiFact Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT No matter what side of the political aisle you fall on, there is one thing in which we can all agree: virtually every candidate running for political office is full of it. Of course, some candidates are more liberal with the truth than others. It is all a matter of degree.

Time Warner will invest $25 million to expand its NYC fiber network Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT Fiber — it's not just for Kansas City anymore. The Wall Street Journal reports that Time Warner Cable (TWC) plans on investing $25 million to expand the reach of its fiber network in New York City as part of an agreement with the city to improve high-speed Internet access. But unlike Google's (GOOG) fiber network in Kansas City, the Time Warner fiber network will be targeted primarily toward businesses that use large amounts of data, including tech and design companies in the Brooklyn area. Read

Success Kid Will Answer Your Questions Live Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:47 PM PDT Dreading summer's end? To get you in the back-to-school spirit, we'll be chatting live with a very special student who's just experienced his first days of kindergarten.

Questions and answers about gas mileage standards Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT The Obama administration finalized regulations on Tuesday that would make auto companies nearly double the average gas mileage of all the new cars and trucks they sell by 2025. All new vehicles would have to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years under the new standards.

New mileage standards would double fuel efficiency Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:29 PM PDT The Obama administration has finalized regulations that will force automakers to nearly double the average gas mileage of all new cars and trucks they sell by 2025.

News Summary: New government gas mileage rules Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:25 PM PDT THE NEWS: The Obama administration on Tuesday finalized regulations that will force automakers to nearly double the average gas mileage of all the new cars and trucks they sell in 2025. All new vehicles would have to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years.

IBM envisions its Watson supercomputer becoming a supercharged voice assistant Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:10 PM PDT Apple (AAPL) introduced its Siri voice assistant with the launch of the iPhone 4S last October and since then, a number of copycat apps have been made available. While all these services show potential, in their current state they are just too limited for everyday use. IBM (IBM) is looking to change that, however, with the help of its supercomputer Watson. Bernie Meyerson, IBM's vice president of innovation, said that he always envisioned a voice-activated Watson that would answer questions based on location data, historical trends and scientific studies. "The power it takes to make Watson work is dropping down like a stone," Meyerson said in an interview with Bloomberg. "One day, you will have ready access to an incredible

Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? YouTube Mashup Shows Uncanny Symmetry [VIDEO] Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:37 PM PDT It's well known that Kobe Bryant patterned his game in many ways off Michael Jordan's legendary set of skills. But just how uncannily Bryant emulates M.J. was never as obvious as it is now, thanks to a mashup of highlight clips recently posted to YouTube. The video is in part titled "Identical Plays," and for good reason. YouTube user 2012Mamba tracked down about ten plays by Jordan and Bryant that are so similar that it's almost scary.

Curiosity Beams First Telephoto Image; Cyborg Flesh Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:36 PM PDT Discovered: Circadian clocks; separating oil from water; hi-res images from Mars; tissue that's half-living, half-machine.

Lexmark to dump inkjet business, shares jump Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:31 PM PDT (Reuters) - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc said it will stop making inkjet printers and focus on its more profitable imaging and software businesses, sending its shares up as much as 20 percent. Lexmark, never a big player in inkjet printers, said it would continue to sell laser printers as it beefs up its print services business, for which it has made several acquisitions over the last couple of years. The company said it planned to sell about 1,000 inkjet-related patents and would cut 1,700 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce. ...

New Java 7 exploit can be used to compromise Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computers Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:25 PM PDT A vulnerability in the latest Java 7 runtime has been discovered that can be exploited and used for malicious attacks, Computer World reported. While all the reported exploits thus far have targeted Windows PCs, according to Errata Security CTO David Maynor, both Mac and Linux computers are just as vulnerable to attacks. "This exploit works on OS X if you are running the 1.7 JRE [Java Runtime Environment]," said Maynor, who was able to exploit the vulnerability in both Firefox 14 and Safari 6 on OS X 10.8. The exploit is considered "super dangerous" and could compromise a computer simply by browsing a malicious or hacked website.Computer World suggests that users disable Java until Oracle (ORCL) releases a patch to address the problem. Read

Facebook and Twitter: A No-No for Federal Jurors Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Were you hoping to waste away your hours of jury duty on Facebook or Twitter?

Android word games to test your spelling and knowledge Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT When it comes to word games, I am not too good at them. English, specifically spelling, was never one of my strong points in school. So, why do I play them? Because they are a challenge and they make me think. There are plenty of word games out there right now, but the ones below are all pretty good and you might not have heard of them.

When the Facebook 'Like' Doesn't Work Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:57 PM PDT It was the "like" that made Facebook more valuable than the average website or social network, but today we get some disconcerting data about that little tag's real power, or lack thereof. Analytics from the BuzzFeed network, which includes TMZ and The Daily Mail, show that "Facebook fans do not equal Facebook traffic," according to Buzzfeed's Matt Buchanan. ...

Kim Dotcom vows to keep America out of next version of Megaupload Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:40 PM PDT Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is making a really cool new toy but he's not letting Americans play with it due to their government's role in orchestrating a raid on his mansion this year. TorrentFreak reports that Dotcom is planning to build a massive global peer-to-peer network that will let non-American hosts across the world connect servers and bandwidth. While Dotcom hasn't yet provided many details regarding what this Megaupload reboot will look like, he did vow that Megaupload Mark II would  "turn this world upside down" when it launched. At any rate, the new Megaupload site will certainly give law enforcement officials something tangible to fear about Dotcom rather than his illusive doomsday machine or deadly belly-flop kung fu. Read

Accused High School Shooter Posted Clues on Facebook. Who Was Listening? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT The first day of school at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County, Md. turned tragic when a student opened fire, critically wounding another student in the school cafeteria.

Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO Posted: 28 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT Facebook's stock has been down on 41 trading days, up on 28 and unchanged on two since its initial public offering.

Facebook may be interested in acquiring navigation company Waze Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT Facebook (FB) may be interested in acquiring or possibly collaborating with the popular turn-by-turn navigation app creator Waze. According to the Israel-based publication Globes, executives from the social networking giant recently sat down with executives from Waze, however the purpose of the talks is unknown. It has long been rumored that Facebook is interested in entering the mobile space with its own "Facebook Phone," making a partnership or even an outright acquisition of the navigation company a possibility. Waze has raised $67 million since being founded in 2007 and has more than 20 million subscribers across 45 countries. The company has previously partnered with Apple (AAPL) to provide traffic information for the new Maps application in iOS 6. [Via Forbes] Read

This Android Robot is Controlled By Your Phone [VIDEO] Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT Love robots? Have an Android phone? Have we got the thing for you. Meet BERO, and Google Android-inspired robot that is controlled by an app on your Android phone or tablet.

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