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As noted in yesterday's Wall Street Journal article entitled "Sprint to Get Apple iPhone 5," Sprint Nextel Corp. come mid-October will begin selling Apple's new iPhone5. Although this deal could aid Sprint, the nation's third largest carrier, it could also backfire by giving AT&T the extra incentive needed to purchase T-Mobile...

 
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Yesterday, fifty-six-year-old Steve Jobs resigned from Apple Inc. due to medical illness. During his resignation, Jobs adamantly advocated for Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook to take his position as chairman of the board:"As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple. " Since Jobs' medical leave in January, fifty-year-old Cook has been widely considered to succeed Jobs pending his medical condition since he has been taking over all of Jobs' day-to-day operations during all three of Jobs' medical leaves for the past seven years...

 
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So I had a nice laugh this afternoon when I read that Lenovo thinks that the iPad’s dominance will not last. While that may or may not be true, even after 5 years, there hasn't been anyone who can take market share away from the iPhone, so I don't see how anyone is going to take down the iPad anytime soon. So what is this great company that's going to finally take down the iPad?

 
This day and age with technology and networking's seemingly omnipresence has presented many dangers, one of which happens to be carjacking. Not only after the Black Hat cybersecurity conference on August 3rd, two researchers, Don Bailey and Mat Solnik, from iSec Partners--a security firm based in San Franciso--released a video on youtube demonstrating how easy breaking into a vehicle can be using a PC.  During their demonstration they broke into a 1998 Subaru Outback in less than sixty seconds with their computer by finding the car's security system module and bypassing it in order to remotely start the car's engine. This same task, of course, could be performed on someone's cell phone if he or she has internet accessibility...

 
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After recently writing an article regarding Google buying Motorola for $12.5 billion, I found this patent lawsuit visual humorous. According to Jacob Goldstein of NPR, "The patent war is a key reason Google is buying Motorola for $12.5 billion: Motorola has some 17,000 patents that will belong to Google when the deal goes through..."

 
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No, this is not a new line of ultra amazing cookies fresh from the bakery. Unfortunately, supercookies are not as rewarding, at least not for the average user. Instead, it is a new technique that companies such as Microsoft and Hulu have used to track  a user's activities online."Supercookies" are not only capable of tracking activities but can also recreate users' profiles even after regular cookies have been deleted in a manner that is almost impossible for users to detect...

 
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As usual, there is plenty of hype about the next generation iPhone from Apple. Whether it’s named the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5 is yet to be officially announced. Plenty of rumors have been circulating about the newest iPhone, and with the unveiling and launch likely less than a month or so away everyone is wondering what rumors will become reality in the actual phone.

 
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This morning, Google Inc. released its agreement with Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to purchase Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share or $12.5 billion.  Google’s purchase serves as an attempt to increase market dominance by, as Google Chief Executive Larry Page says, “supercharg[ing] the entire Android ecosystem for the benefit of consumers, partners, and developers.”  In order to achieve this goal, Google will be acquiring Motorola Mobility’s patents, keeping Motorola as a separate entity, and maintaining Android’s platform...

 
Dispensing almost 4,500 loaves of bread in July, French baker Jean-Louis Hecht's baguette vending machine strives to become the "bakery of tomorrow." This 24-hour baguette dispenser partially bakes precooked loaves for 90p. After spending a decade of planning and designing, Hecht now has two machines in France: one in Paris and another in Hombourg-Haut. Hecht's inspiration stems from customer demand; Essentially, Hecht's customers kept requesting baguettes when his shop was closed...

 
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Recently, a company called Made in Space successfully completed a testing period of two 3D printers on numerous zero-gravity NASA flights. As a result, a scaled-down wrench has become the first tool ever printed in partial zero-gravity...