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• 24 February 2012

• Video: Video: The Byte - Megaupload, Dell 4Q, SMS revenue decline, Latitude Leaderboards

  Megaupload founder receives bail. Dell's 4Q earnings impacted. SMS revenue decline. Google Maps launches Latitude Leaderboard.

• Video: Video: Robots, robots and more robots.

  Coming up on World Tech Update this week, a round up of our favorite robots.

• 27 February 2012

• Video: Samsung introduces new smartphones and tablets

  Samsung introduced a number of new products at Mobile World Congress this week. The Galaxy Note smartphone tablet hybrid got a big brother with a 10.1-inch screen. Like its smaller sibling it can be used with touch or a stylus that Samsung calls the S Pen. It has a 1.4 ghz dual core processor and runs Android 4.0.

• 06 March 2012

• Video: Video: The Byte - Raspberry PCs, Windows Server 8, Apple vs. Motorola, Music-playing helicopters

  Raspberry Pi Linux PCs will be back in four to six weeks. Microsoft released Windows Server 8 operating system to let admins test it out. Apple won an injunction potentially requiring Motorola Mobility to recall infringing smartphones. Helicopter robots play a rendition of the James Bond theme.

• Video: Video: The Byte - App Store milestone, iPad trademark, Boeing's Dreamliner lands, NASA auctions off

  Apple hits 25 billion downloads in its App Store. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner kicks of its U.S. tour in Boston. NASA plans to auction of software patents to promote the use of NASA technology.

• 08 March 2012

• Video: Video: Apple's New iPad

  Apple’s newest iPad was dubbed just that—the ‘new iPad’ and shown in side-by-side comparisons with the iPad 2 for screen quality demonstrations on Wednesday in San Francisco. Vice President of Marketing Philip Schiller said the new iPad’s retina display makes content look clean and crisp, with no visible pixelation.

• 09 March 2012

• Video: Video: Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt named European Car of the Year

  GM's two electric cars, the Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt, were jointly named Europe's Car of the Year at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.

• Video: Video: Massive solar flare might affect Earth

  The sun erupted with the largest solar flare in years, expelling coronal mass ejections that are traveling to the earth at more than 600 miles a second.

• Video: Video: WTU - Google Play debuts, Solar flares, Geneva Motor Show and much more

  Coming up on World Tech Update this week Apple introduces its new iPad, Google Play debuts, solar flares threaten to disrupt global communication, the Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera win awards at the Geneva Motor Show, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner stops in Boston and flying robots play the James Bond theme.

• 13 March 2012

• Video: Video: The Byte - Sun erupts, Microsoft shuts mobile store down, Apple's new chip not for phones, robo sketcher at Cebit

  A series of solar flares are erupting on the sun's surface and can interfere with satellite and radio signals. Microsoft will soon shut down the app store for Windows Mobile, the OS that it is phasing out. Apple's new A5X chip may not make it into iPhones, according to analysts.

• Video: Video: Businesses still rebuilding 12 months after tsunami in Japan

  Three weeks after a magnitude nine earthquake triggered massive tsunami waves along Japan's northeast coast, mud, cars and debris were still piled high around a Sony factory in Tagajo. A year later, most of the debris is gone, although repairs continue.

• Video: Video: The Byte - Tsunami anniversary, iPad sold out, new CTO, Microsoft research

  Work still continues at a Sony factory in Japan following the one year anniversary of the deadly quake and tsunami. Apple has sold out of initial supplies of its new iPad. President Obama appointed Todd Park as the new CTO for the U.S. government.

• 14 March 2012

• Video: Video: The Byte – Yahoo vs. Facebook, Twitter buys, K-glove helps RSI, Microsofts next gen cam

  Yahoo is accusing Facebook of copying a range of its technologies. Twitter has acquired blogging company Posterous with an eye on its staff. GM and NASA are working on a glove to reduce repetitive stress injuries. Microsoft’s next gen webcam can chat in 3D and let users play gesture games. Nick Barber is a multimedia correspondent for IDG News Service.

• 19 March 2012

• Video: Video: K-glove developed from space robot

  NASA and GM developed a prototype glove that aims to reduce repetitive stress injuries. Nick Barber is a multimedia correspondent for IDG News Service.

• Video: Video: Robot sketches trade show attendees

  Fraunhofer Institute showed off a robot at the Cebit IT fair in Germany last week that could sketch show goers.

• Video: Video: First consumer light field camera gets a test run in San Francisco

  Some of these folks are here to get pictures with one of the most highly-sought after cameras to be released this year: a new Lytro camera, which is the first portable light-field camera has been taken.

• Video: Video: Yahoo sues Facebook, Sony's new smartphone, a Fraunhofer robot and more

  Yahoo sues Facebook over patens, Japan marks the one year anniversary of deadly natural disasters, Sony's touchscreen smartphone doesn't need to be touched, GM and NASA show a robotic glove and a Fraunhofer robot sketches Cebit show goers.

• Video: Video: Apple's new iPad launches in Japan

  Hundreds lined up outside the Apple Store in the upscale Ginza shopping district to get their hands on Apple's latest iPad on Friday morning.

• Video: Video: The Byte - Apple iPad, new microblogging rules in China, Wi-Fi for London's Tube

  Apple's new iPad went on sale in 10 countries Friday. iFixit went to Australia to be the first to take apart the new tablet.

• Video: Video: New iPad goes on sale in San Francisco, hundreds line up in the rain to buy one

  Apple’s system of letting customers in a few at a time kept the process orderly—though one part the company couldn’t plan for was the widespread protesting at Apple stores.

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