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  16/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - iPad 3 and LTE, Yahoo shareholder challenges board, Android losing to iOS, CERN increases LHC speed

  Apple's iPad 3 will debut on March 7 and could support US LTE data networks. Yahoo faces a board challenge from a shareholder who rejected the proposed candidates and suggested his own. Android lost smartphone marketshare for the first time as Apple had a great fourth quarter. CERN's Large Hadron Collider is shifting into high gear.
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  15/02/2012

  The Byte - Google buy approved, robots play hockey, HDDs soar, Sony’s Smart Socket

  The European Commission and US Department of Justice approved Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Hard disk drive prices will remain unusually high until 2014 due to flooding in Thailand. A humanoid robot named Jennifer shoots and scores on the ice. Sony Smart Sockets can control power consumption by appliance, user or power source.
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  13/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - Microsoft WOA, iPad 3, Android testing lab, gun vs. laptop

  Microsoft released the technical design details for Windows on ARM. Apple will intro the iPad 3 in early March and it will have a number of upgrades. NTT DoCoMo is preparing an elaborate Android test center to help developers cope with the multitude of devices and range of software versions avaialble. A father disgruntled over his daughter's Facebook post pumped nine rounds of lead into her laptop.
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  10/02/2012

  Video: Fitness & Health Apps review

  Your best and cheapest personal trainer may be your tablet or smartphone. On this week's IDG App Review we'll take a look at some of the best health and fitness apps including RunKeeper, Instant Heart Rate, Fitness HD and MyFitnessPal.
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  10/02/2012

  Video: Yahoo shakes up its board, Wi-Fi on planes isn't taking off, Samsung mocks Apple and more.

  Coming up on World Tech Update this week Yahoo shakes up its board, Google fiber gets ready to go in Kansas, WiFi on planes isn't taking off, a website makes it easier to stalk fellow commuters, DARPA develops a four legged robot for the military and Samsung mocks Apple.
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  10/02/2012

  Video: President Obama shoots marshmallow at White House Science Fair

  Along with the help from Joey, an 8th grader from Arizona, U.S. President Barack Obama loaded a homemade rocket launcher and fired it inside the White House.
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  09/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - Yahoo starts fresh, Nokia layoffs, Chrome for Android 4.0, President Obama's science fair

  More than half of Yahoo's board will be new, setting the stage for a fresh start for incoming CEO Scott Thompson. Nokia will lay off 4,000 workers and move more of its production facilities to Asia before the end of 2012. Google's Chrome browser will come to Android 4.0 devices and sync bookmarks and autocomplete data across devices. At the White House Science Fair President Barack Obama launched a marshmallow with an eighth grader's air cannon.
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  09/02/2012

  Video: The Byte – Sony rebrands, ThinkPad gets Android 4.0, Fisker blocked, Google fiber ready

  The Byte, Feb. 7, 2012 Sony will merge its PlayStation platform into its broader services and products. Lenovo’s ThinkPad tablet will get upgraded to Android 4.0 in May Google is ready to lay fiber cables in its pilot for super fast internet in Kansas City, Kansas.
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  09/02/2012

  Video: Commuter crush? Snap photo, post to new network of sites

  Next time you're on the subway, a secret admirer may be snapping a picture of you to post on a network of sites that lets others rate, comment and share your mug.
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  09/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - Apple injunction, Wi-Fi grounded, smartphones outship, subway pics

  The Byte, Feb. 6, 2012 Apple removes then restores some products in its online store in Germany. In flight WiFi remains unprofitiable with only 7 percent of the traveling public using the service. Smartphones outshipped PCs and tablets for the first time in 2011. Subway riders in cities worldwide are getting snapped by admiring riders.
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  03/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - Not Stringer's fault, Google fined, Playbook cut, Android Market cleaned

  The Byte, Feb. 3, 2012 Today on The Byte: Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that Sony's losses aren't his fault. Google has to pay a fine to a French mapping company for undercutting competitors. RIM cuts the price of its Playbook again, hoping to clear out inventory. Android Market malware is reduced by 40 percent by an application scanner called Bounce.
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  03/02/2012

  Video: World Tech Update: Facebook's IPA, Sony in trouble and the Asus Padfone

  Coming up on World Tech Update, Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld iWorld.
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  02/02/2012

  Video: New Sony CEO has big plans for company turnaround

  Sony's Kazuo Hirai will take over as CEO from Howard Stringer come April, the company announced Wednesday.
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  02/02/2012

  Video: Sony CEO Howard Stringer hands the reins to Kazuo Hirai

  Sony's CEO Howard Stringer appeared alongside his incoming replacement at a press conference in Tokyo. Kazuo Hirai, who currently heads the company's core consumer products division, will take over in April, at the start of the new fiscal year.
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  02/02/2012

  Video: San Francisco's tech community is cautious about Facebook's IPO filing

  Southpark is the area where San Francisco’s technology folks so often go to lunch, just up the street from the AT&T ballfield, on streets swarming with tech’s version of hipsters. It’s just the crowd that should care about Facebook’s IPO filing—but the mood here, is cautious.
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  02/02/2012

  Video: Facebook files for $5 billion IPO

  The SEC filing does not give a proposed date for the IPO and Facebook hasn't released its expectations for the initial stock price.
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  02/02/2012

  Video: The Byte - iPhone envy, Samsung's troubles, Japan's tech problems

  The Byte, Jan. 31, 2012 Sources in the Taiwan smartphone supply chain say that a number of device makers are delaying new models on the heels of the iPhone's record success. Samsung still isn't allowed to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the latest ruling in Germany and the European Commission is also investigating the company for breach of competition law Toshiba and Fujitsu joined other tech companies in Japan as they booked deep losses in their latest quarter.
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  31/01/2012

  Video: The Byte - car tech, Twitter changes, anti-phishing fight

  A new report paints a chaotic picture of automated software control systems in cars, Twitter hopes to unmask censorship with a new controversial feature and industry heavyweights push for DMARC.
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  30/01/2012

  Video: Facebook, Washington state sue alleged ad scammer

  Washington's attorney general announced two new lawsuits against Adscend Media, a company that allegedly has been earning US$20 million a year using a Facebook scam.
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