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Samsung to show Galaxy Gear smartwatch next week 27 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
After a season of speculation, Samsung has finally spoken up to The Korea Times about its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The Korean company confirmed longstanding rumors that its foray into wearable technol...
Next-gen biofuel company KiOR hit by investor lawsuit, going concern 27 Aug 2013 | 03:49 pm
Following the news that next-gen biofuel company Kior failed to meet its biofuel production targets for last quarter, an investor in the company has filed a lawsuit (embedded below), and is seeking to...
ARM acquires Sensinode to build better protocols for the internet of things 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
ARM, the chip architecture licensing firm, has acquired a Finish software company called Sensinode that has been building software for the internet of things. The price of the deal wasn’t disclosed, b...
Vine gets better with age: How screens, speed and networks are changing the future of online video 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Earlier this morning when sitting in the San Diego Airport while waiting for my flight, I did what most people do these days in those situations — I peered into my phone and cycled through my various ...
Secretary of State cites citizen media reports from Syria in criticism of attack 27 Aug 2013 | 06:21 am
A large number of videos, photos and graphic descriptions of chemical-weapon attacks on civilians have been coming out of Syria over the past day, and it is clear they have made an impact not just on ...
Facebook will pay $15 per user after judge approves final $20M ad settlement 27 Aug 2013 | 04:40 am
Facebook will pay out $9 million to approximately 614,000 users as part of a $20 million legal settlement that is intended to compensate users for the social network’s decision to display their pictur...
Enblink turns Google TV into a home automation hub 27 Aug 2013 | 04:20 am
Talk about teaching an old dog new tricks: Dutch hardware startup Enblink has built a simple dongle that turns any regular Google TV unit into a home automation and security hub. The Enblink USB dong...
Tiny superconducting dots could lead to more efficient solar cells 27 Aug 2013 | 04:09 am
When light hits a solar cell, electrons get excited and begin to move about — and that’s what generates a flow of electricity. Silicon, the semiconductor commonly used in solar cells, is especially go...
Flash-storage pioneer Violin Memory quietly files for its IPO 27 Aug 2013 | 04:05 am
Flash memory storage pioneer Violin Memory has finally filed for its initial public offering. More surprising than the filing — Violin has been promising it would come for years — is how quiet the com...
OK Google Now: Start selling the Verizon Moto X on August 29 27 Aug 2013 | 03:50 am
A Motorola VP wasn’t kidding when he said on Friday that other carriers would be launching the Moto X in days. On Monday, Verizon tweeted out availability details for its Moto X, which will be availab...
