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Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power

An anonymous reader writes: Incremental improvements have been slowly but surely pushing solar power toward mainstream viability for a few decades now. It’s getting to the point where the established utilities are worried about the financial hit they’re likely to take — and they’re working to prevent it. “These solar households are now buying less […]

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Tor Executive Director Hints At Firefox Integration

blottsie writes: Several major tech firms are in talks with Tor to include the software in products that can potentially reach over 500 million Internet users around the world. One particular firm wants to include Tor as a “private browsing mode” in a mainstream Web browser, allowing users to easily toggle connectivity to the Tor […]

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CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers

An anonymous reader writes: U.S. authorities have arrested and indicted the CEO of a mobile software company for selling spyware that enables “stalkers and domestic abusers.” The U.S. Department of Justice accuses the man of promoting and selling software that can “monitor calls, texts, videos and other communications on mobile phones without detection.” The agency […]

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Man Walks Past Security Screening Staring At iPad Causing Airport Evacuation

First time accepted submitter chentiangemalc writes While Australia is on “high alert” for terror threats a man walked past a Sydney Airport security screening while engrossed in his iPad and delayed flights for an hour. From the article: “This event was captured on CCTV and unnerved officials so much that they evacuated passengers. As the […]

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New Research Casts Doubt On the "10,000 Hour Rule" of Expertise

First time accepted submitter Scroatzilla writes What makes someone rise to the top in music, games, sports, business, or science? This question is the subject of one of psychology’s oldest debates. Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘10,000 hours’ rule probably isn’t the answer. Recent research has demonstrated that deliberate practice, while undeniably important, is only one piece of […]

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Microsoft Revives Its Hardware Conference

jfruh writes Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, or WinHEC, was an annual staple of the ’90s and ’00s: every year, execs from Redmond would tell OEMs what to expect when it came to Windows servers and PCs. The conference was wrapped with software into Build in 2009, but now it’s being revived to deal with […]

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Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand"

cartechboy writes There’s been plenty of skepticism when it comes to Tesla. The Silicon Valley startup unveiled an all-electric car that stunned the world and had many other automakers rolling their eyes. Fast forward to 2014 and Tesla’s preparing to launch its third model, the Model X. Production of the Model S sedan is humming […]

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Building Apps In Swift With Storyboards

Nerval’s Lobster writes Apple touts the Swift programming language as easy to use, thanks in large part to features such as Interface Builder, a visual designer provided in Xcode that allows a developer to visually design storyboards. In theory, this simplifies the process of designing both screens and the connections between screens, as it needs […]

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Court Rules Nokia Must Pay Damages To Buyers of Faulty Phones In Mexico

An anonymous reader writes Nokia must pay damages to consumers in Mexico who reported malfunctioning handsets, following a court ruling for a trial that has lasted four years. The case was brought to court by Mexican watchdog Profeco in 2010, before the Finnish manufacturer was acquired by Microsoft – that deal was only completed earlier […]

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Google To Require As Many As 20 of Its Apps Preinstalled On Android Devices

schwit1 writes Google is looking to exert more pressure on device OEMs that wish to continue using the Android mobile operating system. Among the new requirements for many partners: increasing the number of Google apps that must be pre-installed on the device to as many as 20, placing more Google apps on the home screen […]

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