2014年9月15日 星期一

2014-09-16 U.S. Technology

  New York Times   
Microsoft to buy 'Minecraft' maker for $2.5 billion  Los Angeles Times
What started as a one-man project and quickly grew into a computer game phenomenon played by tens of millions of children and adults worldwide will be absorbed by Microsoft Corp. for $2.5 billion. Microsoft announced Monday that it will buy the maker of ...

Microsoft bets on gold mine from “Minecraft” purchase   The Seattle Times
Notch doesn't make Minecraft anymore   CNET
Minecraft Fans Back Founder's Decision, Wary of Microsoft   Businessweek
PCWorld   
Sydney Morning Herald   
SFGate   
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  NBCNews.com   
Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders hit record 4 million on Day 1  Financial Express
Bumper first-day pre-orders for iPhone 6 point to first-weekend sales of up to 10 million units. New phones at Rs 6,399, but Google's Android One play is not just about the priceGoogle to make YouTube videos available offline soon in IndiaGoogle's Wager: ...

Apple: iPhone 6 sparks record 4 million pre-orders   San Jose Mercury News
Apple receives record 4 million iPhone orders on first day   The Hindu
Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders hit record 4 million in 24 hours   Firstpost
Herald Scotland   
Irish Independent   
The Straits Times   
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  New York Times   
FCC Revisits Net Neutrality Exemption for Mobile Broadband  New York Times
The future of protecting an open Internet has been the subject of fierce debate, and potential changes to the rules by the Federal Communications Commission could impact your online experience. Video Credit By Natalia V. Osipova and Carrie Halperin on ...

Open Internet gaining ground on web rules   Stuff.co.nz
4 Months and 3 Million Comments Later, the Public Has Spoken on Net Neutrality   Mashable
David Pogue explains why consumers care so much about net neutrality   PBS NewsHour
Al Jazeera America   
International Business Times   
American University Intellectual Property Brief   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Google debuts new line of sub-$100 Android One phones  Christian Science Monitor
Android phones are ubiquitous in big markets like the U.S. and the U.K., and now Google is making sure the rest of the world can get its hands on them. The company officially launched its Android One initiative, which will bring entry-level, $100 Android ...

New phones at Rs 6399, but Google's Android One play is not just about the price   Financial Express
First Impressions: Micromax Canvas A1 Android One smartphone   Times of India
Google debuts $130 Android One smartphone in India   AsiaOne
Firstpost   
Tech2   
Gizbot   
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Windows 9 Leaks Tip Notification Center, Cortana  PC Magazine
Microsoft is rumored to be unveiling details about its next-gen operating system later this month, but German site WinFuture has more details about what Windows 9 might entail. According to the blog's screenshots and videos, Redmond is working on virtual ...


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  KpopStarz   
Apple's Steve Jobs Was 'Low Tech' Parent: Did Not Let His Children Play With ...  KpopStarz
Many knew Steve Jobs as the visionary behind one of the best-known tech companies today. Jobs was a pioneer in the digital age wherein gadgets transformed the way we listen to music, watch movies, communicate. You would imagine that his two teenage ...

Apple Founder Steve Jobs Limited His Kids' Use Of Technology At Home   CBS Local
Steve Jobs didn't let his kids use iPads   SFGate (blog)
Steve Jobs limits how much technology his kids use   Irish Times
NDTV   
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  Reuters   
Regulators Are Faulted in Defects at General Motors  New York Times
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators had ample information to identify the dangerous ignition defect in General Motors' Chevrolet Cobalt and other cars as early as 2007, a House committee investigating the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ...

NHTSA chief tells automakers: time for 'new normal' on recalls   The Detroit News
NHTSA's on the Spot — Finally   EE Times
Questions over highway oversight   Marketplace.org
Baltimore Sun   
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  Globes   
Where to get the cheapest iPhone  NEWS.com.au
IF YOU'RE buying a new iPhone this Friday, you may just be considering sticking with the same carrier, but your carrier might not be offering the best bang for your buck. So to make things easier for you, we've crunched the numbers and come up with the ...

Late Chinese delivery of Apple's new iPhones   SFGate
Apple could see product 'super cycle' amid iPhone 6, 6 Plus upgrades   ZDNet
Demand for iPhone 6 fuels grey market   Sydney Morning Herald
The Times (subscription)   
eWeek   
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  VentureBeat   
Facebook and others form TODO group to take on the challenges of open source ...  VentureBeat
Facebook has long been supportive of open source development, and over the years it has opened up some of its projects to the public, encouraging the community to utilize and build on them. Today, at the engineering conference @Scale, Facebook ...

Facebook And Google Form TODO Open Source Group   Techaeris
Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool   ITworld.com
Facebook open sources McRouter tool   iT News
EnterpriseTech   
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  Android Headlines - Android News   
Google Report Increased Number Of User Data Requests From Worldwide ...  Android Headlines - Android News
The current report details request activity over the first six months of this year and compared to the previous half-year (latter half of 2013), Google report a 15% increase in the number of requests for user data. This is also a 150% increase since they first began ...

Google reports a 19% jump in US government data requests   Computerworld (blog)
Google registers dip in data requests from Australian police   Australian Techworld
User data requested on 10 Irish Google accounts   Irish Independent
Fox Business   
Phys.Org   
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