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Leonard Nimoy, best known as TV's Mister Spock, has died at the age of 83. His portrayal of the character was revolutionary -- at least, to this author.



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A new report from AVG Technologies breaks down exactly which Android applications chew through battery life, network data, and bog down phone performance. There are a number of applications that badly need a diet -- including some created by major companies or the phone manufacturers themselves.



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Poland has just started up one of the few optical atomic clocks in the world that puts old cesium fountain atomic clocks to shame.



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Lenovo has released its plans for how it will make amends to the consumers whose data it exposed. How about a six month subscription to McAfee?



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Elite materials like graphene usually aren’t just lone success stories. Generally, the whole family of related materials — oxides, nitrides, or other derivatives — are all sought after for unique applications. As it typically happens, folks first imagine using a promising new material to store bits or energy, but then settle for trying to make…



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Last week, Samsung claimed that the voice information captured by its newest TVs was encrypted, even if older models were still insecure. This has now been proven untrue -- Samsung televisions still on the market and available for purchase are using plaintext.



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Tired of using that old monitor from three PCs ago? Monitors have improved quite a bit in the last couple of years, so it might be time to consider an upgrade. With Dell's UltraSharp 25, you can upgrade your screen real estate, increase your viewing angle, and get a functional USB 3.0 hub in one swift purchase.



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Intel has rebranded its Atom product line to simplify its offerings -- while Cherry Trail benchmarks have leaked at the same time. Will 2015 be the year that Atom finally competes?



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Astronomers have spotted a black hole from the early universe nearly 13 billion light years away, and it's brighter and heavier than anyone expected.



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Imagination Technologies has announced the next-generation, super-powered version of its Series 7 GPU. The GT 7900 is aimed at affordable game consoles and full-on notebooks -- can Power VR jump back into mainstream competition?



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Earlier today, the FCC voted three-to-two in favor of reclassifying internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Under this classification, the FCC will now have the authority to enforce net neutrality for American ISPs.



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New reports from developers claim that DirectX 12 can support GPUs from multiple vendors in the same system. Will enthusiasts finally be able to mix and match multiple GPU vendors?



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Do you ever wish that your car had WiFi? Well, the folks over at FreedomPop have come up with a solution that provides WiFi for up to five of your devices while you're on the road. Even better, you can browse the web without a monthly fee since the FreedomPop Connected Car Kit comes with 500MB of 4G data per month at no additional cost.



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Boeing's new patent for launching satellites sounds unnecessarily complicated at first, but it could slash the cost of getting to low-Earth orbit.



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ARM and IBM are teaming up to offer a turnkey Internet of Things solution with built-in Ethernet support and an advanced embedded Cortex-M4 processor. The goal is to have users up and programming within minutes -- and tied back to Big Blue's cloud platform.



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The indexes of competitors like Yahoo and Bing (around 15 billion pages each) are still only half as large as Google. To close this gap, Microsoft has pioneered new technologies to make web crawling more efficient.



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Further details from Lenovo on the Superfish disasterware have revealed how the product slipped through their approval process -- and pointed to other programs using the same badly broken Komodia software.



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IDC has released its latest numbers for smartphone OS market share, and unfortunately, it means we can likely close the book on Windows Phone.



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Two years ago, Google released the flashy, expensive Pixel in order to show off the potential of the Chromebook ecosystem. Despite the lack of success, the Pixel is coming back, and it aims to be both a little less ridiculous and more specialized than the first.



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If you're constantly on the move, you'll need a laptop to fit your lifestyle. Whether you're editing an Excel spreadsheet on a plane or writing your travelogue in a café in Portland, your laptop needs to be thin and lightweight with battery to spare. Well, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon from Lenovo is just the laptop you're looking for, and today we found a deal that can save you hundreds of dollars off the sticker price.



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Samsung's new Galaxy S6 is scheduled to drop soon, but rumors leaking out ahead of the launch event suggest the device will be more expensive than previous models with the curved screen models reportedly in short supply.



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Extreme ultraviolet lithography is finally approaching commercial viability thanks to sustained power output of nearly 100W over a 24 hour period. There's a great deal of work yet to do, but this particular milestone is critical.



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NOAA's new satellite will capture the sunlit face of Earth in its entirety -- the first time this has happened since the Galileo mission to Jupiter in the 1990s.



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Pebble is back with another Kickstarter campaign and it's already a hit.



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Nvidia's GTX 970 issues aren't over -- the company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over alleged deliberate miscommunication of the card's capabilities and features.



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The new Boxx Apexx 5 packs four full workstation GPUs into a single chassis -- a supercomputing level of performance in a single workstation.



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Is your HDTV getting on in years? Looking for a new big screen for your den? Well, look no further. This 65-inch LED-lit HDTV from LG is exactly what you need without any unnecessary bells and whistles. Simply put, this is a no-frills HDTV with a surprisingly low asking price.



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Cheating has always existed in multiplayer games, and for the most part it's just a minor annoyance, but now that there are millions of dollars up for grabs at eSports tournaments, cheating has become a problem with much larger stakes. A man by the name of David Titarenco thinks he's solved part of the problem with a tiny little Arduino box he calls "Game:ref."



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AMD's new Carrizo is coming to laptops this year, and the chip packs some notable efficiency and battery life gains. Performance should also improve noticeably in both CPU and GPU workloads thanks to a complete design overhaul and better power management.



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Researchers have developed an Android app that can track a user's location without access to GPS. All it needs is battery data.



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The 840 EVO already received one major update last year to fix its performance issues, but the complications are raising their ugly heads again. Is this a problem Samsung can't fix?



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A favorite technique of neuroscientists is to take our genes, or even whole cells, and stick them into mouse brains to see what they do. Researchers from Duke found that if they gave some mice our human version of HARE5, and other mice the chimp version of HARE5, the humanized mice grew great mambo brains.



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At long last, the FDA has authorized 23andMe to market health-related genetic testing. It's good news, but the impact of this is minimal for the time being. This specific authorization is for analysis of a single disease, but this "important first step" paves the way for the full suite of DNA analysis to return to the Mountain View-based genetics company.



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Traditionally, a lot of functionality had to be sacrificed for a truly portable laptop. Thankfully, modern laptops offer more than enough horse power for everyday tasks without weighing you down. For example, this XPS 13 from Dell weighs in at just 2.6 pounds, offers all-day battery life, has a 13-inch 1080p display, and it's using the latest generation Core i5 processor. On top of all that, we found a coupon code that will save you over a hundred dollars off your order.



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At ISSCC this year, Intel is predicting that its 10nm process will continue scaling along historic lines, while the it offers details on some specific low-level advances in 14nm silicon as well.



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Lenovo has continued to "evolve" its messaging on the ongoing Superfish crisis, but the company is still dodging responsibility. It has, however, released a list of systems that "may" be affected.



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In further security news this week, the NSA and GCHQ collaborated to steal millions of SIM card encryption keys from one of the world's largest suppliers. This ensured they'd be able to monitor mobile communications worldwide no matter what -- and they did it by targeting individuals accused of no crimes and not otherwise under investigation.



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Battery designer 123 Systems has sued Apple, alleging that the company poached its battery engineers -- and let slip that it thinks the Cupertino company is building a car.



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More luxurious Pilot won't steal Acura sales, Honda says. Right. Ford makes Explorer better for cops: the best J-turn cop car ever?



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If a recent analyst report is to be believed, Microsoft's console is doomed to play second fiddle to the PS4 well into 2018.



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The latest generation of consoles has been around for over a year now, and some prime deals have finally started popping up. Not only have there been occasional price drops, but bundles add loads of additional value as well. If you still haven't jumped in, now's the time. The Xbox One is currently on sale bundled with two free games, and we found a deal that will net you a $50 eGift card as well.



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If you bought a consumer Lenovo laptop in the past six to eight months, you may have ended up with an unwelcome addition. Here's how to kill the Superfish malware -- and prevent it from hijacking your browser sessions or exposing your private data.



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The collagen from fish skin is being tested as a component of wound dressings that could be cheaper and safer than today's alternatives.



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The new HTTP/2 protocol is finalized and submitted, but not everyone is happy with the final product. Is the design compromised before it even ships?



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Lenovo's consumer laptops are loaded with adware that fundamentally compromises system security and transmits encrypted information to a third-party vendor. Lenovo's response thus far is to pretend the problem doesn't exist and that consumers knowingly chose to buy hardware with non-functioning browser safeguards.



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Yandex says Google Search shouldn't be bundled with Android because it's unfair, but apparently they have never heard of the Android Open Source Project.



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We've come to expect more out of our laptops than we used to. Sure, spreadsheets and e-mails are just as important as they've always been, but the popularization of touchscreens has really changed our expectations. Not only should our laptops help us work wherever we travel, but we want entertainment and flexibility at our finger tips as well. Thankfully, Dell has a top-notch convertible touchscreen laptop available, and it's currently being sold at a steep discount.



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Samsung's new Smart TV's don't actually secure your intercepted voice data -- they transmit it in plaintext.



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So-called "organs on a chip" have become an important way to test the effects of chemicals or radiation on different kinds of cells. Now researchers are scrambling to build whole "body on a chip" devices to quickly diagnose the metabolic signature of infection or poison.



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Qualcomm is announcing and launching multiple new chips and modems today -- and opening a full-scale attack on the other mobile vendors trying to muscle into its turf.



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A new vanadium flow battery from Imergy Power Systems is designed to augment industrial scale power networks and possibly pair with renewable energy solutions. Haven't heard of a flow battery? We've got you covered.



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