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Nikon D800 and D800E DSLRs address low-pass filter debate
SlashGear
Nikon has confirmed pricing and availability for the new Nikon D800 DSLR, as well as revealing its D800E sibling that dumps the low-pass filter for higher-resolution shots. The D800 has a 36.3-megapixel sensor and Nikon's new EXPEED 3 image-processing ...
Nikon woos the pros with long-awaited D800CNET
Nikon's D800 Digital SLR Packs a 36-Megapixel Full Frame SensorPC Magazine
Expectations Surpassed: the 36.3-Megapixel Nikon D800 is the Multimedia HD-SLR ...PR Newswire (press release)
Amateur Photographer -Digitaltrends.com -TopNews United States
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Facebook's Zuckerberg May Face $2B Tax Hit
NBC Montana
By Stacy Cowley NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facebook's upcoming IPO will make founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire -- but it will also stick him with an eye-popping tax bill that could reach as high as $2 billion. Industry experts say that might be ...
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's LetterWired News
Facebook's Zuckerberg may face $2 billion tax hitCNN
Al's Emporium: Facebook, Dead or AliveWall Street Journal
Bloomberg -ABC News -Fox News
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Hackers: $50000 to keep Symantec source code private
ZDNet
As part of a sting operation, Symantec told a hacker group that it would pay $50000 to keep the source code off the Internet. As part of a sting operation, Symantec told a hacker group that it would pay $50000 to keep the source code for some of the ...
Hackers spunk 'pcAnywhere source' after negotiation breakdownRegister
Hackers sought $50000 from Symantec for anti-virus blueprintReuters
Hackers wanted $50000 to keep Symantec source code privateCNET
CFOworld -SlashGear -Forbes
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Designing Windows 8, or how to redesign a religion
msnbc.com
By Matt Buchanan There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he's taken on the ...
Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?Register
Windows 8 Start button removed by Microsoft in 'Consumer Preview'The Verge
Bing Teaser Hints to Windows 8 Beta Coming SoonTom's Hardware Guide
PC Magazine -Computerworld -eWeek
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Best Buy talks about Apple HDTV customer survey
SlashGear
Yesterday, I mentioned that over the weekend a customer survey had surfaced on the Best Buy website that asked customers questions about an Apple HDTV. We wondered at the time if Best Buy had some inside information, or if it was just fishing for ...
'Apple HDTV' imagined in Best Buy survey: 42-inch model for $1499The Verge
Globe and Mail reveals early details on Apple iTV: Siri wants to hear you ...Engadget
Apple May Introduce Television Called ITV, Jefferies SaysBloomberg
BGR -ExtremeTech -PC Magazine
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Facebook looks to make mobile click
Financial Times
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent When Facebook starts offering marketers the chance to highlight their messages in smartphone apps and other mobile devices in the run-up to its initial public offering, it will begin to tackle a problem that ...
Facebook's Mobility ChallengeNew York Times
Prepare Your Business for Facebook Mobile AdsPCWorld
Report: Facebook Prepping Mobile AdsPC Magazine
Washington Post -Computerworld -Telegraph.co.uk
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Sounds of the Jurassic created by scientists
The State Column
According to scientists, you may have a chance to hear what it was like to live among dinosaurs. A team of scientists from the UK have reportedly recreated the noises of the Jurassic age, using a recently discovered fossil as a template.
Prehistoric Cricket Archabollus Musicus Chirps In Recreation Of Mating CallHuffington Post
Prehistoric cricket love songs recreated for your listening pleasureRegister
Mating call of an extinct bush-cricket rings out again after 165m yearsThe Guardian
Wired News -DAWN.com -BBC News
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Apple's Foxconn Plant Workers Complain of "Militant Culture"
Tom's Hardware Guide
CNN is the latest to interview an actual Foxconn worker who reveals her working conditions. CNN is the latest to visit Foxconn factories contracted by Apple, and begins its report introducing readers to Miss Chen, an 18-year-old student from a village ...
Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant cultureCNN International
CNN investigates Foxconn iPad factory conditions, Apple respondsApple Insider
How Apple cuts costs in building its gadgetsCNN
WMUR Manchester -CBS News -PadGadget
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Antarctic lake success 'uncertain'
BBC News
It is not yet clear whether Russian scientists have succeeded in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok. National media on Monday reported a breakthrough into the lake, the largest of more than 300 bodies of liquid water buried under Antarctica's ice.
Scientists dip a toe in one of Earth's final frontiersSydney Morning Herald
Russian scientists seeking Lake Vostok lost in frozen 'Land of the Lost'?Fox News
Russian Scientists Drill to Sub-Glacial Antarctic LakeRIA Novosti
Wired News -AFP -National Geographic
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