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• HP adds Windows 8-ready Envy, Pavilion, and Spectre all-in-ones
• Microsoft gives Yahoo top billing in ad rebranding
• Man hacks Kinect to help his mother e-mail after stroke
• Bill Moggridge, early laptop designer, dies at age 69
• Pirate Bay co-founder Warg faces new charges
• PayPal exec gets personally involved in account dispute
• Phony Al-Jazeera text messages sent by pro-Syrian gov't hackers
• Did Samsung verdict hurt Apple's reputation?
• Google backs Alan Turing Monopoly game
• Oh, no, Nokia: Another oopsie?

HP adds Windows 8-ready Envy, Pavilion, and Spectre all-in-ones Posted: 09 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT HP shows its willing to take some calculated risks for Windows 8 with a Spectre-branded all-in-one desktop. [Read more]

Microsoft gives Yahoo top billing in ad rebranding Posted: 09 Sep 2012 08:10 PM PDT It appears Microsoft is rebranding Microsoft Advertising as the "Yahoo Bing Network" and its own online ads as "Bing Ads." [Read more]

Man hacks Kinect to help his mother e-mail after stroke Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:04 PM PDT Chad Ruble's mother can't use keyboards. So he used a Kinect and some open-source code to devise a system that lets her wave her hand to select emoticons and function buttons. [Read more]

Bill Moggridge, early laptop designer, dies at age 69 Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:45 PM PDT The industrial designer crafted the Grid Compass, a clamshell computer that debuted in 1982 and that is widely regarded as the first laptop computer. [Read more]

Pirate Bay co-founder Warg faces new charges Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:41 PM PDT A new twist to the arrest Gottfried Warg is that it wasn't related to his conviction for copyright violations. He is now accused of stealing tax records. [Read more]

PayPal exec gets personally involved in account dispute Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:53 PM PDT After months of funds being held in limbo, payment processor's new president promises to release funds, as well as other reforms at PayPal. [Read more]

Phony Al-Jazeera text messages sent by pro-Syrian gov't hackers Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:40 AM PDT The network's short messaging service was compromised and used to send false news reports, including a report that Qatar's prime minister had been assassinated. [Read more]

Did Samsung verdict hurt Apple's reputation? Posted: 09 Sep 2012 10:19 AM PDT In "Things that make you go hmmm?", an analysis of Apple's Facebook page suggests that even its own fans were critical of the company after the court case. Or were they? [Read more]

Google backs Alan Turing Monopoly game Posted: 09 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT As part of the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birth, Google decides to back the release of a special Monopoly edition to honor one of its most famed players. [Read more]

Oh, no, Nokia: Another oopsie? Posted: 09 Sep 2012 08:44 AM PDT Nokia suddenly chooses to fess up that not only was the Lumia 920 launch promotional video faked, but the stills were too. Symptoms of dysfunction? [Read more]

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