In 2008, Better Place partnered with Renault to build an electric car and create a system of battery swapping stations, but the concept never gained momentum. [Read more]
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Electric car startup Better Place liquidating after $850 million investment
AT&T’s new “Mobility Administrative Fee” is raising wireless bills by 61 cents a month — a move that could reportedly raise half a billion dollars for the company. [Read more]
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AT&T adds 61-cent 'mobility' fee to wireless bills
Quantenna announces the first 4×4 (quad-stream) 802.11ac chipset. The new chipset, which offers a cap speed of 1.7Gbps, is slated be used in products later this year. [Read more]
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Quantenna’s new chip turns 802.11ac Wi-Fi up a notch
U.S. Congressmen Ed Markey and Henry Waxman pen a report outlining the increased hacks on power grid computer systems, saying that one utility receives about 10,000 attempted cyberattacks per month. [Read more]
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Power utilities claim ‘daily’ and ‘constant’ cyberattacks, says report
Microsoft’s Xbox One home-entertainment console, available later this year, has ties to Windows 8 and Windows Azure. [Read more]
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Windows’ role at the core of Microsoft’s Xbox One
The computing industry has just begun taking the VP8 codec seriously, but Google wants people to adopt its brand-new successor. [Read more]
The restructuring of the ailing TV maker includes pruning the global workforce and executives. [Read more]
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Sharp to cut 5,000 jobs in 3-year plan
The sales milestone is on par with the number of Windows 7 licenses sold in its first six months on the market. [Read more]
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Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months
Just a year after launching its $50-per-month plan, Adobe has made its Creative Cloud the only way to get the new versions of its full software suite. Customers “overwhelmingly” prefer it. [Read more]
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Adobe kills Creative Suite, goes subscription-only
The Nook HD and HD+ may not be fully ‘open’ Android tablets, but they’re now much more open [Read more]
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Barnes & Noble adds Google Play store to its tablets