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Chrysler recalls 2.7 million Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys after initial refusal

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [3]

On June 4, Chrysler caught public attention by refusing to recall 2.7 million Jeep Grand Cherokees and Jeep Libertys after the NHTSA requested the auto maker issue a recall over potential fires in rear-end collisions. Chrysler refused, stating that the NHTSA's conclusions were "based on an incomplete analysis" of the information. The manufacturer was given until today to make a decision, and rather than face possible court time and bad PR, it had elected to recall the Jeeps. Read The Full Story

Evernote Web Clipper extension for Chrome gets Gmail update

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Note-taking addicts and Evernote lovers alike have had access to the Evernote Web Clipper tool for awhile now, which allows individuals to clip items from the web for easy saving to their account. That tool just got a little more useful, however, with an addition to its Web Clipper for Chrome extension: clipping within Gmail. Read The Full Story

NASA’s Grand Asteroid Challenge pits the private sector against space rocks

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

NASA has been aggressive about identifying near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet in the future, as well as pursuing ideas to deal with space rock aimed at Earth. It has taken its efforts to the next level with its new Grand Asteroid Challenge, which was announced at the space agency's headquarters earlier today. Read The Full Story

Candy Crush Saga game popularity reportedly leads to planned IPO

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [1]

If you spend any amount of time on Facebook, you've likely either seen Candy Crush Saga notifications in the news feed, received invitations to play, or have dabbled in the game yourself. Such proliferation is indicative of the game's popularity, as well as others like it, which have reached such a level that the game's maker, Midasplayer International Holding Co., is seeking an IPO. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Citadel botnet assault liberated 2 million PCs

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

On June 5, we reported on a take down of Citadel botnet networks by Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit and the FBI, among other unspecified "technology industry partners." The assault had resulted in 1400 Citadel botnet networks being taken down, and now Microsoft has revealed the number of computers liberated as a result: at least 2 million. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA shakes up business model with Kepler licensing

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [5]

We've heard extensively about the gradual decline of the consumer PC market, with industry leaders feeling the pain as consumers gravitate towards more mobile devices: tablets and smartphones. NVIDIA is one such company that has felt the squeeze, and its response is a strong one: an expansion of its business model with an announcement that it will begin licensing Kepler architecture. Read The Full Story

Google Drive scores support for 18 new languages

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Drive has supported quite a few languages, and you'd have been hard-pressed to find one you didn't speak or need. Some users, however, were still left out from using their native language, which could change today with the latest update. Support for 18 additional languages has been added to Google Drive, among them being some common ones like Canadian French and Latin American Spanish. Read The Full Story

ThinkPad S531 debuts as Lenovo’s first 15-inch ultrabook

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Lenovo has announced a first for the company: a 15-inch ultrabook. The ThinkPad S531 is aimed at the business class, and is boasted as offering a combination of both design and the professional-styling typical to Lenovo machines. The ultrabook was launched at the Xander Zhou fashion show in London today, and is available for purchase now with a starting price of £575/$900USD. Read The Full Story

Adobe rolls out “major update” for Creative Cloud

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [3]

Back on December 11, Adobe rolled out a fairly substantial update to Creative Cloud, adding new tools and other such changes that gave it quite the boost. They're doing this again, with the company announcing the release of a "major update" that we began hearing about back in May at The Creativity Conference. With the update comes Behance integration. Read The Full Story

Starbucks offers in-store free Google Play Music All Access streaming

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

This evening on the Google Play Google+ page, Google announced free Play Music All Access streaming for customers at Starbucks, who are now presented with a banner advising them of the free music streaming. Of course, the service is already available for anyone to try for free, and whether this promotion will extend beyond the regular trial period is yet unknown. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Surface RT discount unveiled for educational institutions

, Jun 18th 2013 Discuss [2]

Summer is upon us, and as such Microsoft has rolled out a steep discount on the Surface RT for educational institutions, something revealed by Ryan Lowdermilk of the Windows Developer Show. The post in which he detailed the program has since been pulled, as well as the Microsoft order form that was available online earlier. We have the details after the break, however. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! reveals law enforcement data request numbers

, Jun 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

On June 11, Google made public a letter it sent to the Attorney General and the FBI requesting permission to include FISA and similar data requests in it Transparency Report. A couple days later, Facebook and Microsoft revealed aggregated government data request numbers, followed soon after by other companies. Now Yahoo! has revealed its own numbers. Read The Full Story
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