France Wants To Tax Skype
In 2013, French regulators floated the idea of taxing Microsoft's online video chat service, Skype. Needless to say, Microsoft was less than pleased.
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Path "Find Friends" Blocked By Facebook For Suspicious Spam
Facebook has blocked Path's access to its social graph due to Path's recent spam debacle. This will prevent Path from being able to access the…
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ESports And Online Gaming Gain Significant Popularity In China
Online gaming and ESports is starting to gain some significant popularity in China, which is said to be potentially one of the biggest markets for…
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PSA: Call Of Duty: Ghosts "Beta Invite" Imposter Websites On The Prowl
Activision has recently revealed the Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer, causing excitement to fans all around. However, that excitement may have its faults as many…
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Spotify Acquisition Of Tunigo Brings Music Discovery Boost
Spotify has recently acquired Tunigo, a music discovery app that creates themed playlists based on your mood. Spotify will transfer all of Tunigo's 20+ employees…
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Microsoft Entices Windows Phone Developers With More Payout Options
Microsoft is continuing to try and entice developers to develop apps for its Windows Phone 8 platform, and this time around, they are bringing new…
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Eternal Darkness Sequel To Be Crowdfunded, Heads To PC And Wii U First
Eternal Darkness, a popular survival horror game released for the GameCube, will have a "spiritual successor" soon if finances are in order. Precursor Games will…
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PayPal Considers Accepting BitCoin Payments
PayPal CEO John Donahoe is considering ways of implementing BitCoins into PayPal's digital transaction network. He says that he's watching Bitcoins very closely and expects…
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Syrian Electronic Army Takes Over E! Online's Twitter Account
The Syrian Electronic Army strikes again, and this time, their target was both E! Online and Justin Bieber. In a series of tweets, the SEA…
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Graphene Paint Aims To Solar-Power Future Homes And Electronics
Scientists from the University of Manchester have discovered that by combining Graphene, a one-atom thick layer of graphite, with the transition metal dichalcogenides, a material…
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RuneScape 3 Drops Java In Favor Of HTML5
Jagex, the developers of the infamous web-browser MMORPG RuneScape, has decided that it's time to put Java away and welcome in HTML5. The game developer…
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Ford Plans To Surpass Its Hybrid Sales Record This Month
Ford has decided that this year, it will surpass its hybrid sales record. It's highest annual amount of hybrids sold dates back to 2010, the…
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Samsung Defends Limited Available Storage On GALAXY S 4
Samsung has received a lot of complaints recently over the limited available storage on its Samsung GALAXY S 4 device. While consumers purchased the 16GB…
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E-Sports Entertainment Involved In Bitcoin Mining Scandal
The E-Sports Entertainment Association is currently in hot water right now after several of its subscriber's discovered a Bitcoin miner in the ESEA's anti-cheat client.…
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Google+ Hangouts Get Remote Desktop Feature Using Chrome Technology
Google+ has just issued an update that brings the remote desktop feature to Hangouts. With Hangouts Remote Desktop, your friends can give you permission to…
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iPhone Might Head To MetroPCS, Just Not Anytime Soon
Now that the MetroPCS/T-Mobile merger has been finalized, many customers on MetroPCS are all wondering, "When can we get our hands on the iPhone?" Well…
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Call Of Duty: Ghosts Bound For Xbox 720 With First Teaser Trailer
Earlier today, Activision and Infinity Ward revealed a teaser trailer for its latest Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Ghosts. The game is set…
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Next-Gen AMD FX 4350 And 6350 Join The FX CPU Family
Today, two new processors are joining AMD's FX CPU line-up. They are the AMD FX-4350 and AMD FX-6350 procssors. Both processors are unlocked, and are…
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FBI Seeks To Fine Tech Companies Failing To Comply With Real-Time Wiretaps
A new proposal from the government would require tech companies like Facebook or Google to allow law enforcement to place real-time wiretaps on a suspect's…
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Samsung Galaxy Note III Tipped To Include 8-Core CPU And 8-Core GPU
More Samsung Galaxy Note III rumors are surfacing, and this is one we're hoping is true. According to SamMobile's source, the Galaxy Note III may…
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Fake Firefox Spreads Spyware As Makers Mozilla Retort
Mozilla has sent out a cease-and-desist letter to Gamma International, who has been disguising commercial malware as Mozilla's Firefox web browser. Gamma's software uses Mozilla's…
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CopyTele Sues Skype In Its "Patent Monetization" Scheme
CopyTele, or more specifically, its Secure Web Conference Corp. division has sued Microsoft's Skype due to patent infringement. Copytele says that Skype infringed on 2…
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DreamWorks Deals Industry's First Major Acquisition Of A YouTube Channel
DreamWorks has officially acquired the teen-centric YouTube channel, AwesomenessTV. AwesomenessTV is touted to be one of the most subscribed to channels for teens, having over…
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Former AOL VP Becomes New Head Of CIA Tech And Science Division
The CIA has appointed Dawn Meyerriecks, former AOL Senior Vice President for Product Technology, as its new Chief of Science and Technology. While it seems…
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Hacker Shows How Google Glass Could Watch Its User's Every Move
Jay Freeman, an iOS and Android developer known for his popular Cydia app store accessible by jailbroken iPhones, has discovered a scary security flaw in…
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Google Glass How-To Video Shows Users How To Get Started
Google released an official how-to video for its upcoming, game-changing product, Google Glass. The video shows users how to get started with Google Glass, and…
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Wiikey Hacks Wii U To Play Games From USB Drives
Wiikey, the hackers who invented mod chips and soft mods for the Nintendo Wii and many other consoles, have developed a new hack for the…
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