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3 hrs ago | Philly.com

An official Wash. state pot logo?

Officials in Washington state took their first stab Thursday at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Washington, Washington Government, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

7 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Samsung Electronics Levant launches the latest smart TVs lineup for 2013 in Jordan

Samsung Electronics Levant, the world leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, and Hikmat Yassin Sons Co., announced the launch of its new Samsung 2013 Smart TV lineup in the Jordanian market in a press conference at the Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel .

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Televisions, Jordan, World News, Middle East, Science / Technology,

Sat May 18, 2013

3G

ZTE Grand X2 New Flagship Android Smartphone

The ZTE Grand X2 was launched during the MedPi conference in Monaco this week and is the successor to the popular ZTE Grand X. At first glance the Grand X2 looks to be a step up from the original which was launched last year.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

The Miami Herald

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

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Related Topix: Fremont, CA, Science / Technology, Robots, San Francisco, CA

Insider Monkey

Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY), Apple Inc. (AAPL): Who Will Create An Invisible CPU Of The Sky?

Heins predicted that computer users would become increasingly dependent on a single computing device, such as a smartphone docked into a workstation, for all their daily tasks.

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Related Topix: Research in Motion, Telecom, Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Startups, Science, Computer Science, Google

CNet News

Intel Missed a Chance to Make Processors for the iPhone: Otellini

Paul Otellini said Apple approached Intel about making the chip for the first iPhone, but that it didn't make financial sense at the time.

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Related Topix: Startups, Intel, Science / Technology, iPhone

CNet News

AMD's Feldman: ARM Will Quickly Gain Market Share in Servers

ARM will take significant market share from Intel in the server chip space over the next few years, and Advanced Micro Devices will be a key vendor benefiting from the shift, according to the head of AMD's server business.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Intel, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology, Internet

Neowin.net

Wishlist for the next Xbox

Rumors are floating around about what sort of processor the Xbox will use, how much RAM it'll have and how many GFLOPS the graphics chip will be capable of.

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Related Topix: The, Video Games, Deep Silver, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Science / Technology, Microsoft, Startups

Fri May 17, 2013

MacLife

MacBook Air Shortages May Hint at New Release for WWDC

If you've found yourself wanting a MacBook Air over the last couple of days, you might be better off waiting, according to AppleInsider .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Laptops/Notebooks

International Business Times

HTC One Goes on Sale in India for a 142,900

Spice owned e-retail shop Saholic has begun sales of HTC One with incentives like free back-cover worth a 1795, and with the assurance that the smartphone will be delivered to online buyers within eight business days.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Cameras

Bit-tech.net

Aquatuning drops EKWaterBlocks products from webshop

It seems all is not well in the world of water cooling as Aquatuning - probably the worlds biggest online retailer of water-cooling hardware, has announced it is to stop selling hardware manufactured by EKWaterblocks.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Common Dreams

Farm Bill Fiasco: What Next for the Food Movement?

Deciding how America will nourish itself and sustain its farms would seem a top policy priority - yet as the US Farm Bill demonstrates, sustainably grown, healthy food and livable incomes for farmers and workers remain an afterthought in a process controlled almost entirely by agribusiness and a handful of farm-state legislators.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Science / Technology, Life, Food, Nutrition, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Debbie Stabenow, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Breathe Cast

iPhone 6 Release Date Rumours: 4.8-Inch Screen, A7 Processor, 2014 Release? [VIDEO]

Will this year see the iPhone 6, or iPhone 5S launch? I don't know but the Internet community is buzzing with rumors regarding the new Apple phone's release date, specs, features and much more.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Science / Technology

Science Daily

New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics

Integrated circuits and other electronic parts have been shrinking in size and growing in complexity and power for decades.

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Related Topix: Carnegie Mellon University, Science / Technology

GigaOM

Why Google thinks the GPU is the engine for the web of the future

To make sure the response time for their increasingly interactive sites stays low, Chrome developers might want to look at ways to make use of the graphic processors embedded in consumer devices.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Science / Technology

Thu May 16, 2013

Digital Video Editing

New CEO vows Intel will be more responsive in mobile push

Intel Corp's new CEO Brian Krzanich said on Thursday that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals.

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Related Topix: Startups, Intel, Science / Technology, PC, Science, Computer Science

The Campbell Reporter

Samsung's courtship of Apple parts suppliers may drive up costs

Overtaking Apple as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics' in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, South Korea, World News, Asia, Science / Technology, Seoul, South Korea Travel, Travel, South Korea Travel, Asia Travel, iPhone

Insider Monkey

Research In Motion Ltd (BBRY) News: Strength In India, MegaPhone Talk & More

Apple is Losing $6 Billion Annually to BlackBerry, Samsung On a quarterly basis, Apple Inc.

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Related Topix: Research in Motion, Telecom, Computers, Apple, Startups, Science / Technology, iPhone, Cellphones

CIO

Dell Aims to Cut Desktop Reliance with Workstation for Data Centers

Dell intends to move workstations into the data center and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Startups, Intel, Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering, Advanced Micro Devices

The Inquirer

Microsoft Surface Pro will go on sale in the UK on 23 May

HARDWARE DESIGNER Microsoft has announced the the Surface Pro tablet will go on sale in the UK next Thursday, 23 May.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Keyboards, Science / Technology, Intel

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