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Madden attempts to predict Super Bowl XLVII victor

2013-01-30 00:45:34| CNET News.com

The Big Game arrives this weekend, and Electronic Arts thinks its Madden football video game predicted the winner. Do you agree with its pick? [Read more]

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Dish attempts to stall Sprints Clearwire acquisition with convoluted buyout offer

2013-01-11 11:31:41| Extremetech

This week, Dish Network made an offer to purchase Clearwire. Riddled with conditions and endless complexities to actually make good on the offer, it is rather perplexing why Dish even made the offer to begin with. But there seems to be a method to its madness...

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Rogue attempts could 'hijack' world's climate

2013-01-08 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The world's climate could be hijacked by a rogue country or wealthy individual firing small particles into the stratosphere, claims a warning that comes not from a new Hollywood movie trailer but a sober report from the World Economic Forum (WEF). The deployment of independent, large-scale "geoengineering" techniques aimed at averting dangerous warming warrants more research because it could lead to an international crisis with unpredictable costs to agriculture, infrastructure and global stability,...

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Google attempts to stymie Android fragmentation by locking down the Android SDK

2013-01-04 18:58:06| Extremetech

A new clause in the Android SDK's terms of service hints that Google's open-source operating system might not be as free as developers, OEMs, and users might hope. This has led some bearded developers to claim that the Android SDK is now "proprietary."

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