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The smartwatch is a desperate attempt to save an industry that isnt failing
2013-09-05 17:39:02| Extremetech
The speedy rate at which tech hardware moves nowadays is astonishing, but the rate at which it innovates is much more stagnant. The desperate attempt to innovate and create markets before competitors do is what drives this industry. In recent memory, the smartwatch is one of the most prominent instances of major tech companies not knowing where to go next, yet trying to force their way there anyway.
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Xbox One CPU speed boosted by 10% in vain attempt to keep up with PS4
2013-09-04 12:26:37| Extremetech
In a move that clearly signals Microsoft's desperation to get ahead of Sony's PlayStation 4 by any means possible, the Xbox One's CPU has been speed boosted from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz -- 150MHz, or just under 10%. At the same press conference, Microsoft also said that the Xbox One has entered mass production, and that it's on schedule for a November release -- though we still don't have an exact release date.
Microsoft buys Nokias phone business for $7.2 billion in an attempt to imitate Apple
2013-09-03 13:58:38| Extremetech
Microsoft has announced that it will acquire Nokia's mobile phone business, and a "broad intellectual property license" for Nokia's patent portfolio, for 5.44 billion Euros (~$7.2 billion). This deal will see Stephen Elop return to Microsoft as the vice president of the newly minted Nokia division, along with some 32,000 other Nokia execs and employees. Microsoft's rationale for the acquisition, which is due to complete in early 2014, is that it will allow the software giant to finally, seriously, definitely compete against Apple and Google in the smartphone and tablet markets. For real this time. Honest.
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Same-sex marriage attempt wasn't the first try in Virginia Crime & Legal Issues
2013-07-28 03:49:40| Real Estate - Topix.net
Two Hampton Roads men made headlines this week when they delved into the nation's gay marriage storm, filing a federal lawsuit claiming Virginia's gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
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Court rejects attempt to stop Sacramento school closures
2013-07-23 16:38:00| American School & University
Suit had argued that the district's closure of 7 elementary schools affects poor and minority areas disproportionately. Schoolhouse Beat read more
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