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Samsung Denies Manipulating Galaxy S4 for Better Benchmark Results
2013-07-31 21:34:09| PC Magazine Graphics Cards Product Guide
Samsung this morning denied intentionally manipulating the Galaxy S 4 to produce more favorable benchmark results.
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Samsung Denies Manipulating Galaxy S4 for Better Benchmark Results
2013-07-31 18:33:02| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Samsung this morning denied intentionally manipulating the Galaxy S 4 to produce more favorable benchmark results.
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Experts - and CIA - look at manipulating climate
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSN: Researchers are exploring ways to possibly change Earth's atmosphere to counteract climate change. Will they work, and at what cost and what trade-offs? It sounds like weird science, but experts and the CIA are investigating whether they can manipulate the environment to halt global warming. Organizations including UNESCO, Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Federation have conducted research to address climate change, but current efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming...
Researcher: Hackers can cause traffic jams by manipulating real-time traffic data
2013-03-15 22:33:15| Wireless - Topix.net
Hackers can influence real-time traffic-flow-analysis systems to make people drive into traffic jams or to keep roads clear in areas where a lot of people use Google or Waze navigation systems, a German researcher demonstrated at BlackHat Europe.
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Car manufacturers 'manipulating fuel efficiency tests' says report
2013-03-14 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Drivers who find that the fuel efficiency in their new car doesn't match up to the claims made by the manufacturer, now know it is not their driving to blame. A new report reveals that carmakers routinely manipulate official UN-backed miles/gallons tests, with a series of tricks including stripping the car down to weigh as little as possible, overinflating the tyres and testing in the thin air at high-altitude tracks. The tricks of the trade are listed in a report by the Transport & Environment...
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