Rice University And OpenStax Announce First Open-Source Textbooks

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When we think about the distribution industry being disrupted, we tend to think about music and movies, whose physical media and vast shipment infrastructure have been rendered mostly obsolete over the last decade… Tweet This Post

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Apple in Talks to Open Mini Shops Within Sam’s Club Locations [RUMOR]

Feb 07, 2012 No Comments

Apple may be working on a deal to open up a series of mini shops inside Sam’s Club locations, according to a new report. According to a report by 9to5Mac, Apple is in early talks to open a store-within-a-store concept inside select Sam’s Club, a subsidiary of Walmart… Tweet This Post

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HELP! I Got Attacked By Apple Fanboys!

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There’s an interesting post over at ZDnet by Violet Blue, describing how she was gang-attacked online after writing a post that offended some Apple fanboys. The incident is convoluted. Blue apparently referred to someone at Macworld as a “Booth babe,” and the fanboys got offended and demanded that Blue apologize and call the women by [...]

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Microsoft strikes deal with 24/7, promises to ‘redefine’ customer service

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A partnership between Microsoft and customer service company 24/7 may not exactly sound like the most exciting proposition on the face of things, but the two are making some fairly lofty promises, and Microsoft seems to be making a serious investment in the initiative… Tweet This Post

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Poll: People Don’t Rely On Facebook, YouTube, Twitter For Election Information

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Fewer people are relying on the Internet in general and social media specifically for election news and information than some social media “experts” would have us believe, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center… Tweet This Post

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Thousands Of Webcams Made Publicly Accessible By Software Bug

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26 models of Trendnet webcams have been identified as vulnerable to a bug that lets anyone tap into the video stream with just an IP address. The flaw was noted a month ago and the company has been working to alert people and patch the devices… Tweet This Post

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Apple Says it Will Boot Developers Who Manipulate App Store Rankings [VIDEO]

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Apple says it will not tolerate manipulation of App Store rankings even if a third-party service is responsible for doing the dirty work. Making it to the top of the charts is tough, considering more than 500,000 apps are available for download… Tweet This Post

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Reminder: Vote for the 2011 Engadget Awards!

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We’ve sorted through the nominations and now we’re relying on you to determine the real tech winners from 2011. So, if your smartphone of choice didn’t get all the love you hoped it would, hop on over to the voting page and cast your vote… Tweet This Post

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Want to rent out the Bachelor mansion or Clapton’s pad? Here’s how you can

Feb 07, 2012 No Comments

Say you want to rent out the Entourage house for your birthday or Eric Clapton’s old house for your rock-and-roll-themed wedding reception. Eventup, a marketplace for hard-to-get event venues, can make that happen… Tweet This Post

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Chrome Beta for Android Will Be Good for Mobile HTML5 Development

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When Google announced that the Chrome browser would become its own operating system and run on netbooks, the thought around the tech community was that eventually Google would have to merge Chrome with Android… Tweet This Post

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Ignite Takes $5 Million Series C To Build World Of Warcraft For Car Racing

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If you want to slay orcs and elves, there’s plenty of options, but the millions of car racing gamers out there have few places to chase the checkered flag. That’s going to change because today, Ignite Game Technologies closed a $5 million Series C round from private investors bringing it to $17… Tweet This Post

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Fashion Startup Moda Operandi: Now Opening to the World

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Moda Operandi, the closely watched online retail operation from ex-Gilt exec Aslaug Magnusdottir and Vogue contributing editor Lauren Santo Domingo, is in transition. Once accessible only via application, the year-old site is opening its doors and bolstering its content offerings in an attempt to draw new shoppers in and keep them there… Tweet This Post

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