China has blocked phone messages and Web sites to prevent pro-democracy protests from spreading. The government is also stepping up security measures and keeping university students from leaving campuses.
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Kno Tablet is reportedly considering selling off its hardware business and focusing on software offerings. The company is allegedly in talks with a pair of companies to sell the hardware segment. Kno will be focusing its efforts on producing for the iPad and Android devices since it already has textbook distribution partnerships.
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China’s Hong Kong based Renren.com is planning an initial public offering in the U.S. that could raise up to $500 million. This could make it the first social network site globally to go public. Renren.com is a Chinese version of Facebook Inc., and has hired Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group and Deutsche Bank AG to advise it on the potential listing.
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Alibaba’s CEO, David Wei, and COO, Elvis Lee, have resigned after a company probe found more than 2,000 subscribers engaged in fraudulent sales. The frauds were first noticed by senior management in late 2009.
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China’s Huawei has offered to spend the roughly $80 million for equipment to make mobile phone reception available in London’s sprawling subway system. However, some politicians are raising red flags over the Huawei’s potential control over a critical piece of London’s wireless infrastructure.
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Scientists have developed a new method to print skin using modified inkjet printers. The technique involves combining donor cells, biofriendly gel, and other materials to build cartilage. Scientists believe that this technology could one day be used to print skin grafts for burn victims.
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Dell is reportedly discontinuing its XPS 14 laptop line to focus on developing new thin and light laptops with Sandy Bridge technology. The XPS 14 was only released about four months ago, but Dell says that it is “re-focusing its efforts” on incorporating feedback from users into future products.
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Is your unembellished coffee mug looking a bit too modest? Dress up that plain piece of pottery with a fun cozy from etsy seller, knotworkshop. Reading the seller’s different product descriptions is almost as much fun as digging through the items in her shop. Here’s part of the description for her I heart whimsicle fuckery
the Noisestash: Care For a Cozy Beverage? Read More »
Apple’s iPad 2 will not feature a Retina display, but will instead have a thinner display panel that performs better in direct sunlight. Apple is also planning an in-between sized product that will target the market looking for something bigger than an iPod Touch but not as big as an iPad.
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Twitter has suspended two popular third-party apps, UberTwitter and Twidroyd, for violating its policies. The company says the apps were involved in a privacy issue, trademark infringement, and changing the content of users’ Tweets in order to make money.
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Instapaper and Read It Later are two new tools that allow users to save articles to read later. Some people believe that these tools could save old media by allowing people to read long-form articles when they have more time. However, others believe that these tools are just a temporary solution to a much larger problem.
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, an Android-powered PlayStation-certified phone, will be hitting the U.S. airwaves on Verizon this spring. It is also rumored to launch on AT&T or T-Mobile in Q3 2010.
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Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day is a national movement that shows girls how creative and collaborative engineering is and how engineers are changing our world. This year, the goal is to serve 10,000 ten-year-old girls with a positive engineering experience during a ten-week period.
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It was a proud moment for us at the Noisecast the other night when it was announced that Rontourage had won a Grammy. Unfortunately he said he was stuck in traffic which is why he was not able to receive the award in person for his collaboration with Rihanna. Check out his acceptance speech after
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Dead Island is an upcoming zombie game from publisher Deep Silver that has everyone in tears. The trailer is a stunning work of art, but it’s important to remember that it is not a gameplay trailer.
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