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Sunday, June 30, 2013

postheadericon Bell cleared to buy Astral Media, creates a Canadian TV powerhouse

Bell cleared to buy Astral Media, creates a Canadian TV powerhouse

Bell tried to shake the Canadian media landscape last year with the acquisition of Astral Media, but ran into a roadblock CRTC size - Regulators do not want 25 television stations in one source movement. After some major concessions, however, Bell received permission to buy Astral for $ 3.2 billion. The revised agreement gives control Bell 12 channels including The Movie Network, HBO Canada owns. Bell is downloading something television content important step forward, however. Corus has several recognizable channels, including Cartoon Network and Teletoon, while large resorts such as Disney XD and MuchMusic are at auction. Not that Bell complains too loudly when the purchase closes July 5, of course. The merger also gives 35.8 percent of the television market in English Canada and 22.6 per cent of French-Canadian equivalent, or enough to eclipse immediate rivals Rogers and Quebecor.

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

postheadericon Facebook gets green light to build its second campus at California headquarters

Facebook gets green light to build its second campus at California headquarters

seems that the construction of new luxury homes are becoming the norm in the technology sector. After long Apple and Google steps Facebook is also looking to expand its corporate headquarters in California - and received approval from Menlo Park to begin to turn the vision of Frank Gehry design a reality. The second campus itself is boasting nearly 434,000 square meters in total and will be built on 22 hectares, which is a lot of space for something a park on the roof of an underground tunnel leading to the existing dwelling Facebook. As council members, who seem to be more satisfied with the construction project Zuck, with Keith Kirsten express what they "feel very lucky

us have a building by Frank Gehry. "Well, all alive.

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postheadericon BionicOpter dragonfly drone flutters about, blows minds

BionicOpter dragonfly drone flutters about, blows minds

Festo

not quite the name that Boston Dynamics is. (And, in fact, we're not quite sure Big Dog is a regular topic of conversation even tables.) But that surely deserves the same attention to the work they do with robotics. After developing a machine that shot last year around like a gull, now the company has created BionicOpter. The 17.3 inch long dragonfly drone can hover in the air in all directions, and even float as a source of biological inspiration. Its carbon fiber and aluminum four wings beat 20 times per second, pushing in the air as if swimming instead of flying. Effectively lead the robo-bug is achieved through application of smart phone, but ARM microcontroller based on small adjustments to ensure stability during the flight map. There are some important pieces of information that we have at present. On the one hand, we do not know how long the lithium-ion battery will last two cells, and the price or availability defect in the prospectus (the source link). Chances are, though, you'll never be able to pay in some way. Fortunately, at least you can see this engineering marvel in action after the break.

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postheadericon OCZ Expands Far Cry 3 Offer to Include 128GB Vector SSD

OCZ Vector SSD

now all vector OCZ SSD are eligible for free power game.

has come to our attention that

OCZ Technology

and not limit their freedom of Far Cry 3 place only 256 GB solid state drive 512 GB (SSD) models. Those who buy the 128 GB version now eligible, so no matter what the purchasing power unit vector, you will receive an activation code and URL to download the full version shooting entertainment of the first Ubisoft (FPS).


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postheadericon Five great indie games for a long weekend

want something different to play in the next four days? Here is a selection of interesting indie titles that are safe for family consumption

Amid all his other thoughts for the weekend of Easter may at some point come to the conclusion that he has a house full of family members and no possibility of obtaining park, because it is like Siberia there. If this is the case, here are five fun indie games that you can collect and explore together. Perhaps then the eggs with the cream of derision. Despite Wash your hands before touching the drivers - there is nothing worse than a joypad sticky. Anyway, here you go ...

To the Moon (Freebird Games, PC)

This beautiful touching adventure follows a dying man who gave him the opportunity to live his life since early man - all to make one last wish. It seems depressing, but it is wonderful and healthy positive things with his band touching and cute retro images. Well, the Moon has been for some time unlike the others, but this weekend, it seems appropriate to reproduce some hope, death and the possibility of redemption. It is 7 EUR direct from the developer, but if you are very fast, is for sale at a price of € 2.79 on Steam until the end of Friday.

Terraria (Re-Logic, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Billed as the first serious competitor to Minecraft platform, this exciting and creative game, you will discover a landscape of 2D scrolling, tunneling develop weapons and fight monsters. The world is procedurally generated so no two games are ever the same, and there are so many details and

life

in this area. He has been on PC for a while, but it just arrived on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, adding many new features, including shared co-op to four players screen, which is so much fun . Read Christian Donlan beautiful view on Eurogamer for more proof that this is something inevitable. Oh, and a Vita version is on the way. You can buy the PC version on the official website or on Steam.


Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer, iOS)




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postheadericon Amazon still king of online jungle

Since its inception in a garage in Washington for his rise to the top of the online retailer in the world, Amazon continues to defy critics and rivals alike

began in a garage in Bellevue, Washington in 1994, but now is by far the largest online retailer in the world -. And causes fear in his rivals on the street, and continues to swell

Amazon, founded by former hedge fund manager Jeff Bezos, has exploded into a global giant with operations in 11 countries, including Canada, China, France, Germany and Japan and the United UK. It employs 88,400 people, revenues of $ 61 billion (40 billion pounds) in 2012, 27% more than the previous year, and has a market capitalization of $ 120.6bn, with its shares up 30% last year.

Since its inception, the sale of books, Amazon has diversified into CDs, DVDs, games, electronics, household items and clothing, and their selection of TV shows, songs , books, applications and game titles increased to 23m. It continues to grow and offers online storage and web hosting rental movies through its acquisition of Lovefilm in 2011.

means of technological capabilities of
investors see Amazon as a game changer, attacking rivals with low prices and above all, excellent service, including fast delivery, reliable and inexpensive. However, the company was based on its low price with tax evasion.

The retailer generates about 10% of total turnover in the UK, only ? 2.3 million in taxes over the last three years for which figures are available. Its base of Luxembourg means that you can charge EU customers only 3% VAT for e-books and music downloads over 20% taxed in the United Kingdom. Profits in the UK and other EU countries are channeled through royalties for intangibles such as the use of the brand or technology.



But the EU is putting pressure on Luxembourg to strengthen fiscal rules and the government of the United Kingdom is pushed to strengthen the tax system operated by multinationals. However, none of this seems to have an increasing impact on the Amazon sales as competitors, Woolworths, HMV, facing existential crises or simply collapse.
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postheadericon ICANN's New Trademark 'Clearinghouse' Resembles Mobsters' 'Insurance' Program

We found over the years that the new "top level domains" Programs ICANN often feel more like a form of blackmail brand owners who feel the need to buy all new commercial domain names, only to prevent other to get them. Now, ICANN has gone a step further by streamlining the process by launching a "mall" where companies can register a trademark and get early access to "buy" all new top-level domains with your brand before they reach the open market. Of course, "supporters" are pushing companies to join ... and step really sounds like the typical mafia shakedown:
clearing "does not necessarily prevent trademark infringement or cybersquatting, but it helps brand owners and brand owners a bit to minimize the damage may happen, "he added." We told the owners of the brand is not that expensive to protect themselves and they should. "



I mean, pay the godfather of the local mafia, "not necessarily prevent someone breaking windows, but it helps to reduce the likelihood of damage." And " not that expensive to protect, so you should "
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