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The latest disruptive technology? Tin cans.

A start-up brewer decides to deliver its product in old-fashioned tin cans, and in so doing gets a slot on-stage at a conference on …

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iPhone 5 growing up, but not out, this fall

The rumor mill says the iPhone 5 will have a taller screen than the iPhone 4S, but that the width will stay the same.

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New Leap gesture-controller makes Kinect for Windows seem bulky, expensive

Leap Motion introduced its tiny, inexpensive Leap gesture-controller yesterday. It claims to be 100 times more accurate than Kinect.
New photo of Wii U tablet controller leaks ahead of E3

Nintendo's veil of secrecy is slipping a mere two weeks before the start of E3, as a QA worker posts an image of a re-designed Wii U …

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Sony's Playstation Network to support pre-loading digital titles.

In theory one of the benefits of buying your software digitally is getting it fast. In practice when the software is a …
Dear TV advertisers: We don't need NUads, we need better ads

Microsoft is planning on rolling out its NUad interactive TV ad technology soon. But there's an easier way for advertisers to get …

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Nvidia shaking up cloud-based gaming

Nvidia claims they can eliminate lag from cloud-based gaming while reducing costs for the game providers.
Rdio rolls out its new design to free users

Back at SXSW streaming music service Rdio introduced a redesign to paying customers. Now free users have it, too.
Xbox 360 may finally be getting a web browser (IE of course)

This week's pre-E3 rumor is that Microsoft is finally launching a web browser for the Xbox 360. My first question:Will it be behind …
Ultimate Android betrayal: I just bought a third gen iPad

I love Android. I've been happily using an Android phone and an Android tablet for a few years now. So what prompted me to decide to …

Fire brings down authorize.net services

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July 03, 2009, 2:59 PM — Details are still trickling in, but a fire in Authorize.net's primary data center in Seattle took the service off line for a few hours today. The backup data center was also impacted, but details are still hazy. Service should be back online by the time you read this.

Authorize.net is used by many small to mid-sized business for credit card processing.

Authorize.net has set up a twitter account to help get information out. Their website remains offline at this time.

If you're running credit cards through Authorize.net, sorry to interrupt your long weekend, but you'd better check your applications!

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Authorize.net categorizes downtime events as 'a perfect storm'

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iPhone 5 growing up, but not out, this fall

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New photo of Wii U tablet controller leaks ahead of E3

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Java creator unhappy with Oracle trial outcome

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Money, not technology, drives cloud growth, IT shrinkage

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Does this mean someday we'll be able to store digital porn in our DNA?

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