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Google Co-Founder Larry Page Named CEO

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Google head Eric Schmidt addressed the company's admittedly "complicated" management structure today, by offering up a "simplified" version, which featured some significant changes to the way the company is run.

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Larry Page to Replace Eric Schmidt as Google CEO on April 4th

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Google has just finished wrapping up their quarterly earnings call, and while the results were good for Google, their earnings are taking a backseat to the other story that they threw in for good measure.

Apple is now the largest mobile phone manufacturer by revenue

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Based on revenue, Apple is now the largest mobile phone provider in the world, surpassing even global leader Nokia. In the winter quarter of 2010, the iPhone and its accessories generated revenue of $10.47 billion for Apple.

India’s $35 tablet reportedly delayed

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India's $35 tablet has suffered a delay, according to a report from New Delhi. The initial government-issued tender has been cancelled, as the vendor who won it failed to get a bank guarantee. The device, called Sakshat or "before your eyes," was expected to come out on January 15....

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Schmidt: Google’s pushes are LTE, money, cheap smartphones

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt posted an editorial on Thursday that outlined a strong emphasis on smartphones for 2011. The company's drive would be "all about mobile" this year and would start with a focus on LTE-based 4G.

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Eric Schmidt stepping down as Google CEO

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Looks like Steve's (former?) BFF Eric Schmidt is stepping down as CEO of Google, leaving co-founder Larry Page in charge of the company as the new CEO. A rather astounding re-arranging of the deck chairs, but also the logical progression of affairs.

AMD’s Jerry Sanders Makes The Short List of CEO Candidates

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With Dirk Meyer out the door and AMD publicly hunting for its new CEO there's a great deal of speculation as to who AMD might want sitting in the center seat.

RB5X “Intelligent Robot” From The 80s For Sale On eBay

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While this particular item, like most electronics in the 80s, probably overstates its capabilities to some degree, it does seem like a pretty great little testbed for up-and-coming roboticists — at least in the early 80s.

Vudu officially streaming on the Boxee Box, new users get $5.99 movie rental credit

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Section: Video, Content, HDTV, Video Providers While we have already expected Vudu to have been available on the Boxee Box a few times at this point, the good news is that as of today it is officially available for any and all Boxee Box users.

Verizon Going to Court to Challenge Net Neutrality

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The issue of net neutrality has been one to cause some to get heated under the collar, and after the FCC ruled in favor of the new rules, several higher-ups in pertinent companies, like Verizon, sent out their own comments about the upcoming regulations and rules.

GPS Backpack for Dogs Created by Auburn University’s Canine Detection Research Institute

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While robots are taking a major role in today’s military scheme of things, there are always other options. Namely, animals. Simply put, a dog can get into places that a robot can’t, and given the right method of controlling them, can be a lot more help than, say, a limited machine.

Google’s Schmidt out as CEO, Larry Page in

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In a surprise move, Google chief Eric Schmidt said alongside his company's financial results that he was stepping down from his position. Company co-founder Larry Page will take the top position as of April 4 while fellow founder Sergey Brin will be titled as a Co-Founder.

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Starbucks Mobile Payments Go Live For BlackBerry, iPhone And iPod Touch

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Mobile payments couldn't possibly be hotter right now. It's a trend that has caught on in my European and Asian nations, but the USA seems content with their old fashoned payment methods.

PSFK’s Future of Mobile Tagging

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Whether you use QR codes or not, its undeniable that mobile tagging has become an integrated part of the marketing landscape.

Ion’s Concert Piano has a built-in iPad dock

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A while back at CES, I got to check out Gear4's Pocket Loops, a little keyboard with a built-in iPod touch dock, but Ion's Concert Piano takes that idea and goes big. It's a full-sized, 88-key piano with an iPad dock built into it.

Google Removes Flash App From Android Market

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Apple exerts famously tight-fisted control over what apps make it into its iTunes App Store. Now, one Android app developer has learned, Google can play that game, too.

Verizon appeals FCC net neutrality rules

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Verizon on Thursday said it would appeal the FCC's net neutrality rules in an attempt to force deregulation.

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Mystery HTC phone renders hint Desire, Wildfire sequels

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HTC may be working on a number of new form factors for its handsets, a number of leaks from PocketNow reveals. The first has shown what's expected to be a new flagship, resembling the company's current top-of-the-rung offering, the Desire HD.

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Leaked images show two budget handsets from HTC

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HTC appears to be readying several new handsets aimed at budget-conscious buyers. Leaked images, posted on Pocketnow, show an Android offering and a similar device that is believed to run BREW.

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iMovie 9.0.2 update available

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Apple has released an update to iMovie '11 that improves overall stability and fixes an issue that causes audio playback to be out of sync.

Stormtrooper on ice

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Cool photo of the day… via [qbar.soup.io]

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LEGO Dice Roller will Decide Your Fate for You [Video]

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Remember when you were a kid, and you had a bunch of LEGO blocks lying around you? Whether or not you had just destroyed some crazy creation to make the mess, the mess always happened. But, eventually, you picked up those blocks, and started building something.

The Greatest 17 Seconds You’ll Ever Star Wars in the Snow

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I was really pumped up to find this particular video posted right up at the top of the official Star Wars blog (and yes, I am the only fellow on our whole crew who has such a feed in my reader,) right up there at the top, was a post called Minnesota Trench Run.

Apple Patents Suggest a Multitouch Display is Coming to the Mouse

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While Apple may have already tried to revolutionize the current mouse we all know and love/hate, that doesn’t mean the company has stopped trying to figure out new, and better ways to make the mouse even more ridiculous.

Amazon Pegs September 27th As The Star Wars Blu-ray Release Date

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Star Wars is finally getting released on Blu-ray. That’s a fact, jack. Sometime in September is what the initial announcement stated. Now, Amazon is listing the actual date as September 27. You know what this means?

HTC Gratia and HTC 7 Pro going to UK in February

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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile HTC has just announced that two of its smartphones will soon be available in the UK - the HTC Gratia and HTC 7 Pro.

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