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Did Police Smash Occupy Wall Street Laptops? [PICS]Isaac Wilder, an active member of the Occupy Wall Street movement, reportedly snapped photos of destroyed laptops confiscated from protesters during NYPD raids Nov. 17. Last week we wrote about Wilder’s Free Network Foundation, which is bringing Internet connectivity to the Occupy Wall St... Penguin Pulls Out of Ebook Lending Over Piracy ConcernsCiting unspecified concerns about the security of our digital editions, Penguin Group USA is pulling new e-books from libraries; in addition, it is not lending any e-books to libraries through Kindle. In a statement provided to Library Journal‘s Digital Shift blog, Penguin says that due to... Nook Teardown Reveals a Tablet Not Meant to be Torn DownMost users never open up their gadgets and fiddle with the innards, but some like to change the battery and repair the devices. Those belonging to the second camp won’t be too impressed with the Nook Tablet, which proved quite a tough nut to crack. iFixit’s detailed teardown of the N... UC Davis Pepper Spray Now Available in Stronger Dose, on AmazonA stronger version of the pepper spray made infamous by the UC Davis campus police officer who casually sprayed a row of seated, protesting students is available for purchase at Amazon.com. But don’t dally, shoppers; as of 8pm ET, the online retailer only had eight left in stock. According... Pay a Blogger Day Hopes You’ll Pay for the Content You LoveFlattr, a startup that seeks to motivate Internet users to pay for content they love, is launching the first Pay a Blogger Day Nov. 29. The team hopes inspired Internet users will send some monetary token of appreciation — by buying a song, ebook, t-shirt or giving them a “Flattr click&... This Is What the Desk of the Future Looks Like [VIDEO]EXOpc has posted a video of its EXOdesk — an interactive desk environment that lets you do all sorts of tasks on a virtual space on your desk — in action and it looks amazing. The actual device is a tabletop computer, somewhat similar to Microsoft Surface, offering 40 inches of high d... Breaking Dawn Premiere Becomes 10th Highest Global Film LaunchHarry Potter may win in the social media buzz-building game, but Twilight has definitely got hard numbers on its side. The opening weekend of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part One did better than all three of its predecessors on a worldwide scale, netting $283.5 million opening weekend. The... How Social Media Revived The MuppetsThe Muppets are back! On Nov. 23, Walt Disney Pictures is bringing its next live-action Muppet film, aptly-named The Muppets, to movie theatres across the country. The film release is the culmination of a multi-pronged marketing campaign that has embraced the social and digital spheres, and in th... New York Times Launches Group Digital Subscriptions For CompaniesThe New York Times is ready to start extending sales of its “all access” digital subscriptions across tablets and smartphones to companies and organizations with more than 50 employees. The introduction of a new structure of paid digital circulation comes as the promotion that gave 1... Google Launches Search App for iPad — With a Siri-like Feature [VIDEO]Google unveiled the latest version of its free Search app for the iPad on Monday, making searching on the Apple device faster and more intuitive — and, ironically, giving Android tablet users another reason to switch. Google’s YouTube video on the app, above, highlights some of the ke... |