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SanDisk announced at the IBC 2014 convention in Amsterdam that it is launching a new 512GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory card, which it touts as the world’s highest capacity SD card. It’s targeted to video pros shooting 4K Ultra High Definition (3840 x 2160p) video and Full HD video (1920 x 1080p) as well as photographers shooting in high-speed burst mode. SanDisk notes that the new card is exactly the same size as its original 512MB SD card, which was unveiled in 2003. The new Extreme Pro SD card features write speeds of up to 90 MB/s (megabytes per second), UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) recording speed…
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It’s becoming a pattern. Every month, NPD sends over its US market estimates for the video gaming industry, and every month, Sony gets to gloat that its PlayStation 4 console has lengthened its lead on the Xbox One. The August numbers granted Sony its eighth straight win. With PS4 and PS3 combined, Sony was the top overall console seller for the third consecutive month. The firm revealed back in June that it had sold 10 million PS4 units worldwide. While Microsoft continues to fall behind its rival, Xbox One sales are still performing better than the last generation. According to NPD, PS4…
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Yahoo today celebrated the publication of previously classified documents from its legal battle with the US government over expanded data requests. As part of the release, the company revealed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court threatened a $250,000 per day fine for refusing to provide customer data. The battle between Yahoo and the state occurred in 2007 and 2008, but the company filed last year to have the records unsealed after the Snowden leak implicated tech companies in the NSA’s surveillance apparatus. If you’ve got some reading time on your hands, Yahoo says there are more than 1,500 pages from…
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Yahoo and its law firm are the target of a lawsuit brought by two Mexican companies that claim the company used a judge to “intimidate” an appellate judge into reducing $2.7 billion in damages to $172,500, according to Reuters. Worldwide Directories and Ideas Interactivas sued Yahoo for breach of contract after a search partnership broke apart. The pair initially won a $2.7 billion ruling in 2012, but an appeals court reduced the award last May to a fraction of the original. It seems extremely out of character for a multinational tech company to resort to corruption and threats to resolve its…
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