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Quick look: Yahoo Chief Marissa Mayer's first year
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'This is a 3D printed jet engine'
The tweet from General Electric reads: "This is a 3D printed jet engine." Is it real? Well, yes and no. "While it's not to scale, this 1.5 inch long model was made entirely from direct metal laser melting and required no assembly," explains GE in another tweet. Does it work? "Not quite," GE acknowledges. "However, the fan blades are able to rotate!" Read More

Want to shoot a drone? Just pay $25
A resident in the small town of Deer Trail, Colorado, recently proposed a townwide ordinance that would offer $25 licenses to hunt and shoot down drones, and he's gaining support from local government leaders. Read More

'Free iPhone' text spammer gets small smack on the behind from FTC
An Internet marketer who blasted consumers with millions of deceptive spam text messages promising free iPhones and iPads settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission today. The settlement doesn't amount to much as it, as is typical in lots of these cases, forces the defendant Henry Nolan Kelly to pay back the $60,950 he made from the scam, but suspends the payment for "Kelly's inability to pay,"... Read More

Most enterprise networks riddled with vulnerable Java installations, report says
Despite the significant Java security improvements made by Oracle during the past six months, Java vulnerabilities continue to represent a major security risk for organizations because most of them have outdated versions of the software installed on their systems, according to a report by security firm Bit9. Read More

World Tech Update, July 18, 2013
Coming up on WTU this week Microsoft finds it hard to satisfy gamers, Yahoo reports Q2 earnings and Google debuts its new Maps app. Follow WTU and host Nick Barber @nickjb and www.facebook.com/worldtechupdate Read More

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending July 18
The sweltering heat gripping much of the U.S. seems to be the cause of an even more intense than usual rumor delirium about the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. Read More

Google Glass susceptible to poison-pill QR code
Researchers at Lookout mobile security say that they've figured out a way to make Google Glass execute potentially harmful commands by getting it to read a maliciously crafted QR code. Read More

Dell shareholder vote to take company private delayed
Dell has delayed a shareholder vote of a proposed buyout deal in which founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners would take the company private. Read More

Why We Are Disabling Reputation Settings in SharePoint 2013 Discussions Lists
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