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September 04, 2013

Court orders retrial in Google Maps-related murder case of ex-Cisco employee

Ruling that a judge erred in blocking two experts from testifying that an incriminating Google Maps search record found on the defendant's laptop was planted there, a North Carolina appeals court has ordered a new trial for ex-Cisco employee Bradley Cooper, convicted two years ago in the 2008 strangulation death of his wife Nancy. How damning was that Google Maps evidence? From the appeals court ruling:...

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1. Best tools for protecting passwords

2. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending September 3

3. Samsung shows anticipated smartwatch, coming this month

4. Blackmail, other conspiracy theories surround Microsoft's deal with Nokia

5. Microsoft Research: Secret tags in 3-D printed objects, hooked to the Internet of Things

6. Will Stephen Elop, as Steve Jobs once did, return to Microsoft triumphant?

7. IFA 2013: Hands on with Samsung's Note 3

8. Hynix plant explosions leave memory shipments on hold

9. HDMI 2.0 released with up to 18Gbps bandwidth, 32 audio channels

10. Open Source Career Opportunities Continue to Abound

11. Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work

12. When tech empires fall: 10 companies and products that dominated... and then didn't

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