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LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles police officers won’t face criminal charges alleging they leaked a photo of pop star Rihanna’s bruised and beaten face after she was assaulted by singer Chris Brown, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.

An internal report by prosecutors says that after a three-year investigation, they didn’t have enough evidence to show celebrity news website TMZ paid the accused officers for the photo, and that became an obstacle in charging them.

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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have chosen Syracuse center Fab Melo with the 22nd pick of the NBA draft.

A talented defender and shot blocker, Melo was the second big man chosen by Boston. They also had the 21st pick, which they used to take Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger. Boston’s second-round pick is the 51st overall.

Melo led Syracuse with 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game while averaging 7.8 points per game last season but missed the NCAA tournament because of academic issues. Syracuse was eliminated in the Elite Eight by Ohio State, 77-70.

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You know all those lawsuits swirling about in the tech industry? Yeah… Qualcomm is looking to avoid some of the weighty implications of courtroom battles with an air gap strategy that will restructure its R&D division into a new, wholly owned subsidiary known as Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI). While the parent company will retain the company’s existing patent portfolio, QTI will be responsible for product development and the existing semiconductor business. Interestingly enough, it’s also said that the subsidiary will ramp up its use of open source software, and it’ll strive to avoid the patents of parent company, Qualcomm. It’s also said that the restructuring will help the business bring its products to market more quickly, and if the company is able to avoid just one lawsuit / injunction, it may be very correct with that assertion.

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Kingmax hits back with a new line of USB flash drives, the PD-06. Coming in capacities ranging from 2GB to 32GB, these capless flash drives feature a retractable USB 2.0 connector and are backed by a 5-year warranty. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [CDRLabs]

Often, I have dreams in which people close to me who have died are brought back to life—sometimes fully living, sometimes as what my dream-self understands to be a hologram. This is probably pretty common, and I usually think nothing of it, but this morning I woke after one such dream and thought instantly of a book I’d read around this time last year. More »