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This morning it’s time to get legal with the Livescribe and Sky battle leading to a newly rebranded wifi pen. There’s a group by the name of AutoCyb out there that’s capitalizing on the black box data privacy you didn’t know you could have. Have a peek at the Scosche lineup of Lightning connectors just released this week – so much power your head will burst!

There’s been a bit of a lackluster start for the Wii U with sales well under projections. Meanwhile the Xbox 360 has been the best selling console on the market for its 25th straight month. A brand new artificial retinia has been approved by the FDA for use by the blind.

With the fiasco that was the Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s melting lithium-ion batteries, it would appear that new Airbus models will be skipping inclusion entirely. Microsoft has begun detailing Messenger to Skype transitioning as the final cuts are made. Don’t miss out on the Bigfoot Genome paper published this week – grab on tight! We’ve reviewed a brand new external battery device you’ll see above called the PowerSkin PoP’n – a must see!

The folks at Opera have acquired no less than Skyfire Labs for a fabulous $155 million USD. NVIDIA and Elemental have made a team-up their own with enhanced video processing solutions galore! You’ll want to dive in deep with what very much appears to be a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S IV benchmark before the device is confirmed.

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: February 15, 2013 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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By now, the year-old claim that Apple makes people work on fake products is well-known. How scandalous. To ensure the loyalty of new hires, the company puts them on “dummy” projects before letting them work on the real goods. Too bad it’s not true. More »

Facebook and Germany have been going back and forth for years, but the most recent development was the disagreement between the two entities as far as using real names or pseudonyms. Facebook wants its users to use their real names, but Germany insisted otherwise. However, Facebook just won the court battle that will force Europeans to use their real names.

After a German court initially ruled that Facebook couldn’t force people to use their real names, a successful appeal in another German court has ruled otherwise. However, the ruling will yet again be appealed by the Schleswig-Holstein state’s data protection body, who say that using real names “breaches German privacy laws and European rules designed to protect free speech online.”

The administrative court in northern German Schleswig argued that Germany’s privacy laws weren’t applicable because Facebook has its entire European headquarters in Ireland, which is a country with different sets of laws and rules associated with privacy and using real names online. However, it doesn’t seem likely that the ruling will be overturned yet again.

Facebook argues that its real-name policy protects users, rather than invading their privacy on the internet. This really only seems like a huge deal if you’re pretending to be someone else on the internet, whether it’d be for parody purposes or to stalk someone else online (both of which are unnecessary), but it seems a lot of Germans are into that kind of thing. However, it won’t last much longer.

Facebook wins court battle that forces Europeans to use real names is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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There is the real deal, and then if you do not have the kind of financial muscle that would make you the envy of the rest of your peers, then a replica of something that is highly sought after will have to do. What am I talking about? Just about everything, but if you so happen to be a fan of the Game of Thrones series, then you might want to check out this highly affordable $299.99 Game of Thrones 1/6 Iron Throne Replica.

Yes sir, this is the throne for extremely tiny kings, being just 14” in height. Just what kind of material is it made out of? It is sculpted from resin, and hand-finished to boot, which means no two replicas are alike in this world. Even if your last name is not a Lannister, you will be able to get hold of one of these bad boys, now how about that? This is definitely a surefire way to own a conversation starter at home or at the office. Bear in mind that this is an officially licensed HBO Game of Thrones series collectible, so don’t worry about picking up a cheap knockoff.

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ATLANTA — Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne’s vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black teen who was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.

The R&B legend says the rapper’s disturbing verse should not have made it beyond the recording studio for the world to hear.

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