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After six months of preparation, the United Way of Cleveland was about to embark on their most ambitious publicity stunt yet. Coordinated by Los Angeles based company Balloonart by Treb, the plan was to release two million balloons into the skies of Northern Ohio in September of 1986. And what could match the sheer ingenuity of breaking the world record for simultaneous release of balloons for a charity fundraiser? It is unique and interesting...

HPE said to plan sale of its software unit

From PC World: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is said to be looking to sell its software division, which would include the business from its disastrous acquisition of Autonomy in 2011, according to news reports.

The enterprise IT company that emerged from the breakup of Hewlett-Packard has been...

Samsung recalls Note 7 on battery fire reports

From InfoWorld: Samsung is halting sales of its recently launched flagship Note 7 smartphone and recalling phones of this model sold worldwide after reports of several units catching fire due to battery problems.

The company examined a phone that had caught fire and confirmed a faulty battery was...

Google said to unveil new phones, 4K Chromecast next month

From CNET: Google is expected to host a media event next month that will focus on several hardware announcements, including new Pixel-branded phones and a 4K Chromecast, Android Police reported late Thursday.

The phones will be called the Pixel and Pixel XL, unidentified sources told Android Police...

ZTE shrinks the Axon 7 into the Axon 7 Mini

From CNET: ZTE's Axon 7 phone now has a little brother. The Chinese phone maker on Thursday unveiled the Axon 7 Mini, which rocks a 5.2-inch 1080 display. That compares to the 5.5-inch Axon 7. The phone, which costs 299 euros (likely about $300), was announced ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin...

Lenovo will ditch hard keyboards in planned Chromebook and 2-in-1s

From InfoWorld: Lenovo's new Yoga Book will be a sleek folding laptop with stunning secrets inside.

Opening up the device reveals a big surprise: It has no hard keyboard. The keyboard area instead has a versatile touch panel that turns into a smartphone-like virtual keyboard, a draw pad, or a...

The Dropbox data breach is a warning to update passwords

From PC World: Recent data breaches underline the need for Internet users to regularly update the passwords for all their Internet accounts.

On Wednesday, Spotify reset the passwords of an unspecified number of users, just a day after data on 68 million accounts from Dropbox began reaching the...

Xiaomi's new Mi Pay only works with one phone

From CNET: Fresh from rolling out a new robot vacuum, Xiaomi today announced a new contactless payment system for its home market in China. The catch? It really only works on one of its phones, the Xia​omi Mi 5.

That's because the Mi 5 is really the only phone in Xiaomi's lineup that supports NFC...

Fujitsu now making DRAM killer with 1,000x performance boost

From InfoWorld: Fujistu Semiconductor Ltd. has become the first manufacturer to announce it is mass producing a new RAM that boasts 1,000 times the performance of DRAM but stores data like NAND flash memory.

The new non-volatile memory known as Nano-RAM (NRAM) was first announced last year and is...

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