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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.

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Google acquires kite-power firm
Google has acquired a US start-up that generates power using turbines flying on robotic tethered kites.

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Why are iPhone 5 repairs so expensive?

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Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs
Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud.

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Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

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Cockroaches lose sweet tooth to survive
IN A remarkably rapid display of evolution at work, cockroaches have lost their sweet tooth and rejected the baits meant to kill them.

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New year, new round of diet programs... (Advertising Age / TechNews AM)
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The 404 1,274: Where Microsoft makes the same mistakes (podcast)
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27 Delectable Geeky Cakes Almost Too Pretty To Eat

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Google+ Hangout: The Future of Minecraft with CaptainSparklez, Block Fortress and Will Blew
Join us on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 1PM Eastern for a Google+ Hangout to discuss all things Minecraft. The live video chat, moderated by TIME’s Harry McCracken, will focus on how Minecraft is changing gaming, and how three specific people are using Minecraft in extraordinary ways. McCracken will be joined by CaptainSparklez, known for his song parodies made using Minecraft; Will Blew, who in collaboration with Jacob Granberry, built the entire continent of Westeros from Game of Thrones using Minecraft (and the Time & Life building); and another popular force in the Minecraft community, Block Fortress. Click here to read editor-at-large Harry McCracken’s full magazine story on The Mystery of Minecraft — including an in-depth trip to the developer’s headquarters in Sweden — available exclusively for TIME subscribers. Not a subscriber? Subscribe now or purchase a digital access pass.

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Box acquires, shutters file management app Folders to make Box for iOS ‘faster and more beautiful’

Box, a company that provides cloud storage and file syncing services to consumers and enterprises alike, has announced the acquisition of Folders, an iOS client for viewing and managing files across Box,... Keep reading →

Box, a company that provides cloud storage and file syncing services to consumers and enterprises alike, has announced the acquisition of Folders, an iOS client for viewing and managing files across Box, Dropbox and Google Drive.

This news comes just two weeks after Box picked up Crocodoc, a startup which specialized in HTML5-powered document viewing products, for a mix of cash and stock. In today’s reveal, Box detailed that both Folders and Crocodoc were acquired to enhance “the Box user experience.”

More specifically, Box shares that France-based Folders founder Martin Destagnol has already “spent the last few weeks working closely with our iOS development team on scoping the next generation of Box for iOS, which will deeply integrate the Folders technology.” In other words, if you’re curious about the next iteration of Box’s iOS app, Folders in its current form (pictured below) should serve as an accurate preview of what’s to come.

Box VP of Engineering Sam Schillace shares went on to say that Destagnol’s “work on Folders will be integral to the next-generation of Box on iOS.” Schillace believes that both the Folders technology and Destagnol’s expertise will help Box “improve how people collaborate and engage with their content on Post-PC devices. In the near term, Box for iOS will become cleaner, faster and more beautiful throughout 2013.”

Box has clarified to TNW that “the Folders app will not launch or be a standalone product.” Instead, Box users will see its technology and IP be directly integrated into the company’s upcoming iOS app.

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