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Thursday August ninth 2012 I'm Nilay Patel in for the next 90 seconds I'm all yours android based game console Ouya has ended its Kickstarter campaign with over 63,000 backers and 8.5 million dollars raised the $99 console designed by Yves Behar has garnered support from game companies like Square Enix Namco Bandai and online 8.5 million dollars is an impressive figure but it still doesn't top the pebble smartwatches record-breaking 10.3 million dollar campaign from earlier this year the ouya is expected to ship in April of 2013 if you didn't back the Kickstarter you can still pre-order for a hundred and nine dollars Lenovo is celebrating 20 years of the thinkpad brand by announcing its first Windows 8 tablet the 10.1 inch slate has a matching stylus and keyboard stand it also uses an Intel processor which means it will have full Windows desktop functionality the so-called ThinkPad Tablet 2 is due out in late October around the same time as Windows 8 itself so far lenovo has said it's unfazed by Microsoft's plan to launch its own surface tablets the company says it's focused more on business customers and not consumers we finally google has agreed to pay the FTC 22.5 million dollars to settle privacy charges related to Apple Safari browser earlier this year Google was caught lying the safari users installing cookies to display targeted advertising regardless of the users privacy settings 22.5 million is the largest fee the FTC has ever collected but the Wall Street Journal estimates Google made that much revenue every five hours last year justice may be blind but it's also relative that's it for today's top stories tune in tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion