South Carolina Clamps Down On Municipal Wi-Fi Menace
Ars Technica has a steller report on the South Carolina state legislature's recent passage of a bill that "effectively makes it difficult, if not impossible" for…
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Microsoft To Launch 'Xbox Music' Spotify-Like Streaming Service This Year
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new streaming music service that will tie in to its Xbox suite of gaming and entertainment services. Bloomberg on…
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Google Teases More Details About Its Glass Project
Google Glass, Google's tantalizing glasses headset that projects images and data directly onto users' eyes, got its own segment at Google I/O Wednesday even though…
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Apple Changes App Store Search Without Warning, Costs Developers Sales
Apple recently made some changes to the search algorithm used by its iOS App Store, and the move may end up having a serious impact on app…
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'We Know What You're Doing' Website Outs Drug Users, Boss-Haters And More On Facebook
Facebook's repeated privacy snafus always make the news and cause a stir among users, but a surprising number of Facebook members throw caution to the…
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Patent Trolls Cost Companies $29 Billion In 2011
Patent trolls — that is, entities that purchase patents in bulk and sue other companies for infringement despite not making any products of their own —…
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Apple Wins Sales Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet
Sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet have been banned in the United States by U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh. "Although Samsung has a…
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RIM Posts Huge Q1 Miss: First Net Loss In 8 Years, BlackBerry 10 Launch Delayed, 5,000 Jobs Cut
Analysts anticipated another miss ahead of Research In Motion's first-quarter earnings report on Thursday as sales continue to stall ahead of the struggling smartphone vendor's…
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Woz Goes To Bat For Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has never been one to shy away from courting controversy, even when it's at the expense of his former company. This…
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Google TV To See A 'Big Update' At Developer Conference
Despite Google TV's shortcomings, the Internet giant is still fully dedicated to the platform and will announce an update at its annual developer conference this…
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Microsoft Surface: Three Keys For Success
I was somewhat surprised to learn this week that Microsoft had developed a tablet that's actually pretty cool. My expectations were admittedly low when I…
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U.S. Government Seeks Spying Tools For Facebook, Twitter
Facebook is a fantastic tool for keeping in touch with friends and family, and Twitter lets users share all kinds of information with their followers.…
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Beating The Odds: How Remedy Hit 10M Downloads And Made A $40 In-Game Purchase Work
Beneath Disney, Zynga and Rovio toil dozens of smaller mobile game developers, developing revenue growth strategies without the benefit of massive media coverage. Remedy's "Death…
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Microsoft's Tablet Efforts Are Fleeting, Says Acer Founder
Microsoft set the technology media and industry watchers aflutter earlier this week when it took the wraps off the Microsoft Surface tablet during a press…
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15% Would Opt For iPhone Over Sex, 4% Have Used iPhone During Sex
People have certainly grown more attached to their smartphones over the past few years — smartphone penetration has topped 50% in the United States and…
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RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls The Plug On BlackBerry Phones
Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will…
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Apple To Become Most Profitable Company Ever
As Apple's stock price continues its roller coaster ride after topping $600 earlier this year, one industry watcher believes the stock is currently in the…
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Government Censorship Requests On The Rise, According To Google
Google on Sunday published its latest Transparency Report, which included data on government takedown requests made between July and December 2011. The Mountain View-based company reports that…
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A 30-Second Skype Call Could Land You In An Ethiopian Prison For 15 Years
New legislation has been passed in Ethiopia that could imprison an individual for up to 15 years for making a 30-second call over Skype or…
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Nokia Sells Vertu, Shuffles Execs, Announces Plans To Cut 10,000 More Jobs
Nokia on Thursday announced a number of moves as it cut second-quarter guidance and upped its bet on Windows Phone, which has yet to help…
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HTC Won't Use Cheap Phones To Bolster Sales, CEO Says
Troubled smartphone manufacturer HTC plans to sell only medium- to high-end handsets despite struggling to match sales of its competitors. "We don't want to destroy…
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Amazon To Offer Prime Customers Hundreds Of Classic MGM Movies And TV Shows
Amazon on Wednesday announced a new licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that will see hundreds of classic movies and TV shows added to the company's Prime…
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Samsung Plans To Launch Facebook Competitor
Samsung is planning to enter the social network market early next year by introducing a Facebook competitor, The Korea Times reported. The service, which the…
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Leaked Internal Document Confirms Sprint's Google Wallet Alternative
Last week it was rumored that Sprint was investing in its own payment platform that would reportedly replace Google's Wallet service. According to internal documents…
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Sen. Wyden And Rep. Issa Introduce Vague 'Internet Bill Of Rights'
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) want to make sure that Congress doesn't try to pass another piece of legislation like the…
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Apple Kicks Off WWDC 2012: 650,000 App Store Apps, 30 Billion Downloads Served
Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference started with a bang on Monday as Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage to begin the company's WWDC 2012…
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Google Street View Can Keep Up Its Swiss Watch, Court Rules
Anyone familiar with the Swiss knows that they're a private sort of folk who don't care much for the meddling of outsiders. This is a…
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