Intel Partners See Plentiful Opportunities With Sandy Bridge – CRN

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Intel Partners See Plentiful Opportunities With Sandy Bridge
CRN
The first Intel platform to combine a graphics processor and CPU on a single piece of silicon, on display at CES this week, could have far-reaching impact on the graphics processing industry. Sandy Bridge, the code name for …
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Hands, Er, Eyes On With Toshiba Glasses-Free 3D TV – PC Magazine

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CBC.ca

Hands, Er, Eyes On With Toshiba Glasses-Free 3D TV
PC Magazine
Toshiba wants to bring you 3D TV sans glasses by the end of 2011, but based on our first look here at CES, the technology isn't quite ready for prime time. LAS VEGAS—Besides the current dearth of 3D content, one of the stumbling blocks for 3D TV …
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How Lady Gaga Designs Cameras for Polaroid – PC Magazine

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Globe and Mail

How Lady Gaga Designs Cameras for Polaroid
PC Magazine
Lady Gaga can sport her own headphones, eyewear and cameras with a diva's charisma, but ever wonder how involved the eccentric pop diva is in the actual design process of her eponymous gadgets? Apparently, very. Robert Brunner, a former design director …
Polaroid lets Lady Gaga design somethingmsnbc.com
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Nokia files more patent complaints against Apple – CNET

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The Hindu

Nokia files more patent complaints against Apple
CNET
The company filed patent-infringement claims against Apple in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands today. A total of 13 patents were included in the company's filings, bringing the total to 37 total claims against Apple. …
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And then there were three: A look at Chrome OS – Computerworld

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DailyTech

And then there were three: A look at Chrome OS
Computerworld
Computerworld – A year ago, Google began discussing the idea of offering a full operating system based on its Chrome browser. This month, Google revealed further details of its plans and began shipping a first run of test units so …
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RIM’s North American Verizon Share is Shrinking: Concerned? – TMCnet

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Gadget Venue

RIM's North American Verizon Share is Shrinking: Concerned?
TMCnet
If RIM and its prized BlackBerry (News – Alert) hope to claim more of the smartphone market, the provider should seek to do so outside of Verizon. According to a Rethink Wireless piece, RIM's share in …
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A Call for a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy – New York Times

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FOX Toledo Online

A Call for a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy
New York Times
A Commerce Department task force, seeking to develop a framework for online privacy that would benefit both consumers and businesses, called Thursday for the creation of an office within the department that would work to strengthen …
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Apple’s ‘App of the Year’ Gets a Load More Features – PC Magazine

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Wired (blog)

Apple's 'App of the Year' Gets a Load More Features
PC Magazine
Flipboard, the award-winning "social magazine" built for the Apple iPad, has released a major update that includes richer social features and faster browsing. The update adds Google Reader (the "most-requested feature") and Flickr feeds as well as …
Flipboard: Apple 'iPad app of the year' adds Google Reader, Flickr contentSan Jose Mercury News
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Woman Never Experiences Fear – ABC News

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Fox News

Woman Never Experiences Fear
ABC News
Snakes, spiders, haunted houses and scary movies may evoke shrieks of fright in many people, but there's one woman who doesn't seem to be afraid of them — or anything else. She goes only by the initials SM to …
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Apple slates Jan. 6 launch for Mac App Store – Computerworld

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The Guardian (blog)

Apple slates Jan. 6 launch for Mac App Store
Computerworld
Computerworld – Apple today announced that it would open its Mac App Store on Jan. 6, 2011, beating its self-imposed deadline by several weeks. "The App Store revolutionized mobile apps," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement …
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WikiLeaks founder released from British custody – Bloomberg

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CBC.ca

WikiLeaks founder released from British custody
Bloomberg
By AP LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released on bail following a week of legal drama over his extradition. The 39-year-old Australian is fighting moves to take him to Sweden, where he faces sex-crimes allegations related to a …
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Facebook’s facial recognition knows who your friends are – msnbc.com

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Washington Post (blog)

Facebook's facial recognition knows who your friends are
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Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. Pre-caffeine tech: Creepy tech we love and hate. Also, cats! …
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Critics Slam Fox News for Distorting Global Warming Debate – TechNewsWorld

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Washington Post

Critics Slam Fox News for Distorting Global Warming Debate
TechNewsWorld
A leaked email has revealed a Fox News editor telling his staffers to refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed or cooled in any given period without immediately pointing out that such theories are based upon questionable …
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Faster Forward: LinkedIn, Amazon reset some users’ passwords – Washington Post

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Telegraph.co.uk

Faster Forward: LinkedIn, Amazon reset some users' passwords
Washington Post
Users and companies are trying to sweep up the mess caused by this weekend's breach of roughly 1.3 million reader accounts at Gawker Media. And a few of them are showing some surprising, welcome resourcefulness. …
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Email gets the same rights as postal mail – Inquirer

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Forbes (blog)

Email gets the same rights as postal mail
Inquirer
US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES will need a search warrant before seizing and searching emails after a US appeals court ruled that emails have the same Fourth Amendment rights as other forms of private communications. …
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Angry Birds HD – PC World

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TweakTown

Angry Birds HD
PC World
Here's a popular game that lets you control an angry red bird that's trying to get its eggs back from a thieving gang of green pigs. And yes, while this sounds like a metaphor for communism, it's also an addictive and popular game that lets you launch …
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Soyuz blasts astronauts into space – BBC News

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Telegraph.co.uk

Soyuz blasts astronauts into space
BBC News
A Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft carrying astronauts from the US, Russia and Italy blasted off from Kazakhstan heading towards the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, and Italy's Paolo Nespoli of …
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Gaikai isn’t concerned about OnLive’s fundamental patent on cloud gaming – VentureBeat

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VentureBeat

Gaikai isn't concerned about OnLive's fundamental patent on cloud gaming
VentureBeat
OnLive announced yesterday that it had received a fundamental patent on cloud gaming, where users can play high-end games on low-end computers by utilizing the computing power of broadband-connected data centers. But one of its chief rivals, Gaikai, …
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The skinny on Bing’s new panorama maker (video) – CNET

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USA Today

The skinny on Bing's new panorama maker (video)
CNET
Microsoft unloaded a dump truck's worth of changes on its Bing service earlier today, and one of the real gems to come out of the lot are the updates to Bing mobile. New to the company's iPhone app–and soon other mobile iterations of …
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Google Goes To the Cloud For New Idea In PC System – Wall Street Journal

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USA Today

Google Goes To the Cloud For New Idea In PC System
Wall Street Journal
In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers. One, Microsoft Windows, runs on many brands of hardware and …
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg beats Apple’s Steve Jobs as Time Person of the Year – Apple Insider

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CBC.ca

Facebook's Zuckerberg beats Apple's Steve Jobs as Time Person of the Year
Apple Insider
By Slash Lane Time magazine this week unveiled its annual "Person of the Year," with the distinction being granted to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Apple's Steve Jobs came up short, but was named one of the magazine's "People Who Mattered. …
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As corporate interest in tablets spikes, Apple’s iPad remains tops – Apple Insider

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Mac Rumors

As corporate interest in tablets spikes, Apple's iPad remains tops
Apple Insider
By Slash Lane A new survey has found a "corporate explosion" of interest in tablets, with the potential market for Apple's iPad doubling in the first quarter of 2011. ChangeWave Research on Wednesday revealed the results of its latest survey of 1651 …
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Report of FBI back door roils OpenBSD community – CNET

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Forbes (blog)

Report of FBI back door roils OpenBSD community
CNET
Allegations that the FBI surreptitiously placed a back door into the OpenBSD operating system have alarmed the computer security community, prompting calls for an audit of the source code and claims that the charges must be a hoax. …
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Space station crew lands safely – USA Today

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Kansas City Star

Space station crew lands safely
USA Today
A capsule carrying two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut touched down on the grassy plains of central Asia as Thanksgiving Day neared an end in the United States. The 11:46 pm ET landing in wintry weather in Kazakhstan marked the end of a …
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Gran Turismo 5 vs. NFS: Hot Pursuit – Which will you buy? – Computerandvideogames.com

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The Guardian (blog)

Gran Turismo 5 vs. NFS: Hot Pursuit – Which will you buy?
Computerandvideogames.com
28-Nov-2010 Debate: Is it a case of an old hat going up against the cool cat? We've all been having a laugh and a giggle at Kazunori Yamauchi (and Sony's) expense for the past few years now. Usually we'd point out all of the significant events that …
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Homeland Security Seizes Dozens of Piracy Websites – Escapist Magazine

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The Business Insider

Homeland Security Seizes Dozens of Piracy Websites
Escapist Magazine
Internet pirates are facing a big heap of new trouble with the US government cracking down more than ever before. Over the past week, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit of the Department of Homeland Security seized more than 70 websites in …
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Popularity Contest: Can Facebook and Twitter Predict Election Results? – ABC News

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Straits Times

Popularity Contest: Can Facebook and Twitter Predict Election Results?
ABC News
In November's elections, the candidate who more people "liked" on Facebook won in 71 percent of Senate elections. Twitter was even more accurate, with the candidates with more followers winning in 74 percent of elections. …
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Pirate Bay appeal falls on deaf ears – CNET

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Gather.com

Pirate Bay appeal falls on deaf ears
CNET
In another blow to online file-sharing, a Swedish appeals court upheld on Friday the copyright convictions of three of the four founders of The Pirate Bay–perhaps the world's most well-known and notorious file-sharing Web site. …
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Biz Break: From Apple, $458 iPads; plus: more Black Friday in… – San Jose Mercury News

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CNET

Biz Break: From Apple, $458 iPads; plus: more Black Friday in…
San Jose Mercury News
Crowds of shoppers line up to purchase computers next to an ad for Apple's iPad in the early hours of the "Black Friday" shopping day, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at Best Buy in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Today: Apple …
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Kindle DX – Stopwatch News

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TwentyFourTimes

Kindle DX
Stopwatch News
I have been following the Amazon Kindle DX ever since the prototype was released quite a long time ago. I kept on reading more leaked information about this super eReader, eagerly anticipating it's release. It took a lot longer than I though it would, …
$89 Kindles gone in a flashCNET (blog)
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Apple buys HP’s 98-acre Cupertino campus – Mobile Burn

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Moneycontrol.com

Apple buys HP's 98-acre Cupertino campus
Mobile Burn
Apple has purchased new facilities from HP in Cupertino, California in an effort to expand its facilities, Mercury News is reporting. Apple spokesperson Steve Dowling said that Apple now occupies a total of 57 buildings in Cupertino and that Apple is …
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