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Privacy group sues FTC to stop new Google privacy policy

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A privacy watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to stop Google from rolling out its new privacy policy.  



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Roger Boisjoly, who tried to stop the space shuttle Challenger launch, has died (The Upshot)

a shared story    1 hour 23 minutes ago
The Upshot - For anyone of TV viewing age in January 1986, the image of the space shuttle Challenger exploding over the Atlantic just moments after liftoff is an indelible one. And as many have long known, the crash could have been avoided had the worries...(more) 



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NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting

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LiveScience.com - The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis...(more) 



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Can Anybody Compete with Netflix? (ContributorNetwork)

a shared story    4 hours 23 minutes ago
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | This is shaping up to the be the year streaming video becomes ultra-competitive. Netflix is starting to recover after a near disastrous price hike announcement in 2011, as reported by Forbes, and a recent announcement says Verizon and Redbox will form a...(more) 



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Ericsson sued for $330 million in trade secrets case

a shared story    5 hours 23 minutes ago
(Reuters) - Ericsson, the world's largest telecommunications network equipment maker, has been sued for more than $330 million by Airvana Network Solutions Inc, which accused it of stealing trade secrets and trying to drive it out of business.  




AOL hires chief content officer for troubled Patch

a shared story    8 hours 23 minutes ago
Reuters - AOL Inc, which has been investing heavily in content to make up for declining revenue from dial-up Internet access, has hired an executive for the newly created position of chief content officer at its struggling Patch hyperlocal news network. 



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Israel's JVP fund blazes digital gaming trail

a shared story    10 hours 23 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Sam Glassenberg, a former gaming division manager at Microsoft, began to advocate building a games industry in Israel, he found support from Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), a venture capital firm focused on digital media technologies.  




Silicon Valley economy recovering faster than nation

a shared story    12 hours 23 minutes ago
World's tech capital adds 42,000 jobs in 2011, an increase of 3.8 percent compared with the nation's 1.1 percent growth rate, according to a new survey. 



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Japan firms talk on system chip tie in reform drive: sources

a shared story    13 hours 23 minutes ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Renesas Electronics and two other big Japanese chip makers are in talks to combine their struggling system chip operations in a government-backed deal, sources said, as pressure mounts for drastic reforms to confront stiff global competition.  



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BreathalEyes Determines Your Drunkenness By Scanning Your Shifty Peepers

a shared story    14 hours 23 minutes ago
#apps While some of us prefer to use the Stand Method (if you can still stand, you're not drunk enough), others prefer a more precise means of determining their level of intoxication. Thankfully, the BreathalEyes app should be able to accurately judge your inebriation just...(more) 



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Samsung says TV sales stronger; plans to launch low-end TVs

a shared story    15 hours 23 minutes ago
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top television manufacturer, has seen TV sales firming up so far this year and plans to introduce cheaper TVs, as demand for lower-end models increase, the head of its TV business said on Wednesday.  



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Apple chortles as the PC market melts down in U.K., France

a shared story    20 hours 23 minutes ago
While the PC market skids in the U.K. and France, Apple coasts to market share gains--possibly presaging a similar trend in the U.S. 



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