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Buffett: $ 8bn Goldman, GE deals 'peanuts'
Financial Times By Dan McCrum in Omaha Warren Buffett said his deals to pump $ 8bn into Goldman Sachs and General Electric during the financial crisis were “peanuts” compared to the big acquisitions his eventual successor at Berkshire Hathaway would be expected to make … Buffett Calls Goldman Preferred Deal 'Peanuts' for Berkshire Buffett says his successor will still make deals |
May 6, 2012
Buffett: $8bn Goldman, GE deals ‘peanuts’ – Financial Times
Rosneft agrees Arctic deal with Statoil – Financial Times
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Rosneft agrees Arctic deal with Statoil
Financial Times By Guy Chazan in London Russia has struck its third groundbreaking exploration deal with a western oil major in as many weeks, as state oil group Rosneft announced it would partner with Norway's Statoil to drill in the hydrocarbon-rich waters of the … Statoil to drill with Rosneft in Russian Arctic Statoil to drill on Russian shelf |
Travel deals, from New Mexico ranch to cruises – The Seattle Times
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Travel deals, from New Mexico ranch to cruises
The Seattle Times The deal is good on select Caribbean cruises (December through March) aboard the MSC Poesia, with at least one adult per cabin. For example, on the Feb. 16 round-trip cruise from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pay $ 1868 per twosome for the first balcony cabin … |
May 5, 2012
Hedge Fund Intensifies Attack on Yahoo Amid Storm Over Padded Résumés – New York Times
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Hedge Fund Intensifies Attack on Yahoo Amid Storm Over Padded Résumés
New York Times By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED On Friday, the hedge fund, which is the middle of a contentious proxy battle with Yahoo, called for the dismissal of the technology company's chief executive, Scott Thompson, after revealing that he had inaccurately stated … Yahoo CEO faces call for firing over résumé Résumé Trips Up New Yahoo Chief Yahoo CEO targeted for degree claims |
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Facebook sets $ 28-35 Price Range for IPO
INDOlink New York: Facebook, which is gearing to launch its IPO later this month, said the offering will be priced between $ 28-35 a share. In a regulatory filing, Facebook said it will sell 337.41 million shares and the initial public offering price will be … Facebook Targets $ 96 Billion Value Small Investors May Get to Own a Bit of Facebook Facebook IPO will make Mark Zuckerberg richer than Microsoft CEO |
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Facebook Buys Location-Based Discovery App Glancee
TechCrunch A little under one month after its acquisition of Instagram, Facebook has acquired Highlight competitor and ambient location app Glancee. The social network has already shut down the developer's passive location app and all three co-founders, … Facebook Acquires Location-Based Service Glancee Facebook Buys Glancee Location-Based Tool for Undisclosed Price Facebook buys location-based service, Glancee |
Oracle-Google jury told to keep deliberating in trial over Java – Los Angeles Times
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Oracle-Google jury told to keep deliberating in trial over Java
Los Angeles Times The jurors say they are deadlocked on one of three questions about whether Google infringed Oracle's copyrights on the Java programming language to build Android software. Jurors deciding whetherGoogle Inc.stole Oracle Inc.'s technology are deadlocked … Jury retires for weekend in deadlock in Oracle-v-Google verdict Oracle-Google jury reaches verdicts on 3 of 4 issues at hand Oracle-Google copyright case has partial verdict |
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Flextronics Reportedly Begins Test Production of Xbox Next.
X-bit Labs by Anton Shilov The more pieces of information, analytics, expectations or rumours emerge about the Xbox 360's successor, the more mysterious Microsoft Corp.'s future Xbox game system becomes. Even its code-name is not known exactly: Loop or Durango? Exclusive: $ 99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle launching next week with two-year … $ 99 Xbox: Microsoft's killer move Gaming console price wars |
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FBI Wants Backdoors to Facebook, Twitter Immediately
Tom’s Guide The FBI is getting impatient and wants a backdoor to Facebook, Skype, Google Hangouts and other services now to catch evildoers. It's no big secret that the FBI wants a backdoor to every American website planted on the Internet. FBI Looking to Expand CALEA to Web Sites FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites – now FBI: We need wiretap-ready web sites — now |
May 4, 2012
Oracle judge may accept partial verdict in Google Java suit – Los Angeles Times
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Oracle judge may accept partial verdict in Google Java suit
Los Angeles Times The judge in Oracle Corp.'s copyright-infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. may accept a partial verdict. US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Friday that he had a "strong inclination" to accept a partial verdict in the case, … Oracle v. Google jury continues deliberations Google Loses Money on Android Says Judge Android Made Net Loss In 2010, Says Judge |
May 3, 2012
Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles – New York Times
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Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles
New York Times Target, signaling its growing irritation with its rival Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it would stop selling the online retailer's Kindle e-readers. Target, with almost 1800 stores, is one of the bigger carriers of Kindles in the offline world, … Target to stop carrying Amazon Kindle hardware due to 'conflict of interest'? Target will stop selling Amazon's Kindle e-readers Target to stop selling Kindles |
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It's Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) release date; specs leaked
Computerworld (blog) Today is the Samsung Galaxy S III release date (or S3, if you prefer). Some specs have leaked, despite Samsung's efforts to keep them secret, Apple-style. We'll know more this afternoon. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are watching London. Samsung expected to unveil next-gen Galaxy S III at May 3 event Samsung to unveil Galaxy SIII Samsung to launch next Galaxy phone at London event |
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Samsung Series 9 seeing Ivy Bridge update soon
SlashGear The current crop of Ultrabooks certainly aren't bad value for money, but they haven't quite made the splash that Intel and partners were hoping for. Maybe that will change with the upcoming release of the mobile Ivy Bridge chipsets. Ivy Bridge update to Samsung Series 9 ultrabook appears online Samsung's new Series 7 Gamer laptop adds Ivy Bridge, Nvidia graphics for $ 1900 Samsung teases Series 9 Ivy Bridge Ultrabook, leaves availability in the ether |
European regulators may reopen inquiry on Google’s Street View service – Economic Times
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European regulators may reopen inquiry on Google's Street View service
Economic Times BERLIN: European privacy regulators said Wednesday that they were considering reopening their inquiries into Google's collection of personal emails and Web searches for its Street View service. The move came after revelations that the activity had not … EU may reopen Google review Did Google lie to European privacy regulators? An Intentional Mistake: The Anatomy of Google's Wi-Fi Sniffing Debacle |
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Target will phase out sales of Amazon's Kindle e-reader
Denver Post By Anne D'Innocenzio AP FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2011 file photo, the Kindle Fire is displayed at a news conference, in New York. Apple has successfully fended off competitors who have tried to sell tablets in iPad's size range. Target dropping Amazon's Kindle Target will stop selling Amazon's Kindle e-readers Target to stop carrying Amazon Kindle hardware due to 'conflict of interest'? |
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The web Marketplace launches in 22 new countries
InformationWeek I'm happy to announce that nearly two dozen new online stores for Windows Phone apps and games went live around the world this afternoon. The new web Marketplaces are available in Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, … Microsoft to Retire Windows Live Brand Ahead of Windows 8 Launch Windows Phone Developer Summit kicks off June 20th, will we hear about Apollo? No more 'sexual' apps on Windows Phone store |
European Regulators May Reopen Street View Inquiries – New York Times
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European Regulators May Reopen Street View Inquiries
New York Times BERLIN — European privacy regulators said Wednesday that they were considering reopening their inquiries into Google's collection of personal e-mails and Web searches for its Street View service. The move came after revelations that the activity had … European regulators may reopen Google inquiry An Intentional Mistake: The Anatomy of Google's Wi-Fi Sniffing Debacle European regulators may reopen Street View probes after FCC report |
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Dell XPS 8500
CNET The good: The Dell XPS 8500 moves to Intel's new, third-generation Core i7 CPUs and features fast boot times and file access thanks to an onboard solid-state drive. The bad: With limited ability to tweak this configuration, you're forced to choose an … Dell Unveils Ivy Bridge Desktops, Laptops Ivy Bridge grabs Dell with HighPerformance XPS and Vostro Solutions Dell Sees Brisk Sales of New Ultrabooks |
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VMware gussies up View and Horizon post-PC virty tools
Register By Timothy Prickett Morgan • Get more from this author Server virtualization juggernaut VMware pretty much owns the hypervisor and management tools market for enterprise data centers on x86 iron, but if it wants to keep parent EMC and therefore Wall … VMware Aims to Get IT Eye-to-Eye With BYOD VMware sees major channel pluses in new VMware View release VMware Launches New End-User Solutions |
May 2, 2012
Walking Away From Merger Deals – New York Times
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Walking Away From Merger Deals
New York Times If so, it would give Gores a basis to escape its $ 1 billion deal to acquire the auto parts and repair company. In a MAC claim, a buyer has the right to terminate an acquisition if the company to be taken over experiences a material adverse change to … Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions |
Google Street View privacy scandal broadens – Los Angeles Times
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Google Street View privacy scandal broadens
Los Angeles Times Reports cast doubt on Google's assurances that it did not realize its street-mapping cars were snatching personal data from home Wi-Fi networks and that one lone engineer was to blame. Matt Potter pedals Google's Street View Tricycle in a park near … Google engineer in Street View probe identifies as a 'hacker' Google's Engineer Doe Known For Wi-Fi Hacking Tool Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified |
May 1, 2012
New BlackBerry Prototype Is Given to Developers – New York Times
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New BlackBerry Prototype Is Given to Developers
New York Times OTTAWA — Research in Motion unveiled Tuesday morning the new BlackBerry 10 phone and operating system that the company hopes will be its salvation, in a form that looked quite rough around the edges. Among the features missing on the prototype phones … No new devices, but RIM talks up its virtual BlackBerry keypad RIM offers BlackBerry 10 tools to lure developers BlackBerry Music Gateway Uses NFC to Stream Audio |
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Google Street View Wi-Fi data slurper named
Register By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author The 'Engineer Doe', who designed Google's Street View Wi-Fi software to collect personal data, has been named by an American newspaper. The engineer is reportedly Marius Milner, developer of the popular … Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified Rogue Street View engineer is identified Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe |
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Facebook users can add organ donor status
Washington Post Facebook has added a unique feature to its social network: you can now tell the world — or just your family members — that you're an organ donor. The company announced the initiative on Tuesday, encouraging its 900 million users to let others know if … Facebook Adds Organ Donor Option to User Accounts Facebook Begins Organ Donor Initiative Facebook Urges Members to Share Organ Donor Status |
Microsoft Deal Adds to Battle Over E-Books – New York Times
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Microsoft Deal Adds to Battle Over E-Books
New York Times By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED and JULIE BOSMAN Microsoft agreed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Barnes & Noble's Nook division on Monday, giving the bookstore chain stronger footing in the hotly contested electronic book market and creating … Microsoft buys Nook stake, Barnes & Noble shares soar Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Team Up to Sell Electronic Books. Microsoft buys stake in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader |
April 30, 2012
Rovio: Angry Birds Space Downloaded 50 Million Times In 35 Days – TechCrunch
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Rovio: Angry Birds Space Downloaded 50 Million Times In 35 Days
TechCrunch Rovio to Houston. The Mighty Eagle as landed. Big time. Rovio just took to Twitter to announce that its latest Angry Birds installment, Angry Birds Space, was downloaded 50 million times in 35 days. As the company brags, that makes Angry Birds Space … Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in 35 Days Quick Note: Angry Birds Space Breaks Mobile Download Record of Any Game Angry Birds trip to space tops 50 million downloads |
Nokia in talks to sell Vertu to Permira – Financial Times
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Nokia in talks to sell Vertu to Permira
Financial Times By Daniel Thomas and Anousha Sakoui Nokia is in advanced talks to sell the world's most expensive mobile phone brand to Permira, the private equity group, as the Finnish company looks to dispose of non-core assets to help turnround its devices division … Vertu Sale Close For Nokia? Nokia's effort to sell Vertu moves to advanced talks says Financial Times Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu unit-source |
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Microsoft deal allows B&N to go toe-to-toe with Amazon and Apple
CNET Microsoft's $ 300 million investment not only offers a big cash infusion to beleaguered Barnes & Noble but also sends a message to consumers that it's here to stay. by David Carnoy April 30, 2012 8:13 AM PDT Follow @DavidCarnoy On a conference call … US HOT STOCKS: Barnes & Noble, Sunoco, Humana, NYSE 3 Takeaways From Barnes & Noble-Microsoft Deal Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses |
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Google Staff Knew Street View Cars Were Collecting Private Data: FCC
eWeek The full FCC report on its investigation shows that the engineer who designed the code that collected the personal data had told at least two colleagues. Google officials in the past admitted that for several years, their Street View cars had collected … Details divulged in probe of Google Street View Google Knew Street View Collected Private Data, FCC Says Google staff knew about Street View snooping, full FCC report says |
Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses – Los Angeles Times
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Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses
Los Angeles Times AP An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the e-books business. The two companies are teaming up to create a subsidiary for Barnes & Noble's … Microsoft Invests $ 300 Million in Barnes & Noble Nook Software Microsoft Finds A New Nook in E-Books B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses |
Boxing: Dawson deals Hopkins a blow with majority decision victory – Delaware County Daily Times
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Boxing: Dawson deals Hopkins a blow with majority decision victory
Delaware County Daily Times By JACK McCAFFERY ATLANTIC CITY —- The long, entertaining, historic career of Bernard Hopkins turned wobbly late Saturday night in the Boardwalk Hall when the North Philadelphia champion lost a majority decision to Chad Dawson. |
Report Says Pepsi in Deals With IHOP and Applebee’s – New York Times
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Report Says Pepsi in Deals With IHOP and Applebee's
New York Times PepsiCo plans to announce an exclusive deal to supply all nonalcoholic beverages in IHOP and Applebee's restaurants, according to a note distributed Sunday to subscribers to Beverage Digest, a trade publication. Together, the two restaurants, … |
April 29, 2012
How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes – New York Times
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How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes
New York Times RENO, Nev. — Apple, the world's most profitable technology company, doesn't design iPhones here. It doesn't run AppleCare customer service from this city. And it doesn't manufacture MacBooks or iPads anywhere nearby. Yet, with a handful of employees in … Apple accused of sidestepping taxes, company counters by touting job creation Apple responds to tax criticism by highlighting job creation Report: Apple Legally Sidesteps Billions in Taxes |
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'Zerg rush' chews up Google search results
CNN By Doug Gross, CNN The "O's" from the Google image become swarming "zerglings" after a search for the gaming term "Zerg rush." (CNN) — Feeling besieged by pesky little problems today? You might want to be careful with your Google searches. Google 'Zerg Rush' Easter Egg Invades Your Search Results Google gives 'rush' to gamers with Zerg Google's 'zerg rush' Easter egg and other surprises from the search giant |
Fed Commission report marks Google low – Financial Times
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Fed Commission report marks Google low
Financial Times By Richard Waters in San Francisco The lone engineer who was blamed by Google for its most controversial breach of online privacy told others in the company far more about the affair than Google has previously disclosed, according to the results of a … FCC report describes private data captured by Google Google engineer told officials Street View cars were collecting personal data … Report Reveals Data Snooping by Google's Street View |
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Flashback bots search Twitter for controllers, hit Snow Leopard hardest
Ars Technica By Sean Gallagher | Published April 29, 2012 3:10 PM Malware investigators for the Russian antivirus company Dr. Web report that the latest version of Flashback, the backdoor malware targeting Macs through a Java exploit, is using Twitter as a backup … Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection Apple '10 years' behind Microsoft on security: Kaspersky Two free Mac antivirus apps compared |
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Big Apple Picks Apple Green for Car Service in Boroughs
Bloomberg New York City's livery cars for service outside Manhattan's central business district are going green — literally. The Big Apple has chosen apple green as the color for so- called Boro Taxis, the livery cars that for the first time will be allowed to … New York's New Taxi Is Green. Literally. A new color for New York City cabs: apple green 'Apple green' livery cabs for outerboroughs |
FCC report marks Google low – Financial Times
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FCC report marks Google low
Financial Times By Richard Waters in San Francisco The lone engineer who was blamed by Google for its most controversial breach of online privacy told others in the company far more about the affair than Google has previously disclosed, according to the results of a … Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe |
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Mozilla dispatches Firefox 3.6, fills its chair with version 13 beta
Engadget By James Trew posted Apr 29th 2012 3:41PM If you've been defiantly clinging onto Firefox 3.6 by your fingertips, bad news. Mozilla is officially putting it to sleep — whether you like it or not — by auto-updating users to version 12. Latest Firefox Beta Turns On the 'SPDY' Mozilla Unveils Firefox 13 Beta With Speed Boost Have a go at Firefox 13 Beta, now ready for download |
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How Many Smartphones Sold, Samsung?
PC Magazine By David Murphy For your typical smartphone owners, the better answer might be, "Who cares?" But the technological world is often fascinated with success: Who has the biggest hard drive, the fastest chip, the newest smartphone, the prettiest screen. Who's the King of Smartphone Sales? Smartphones: Is Apple or Samsung No. 1? Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead |
Full FCC report on Google Street View reveals new details – Los Angeles Times
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Full FCC report on Google Street View reveals new details
Los Angeles Times The Google engineer who wrote the code enabling Street View cars to capture data from unprotected wireless networks told fellow engineers and a manager that he had done so, the FCC report says. A Google Street View mapping and camera car drives through … Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Google's harvesting of personal information neither a mistake nor the work of … Google releases full FCC report on Street View probe |
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NVIDIA unleashes GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, loads it with dual Kepler GPUs …
Engadget By Joe Pollicino posted Apr 29th 2012 12:57AM Would you look at that? NVIDIA hinted it would be coming today, and it looks like the tease is living up to the hype. The company stormed into the weekend at its Shanghai Game Festival by unleashing its … Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 4 GB: Dual GK104, Announced The Nvidia GTX 690 has arrived NVIDIA Unveils Dual-GPU Powered GeForce GTX 690 |
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Is this RIM's BlackBerry 10 development device?
Engadget By Joe Pollicino posted Apr 28th 2012 9:46PM You know the drill — grab yourself a spoonful of Morton's and get ready for another supposed leak of a gadget. This time around, you're looking at what's claimed as being one of Research In Motion's … BlackBerry World: 5 Changes RIM Users Must See Latest Blackberry 10 pics leaked on to internet Photos of purported BlackBerry 10 development device surface |
Global corporate deal making seen as remaining subdued – The Seattle Times
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Global corporate deal making seen as remaining subdued
The Seattle Times According to consulting firm Ernst & Young, M&A is unlikely to pick up much in the next few months despite "a more favorable deal-making environment" and less turmoil in the debt markets in the 17-country eurozone. In a survey of 1500 senior executives … |
Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, Full Version of FCC Report Reveals – New York Times
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Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, Full Version of FCC Report Reveals
New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Google's harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long … Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Google rebuffs FCC over 'Wi-Spy' flap |
Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, Full Version of FCC Report Reveals – New York Times
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Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, Full Version of FCC Report Reveals
New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Google's harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long … Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Google rebuffs FCC over 'Wi-Spy' flap |
Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe – Los Angeles Times
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Exclusive: Google releases FCC report on Street View probe
Los Angeles Times By Jessica Guynn SAN FRANCISCO — Google has released the full report of the Federal Communications Commission's investigation into the data it collected and stored from millions of unknowing households across the nation while operating specially … Google Tells U.S. Regulator It Cooperated on Privacy Probe Google releases full FCC report on Street View probe Google rebuffs FCC over 'Wi-Spy' flap |
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Instagram used Twitter to make Facebook pay more (rumor)
ZDNet (blog) By Emil Protalinski | April 28, 2012, 5:19pm PDT Summary: Between Facebook and Twitter, Instagram reportedly preferred being acquired by the former. When it came to increasing its valuation though, Instagram used Twitter to make Facebook pay more. 'Pivoting' Pays Off for Tech Entrepreneurs Jack Dorsey Talks Square, Twitter, And Instagram-Facebook With Charlie Rose A Paranoid Mark Zuckerberg Was Forced To Pay $ 1 Billion For Instagram After … |
April 28, 2012
Yahoo escalates legal fight with Facebook, adds two patents to suit – Los Angeles Times
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Yahoo escalates legal fight with Facebook, adds two patents to suit
Los Angeles Times By Jessica Guynn Yahoo is escalating the hostilities and the stakes in its increasingly acrimonious patent battle with Facebook. In papers filed in San Francisco federal court Friday, the Internet search company expanded its lawsuit against Facebook to … Facebook's next patent push: The top suspect Yahoo rips Facebook patent-lawsuit strategy Developments in Facebook's quest for patents |
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US deploys F-22s to base near Iran
Fox News A F-22 flies in a display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP The US military has deployed several F-22s, the nation's most advanced fighter jets, to an allied base less than 200 … U.S. Amasses Stealth Jet Armada Near Iran New US Stealth Fighters Now at Iran's Back Door UAE-based F-22s A Signal To Iran |
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Test Drive: Dodge Dart a delightful surprise
Tucson Citizen by USA TODAY feed on Apr. 27, 2012, under USA TODAY News The 2013 Dodge Dart is significant in so many ways, it's hard to catalog them and move on to evaluate it as just a new car in a fierce field of cutthroat compact rivals. /conga/graphic-features/road-test/2013/dodgedart.html 204611 Dodge Dart Aero to Get at Least 41 MPG Highway Dodge Dart targets younger generation |
US Move Has Google Fighting on 2 Fronts – New York Times
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US Move Has Google Fighting on 2 Fronts
New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Google may soon be fighting antitrust battles on two fronts. The European Commission has been looking for two years into whether the search giant abused local competition laws, and it is expected soon to either file formal charges or … Google reveals two international probes Google Discloses A Pair Of Overseas Probes FTC taps outside counsel for Google antitrust probe |
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CISPA passes House of Representatives vote
Register The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been passed by the US House of Representatives, despite the threat of a possible veto by the president. The bill would allow the government to pass on information about hacking threats to … CISPA: What now? Privacy advocates vow to continue CISPA fight CISPA passes the House, privacy battle moves to Senate – Technology News |
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More iTV rumors: Apple could strike major streaming deal
VentureBeat Apple may be in talks with movie channel EPIX about the ever rumored Apple television, which co-founder Steve Jobs alluded to in his interviews with biographer Walter Isaacson prior to his death. According to Reuters' sources, Apple started meeting … Apple Talking With EPIX About Streaming Films New Apple TV hinted by source Apple TV sets sights on EPIX movie service, report says |
April 27, 2012
Zerg Rush Easter egg and other great time wasters from Google – Los Angeles Times
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Zerg Rush Easter egg and other great time wasters from Google
Los Angeles Times By Deborah Netburn Google's Zerg Rush is a gift to all of us who believe that not every minute spent at work should be used in productive pursuits. If you have a few minutes to spare, try typing the words "zerg rush" into Google from the search … Zerg rush! How to unlock the newest Google easter egg Google gives 'rush' to gamers with Zerg Google Easter Eggs live on in infamy |
US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer – New York Times
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US Escalates Google Case by Hiring Noted Outside Lawyer
New York Times Federal regulators escalated their antitrust investigation of Google on Thursday by hiring a prominent litigator, sending a strong signal that they are prepared to take the Internet giant to court. The Federal Trade Commission is examining Google's … FTC hires outside litigator in Google antitrust case FTC hires outside lawyer to steer Google probe FTC Hires High-Profile Lawyer to Help Lead Google Probe |