What's happening in the US - January 28 2012
New RIM CEO backtracks on 'change' comment

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins says there has actually been a lot of ongoing changes, clarifying his earlier comments, which set off a wave of concern.

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2012-01-27 14:16:42 Twitter Can Censor by Country

Twitter says it can now make content selectively available to users based on geography, and plans to use that ability to enter countries with "different ideas" about freedom of expression as a human right.

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2012-01-27 11:24:40 For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews

Bing Liu, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is trying to devise mathematical models that can unmask fake product endorsements. “The incentives for faking are getting bigger,” he said. “It’s a very cheap way of marketing.”

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2012-01-27 07:33:02 Big Tech Investors Want a Piece of the Micro Pie

A new $55 million fund with heavy backing from professional investors is the latest indicator of the outsize impact super-angel investors are having on Silicon Valley and other tech hubs.

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2012-01-26 23:37:04 Symantec Advises Customers on Breach

Symantec is advising customers to immediately update or disable its pcAnywhere software following the exposure earlier this month of source code stolen six years ago.

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2012-01-26 19:04:54 iPads For All: One Sales Team's Story

Level 3 just gave iPads to its entire North American sales team, and IT packed them with apps customized to their jobs.

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2012-01-26 16:00:00 Smartphone Option Overload Confuses Consumers

Vendors have bombarded consumers with conflicting information about smartphone costs, network data speeds, and features, slowing adoption and upgrade rates.

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2012-01-26 15:54:00 Family Bonding Around TV Via Skype

Tely Labs' telyHD turns Skype video chats into room-size experiences, involving whole families or groups of friends on each end—seeing each other, chatting and sharing photos in high definition.

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2012-01-26 09:11:26 Android Finally Hits Stride in Tablets

Apple faces tough competition from Android-powered smartphones, but its position in tablets is often described quite differently--as pretty close to total domination. But the Silicon Valley giant's loss of market share is taking place at a very similar rate, one research firm says.

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2012-01-26 08:01:37 Adding Weapons to ATM Defenses

In response to a new generation of crooks, ATMs are getting a high-tech makeover.

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2012-01-26 05:19:21 Start-Ups Look for Shortcut From Farm to Table

A host of Silicon Valley start-ups are creating ways to buy food directly from local food producers, cutting out grocery stores and some of the middlemen..

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203718504577179100399019874.html?mod=rss_Technology

2012-01-25 23:05:59 Website Says New Microsoft Xbox Coming Fall 2013

Given that the Xbox 360 game console launched over seven “Call of Duty’s” ago, rumors concerning Microsoft’s next gaming console are nothing new. But a recent report from game website IGN has gained some attention.

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2012-01-25 21:01:40 What Do Google’s Privacy Changes Mean for You?

What do Google's privacy changes mean for users? We answer some of the most pressing questions.

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2012-01-25 19:10:59 Apple CEO: Three Horses In Smartphone Race

Tim Cook says Microsoft's Windows Phone can't be counted out, but that Apple ignores rivals and focuses on innovation.

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2012-01-25 16:30:00 Facebook: The Database Of Wealth And Power

Microstrategy CEO says most businesses underestimate thetransformative value of Facebook as an ever-refreshing database of "anyone with wealth or power on Earth."

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2012-01-25 15:00:00 9 Ways To Minimize Data Breach Fallout

Symantec just revealed that attackers stole source code to its flagship Norton software in 2006, highlighting today's array of sharply different approaches to owning up to data breaches. Consider these essential policies.

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2012-01-25 13:30:00 Every moment counts in Mozilla's bid for mobile relevance

An overhauled version of Firefox for Android could come shortly after January 31--or maybe six weeks later, a stretch in which Apple might sell 26 million iPhones and iPads.

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2012-01-25 12:10:15 Google Widens Its Tracks

Google said it would start combining nearly all the information it has on its users, which could make it harder for them to remain anonymous.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181371465957162.html?mod=rss_Technology

2012-01-25 05:58:05 App Makes Readers' Thoughts an Open Book

Katherine Boehret looks at Subtext, a free iPad app designed to enable and encourage conversations among readers within digital books themselves.

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2012-01-25 03:38:09 Megaupload's Ripple Effect

The dramatic, unexpected shutdown of Megaupload might have a chilling effect on the growing online storage industry, and raises difficult questions about the rights of legitimate users on those services.

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2012-01-25 03:30:04 Hacked PS3 gives Vita stunning remote play functionality

While the PlayStation Vita has an impressive set of features, there is little doubt this could be the coolest.

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2012-01-25 00:41:09 Magnetic soap could lift oil spill woes

Researchers at the United Kingdom's University of Bristol have created a magnetic soap that could help revolutionize oil spill cleanups.

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2012-01-25 00:10:10 Portland Makes Bid To Become Budding Techlandia

Thanks to the quirky TV show “Portlandia,” Portland, Ore., is better known for its tattoos and its gluten-free bakeries than for its tech scene. But it does have a tech scene, and a growing one at that.

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2012-01-24 15:40:39 Ultrabooks: The Next Big Thing In Notebooks

Aren't notebooks and PCs in general on the way out as we adopt tablet and touch interfaces and everything else moves to the cloud? Not so fast.

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2012-01-24 15:29:00 Not Quite Smart Enough

The interface on a refrigerator using LG's smart technology to suggest recipes at a recent electronics show.

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2012-01-24 12:16:18 Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000

Average annual salaries of Silicon Valley's technology workers surpassed the $100,000 mark last year, according to a new survey, pushed higher by the strength of the region's latest tech boom.

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2012-01-24 08:25:32 Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium

An autonomous car at Google headquarters. Legal scholars and insurance companies, among others, see some hurdles ahead.

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2012-01-24 05:41:03 Facebook, Twitter Call Out Google On Social Search Results

A group of engineers from Facebook, Twitter and Myspace have ganged up against Google in an effort to prove that the search giant is unfairly promoting its own social media site, Google+, at the expense of relevant search results for its users.

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2012-01-24 01:15:31 Some Online Storage Sites Change Policies After Megaupload Bust

Since the high-profile bust Thursday of online-file storage site Megaupload, some websites that offer similar services have rushed through policy changes preventing users from certain acts that some say encourage digital piracy.

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2012-01-23 22:39:35 Digits Live Show: Court Rules in Landmark Digital Privacy Case

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a case involving the use of GPS tracking devices that tested constitutional privacy rights.

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2012-01-23 21:31:00
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