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Yahoo’s Asian Negotiations Fly Off the Tracks

A deal worth billions to Yahoo has reportedly hit a snag ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Cracking Open Google Wallet

Mobile shopping received a setback last week when security researchers discovered flaws in Google Wallet that could potentially expose its PIN to enterprising hackers ...

Google Pours Chrome Into Android

Google has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market ...

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Google’s New App Mall Cop

Google last week announced it's beefed up security at the Android Market with a malware sniffing system called "Bouncer." ...

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FBI Looking to ‘Friend’ Terrorists

Social networks are popular with lots of folks, including terrorists. That's why the FBI is looking for a contractor that will design an "early warning system" for it based on monitoring chatter on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google+ ...

Take the 5th? Not With Encrypted Hard Drives, Says Fed Judge

Encrypting data on your computer may protect you from hackers and thieves, but it won't protect you from crime investigators ...

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SOPA Backpedaling Has InfoSec Boffins Breathing Easier

As far as SOPA's critics are concerned, "if something works, break it" seemed to be the motto of the U.S. Congress last week as it rushed to pass a controversial bill that security experts maintained could throw a bomb into the gearbox of the Internet ...

AMD Aims to Shimmy Into Ultrabook Turf With Ultrathins

Thin is all the rage in electronics these days, and nowhere is that more evident than in the notebook computer realm, where Intel has created a deafening buzz with its Ultrabook platform ...

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gTLD Security Threat Less Than Meets the Eye

Despite the pleas of some regulators and the advertising industry, the overlords of the Internet -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- plunged forward last week with its plan to drastically expand the number of generic top level domains on the Net ...

Facebook Riding Shotgun in New Mercedes Models

Facebook will be among the Internet services that can be accessed in new car models from Mercedes Benz ...

Skynet: Hackers Dream Up Censor-Proof Satellite Internet Grid

A group of computer enthusiasts have begun working on creating a satellite network that could be used to thwart censorship on the Internet ...

Namecheap Slams GoDaddy for Dragging Its Feet With SOPA Walkouts

GoDaddy, the Internet's largest registrar of domains, would like the world to forget it ever supported the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) now before Congress. ...

Color Me Electric: Researchers Develop Solar Paint

Imagine the paint on your house powering the electric devices inside it ...

New MINE Tools Can Refine Mountains of Data

Massive data sets -- a season's worth of baseball statistics, for example, or health data from around the world -- can contain some very revealing knowledge. The problem confronting researchers, though, is finding it ...

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Timeline: Pretty Interface, Ugly Rollout

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NTSB: Hands-on, Hands-free, Whatever – Just Hang Up and Drive

The agency charged with making U.S. highways safe for drivers has called for a national ban on the use of personal electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle, including many hands-free devices ...

OnLive’s Cloudburst: It’s Raining Games on Tablets, Phones

Online game service OnLive is bringing its cloud magic to smartphones and tablets ...

USPS Slowdown Unlikely to Cramp Netflix’s Style

Cuts in mail service that will add an extra delivery day to most first-class mail aren't expected to have a significant impact on Netflix, at least in the near term ...

FiOS Turns Xboxes Into Kinect-Controlled Cable Boxes

Verizon and Microsoft announced details Tuesday of a deal between the companies for streaming video content from Verizon's FiOS television service to members of Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold service ...

Will Facebook Jump the Shark by Leaping Into Handsets?

Facebook's entry into the smartphone handset business is being reported like it's a done deal. It's a deal, however, in which critics say Facebook has more to lose than gain ...

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