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The Business Of Burying Internet Search Results
Unseen battles are waged every day on the Internet to protect and destroy brands and reputations. The Internet can be a hostile place, with powerful companies paying...
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Facebook in Privacy Breach
Top-ranked applications transmit personal IDs, a Journal investigation finds.
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John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs' Success
In 1983, Steve Jobs wooed Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business: "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling...
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Foot-Operated Computer Mouse Invented
Several students from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology have invented a computer mouse that people can control with their feet. Called the "Talang"...
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Researcher Finds Top Reasons for Facebook Unfriending
University of Colorado Denver's Christopher Sibona surveyed more than 1,500 Facebook users on Twitter and found that the number one reason for unfriending is frequent...
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Web Code Offers New Ways To See What sers Do Online
Worries over Internet privacy have spurred lawsuits, conspiracy theories and consumer anxiety as marketers and others invent new ways to track computer users...
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Smart Phone Game Helps Players Make Healthier Food Choices
A Georgia Tech study has shown that playing health-related video games on a mobile device can help adults learn to live more healthfully by making smart diet choices...
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Chinese and Saudis Lead Way in Internet Use
People in China and the Middle East are the busiest and most enthusiastic internet users, a study of the world’s online habits has revealed.
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The Smartphone's Shape-Shifting Future
The smartphone of the future might lose its sleek, solid shell to become a shape-shifter, able to alter its appearance to signal an alert in situations where...
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An Operating System to Run It All
Intel's MeeGo will let apps span tablets, phones, and TVs.
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Linkedin Mines Twitter Streams
The LinkedIn social network has launched in limited beta a service that lets users glean relevant information from the massive volume of Twitter streams. Called...
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Sick PCs Should Be Banned From the Net Says Microsoft
Microsoft researcher Scott Charney recently presented an Internet security proposal that requires users to present a "health certificate" to prove that their PCs...
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Android Invasion
How a tiny piece of software created by a few Google engineers is ushering in the mobile revolution and reshaping the fortunes of the world's biggest tech companies...
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Now Your App Knows Where You Are
Geolocation analytics could help companies to improve their apps—and make more money from them.
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Georgia Tech Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2011
The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has released the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2011, outlining the top three areas of security risk...
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A Tracking Device That Fits on the Head of a Pin
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed nano-sized optical gyroscopes that can fit on standard-sized computer chips without compromising their sensitivity...
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Underwater Robot Swims Free Thanks to Wireless Controller
A team at York University has designed and built a waterproof tablet for wirelessly controlling the underwater robot AQUA, which is designed to collect data from...
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Change to 'bios' Will Make For Pcs That Boot in Seconds
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is set to replace BIOS as the dominant PC startup software and could allow computers to start in just seconds.
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Feelings By Phone
Computer scientists and psychologists at the University of Cambridge have developed EmotionSense, a system for tracking emotional behavior via smartphones using...
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