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  Privacy groups assail Facebook changes

  7 hours, 9 minutes ago
  Longtime critics say changes are unacceptable because the standard is still "opt-in," and more government regulation is necessary.
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• iPad lands big in Japan, other foreign markets

  31 minutes ago
  In Japan, the world's second largest economy, the gadget launches with the kind of fanfare typically reserved for a new Nintendo game machine.
  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Sony launching its e-reader around the world

  2 hours, 32 minutes ago
  Sony is eyeing a surge of worldwide launches for its e-book reader, with plans to introduce the device in Japan, China, Australia, Italy, and Spain.
  (Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

• Lenovo back in the black

  2 hours, 43 minutes ago
  Boosted by healthy consumer and corporate demand for its PCs, Lenovo enjoys a return to profitability and 56 percent sales growth for its fourth quarter.
  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

• 4 out of 10 iPhones sold to business users

  4 hours, 3 minutes ago
  Evidently, Apple has succeeded in overcoming enterprise's early misgivings about the iPhone's security and business-readiness.
  (Posted in Apple by John Paczkowski, AllThingsD)

• Yahoo, Facebook side with Google against Viacom

  8 hours, 38 minutes ago
  The Web has lined up behind Google and says if Viacom wins $1 billion copyright suit it will hurt development of Internet.
  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• HP takes top server spot from IBM

  6 hours, 38 minutes ago
  First-quarter figures from Gartner see HP take more server revenue than IBM worldwide as businesses start spending again after the economic downturn.
  (Posted in Business Tech by Richard Thurston)

• Mystery of fake BP Twitter account solved

  9 hours, 40 minutes ago
  Someone very funny has been aping oil company BP's public relations department in the wake of the Gulf Coast rig disaster. A writer for Wired has now unmasked him.
  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Google closes books on AdMob deal

  9 hours, 6 minutes ago
  It was just a matter of time after the FTC declined to block the deal, but Google's $750 million purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob is now final.
  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Google skips German deadline for Wi-Fi data

  13 hours, 6 minutes ago
  Data protection laws--of all things--could be used by Google to avoid having to turn over data collected as part of its Wi-Fi Street View incident to German authorities.
  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Microsoft: We're not going to WWDC

  11 hours, 14 minutes ago
  Microsoft debunks the Steve Ballmer-at-WWDC rumor with a single tweet.
  • Rumor: Microsoft cameo at WWDC keynote
  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• YouTube opens up its Moderator tool to all users

  13 hours, 24 minutes ago
  YouTube's Moderator tool gives YouTube channel owners a way to prioritize and harvest user ideas. It's a carryover from Google's own Moderator service, which offers many of the same features.
  (Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

• Willow Garage gets robots into researchers' hands

  15 hours, 22 minutes ago
  Company says its open-source PR2 machines are a big step toward all-purpose robots. Now 11 R&D teams from around the world will get a crack at making that happen.
  • Photos: Meet the PR2 robots
  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• FCC takes aim at the wireless industry

  19 hours ago
  The FCC is digging into those pesky overage charges that keep showing up on phone bills, putting wireless companies on the defensive.
  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)
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