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Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) had choice words for the Google/Verizon net neutrality plan, and none of them were good. Speaking at a public hearing on Thursday, Franken also called called the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU "very, very dangerous".
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JLJ chairman steps down in light of Apple kickback scandal
The executive chairman of JLJ Holdings, Chua Kim Guan, has temporarily stepped down from his duties in the wake of an Apple-related kickback scandal, reports say.
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Do you need a DNS upgrade?
Why would switching to a different DNS offer faster browsing? Well, think of the DNS server system as the big phonebook of the internet. When you go to a web address by name (google.com, for example), the DNS server returns the actual IP address – this works similar to a phone book returning the phone number for a person’s name.
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RIM Must Switch To Android Now, Before It's Too Late
RIM's new BlackBerry 6 operating system and apps platform still isn't in the same league as its arch rivals, Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. So it's time for RIM to make a difficult, but important move: Stop... RIM's greatest assets are its email service but no one who buys BlackBerry products actually cares about the BlackBerry OS.
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FourSquare responds to Facebook Places threat
Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley has responded to the news that Facebook is taking on location tagging with Facebook Places, insisting that a redesign and new features will keep people checking in.
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EFF: Protect Your Privacy on Facebook Places
Like all location products, the new application publishes potentially sensitive information, since a stream of information on location can provide a detailed picture of your life. Some locations might appear cool at one moment, and yet become something you'd rather forget the next.
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Pirate Bay Typo Squatter Trying To Seize Site Trademark
Several rogue sites are in operation which aim to pull in people who were aiming to reach The Pirate Bay, but accidentally entered the URL with typos. While this kind of activity is nothing new, there is a more interesting detail being overlooked. One of the companies behind the scheme is trying to register the Pirate Bay trademark in the US
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Computer Chip that Computes Probabilities and Not Logic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyric Semiconductor has unveiled a new type of chip that uses probability inputs and outputs instead of the conventional 1's and 0's used in logic chips today. Crunching probabilities is much more applicable to many computing task performed today rather than binary logic.
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The Nine Most Ingenious iPad Accessories
iPad cases and stands that aren't cookie-cutter silicone sleeves. Express your wicked sense of humor or practical sophistication with one of these innovative iPad accessories.
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Apple may be looking to lock out unauthorized iOS users
Apple has applied for a patent on a method to protect mobile devices from unauthorized access, including automatic data wiping, alerting the device owner of trouble, and photographing and geolocating an "unauthorized" user.
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The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
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Pool-Shooting, Beer-Fetching Willow Garage Robot [PICs]
After showing it off to the world in a series of tantalizing videos, Willow Garage has finally announced that they will be making their PR2 robot available for sale next month.
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FM Radio coming to Cell Phones?!
Cell phone makers find ridiculous the whole idea of making FM radios mandatory in their devices, but if such a law looks inevitable, the device makers could go along with it. For a (very steep) price.
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Colors of the Social World (Graphic)
More than 1 Million people used our Themeleon tool to design their Twitter Profile in the past 3 months, which allows us to paint a picture of the world connecting colors to locations and profile data. What we noticed first was that a huge majority of people don't wander that far off from Twitter's default light blue colors...
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ISP's top data hog gobbles 2.7TB of data in a month
A Belgian ISP has released a list of its top 25 downloaders. Try hard enough and it is apparently possible to download more than 2 terabytes of data in a single month. Few people can manage it, though.
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Korea Takes 110K iPhone 4 Pre-orders as Galaxy S Hits 800K
KT's servers were overwhelmed with pre-orders for the September South Korean iPhone 4 launch, officials said Wednesday.
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