02/08/2012 Is HBO's investment in Netflix-like firm a strategy shift?
HBO has invested $10 million into an Australian video rental service that operates much like Netflix, and right away, pundits say Time Warner is bowing to Netflix's business model. It's not that simple.
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02/08/2012 VMware makes it easier to wholesale clouds
VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers.
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02/08/2012 Use less toilet paper to be green? Nope, say Americans
According to a study, a mere 6 percent of Americans would reduce toilet paper use in order to help the environment. Thirty-one percent, though, would give up books.
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02/08/2012 Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock to step down
Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says that, along with three other board members, he's not seeking re-election this year. The company appoints two new board members to fill the gap.
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02/08/2012 What the Dickens? Google uses doodle to (ultimately) sell books
Google is celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens with a doodle. But the doodle also seems to be trying to get you to use Google Books. Another example of Google's new commercialism?
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02/08/2012 FTC: Background checking apps may be against the law
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law.
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02/08/2012 Win a vacay for downloading 419GB over 3G?
Well, only in Russia, where telco MegaFon doled out prizes for those who used the most amount of data on its 3G unlimited data service.
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02/08/2012 Security lab: Something fishy about Google Chrome's Safe Browsing API
From the start, Google's Safe Browsing API was designed to spot malicious Web pages so users wouldn't get trapped in them. Google identifies these sites through its own algorithms and user notification.
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02/07/2012 Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP
Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday. The company clearly wants to distract SAP by forcing it to go through another bruising battle in court, they said.
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02/07/2012 Super Bowl drives supersized wireless traffic
The wireless carriers weathered the surge in calling and data traffic during the big game. Verizon Wireless says it shuttled 2.75 times as much data as during the previous Super Bowl, while AT&T says people actually uploaded more data than they downloaded.
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02/07/2012 Study credits 'app economy' with 500,000 U.S. jobs
Led by apps for mobile devices, the "app economy" is responsible for almost half a million jobs in the U.S., estimates a new study sponsored by CEO network TechNet. But the study also says figures may represent "jobs not lost."
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02/07/2012 Software apps have triggered half a million U.S. jobs, says study
Led by apps for mobile devices, the "app economy" is responsible for almost half a million new jobs just in the United States, says a new sponsored by CEO network TechNet.
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02/07/2012 Google vies for tech 'moonshots' with 'Solve for X' initiative
The search giant has launched an online forum for folks to listen to some of the world's smartest people discuss breakthrough ideas that "live in the gray area between audacious projects and pure science fiction."
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02/07/2012 More than 70 groups tell Congress: Scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over
The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said. With widespread concerns about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP...
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02/07/2012 5 ways to secure your Facebook profile in a post-Timeline world
With the ongoing rollout of Facebook's Timeline feature , security and privacy have never been more important to your digital life.
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