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  Carbonite backup service goes down in preparation for 'World Backup Day'

  By Adi Robertson on March 23, 2012 05:05 pm + 38 comments

  Yesterday, data storage service Carbonite urged people to prepare for "World Backup Day" on March Continue reading…

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  A first look at the Sony Xperia Sola 'floating touch' display

  By Adi Robertson on March 23, 2012 04:29 pm + 53 comments

  The Sony Xperia Sola isn't a particularly unusual phone save for one feature: a 'floating touch' Continue reading…

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  The Google Play problem: paying for 'Angry Birds' with battery life instead of money

  By Dieter Bohn on March 23, 2012 04:00 pm + 240 comments

  Earlier this week, a report came out showing that some apps on Android use more than twice the power Continue reading…

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  Sony 'VAIO CC111' 11.6-inch Chromebook photos and manual outed by FCC

  By T.C. Sottek on March 23, 2012 03:33 pm + 46 comments

  A bundle of revealing photos and a user manual posted by the FCC has revealed what appears to be an Continue reading…

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  Meet Svbtle, the beautiful blogging platform you're not invited to, and Obtvse, its open-source clone

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 23, 2012 03:12 pm + 87 comments

  A couple of months ago well-known writer and UX designer Dustin Curtis, tired of the "uninspiring Continue reading…

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  RIM will hand out BlackBerry 10 prototype phones to devs at BlackBerry Jam in May

  By Vlad Savov on March 23, 2012 02:58 pm + 47 comments

  The first BlackBerry 10 smartphones are still a pretty long way away from arriving on the market, Continue reading…

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  Facebook Disconnect team launches extensions for blocking Twitter and Google

  By Andrew Webster on March 23, 2012 02:30 pm + 39 comments

  The folks behind Facebook Disconnect have released two new extensions, letting you disconnect from Continue reading…

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  Facebook privacy's new test: employers prompt ire over password prying

  By Ross Miller on March 23, 2012 02:21 pm

  An investigation by the Associated Press revealed an unsettling trend in employers requesting a job Continue reading…

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  5 Minutes on The Verge: Loren Brichter

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 23, 2012 02:00 pm + 38 comments

  Loren Brichter is the man behind Tweetie, arguably the best Twitter app ever built. The app was so Continue reading…

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  AT&T rubs salt in T-Mobile's wound after layoff announcement, slams FCC

  By Chris Ziegler on March 23, 2012 01:32 pm + 67 comments

  AT&T has shown an enormous amount of swagger throughout the entire story arc of its merger attempt Continue reading…