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DARPA director Regina Dugan leaving to take a 'senior executive position' with Google

By Nathan Ingraham on March 12, 2012 05:39 pm + 11 comments

Regina Dugan, director at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is planning to Continue reading…
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Google+ mobile web interface gets a facelift to mimic native apps

By Nathan Ingraham on March 12, 2012 05:19 pm + 18 comments

First, the bad news: there's no native iPad app for Google+ yet. However, Google is rolling out a Continue reading…
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Intel reportedly plans to launch a web-based TV service by the end of 2012

By Nathan Ingraham on March 12, 2012 05:05 pm + 38 comments

It seems Intel is looking to get into the content distribution game: The Wall Street Journal is r Continue reading…
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Twitter acquires Posterous blogging platform, plans to keep service alive

By Thomas Houston on March 12, 2012 04:58 pm + 31 comments

Publishing platform Posterous just posted on its company blog that it has been acquired by Twitter. Continue reading…
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Virgin Mobile Venture ships March 15th for $99, pre-orders up now (update)

By Chris Welch on March 12, 2012 04:50 pm + 5 comments

Virgin Mobile has begun accepting pre-orders today for the ZTE Venture portrait QWERTY handset, Continue reading…
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Sina Weibo users near March 16th deadline to verify identity

By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 04:43 pm + 10 comments

Users of Chinese microblog service Sina Weibo have until the end of the week to provide the site Continue reading…
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Yahoo files suit against Facebook over patent infringement, Facebook calls action 'puzzling'

By Bryan Bishop on March 12, 2012 04:34 pm + 23 comments

We knew that Yahoo was preparing to take "formal action" against Facebook for allegedly violating Continue reading…
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Faster optical Thunderbolt cables coming later in 2012, says Intel

By Andrew Webster on March 12, 2012 04:21 pm + 44 comments

When the Thunderbolt interface was initially announced by Intel, it was expected to utilize fiber Continue reading…
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Foursquare, Vevo, Fandango, and The Onion launch new Facebook Timeline apps

By Nilay Patel on March 12, 2012 04:00 pm + 5 comments

Facebook just announced a few high-profile additions to its roster of Timeline apps: Foursquare, Continue reading…
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Nokia planning to shut down its mobile banking system for emerging markets

By Nathan Ingraham on March 12, 2012 03:46 pm + 9 comments

Just two years ago, Nokia spent much of its keynote at CES extolling the virtues of its Nokia Money Continue reading…