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  Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, others suffer identity breach, FBI and Secret Service to investigate

  By Carl Franzen on March 12, 2013 06:23 pm + 29 comments

  The FBI and Secret Service are investigating "exposed.su," a mysterious website that popped up Continue reading…

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  Animated visualization maps a week's worth of tweets sent between Twitter employees

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 11, 2013 10:53 am + 2 comments

  There's a huge amount of public data available on Twitter, and a new data-visualization tool really Continue reading…

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  Public Afghanistan drone strike data disappears from Air Force site

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 9, 2013 10:16 pm + 26 comments

  Data on the monthly number of American drone strikes in Afghanistan has been quietly scrubbed from Continue reading…

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  Google reportedly nears $7 million settlement with states over Street View privacy violations

  By Carl Franzen on March 8, 2013 04:23 pm + 77 comments

  Google is reportedly preparing to pay out $7 million, split between 40 states, to settle an Continue reading…

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  Pandora competing 'apples to apples' with traditional radio for ads, says CEO

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 5, 2013 09:36 pm + 14 comments

  For streaming music service Pandora, advertising revenues haven’t kept up with increasing Continue reading…

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  Microsoft SketchInsight lets you build a story with interactive sketches

  By Tom Warren on March 4, 2013 11:28 pm + 68 comments

  Microsoft is putting its SketchInsight interactive whiteboard system on display at the company's Continue reading…

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  NASA will test laser data transmission from space station in October

  By Carl Franzen on February 25, 2013 12:55 pm + 23 comments

  NASA is just like the rest of us when it comes to wanting faster wireless data rates. But the space Continue reading…

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  North Korea to switch on 3G internet access for foreigners within a week

  By Sam Byford on February 22, 2013 12:00 am + 39 comments

  A month after North Korea started allowing foreign tourists to use cellphones within its borders, Continue reading…

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  Mobile games beat handheld games in consumer spending last quarter

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 21, 2013 11:00 am + 68 comments

  The concept that Android and iOS smartphones and tablets would make a major dent in the portable Continue reading…

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  Google will face further scrutiny from EU regulators over 2012 privacy policy changes

  By T.C. Sottek on February 18, 2013 05:12 pm + 116 comments

  The European Union first expressed concern about Google's new privacy policy last February, and now, Continue reading…