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  Google Drive launching next week with 5GB of free storage?

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 16, 2012 04:10 pm + 264 comments

  The chatter around the long-rumored Google Drive has definitely picked up in recent weeks — The Continue reading…

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  'Iris' engine helps Readability find the content you care about

  By Andrew Webster on April 16, 2012 03:25 pm + 5 comments

  While services like Readability and Instapaper were originally designed for long-form reading, it Continue reading…

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  Leaked Office 15 video hints at cloud features of next Microsoft Office suite

  By Tom Warren on April 16, 2012 11:54 am + 18 comments

  A new video leaked to the internet today appears to reveal that Microsoft is preparing a Continue reading…

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  What makes an idea impossible to patent? Google and Verizon ask the Supreme Court

  By Matt Macari on April 16, 2012 10:00 am + 50 comments

  Abstract ideas, laws of nature, and mathematical formulas can't be patented under US law, and both Continue reading…

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  Google Earth leads son to mother after 25 years apart

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 16, 2012 09:49 am + 13 comments

  In 1986, a young Indian boy named Saroo Brierley hopped on the wrong train, ended up in the bustling Continue reading…

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  Tupac's Coachella 'performance' is equal parts amazing, tacky, and macabre

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 16, 2012 09:36 am + 137 comments

  As expected, last night a hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur wowed crowds at Coachella, and Continue reading…

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  FCC drops Street View privacy case, fines Google $25,000 for impeding investigation

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 16, 2012 07:26 am + 36 comments

  Google has been fined $25,000 for impeding an FCC investigation into whether Google violated user Continue reading…

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  Sergey Brin says China and Iran are bad, but Apple and Facebook threaten the open web too

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 16, 2012 05:27 am + 175 comments

  Google co-founder Sergey Brin is worried about the future of the internet, and not just because of Continue reading…

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  Skype web app in the works, according to Microsoft job listings

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 16, 2012 05:16 am + 32 comments

  It looks like Microsoft wasn't just talking about Windows Phone and Windows 8 when it promised that Continue reading…

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  Samsung's ChatON IM app now available for BlackBerry phones, optimized for Android tablets

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 15, 2012 10:28 am + 66 comments

  After launching on Android in October, iOS in January, and on the web in February, the chat app Continue reading…