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FBI looks to monitor social media; proposed bill would track Hawaii Web surfers
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482 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 6 Comments

FBI looks to monitor social media; proposed bill would track Hawaii Web surfers

Privacy issues are like weeds — they keep popping up. • The FBI is looking for a company to build a system that can help it monitor social networks, according to New Scientist. Among the capabilities the FBI wants Read More →
Stock watch: Netflix, SanDisk, Symantec, Motorola Mobility
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482 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Stock watch: Netflix, SanDisk, Symantec, Motorola Mobility

Today we're stock watching in context of earnings reports. • Netflix shares are soaring today, the day after the Los Gatos provider of DVD and streaming rentals reported earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations, and a gain Read More →
Quoted: Oh my copyright. The Pirate Bay pushes ‘physibles’ 3D printing
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483 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Quoted: Oh my copyright. The Pirate Bay pushes ‘physibles’ 3D printing

"We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles. ...The benefit to society is huge. No more shipping huge Read More →
Off topic: IKEA Stonehenge, food spending, sword swallowing, word origins, press freedom
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483 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: IKEA Stonehenge, food spending, sword swallowing, word origins, press freedom

How to assemble Stonehenge, IKEA-style. A calculator that allows Americans to compare their food spending. The side (and inside) effects of sword swallowing. The etymology of Bluetooth, Spam and more. And the Read More →
Earnings news: Netflix peek, AMD shares
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483 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Earnings news: Netflix peek, AMD shares

Drama-filled Netflix is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings after the markets close today. The Los Gatos company warned in October that it would continue to lose subscribers — the fourth quarter was the first full quarter after its Summer Read More →
Google’s latest controversial move: updating its privacy policy. What will it think of next?
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483 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 4 Comments

Google’s latest controversial move: updating its privacy policy. What will it think of next?

File this post under Yet Another Controversial Google Move. Today we're talking the revamping and consolidation of its privacy policy, which is raising some questions from privacy watchdogs. What's the big deal — and is it really that big a Read More →
Quoted: Tim Cook on the smartphone race
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484 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Quoted: Tim Cook on the smartphone race

"I wouldn’t say it is a two-horse race. There’s a horse in Redmond that always suits up and always runs." — Tim Cook, Apple CEO, talks iOS vs. Android in smartphone market share — and indicates he Read More →
Off topic: Debunking misconceptions, pangrams galore, endangered species, Napoleonland
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484 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

Off topic: Debunking misconceptions, pangrams galore, endangered species, Napoleonland

Misconceptions — from the Great Wall of China's visibility from space to swallowing spiders while we sleep — debunked, a video by C.G.P. Grey, master explainer. Beyond "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs": a long Read More →
Apple’s amazing transformation
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484 days ago Troy Wolverton 1 Comment

Apple’s amazing transformation

As recently as seven years ago, Apple was at heart a computer that also had a sideline of digital music players. As recently as four years ago, you could make the case that Apple was a digital music company that Read More →
Privacy: GPS ruling follow-up, plus proposed Europe law
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484 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

Privacy: GPS ruling follow-up, plus proposed Europe law

A couple of privacy-related developments: • We mentioned the Supreme Court ruling yesterday that reins in warrantless GPS tracking as a law-enforcement tool. But as Howard Mintz of the Mercury News points out, the unanimous ruling was so narrow Read More →

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