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Samsung’s new 2560×1600 screen: Retina for iPad 3?

A newly-revealed ultra-high-resolution display from Samsung hints at what we might see in a next-generation iPad.
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US senators take AT&T to task over T-Mobile deal

Yesterday's hearing of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights over AT&T's planed purchase of T-Mobile USA revealed a healthy dose of skepticism among senators about the deal.
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CBSNews.com to launch social-centric web show, ‘What’s Trending’

What's Trending, a new online-only talk show from CBSNews.com that's set to debut next week, focuses entirely on what's big in the digital world.
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WikiLeaks gag order prevents employees from leaking data

Irony alert: A leaked confidentiality agreement from infamous whistleblowing site WikiLeaks threatens the site's employees with a nearly $20 million penalty if they publicly disclose any of the data passed along to the site.
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FCC Commissioner who voted ‘yes’ to NBC buyout heads to Comcast

One of the four people at the FCC responsible for approving Comcast's hotly contested buyout of NBC Universal is now headed to Comcast as a Washington lobbyist.
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New Internet censorship bill empowers US government, copyright holders

A new bill that is yet to be introduced to the US Congress would, if passed, give both the Justice Department and private copyright holders the ability to cripple websites they can prove is "dedicated to infringing activities."
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Apple policy kills e-book underdog, iFlow Reader

Apple's 30 percent cut on in-app purchases helped lead to the death of the iFlow Reader app and its development company, BeamItDown Software.
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Google petitions Nevada to allow self-driving cars

Google is pushing for the passage of two bills in Nevada, which would enable the company to continue testing its self-driving cars without breaking the law.

Senators grill Apple, Google over location data

Representatives of Apple and Google sat in the hot seat on Capitol Hill Tuesday to answer senators' questions about their collection of mobile location data.
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After Sony PSN hack, ‘civil war’ fractures hacker group Anonymous

A "splinter group" has reportedly taken control of two websites that host hacker group Anonymous' primary communications channels in an attempt to decentralize the group.
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Original iPad, iPhone 3GS outsell new Android devices

Research shows that consumers are buying more units of the iPhone 3GS and original iPad than newer devices based on Google's Android operating system.
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Consumer Reports: 7.5 million Facebook users are under minimum age

Of the 20 million underage users on Facebook, about 7.5 million of them fail to meet the site's minimum age requirement of 13, according to a new study by Consumer Reports.
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Largest ever BitTorrent lawsuit targets 23,000 file sharers

Anyone who downloaded a copy of Hollywood blockbuster the Expendables could soon become a target of the largest BitTorrent lawsuit in US history.
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FCC to debut emergency alert system for cell phones

The emergency broadcast system will soon arrive in text message form on your cell phone.
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Translation technology may let humans speak with dolphins

Researchers have begun to create a new technology that could soon allow humans and dolphins to talk to each other.
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Facebook now ‘critical’ to online news traffic, says Pew study

In the most recent sign that Facebook is encroaching on Google's heels, the 2011 study from Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism shows that the social network is becoming an important traffic mover in the world of online news.
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LinkedIn IPO values company at over $3 billion

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, LinkedIn Corp revealed that it would offer 7.84 million shares of stock at between $32 and $35 per share, which would place the company's value at over $3 billion.
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New battery may allow users to recharge cell phones just by talking

Researchers have successfully created a prototype battery that can turn sound waves into electricity, a technology that could one day recharge everything from cell phones to electric cars.
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Apple beats Google to become world’s most valuable brand

Apple has successfully surpassed Google to become the new superpower of the world's corporate giants, according to the annual Brand Z report.
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US government officially recognizes video games as art

Video games, the Internet and mobile apps are now considered "art" or art platforms by the federally funded National Endowment for the Arts.
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Sony may offer reward for PSN hackers’ heads

As the walls around Anonymous begin to crumble, Sony considers offering a reward to anyone with information that helps identify the hackers responsible for the massive PlayStation Network data breach.
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Flow chart: How news of Osama bin Laden’s death spread on Twitter

On Twitter, news of Osama bin Laden's death last Sunday arrived more than an hour before President Obama made his somber official announcement. Here's how it happened.
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WSJ’s SafeHouse WikiLeaks knockoff isn’t safe, say researchers

Anonymous sources, beware: The Wall Street Journal's new service for whistleblowers, SafeHouse, has leaks of its own.
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Unidentified hackers threaten Sony with third attack

Just as Sony has begun to regain control after two rounds of attacks on its PlayStation Network, faceless hackers are reportedly gearing up for another breach.
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Google Earth tweaked for Android 3.0 tablets

After a long wait, Google has fine-tuned its popular Google Earth app for Android-based tablets.
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Navy SEALs used ‘secret’ stealth helicopter in Bin Laden raid

Photos from the compound where US Navy SEALs took out Osama bin Laden reveal a "secret" stealth helicopter that's as-yet unacknowledged by the US military.
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New Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader due May 24

A new version of the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader is on the way. But will the new device will be closer to a tablet or a Kindle?
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Apple, Google, Intel accused of suppressing employee wages

A newly filed antitrust class action lawsuit claims that a variety of the nation's leading technology giants effectively kept worker pay low by agreeing to not recruit each other's employees, and setting pay caps.
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Anonymous denies role in Sony PlayStation Network breach

Despite Sony's accusations to the contrary, hacktivist group Anonymous says it did not break into Sony's PlayStation Network to steal credit card data.

Sony blames Anonymous for PlayStation Network data theft debacle

Sony says that the hacker group Anonymous is behind, or at least partially responsible for, the huge security breach of its PlayStation Network — a claim the elusive hacktivists firmly deny.

Photobucket takes on Instagram with Snapbucket app

Photo-sharing giant Photobucket has entered the mobile picture-manipulation realm with the release of Snapbucket, an Instagram competitor.
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Google launches ‘It Gets Better’ TV ad for Chrome browser

In a move that pushes the browser wars further into the public eye, Google has release the first television ad for its Chrome browser, and it does so by backing gay young people in need of support.
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No Apple iPhone 5 in June or July, says AT&T rep

A new rumor corroborates past reports that Apple fans will have to wait longer this year to get their hands on the imminent iPhone 5.
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Brammo debuts world’s first all-electric dirt bikes with 6-speed gearbox

In a first for the electric motorcycle world, bike maker Brammo announced today a new line of dirt bikes that have six gears instead of none.