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NY official: Tagged site stole identities

(AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Yahoo CEO apologizes for bogus college degree

(AP) -- Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is sorry for allowing an inaccuracy about his education to appear in his official bio, but not remorseful enough to heed calls for him to resign.

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board (Update 2)

(AP) -- The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty - the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.

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Google's 1Q lobbying bill more than triples to $5M

(AP) -- Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $5 million during the first three months of the year amid increased government scrutiny of the Internet search leader's business and privacy practices.

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google loses Australian advert cases

Internet giant Google was Tuesday found guilty of false and misleading advertising in Australia after a court upheld an appeal by the country's competition regulator.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SDSC's 'Gordon' supercomputer: Ready for researchers

Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives

If you're amazed - and maybe even a little alarmed - about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most ...

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Vita sets new standard for portable games

(AP) -- The PlayStation Vita won't replace your smartphone. For starters, it isn't a telephone (although it will eventually let you use Skype). And it's too big to fit in your pants pocket, unless you're wearing ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

What Dropbox can teach us about cloud computing

Dropbox is the most deceptively simple of services. Place a Dropbox folder on each computer or gadget you own. Drag any file into that folder. A copy of that file automatically appears on every device where you put a Dropbox ...

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created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Tougher laws to smash green smoke screens

Law reform and tougher legal sanctions to stop greenwashing are critical, according to a leading intellectual property expert from The Australian National University.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy

Google and Facebook might have finally gotten the average consumer riled up about privacy.

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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