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July 29, 2012
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Google Fiber: Pros and Cons Kansas City, Kansas residents got a sweet deal for cheap, fast Internet access from Google; but they're paying a price in other ways.
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Anatomy of an Internet Death Spiral Analysis: Be forewarned, Facebook: When tech companies screw customers, tech companies die. See Zynga and Digg for proof.
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The New Kindle Fire: What We Know Amazon is as tight-lipped about a refresh of Fire as Apple is about its products, but a growing consensus among forecasters suggests the company is ready to compete directly with the iPad.
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Tools Released at Defcon Can Crack Widely Used PPTP Encryption Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can beat the encryption of certain PPTP sessions in less than a day's work.
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New Mac Trojan Targets Specific Individuals Security firm Intego says the Trojan is actually espionage malware that spies on victims using instant messaging clients, browsers, and Skype.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apple vs. Samsung Patent Trial The big Apple-Samsung patent trial begins in the U.S. on Monday. What are the arguments, what's at stake, who's likely to win, and where will this leave the mobile industry?
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Tech Turns London Olympics Audience into a Gigantic TV Screen Each audience member waved a ten-inch paddle outfitted with nine full-color LCD squares to work together to broadcast images.
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Microsoft Crowned Top U.S. Spammer -- Again The research may be skewed by the MSN factor, but outbound spam still indicates a security problem, with systems compromised by botnets and or users who were hooked by phishing.
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Black Hat Hackers Highlights: Awards, Attacks, and Apple Hotel locks, iris scans, GooglePlay and other "secure" technologies are cracked in demonstrations at the security conference.
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Predictive Analytics Might Not have Predicted the Aurora Shooter Could aggressive data mining by law enforcement prevent heinous crimes, such as the recent mass murder in Aurora, Colorado, by catching killers before they can act?
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Samsung Offers Galaxy S3 Olympic Edition Supporters of the British Team can get a special edition of the newest Samsung smartphone emblazoned with UK colors and theme.
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Social Networks Join in Olympic Games The Olympics events are especially inviting to social networks, from offering a venue for quick and timely bulletins to the opportunity for online interaction with participants.
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Does Apple Rely Too Much on the iPhone? A rare slip in financial returns reveals Apple makes an 58 percent profit from sales of the iPhone, hitting results dramatically when sales slide a bit.
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Apple Patents Hint of iPhone Equipped with NFC Near Field Communication technology could enable a future iPhone to act as a Universal Remote Control for cameras, game consoles, thermostats, and more.
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Can Open Source Save HP? A bold new cloud offering built on open source -- with a subtle restructuring -- may plant the seeds for the future rescue of HP.
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