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Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings — When the IE team heard that Google had bypassed user privacy settings on Safari, we asked ourselves a simple question: is Google circumventing the privacy preferences of Internet Explorer users too? We've discovered the answer is yes …
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InfoWorld, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, New Web Order, Computerworld, AllThingsD, Inquirer, WebProNews, ClickZ, parislemon, Los Angeles Times, Softpedia News, The Verge, Electronista, SlashGear, AdExchanger.com, Examiner, memeburn, PC Magazine, WinBeta, Marketing Land, gHacks Technology News, Digits, The Register, Engadget, Techie Buzz, News on ZDNet Australia, CNET, Neowin.net, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, All about Microsoft Blog and Slashdot. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Google responds to Microsoft over privacy issues, calls IE's cookie policy ‘widely non-operational’ — Earlier today, Microsoft accused Google of manipulating Internet Explorer's default privacy restrictions in order to “bypass user preferences about cookies.”
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The Next Web and 9to5Google
| Emil Protalinski / Friending Facebook Blog: |
Not just Google: Facebook also bypasses privacy settings in IE — Summary: Google isn't the only one bypassing Microsoft Internet Explorer's privacy settings: Facebook does it too, as do thousands of other companies. So, who is to blame? — Following the news that Google …
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Guardian, Between the Lines Blog, Computerworld and AdExchanger.com
| Matt Hickey / The Daily: |
Microsoft Office for iPad expected in coming weeks — Back in November, The Daily initially uncovered the existence of an iPad version of the Microsoft Office Suite. Sources now say that the app will soon be submitted to Apple for approval. — A brief hands-on with a working prototype …
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The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, SlashGear, The Next Web, Geeky-Gadgets, Neowin.net, MacStories, T3 News, PhoneArena and Electronista
| Steve Lo / M.I.C. Gadget: |
The iPad 3 Rumor Roundup — iPad 3 has more tapered edges than the iPad 2, but a little bit thicker — What is the latest and greatest with the iPad 3? We have all the rumors, and all the purported specs covered. We also have an exclusive in depth look at the back shell of the iPad 3 … | Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
Official screenshot confirms that web-based video chat is coming to Windows Live Wave 5 — Back in August last year, we spotted an interesting set of resource icons from Windows Live Wave 5, suggesting that a web-based video chat service might be coming to Windows Live web properties soon.
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The Verge and Softpedia News
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GigaOM, Computerworld, ITProPortal, CNET, Windows 8 News, Rumors & Tips, News on ZDNet Australia, AnandTech, MSDN Blogs, LiveSide.net, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, WinBeta, The Next Web, Redmond Pie, Bink.nu, TechCrunch, WMPoweruser, Pulse2 Technology …, gHacks Technology News, Techie Buzz, The Windows Blog, Windows 8 Beta, Softpedia News and Electronista. Thanks:@omarshahine
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
RIM finally rolls out BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 with integrated email and Android support — RIM has announced that the second version of the OS for its much-maligned BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is rolling out today - chances are that it's too late to do much good for the device's long-term chances on the market though.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Nook Tablet 8GB official at $199, Nook Color price down to $169 — Our sources were right on the money: Barnes & Noble has just announced an 8GB version of its Nook Tablet, pricing it in direct competition with the Kindle Fire at $199. The Nook Color has also been reduced in price, down to $169.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
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| Ben Grubb / Sydney Morning Herald: |
Aussies' fix for ‘stagnated’ email — Email has “stagnated” and three Australians who quit Google say they have built a product that will change the way we interact with email and allow us to get through our bulging inboxes “20 per cent faster”. — Cameron Adams, 32, and Dhanji Prasanna …
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Business Insider and TechEye
| Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Official Warns About ‘Anonymous’ Power Play — U.S. Official Signals Growing Concern Over Anonymous Group's Capabilities — The director of the National Security Agency has warned that the hacking group Anonymous could have the ability within the next year or two to bring about a limited power outage through a cyberattack.| Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends: |
Amazon said to be launching 10-inch Kindle Fire in coming months — It's been reported that Amazon has placed an order with Foxconn to build a 10-inch version of its Kindle Fire tablet, which will go on sale before the summer. — Reports have emerged suggesting Amazon is about to begin manufacturing …
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AllThingsD, ITworld.com, AndroidGuys, Gotta Be Mobile, Geeky-Gadgets, PadGadget, BGR, iClarified, App Advice and MacDailyNews
| Josh Davis / LLSocial: |
New code lets websites opt-out of Pinterest. — In my discussion this week with Ben Silbermann, the CEO of Pinterest, he laid out a number of future plans for the site, and three of them have been implemented in the past few days. Pinterest has . . . Clarified their business model …
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AllThingsD, Oh, How Pinteresting!, the Econsultancy blog, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable!, Marketing Land, Digital Trends and Daily Dot. Thanks:@llsocial
| Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge: |
Apple Plans 20MW of Solar Power for iDataCenter — The exterior of the Apple data center facility in Maiden, North Carolina (Source: Apple) — Apple has revealed new details about the operations of its huge data center in Maiden, North Carolina, including plans to build a 20-megawatt solar power facility to support its operations.
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9to5Mac, TUAW, CNET, GigaOM, VentureBeat, Engadget, ZDNet, iClarified, BGR, MacNN, Softpedia News, TechCrunch, Digital Trends and MacRumors
| Trevor Gilbert / PandoDaily: |
The Older You Are, The Harder It Is To Win At Social — A big problem investors and pundits have with companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple is that they are seemingly incapable of creating a successful social network, despite being successful in many other areas of the software world.
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Chrome kingpin Pichai promises Android upgrades — In a Q&A, Chrome leader Sundar Pichai promises the Android version will improve “by leaps and bounds” and says the browser will make Google money directly. — Sundar Pichai, leader of the Chrome effort, when Google unveiled the first beta of its browser on September 2, 2008.
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Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena and Android Phone Fans
| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
China Telecom to start selling iPhone 4S on March 9 — China Telecom on Monday said it would begin selling the iPhone 4S on March 9. The company will start taking online reservations on March 2. — iPhone 4S will be available starting at RMB for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models …
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BGR, Fortune, The Next Web, Engadget, The Register, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, MacStories, The Verge, Reuters, Phones Review, PhoneArena, Wall Street Journal, Tech in Asia, SlashGear, MacNN, iClarified, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, parislemon and MacRumors. Thanks:@jdalrymple
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
First IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service Internet attacks seen — Summary: You know IPv6 must finally be making it: The first IPv6 Distributed Denial of Service Internet attacks have been spotted in the wild. — The clock is running out on IPv4 on the Internet, but even so the next generation … | John Rath / Data Center Knowledge: |
Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm in Iowa — An example of an array of 4.5 meter satellite dishes. Google is seeking permission to deploy an array of 4.5 meter satellite dishes near its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Source: SETI Institute) — Google subsidiary Google Fiber … | Jon Mitchell / ReadWriteWeb: |
[Interview] Don't Break Search: Q&A with Google Lead Designer Jon Wiley — The design of the search page on Google.com is one of the most iconic in the Web's history, but it's in the midst of major changes. Google has redefined itself with Google+. Its notion of Web search as an index … | Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Google TV root achieved on Sony devices, enables Hulu streaming and more — Early adopters of the first Sony devices to run Google TV may have been feeling pangs of buyer's remorse when the Japanese company announced its revamped lineup at CES this year, but there's no reason to be glum …
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Gizmodo, GTV Hacker, TechCrunch, GTVsource.com and Android Phone Fans
| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Android is most-used smartphone OS in UK, overtaking Apple, data shows — With its iPhone, Apple may be the most-used brand, but Android now has more than a third of installed base of consumers — Android has taken over from Apple and now has the largest share of the installed base …
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How ImgPage Uploads 25 MB Photos to Cloud Files Using the Mailgun API — The team over at Mailgun just posted a Python tutorial written by Mailgun customer Paul Finn about how to use Python and the Mailgun API to upload large images to Cloud Files.
How ImgPage Uploads 25 MB Photos to Cloud Files Using the Mailgun API — The team over at Mailgun just posted a Python tutorial written by Mailgun customer Paul Finn about how to use Python and the Mailgun API to upload large images to Cloud Files.
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Week in Review: SQL IN Hadoop and Hive, Beyond Batch with YARN, NFS access to HDFS and HBase MTTR — Or as it's more commonly being called: Week-ish in Review. Let's recap on the latest - there's some juicy technology goodness here.
Week in Review: SQL IN Hadoop and Hive, Beyond Batch with YARN, NFS access to HDFS and HBase MTTR — Or as it's more commonly being called: Week-ish in Review. Let's recap on the latest - there's some juicy technology goodness here.
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“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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