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Google founders offer ‘100 percent’ funding to save Hangar One, but no word back from NASA — Hangar One, once home to the Navy's giant airships at Moffett Field, finally has a few willing benefactors: Google's top three executives have offered to salvage the historic landmark. — No word yet on NASA's response.
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AllThingsD, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, @dannysullivan, TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Google, Business Insider and mv-voice.com
Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
No Copyright Intended — On October 26, a YouTube user named crimewriter95 posted a full-length version of Pulp Fiction, rearranged in chronological order. — A couple things struck me about this video. — First, I'm surprised that a full-length, 2.5-hour very slight remix of a popular film …
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Daring Fireball, @qthrul, YouTube Blog, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Boing Boing, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists — Two high level Congressional staffers who have been instrumental in creating or moving forward both PROTECT IP (PIPA) and SOPA have left their jobs on Capitol Hill …
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The Politico, Slashdot and Boing Boing
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Louis C.K. Doesn't Get Torrents, But Gets Distribution — Stand-up comedian Louis C.K is selling a direct download of his show at the Beacon Theater for 5 dollars. No DRM, no forced email spam, no expensive middle-man - just value for value. That's how easy and convenient video distribution …
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TechCrunch, SuperSite for Windows, Examiner, Pulse2, @grg, On The Air, @donttrythis and Gizmodo
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
Falcone's LightSquared Said to Disrupt 75% of GPS in Tests — Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — Philip Falcone's proposed LightSquared Inc. wireless service caused interference to 75 percent of global-positioning system receivers examined in a U.S. government test, according to a draft summary of results.
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VentureBeat, CNET News, Wall Street Journal, Slashdot, Electronista and Light Reading
Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
Browser Study Sheds Light On Firefox's Insecurity (And Google Approves This Message) — Illustration by Galit Weisberg. Click on the image to see his original. — Updated with a response from Mozilla. — When Google funds a study on browser security and allows it to be published …
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PC Magazine, eWeek, Hardware 2.0 Blog, Pulse2, Slashdot, Techie Buzz, The Register, Neowin.net, Computerworld, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo and Ars Technica, Thanks:forbestech
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Apple Made A Deal With The Devil (No, Worse: A Patent Troll) — Over the last two years, Apple has been engaged in vicious legal battles over smartphone patents, many of which are aimed at squelching (or squeezing money out of) manufacturers of devices running Android.
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CNET News, Slashdot, VentureBeat, Pulse2, Techie Buzz and Electronista
Shan Li / Los Angeles Times:
Furor surrounds Amazon's price-comparison app — Retailers and a senator denounce a one-day promotional offer that will give discounts to Amazon customers who use the Price Check app while browsing at physical stores. — Amazon's Price Check app has users identify a product by scanning its bar code …
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TechNewsWorld, TechCrunch, @qthrul, @joshconstine, @dannysullivan, Times of India, PC World and The Huffington Post
John Callaham / Neowin.net:
1.7 million Xbox 360s sold in the US in November — Xbox 360 hardware units went through the roof in November 2011, according to new figures from the NPD Group. As posted on Microsoft's official blog, the company sold a whopping 1.7 million units of the game console in the US last month …
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Business Insider, GeekWire, TechNet Blogs, Redmond Pie, WinRumors and WinBeta
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Slipstream: Bill Would Let Video Consumers Disclose All Their Choices — IF Netflix has its way, Facebook members in the United States may soon be able to see which of their friends and family members have just video-streamed “Paranormal Activity” or “Boys Don't Cry.”
Gareth Beavis / TechRadar.com:
Microsoft: NFC already supported in Windows Phone — Exclusive: ‘Exciting things coming through soon’ — Microsoft has told TechRadar that its current Windows Phone 7.5 platform already supports Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, but no manufacturer has enabled it as yet.
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Electronista, Neowin.net, PhoneArena, Pulse2, VentureBeat, WinRumors, Softpedia News, My Nokia Blog and WMPoweruser
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Senator Wants Answers from DHS Over Domain Name Seizures — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) said Friday he would demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security about its domain seizure program known as Operation in Our Sites after it was revealed that the government kept …
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Pulse2, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, Techdirt and Engadget
