Privacy group seeks Buzz changes through FTC
The Electronic Privacy Information Center says the FTC should compel Google to decouple Google Buzz from Gmail address book, among other things.
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Walking your Wii
Skype is coming to Verizon phones next month, Sony's Dash Web viewer becomes a lot more useful, and a new Wii game requires pretty much no skill whatsoever.
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HBO launches its Netflix killer
HBO Go is Time Warner's attempt to prevent more customers from dumping HBO or Cinemax and hopping over to Netflix or Redbox.
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Facebook post from Calif. cop draws gun rights fire
East Palo Alto police detective allegedly threatened to shoot law-abiding gun owners who dared to excercise their Second Amendment right to carry unloaded handguns.
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The Olympic skier known as 'spam king'
Vancouver silver medalist Dale Begg-Smith reportedly made a small fortune, and plenty of enemies, through pop-up ads and adware designed to be nearly impossible to remove.
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Top U.S. bobsledder is a gold medal nerd
In an interview with CNET, world champion sled pilot and medal contender Steven Holcomb talks about how he got addicted to tech.
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Google donates $2 million to Wikimedia
Search colossus is helping to fund the group that operates Wikipedia, founder Jimmy Wales says. Also: 958 million Wiki edits and counting.
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Microsoft issues new Outlook social-network link
Software giant is moving ahead with its effort to link its established e-mail software with the newer world of Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn.
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HP Slate to run Windows 7, but on which chip?
The HP slate will use Windows 7, but which chip will power the iPad rival is probably the most intriguing question right now.
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Ashton Kutcher in U.S. tech delegation to Russia
The actor and tech venturist is accompanying tech luminaries in an State Department Innovation Delegation which will attempt to use technology to promote diplomacy.
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NASA, Air Force, national lab partner to improve mpg
The American trucking industry could save as much as $10 billion, or 3.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel, with new aerodynamic designs being tested at NASA.
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Oxyfit: Get high on oxygen while you work out
Touted as the world's first compact personal oxygen supply, the Oxyfit backpack setup will stimulate your brain with increased oxygen while you work out--for $2,681 plus shipping.
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Microsoft probes possible privacy snafu
Software giant is looking into reports that some Windows Live customers may have gotten access to other users' information.
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What Google needs to learn from Buzz backlash
Google's decision to use mostly internal testing before launching Google Buzz backfired: sure, the product didn't leak, but objections to its privacy policies were muted until it launched.
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Study: Women love games but fear social stigmas
Q Interactive finds that women enjoy playing social games but mostly refuse to play them in the workplace and are concerned with stigmas related to gaming.
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Chatroulette shines Webcam where kids shouldn't look
A Russian-based video chat service is getting increasingly popular, but it should be off limits to kids. Some users are focusing their Webcams on their private parts.
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Houston aims to be electric car capital
Houston, nicknamed the Petro Metro for the profusion of oil and gas companies that dot its skyline, is an unlikely host for an electric-car revolution.
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Apple bans hackers from App Store
Apple recently banned known hackers who contributed to jailbreaking/unlocking the iPhone from accessing its App Store.
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A new peek at what makes Jobs tick
A Steve Jobs-sanctioned biography is said to be in the works. Will it be more flattering than past attempts to characterize the visionary behind Apple?
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