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UN agency says it changed rules about sending tech to Iran, North Korea
Previous violations referred to sanctions committee, following dubious advice.
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Bold plan: opening 1,000 MHz of federal spectrum to WiFi-style sharing
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Fez developer refuses to pay reported $40,000 to fix game-breaking bug.
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Google acquires Sparrow, integrates it into the Gmail team
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Tokyo, Seoul, and Paris get faster, cheaper broadband than US cities
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Spacecraft's behavior no longer an "unsolved problem in physics"
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YouTube restores Obama videos, refuses to explain takedown policies
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Senate introduces revised version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2012
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Microsoft profits take a beating in spite of record fourth quarter
The aQuantive write-down turns a good quarter into a bad one.
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Hacking duo charged with DDoSing Amazon, then bragging about it
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Facial recognition tech is rocketing ahead of laws that can control it
Al Franken wants to legislate facial recognition before it gets out of hand.
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