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Panasonic flips switch on Skype for TVs
Furthering the videophone trend, starting Tuesday some Panasonic HDTV owners can make free video calls with purchase of an extra camera.
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Search-engine spam targeting popular news items
Cybercriminals are leveraging Haiti and Chile earthquakes and other recent news events to poison Internet searches, according to McAfee.
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Tearing down the Microsoft Kin
Tech site Chipworks has cracked open Redmond's new phone and had a look at what makes the youth-oriented device tick.
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A look inside the Microsoft Kin (photos)
The folks at Chipworks took a look at what's inside Microsoft's youth-oriented phone. Here's a look-see.
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Lookout grabs $11 million in funding, adds execs
The smartphone security start-up picks up another round of funding, this time from Accel Partners, along with new members for its leadership.
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IBM supercomputer mixes Intel, Nvidia chips
Big Blue announces a hybrid high-performance computer that combines Intel and Nvidia processors--a first for IBM.
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The telepresence robots are coming
A $15,000 robot from Anybots called QB is designed to help companies with remote offices save on communications costs.
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Results of cell phone cancer study inconclusive
The study by the World Health Organization studied 13,000 people over 10 years on a possible link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer.
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Morning Edition: Lost in translation
Google will acquire Global IP Solutions for video and voice, Amazon preps Kindle for Android, and how to tell if a tweet is sarcastic.
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Apps emerge to reset Facebook privacy settings
It's unclear so far what Facebook thinks of the third-party apps that can reset a user's privacy settings to "friends only."
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Russian module joins space station via 'hole in one'
Shuttle Atlantis astronauts attach a nine-ton Rassvet compartment to the International Space Station, which is now 98 percent complete by habitable volume.
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As expected, The Pirate Bay returns
Whoever's operating the BitTorrent search engine now pokes fun at attempts by the entertainment industry to take down the site--and keep it down.
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Read/write APIs redefine content
NPR has tweaked its application programming interface to allow content to flow in as well as out. The future of cloud-based content is in such read-write APIs.
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Virgin's Branson does battle with carbon
The fight against rising levels of CO2 demands a "carbon war room," Branson tells an SAP Sapphire audience. It also demands action by the carbon-spewing IT sector.
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Exploding star detailed--in 3D
New computer models from Germany's Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics offer further insights into how supernovae obtain their shape.
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Pythagoras Solar unveils power-generating skylight
Israel-based start-up designs glass facades and skylights that act as insulators and generate electricity with integrated solar cells.
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Android phones I have known (photos)
Four Android phones show the evolution of models using Google's mobile operating system from early days to the present.
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Why I became an Android fanboy
After a few months, Google's mobile-phone operating system won me over with a powerful new generation of phones.
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Apple refreshes MacBook with longer battery life
Company adds a faster processor and three extra hours of battery life to its consumer-level notebook.
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Google to buy VoIP, videoconferencing company
Heads up, Skype: By acquiring Global IP Solutions for about $68 million, Google expects to improve its audio and video communication abilities.
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