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Facebook adopts dual-class stock structure
MarketWatch - 6 Hours ago
Closely held Facebook Inc. is adopting a dual-class stock structure, a move that could lend insiders including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg greater control of the social-networking service following
Facebook creates dual-class stock Globe Investor
Facebook creates dual - class structure, says no plans to go public at this time Canadian Business Magazine
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Google apologizes for offensive First Lady image
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 Hours ago
Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the First Lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site. Google placed a text ad above
Google apologizes for offensive Michelle Obama image Houston Chronicle
Michelle Obama Picture in Google Image Results Creates Controversy Mashable
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Yahoo Keeps Debuting Search Updates, Despite Looming Bing Takeover
Wired News - 4 Hours ago
Yahoo added yet another layer of â??helpfulnessâ? to its search boxes Tuesday, introducing a feature it calls â??Search Assist,â? which suggests links to useful Yahoo pages and shows stock prices as
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BMW debuts the new 5-series online
CNET - 4 Hours ago
BMW's new 5-series incorporates many tech updates. (Credit: BMW) BMW released full details and photos of the new, 2011 5-series, representing a pretty significant update to the company's mid-size sport-luxury
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Free Netbooks From Google?
LockerGnome - 4 Hours ago
The idea has already be done way back when with PeoplePC . And while that was terribly unsuccessful, there are two very different things in play at this point. One, those PCs were never really free. They
Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google? Slashdot
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Facebook changes stock structure but 'no plans to go public'
France24 - 7 Hours ago
A Facebook Lego sign sits on a desk at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto in March 2009. Hot social networking site Facebook said Tuesday it has introduced a dual-class stock structure but has no
Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way? CNET News.com
Facebook changes stock structure Philippine Daily Inquirer
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IBM staffer posts pics on Facebook, loses benefits
CNET News.com - 6 Hours ago
posts pics on , loses benefits - CNET UserVars new PageVars new #overviewHead h, #overviewHead PageVars.set('title', ' staffer posts pics on , loses benefits - CNET PageVars.set('description', 'A Canadian
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Discover® Card Launches App for the iPhone
Reuters - 13 Hours ago
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(Business Wire)-- Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) today announced the launch of a Discover App for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. The app will allow cardmembers to manage
Discover(R) Card Launches App for the iPhone Street Insider
eBay launches holiday deals app for iPhone CNET News.com
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Preview: We take a shine to Google's Chrome OS
ZDNet UK - 18 Hours ago
For an event that many thought would disrupt Microsoft's Windows 7 launch, Google's was remarkably low-key. A single hour-long webcast and the unceremonious unveiling of developer websites caught the
Google Chrome OS Preview Warp 2 Search
Public preview for Google Chrome OS Sydney Morning Herald
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Police arrest exec for not using Twitter
CNET News.com - 11/24/2009
Well, according to Newsday, Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber was due to conduct an album signing at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City, N.Y. It seems that thousands of teenage girls turned up
Label Exec Arrested For Not Using Twitter To Disperse Crowd At Mall To See Singer Techdirt
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Google Analytics Runs Into German Storm
Eweek Europe - 6 Hours ago
German Storm - - Europe.co.uk You are : 0 Runs Into German Storm November 24, 2009 By Tom Jowitt Google's statistics service, Analytics, is facing trouble in Germany w government officials think it stores
Google Analytics May Be Illegal In Germany Slashdot
Using Google Analytics Is Illegal, German Government Officials Claim Washington Post
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Amazon, Wal-Mart fight for the future of retailing
Inside Retailing Online - 7 Hours ago
US retailers Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are going head to head in an online price war, to the benefit of their millions of customers, reports the New York Times.  Wal-Mart, traditionally a bricks and mortar
NYT:Â Amazon, Wal-Mart in price war MSNBC
Wal-Mart Makes Black Friday Changes KOCO 5
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Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm
NetworkWorld - 14 Hours ago
Facebook has reportedly blocked an exploit propagating on , which spreads when users click to see a revealing photo of a woman. Security firm AVG warned of the Facebook exploit that uses a suggestive
Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm (PC World) Yahoo! News
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How Microsoft could kill Google's Chrome OS
InfoWorld - 17 Hours ago
Here's a scenario for how Redmond could combat Google's Net appliance OS before it gets out of the gate Thin is in again. At least that's the message I'm taking away from the full-frontal media orgy surrounding
Google's Chrome OS to challenge Microsoft, Apple Sulekha
Google rides Chrome OS onto Microsoft turf Network World Middle East
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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge
Builder AU - 11/24/2009
Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Many Google observers were puzzled when the company announced
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Can News Corp. afford calling Google's bluff?
CNET News.com - 11/23/2009
It was inevitable that someone would seriously consider taking Google's dare. For years, Google has all but dared traditional media companies trying to develop online businesses . The folks at the Googleplex
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Internet Intercedes to Make Solar Cheaper
Wired News - 11/23/2009
While researchers have struggled for half a century to push down the cost of solar photovoltaic modules, an innovative web service is creating communities of customers who pay less for solar panels through
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Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Silicon.com - 11/23/2009
Google Chrome, that's just a web browser isn't it? Not anymore. Google have used their Chrome browser as the basis for a new operating system that shares the same name. Don't tell me I have to shell out
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New attack targets weakness in Internet Explorer
Washington Post - 11/23/2009
Microsoft has not yet issued an advisory about this threat. According to initial reports from Symantec and vulnerability management firm VUPEN, the exploit works against IE 6 and IE 7 versions only. The
New exploit targets Internet Explorer zero-day flaw IT Pro UK
Internet Explorer attack code published Techworld.com
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What designers think of AOL's new logo
Guardian.co.uk - 11/23/2009
Here Florian Schmitt, creative director of hi-res!, comments on the new logo Yesterday AOL provided us with as the official spinout from Time Warner at December 10 comes near. Is shows a plain new text
Aol. A Shrunken New Logo for a Shrunken Company [UPDATED] Fast Company
Aol. A Shrunken New Logo for a Shrunken Company Fast Company
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Photos: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS
Silicon.com - 11/23/2009
Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS - - Breaking Business and Technology at Anonymous user Username Password Site Navigation: You are here: Phot: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS Netbook OS
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'Jurassic Park' kid cast as Facebook co-founder
CNET News.com - 11/23/2009
And the Winklevoss twins will probably be scary, too. A 'Jurassic Park' promo shot of actor Joseph Mazzello, recently cast as Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. NB: He's almost two decades older now.
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Roboni-i Blends Robotics, Competition, Online Gaming
Wired News - 11/23/2009
Itâ??s hard to classify the new Roboni-i from high-tech toy maker, Robonica. And, thatâ??s the whole point . Billed as the worldâ??s first fully programmable, interactive gaming robot, the Roboni-i
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Farewell, triangles: AOL preps its post-Time Warner look
CNET News.com - 11/23/2009
Some looks at the new AOL branding. (Credit: AOL) It's the media equivalent of moving out of your parents' house, heading to the nearest tattoo and piercing parlor, and yelling FREEEEEEDOM!: AOL has unveiled
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Twitter finds its voice
The Register - 13 Hours ago
A new service offers to post voice files to Twitter, enabling those who can't even type 140 characters to contribute to their valuable insight to the blogosphere. The service comes from Kirusa and, unlike
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