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Google Settles Buzz Lawsuit for $8.5 Million
Softpedia
We may never know how much Google Buzz's failed launch ended costing the company, in terms of potential revenue, but we known exactly what it took to settle a lawsuit filed against it on the matter, $8.5 million. The company has now ended a lawsuit ...
Google to Simplify Privacy PolicyPC Magazine
Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuitComputerworld
Google will pay out $8.5M over Buzz privacy snafuVentureBeat
AFP -CNET -I4U
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Google Search Probed by Texas AG for Antitrust
eWeek
Google said Sept. 3 that the Texas Attorney General is conducting an antitrust investigation of complaints that Google harms competition with its search engine. Foundem and Microsoft have popped into the picture again. Google said Sept. ...
Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankingsThe Associated Press
Texas watchdog reviews Google's practicesFinancial Times
Texas opens antitrust investigation of GoogleCNET
Times LIVE -Computerworld -RTT News
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Apple's jump into social networking not a slam-dunk
Reuters
DENVER (Billboard) - For all the innovations Apple has brought to the market through the years, it's also a pretty good follower. The iPod is a perfect reflection of this. It wasn't the first MP3 player to hit retail shelves. ...
Apple's Ping tops 1M users in two days, but it's no Google BuzzVentureBeat
Ping draws over 1 million users in first 48 hoursApple Insider
Apple vs. Facebook: What's Behind the Ping Controversy?PC World
Christian Science Monitor -Tom's Guide -USA Today
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Android gaining on Apple iOS in mobile web market share
Apple Insider
Android's share of US mobile web traffic climbed to 25% in August in its best one month gain since Nov. 2009. Web statistics company Quantcast published the data, which tracked US mobile web consumption in the month of August, on Friday. ...
Don't look for Adobe Flash on Apple's iPads, iPhones soonWashington Post
Hands-On With iOS 4.1 GMPC World
Jobs slashes Apple TV price, unveils 'Ping' social networkComputerworld
CNET -Fortune -The Mac Observer
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Cosmic Log: Is the grand design within our grasp?
msnbc.com
This is a two-dimensional artistic visualization of a six-dimensional Calabi-Yau shape ? an intricately folded knot of space. Such visualizations play a role in conceptualizing M-theory, which physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow say is "the ...
Why God Did Not Create the UniverseWall Street Journal
Review of 'The Grand Design,' by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.Washington Post
A mystery wrapped in an enigmaThe Guardian
Financial Times -TIME -Telegraph.co.uk
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Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab - PC World

Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab
PC World
Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer running Android 2.2 that will begin shipping in October in Europe. A launch date for the US was not revealed. The tablet can be used to surf the Web, watch movies, read e-books, ...
Samsung Galaxy TabDailyTech
Samsung Galaxy Tab: What the analysts sayThe Guardian
Galaxy Tablet May Herald Boon For VodafoneForbes
Reuters -Techtree.com -PC Magazine
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I played Duke Nukem Forever today ... what the f*ck!?
Destructoid
When I was on my plane to Seattle, getting ready to play some games, meet some gamers, and prepare for tomorrow's Destructoid LIVE panel, I never thought I'd be leaving the first day of PAX with the ability to say that I have played Duke Nukem Forever. ...
The Week in Review - Game, Set, NukemEscapist Magazine
It's Official: Borderlands Developer Takes Over Duke Nukem Forever, Announces ...Maximum PC
Duke Nukem Forever rises again from the grave to kick ass, chew bubble gumVentureBeat
GameSpot -GamePro.com -CNET
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Twitter use explodes thanks to apps
Telegraph.co.uk
Evan Williams, one of Twitter's co-founders, said that recent moves to make Twitter apps more easily discoverable on mobile devices had helped to fuel this growth. Twitter caused consternation among some third-party developers when it acquired one ...
Big jump in number of people on TwitterSan Francisco Chronicle
Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which StinksPC World
Twitter Counts 145M Users, 62% Hike in MobileeWeek
PC Magazine -Washington Post -CNET
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The Struggle for What We Already Have
New York Times
For something that seems so simple and straightforward, ?net neutrality? has sure created one big mess. Trying to force net neutrality on Comcast, the FCC under Julius Genachowski seems to have lost its authority over broadband. ...
FCC Delays Net Neutrality DecisioneWeek
FCC delays critical net neutrality decisionTG Daily
FCC Expected to Delay Net Neutrality Ruling Until After ElectionsDailyTech
TMCnet -Digitaltrends.com -BBC News
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Tim Allen to be voice of crucial GM ads
Detroit Free Press
When the first commercials for the Chevrolet Cruze run Tuesday, General Motors will also debut Tim Allen as the new voice of Chevrolet. GM intends to use the Cruze, which goes on sale in mid-September, to convince customers who ...
Metro native Tim Allen to be voice of ChevroletThe Detroit News
GM to unveil Cruze compact sedansThe Associated Press
GM hatches Chevrolet Cruze hatchback for EuropeUSA Today
Wheels Unplugged -CNET (blog) -Car and Driver
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