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Chrome Adds Welcome Relief To Noisy Tabs And Windows 8 Metro Interface

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The newest stable version of Chrome (version 32) now has a way of seeing tabs that are playing audio, whether it’s music or the sound track of a video. It’s a big help for those of us who hate...
    






What Windows 9 Must Do To Avoid Flopping Like Windows 8

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Windows 8 is a flop. It is a painful thing to say about one of the most ambitious operating systems ever released, but the stats don’t lie. It has taken half the OS market share Windows 7 did in its...
    






Why It’s Still Not Game Over For Nintendo

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News remain grim for Nintendo's Wii U video game console, and this has led to renewed speculation over the Japanese company’s future as a hardware manufacturer. The bad news is in the numbers....
    






NSA Reform: What President Obama Said, And What He Didn’t

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President Obama gave a speech this morning outlining changes to be implemented in the NSA phone record surveillance program. The reforms are a result of an in-depth investigation into NSA...
    






NSA Reforms: A Step In The Right Direction Or PR Stunt?

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The complexity of privacy discussions in a hyper-connected world of free services was made clear this morning. In a speech that was high on rhetoric but short on details (which will be made clear in...
    






Supreme Court To Decide Whether Police Can Snoop Through Your Phone Without A Warrant

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Last year, Geico released a YouTube commercial that would drive the civil liberties crowd crazy. When the Geico pig gets pulled over by a cop, he hands the officer his unlocked phone to show him his...
    






FDA OKs mental disability blood test for infants

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FDA approves novel genetic test that screens infants for predictors of mental handicaps WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared a first-of-a-kind blood test...
    






High court takes cases on cellphone searches

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Supreme Court will weigh police power to search arrestees' cellphones without a warrant WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether police need a warrant to...
    






Should Digital Health Startups Prioritize Eyeballs or Revenue?

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The good news, I guess, is that the well-worn “eyeballs versus revenue” debate – a dialog that has beset the tech world for years – has at long last reached digital health, suggesting that now there...
    






The Target Data Breach Is Becoming A Nightmare

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Over the past month, details about the breadth of the Target data breach have continued to emerge.  It’s not a pretty story.  Bad enough when it appeared that through some means, hackers had gotten...