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NASA launches free iPad app

3 September, 2010 - 16:35
The space agency is offering a free iPad app that lets people view a variety of content in high definition.
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More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps

3 September, 2010 - 16:28
Number of people accessing the microblogging tool through mobile apps jumps 62 percent since the middle of April.
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Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling

3 September, 2010 - 15:29
The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.
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Paris' Twitpic troubles

3 September, 2010 - 15:21
Facebook gets a new remote log-out security feature; India demands that RIM, Google, and Skype add local servers so it can monitor communications; and a recent Twitpic may spoil Paris Hilton's alibi.
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Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV

3 September, 2010 - 15:00
Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality
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Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anticoal campaign

3 September, 2010 - 14:17
Social network gets flak from Greenpeace over its planned giant data center in Oregon, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading.
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Apple's Ping dinged by spam

3 September, 2010 - 14:01
The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack of spam- or URL- filtering, according to Sophos.
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Harsh words from GoldenEye 64 designer

3 September, 2010 - 13:41
The designer of the original GoldenEye game is concerned that Activision won't do the franchise justice in its upcoming remake. And he wants the world to know it.
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U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'

3 September, 2010 - 13:28
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
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Toshiba's Android embrace at IFA (photos)

3 September, 2010 - 11:00
Toshiba has gone all in for Android. At the IFA electronics show in Berlin, it displayed its Folio tablet and its AC 100 Netbook. Here's how they looked.
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Ask Maggie: On buggy Android upgrades

3 September, 2010 - 11:00
Also in this week's Ask Maggie advice column find out why Verizon Wireless is able to charge more for its service and why T-Mobile gives customers who don't sign a contract a break on their monthly fees.
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Toshiba debuts Android-powered Folio 100 tablet

3 September, 2010 - 11:00
The tablet will cost 399 to 499 euros in Europe when it goes on sale later this year. Here's a hands-on look at it and Toshiba's AC100 Android Netbook.
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How 'Catfish' filmmakers took Facebook plunge (Q&A)

3 September, 2010 - 11:00
In an interview, CNET's Ina Fried speaks with the three filmmakers behind "Catfish"--that other Facebook movie. This one is both a documentary and a thriller.
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TI reveals new, teensy projector chip

3 September, 2010 - 10:21
The new nHD model of the Pico DLP line has better optical performance and lower power consumption, Texas Instruments says.
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SD revamp to triple flash card speeds in 2012

3 September, 2010 - 09:32
The SD Association should rev its flash card specification in 2011 with faster cards arriving the year after. Also at IFA, Toshiba announces faster cards using today's SD technology.
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Paris Hilton busted by Twitter pic?

3 September, 2010 - 00:47
Despite claiming a rather nifty Chanel bag containing cocaine was not hers, it seems the dazzling socialite tweeted a picture of a bag that looks spectacularly similar more than a month ago.
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NASA planning mission to visit the sun

2 September, 2010 - 23:12
Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018.
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IETF: AT&T's Net neutrality claim is 'misleading'

2 September, 2010 - 22:53
A few days after AT&T said its push toward "paid prioritization" of network traffic is backed by technical standards, the Internet's primary standards body disagrees.
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Here come 'Hurt Locker' file-sharing subpoenas

2 September, 2010 - 22:48
Film's producers subpoena Qwest Communications for Denver man's records, apparently overcoming legal challenges in their pursuit of alleged file sharers.
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Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads

2 September, 2010 - 21:54
Consumer Watchdog produced two cartoony ads slamming Google CEO Eric Schmidt as part of an effort to build support for a "do not track" list.
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