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Google, EU Progress Toward Deal - WSJ.com Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—Google Inc., looking to resolve twin antitrust probes of its business practices in the U.S. and Europe, received positive signals Tuesday from the European Union about prospects for a deal next year. The bloc's antitrust chief, Joaquín Almunia, ... See all stories on this topic »

Instagram users in uproar over plans to sell their pics Computerworld Computerworld - Instagram has alerted its users to a change in its Terms of Use policy, and users are in an uproar about it. The popular photo-sharing app, which was recently acquired Facebook, said in its new policy that it has the option to license users' ... See all stories on this topic »

AT&T, Sprint Expand 4G LTE Networks | News & Opinion | PCMag.com PC Magazine Wireless carriers AT&T and Sprint both expanded their respective 4G LTE networks today, just in time for consumers around the nation to unwrap new smartphones this holiday season. AT&T fired up its ultra-fast 4G LTE network in five cities, and expanded ... See all stories on this topic »

Capcom releases Street Fighter x Megaman for free | The Download Blog ... CNET Capcom dropped a Christmas gift to the public today: the free release of Street Fighter X Megaman. It's still in all its 8-bit glory and makes my 6-year-old gamer spirit tingle with nostalgia. SFxMM is a fan-made game cover of Megaman, an old 8-bit platformer ... See all stories on this topic »

AppleInsider's free iPhone app now available for download from the App Store Apple Insider AppleInsider today is pleased to announce its first mobile application for Apple's iOS platform: the AppleInsider app for iPhone and iPod touch, available as a free download exclusively from the App Store. Download the official AppleInsider iPhone App ... See all stories on this topic »

You have a friend request from the Ayatollah Fox News Just when you thought it was strange for your mom to have Facebook; Imagine getting a friend request from Iran's highest hard-line clerical leader. Ironically, the man who forbid an entire country to go on social-networking sites and even ordered violators to ... See all stories on this topic »

Cisco Buys BroadHop for Network Policy Management eWeek The deal is aimed at carrier networks, and fits in with Cisco CEO John Chambers' promise of a more aggressive acquisition strategy. Cisco Systems is bolstering its offerings for carrier networks with the acquisition of BroadHop, which offers policy control and ... See all stories on this topic » eWeek

Scarlett Johansson hacker sentenced to 10 years [Google+ hangout] Los Angeles Times Times crime reporters Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein will join city editor Shelby Grad at 12:30 p.m. in a Google+ hangout to discuss a Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking celebrity email accounts, including those of Mila Kunis, ... See all stories on this topic »

CERN scientists nearly positive on 'God particle' discovery Computerworld Computerworld - Wrapping up the Large Hadron Collider's first three years of work, scientists are nearly positive they've found the elusive Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle." Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's cloud-based music-matching service has arrived... and it's free Ars Technica Price isn't the only difference—Google has higher quality files and no "sin tax." by Cyrus Farivar - Dec 18, 2012 8:40 pm UTC. Media Innovation · 31. This is what Ars editor Cyrus Farivar sent to Google Play this morning. Cyrus Farivar. Google has announced ... See all stories on this topic » Ars Technica

Apple Gets Price Cuts from Wal-Mart and Wall Street Wired If you are an Apple disciple now is a time of internal conflict. Retailers like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Radio Shack and Target just cut the price of a brand new iPhone 5 by $50 or more. So you can get the latest shiny phone for less. Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft and Motorola's closing arguments in patent trial | Microsoft Pri0 | The ... The Seattle Times Should Microsoft pay Motorola $1.2 million or more than $100 million annually for use of certain Motorola patents in producing Windows and Xbox products? Those poles-apart figures are what Microsoft and Motorola, respectively, have presented to a federal ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook Said To Have Sexting App In The Works ReadWriteWeb Guess who just might be the newest addition to the sexting community? Facebook. That's right, the nearly 9 year old company is growing up. Big time. ReadWritesocial. Previous Next. Previous; Show; Next. Facebook Said To Have Sexting App In The Works ... See all stories on this topic » ReadWriteWeb

The UN's Global Warming Forecasts Are Performing Very, Very Badly Forbes For nearly a week, a leaked draft of next year's "Fifth Assessment Report" on climate change, by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has been burning up the blogosphere. Since it's everywhere, I'll take my liberties and ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Amid hybrid mpg rating controversy, Ford talks to EPA about fuel economy ... Digital Trends Ford is talking to the EPA while the agency reviews data from Consumer Reports that says the Fusion and C-Max Hybrids' mpg claims were exaggerated. Ford is talking to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about fuel economy ratings, Bloomberg ... See all stories on this topic »

Hulu Plus hits three million subscriber milestone Digital Trends Working to improve Hulu Plus on the Web and home theater hardware over the past year, the streaming video company is continuing to attract new subscribers. Detailed within a post published earlier today on the official Hulu blog, the subscriber base to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Leap Motion giving 10000 developers free units SlashGear Leap Motion, the start-up company that created an innovative gesture-control technology, is expanding its developer program and releasing a new software development kit, as well as giving a whopping 10,000 developers free Leap units over the next two ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013 Register Facebook users have a new form of advertising to look forward to in 2013, when the social network will begin inserting full-motion video ads into their news feeds. According to a report by Ad Age, Zuck & Co are so hell-bent on pulling in big bucks from TV ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple, Samsung shares bounce on legal outcomes USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple's stock scored a slight rebound Tuesday after rival Samsung withdrew pursuit of European sales bans against the company. Shares of Apple rose 2.6% to $532 in midday trade following Samsung's decision to drop pursuit of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Did Government Santa Tracker, NORAD, Ditch Google For Microsoft? TechCrunch Microsoft got an official Christmas present from the big man himself. No, not Santa–Uncle Sam. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which has delightfully perpetuated the myth of a flying present-giver on Christmas Eve since the ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch

New Android malware makes spam-texting more economical | Mobile security ... InfoWorld A spammer botnet agent dubbed SpamSoldier that uses infected Android phones to send a barrage of SMS spam messages is making its rounds, and according to security company Cloudmark, the malware marks a new evolution in malicious mobile ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Grand with a massive 5″ screen and a puny ... VentureBeat Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Grand smartphone today, and yes, it is a phone with a massive 5″ screen. Unfortunately, while the size of the screen may be grand, its quality isn't. The Grand will run Android 4.1.2 — Jelly Bean, the latest and greatest from ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Far Cry 3 Review: Entertainment for a Price TIME Just so we're all on the same page, I'm part of the cult that really liked Far Cry 2. So while I'd like to review Far Cry 3 as a separate entity, the reality is that I can't separate my feelings about these two very different games. Far Cry 2 was like cinéma vérité in ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Will Apple Maps Find Solutions To Its Problems In Foursquare Data? Huffington Post In an effort to improve its widely-criticized iOS Maps app, Apple is reportedly in talks with Foursquare about partnering to share maps data. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue has been meeting with Foursquare ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Pushes iOS 6.0.2 to Fix Wi-Fi Bug The Mac Observer iOS 6 Apple released iOS 6.0.2 on Tuesday. The patch notes say simply that the update, "Fixes a bug that could impact Wi-Fi." The update isn't showing up for everyone just yet, though it is listed on Apple's Support site. When it does show up for individuals, ... See all stories on this topic » The Mac Observer

Marissa Mayer, Tim Cook are finalists for Time's Person of the Year award San Jose Mercury News Two Silicon Valley CEOs are among eight finalists for Time Magazine's Person of the Year award, the publication revealed Tuesday. Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer and Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook join political luminaries like U.S. President Barack ... See all stories on this topic »

Paralyzed Mom Controls Robotic Arm Using Her Thoughts ABC News (blog) After years of paralysis, the one thing Jan Scheuermann wanted was to feed herself. Now, thanks to a mind-controlled robotic arm, Scheuermann has done just that. Stricken with spinocerebellar degeneration since 1996, Sheuermann, 52, has progressively ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News (blog)

If Mayan's are wrong expect cool and wet weather in Valley Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Your weather forecaster had to muster some extra motivation to write this week's column given that the world is supposed to end at 3:11 a.m. Friday, according to an ancient Mayan calendar prediction of a cataclysmic event. A galactic alignment of the Earth, ... See all stories on this topic »

Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital - NYTimes.com New York Times (blog) The Dead Sea Scrolls were buried in caves for centuries, and then enmeshed in controversy over scholarly access since their discovery in the late 1940s. But as of today, some 5,000 high-resolution images of the scrolls are readily available online, thanks to ... See all stories on this topic »

Ford boosting production of small diesel engine for Transit | Auto news | Detroit ... Detroit Free Press Ford announced today it is increasing production of its small diesel engine to supply North American demand for the Transit commercial van. Ford's Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, will increase capacity by 31,000 engines a year of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Study Finds Lake Erie & Lake Superior Are the Most Threatened of the Great Lakes Cleveland Leader According to the results of a new study, Lakes Erie and Ontario are the most threatened of the five Great Lakes, while Lake Superior remains in the est health. A team of 22 U.S. and Canadian scientists collected data for 3 years, and analyzed 34 stressors to ... See all stories on this topic » Cleveland Leader

State, local gas prices lower for holiday travel Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem motorists will benefit from lower gas prices for their holiday travel, but the discount won't be as much as experienced statewide. AAA Carolinas reported today that the average price for regular unleaded gas in Winston-Salem will be $3.23 a ... See all stories on this topic »

Mysms text message sync app launches for Android tablets Android Community Back in October we began hearing that mysms was working on a native tablet app and as of today, that app has come available in Google Play. The app is called mysms Tablet and it has launched as version 1.0 and with a special introductory pricing. mysms ... See all stories on this topic » Android Community

ARM Launches Venture to Beef Up Smartphone Security Wall Street Journal LONDON—U.K. microchip designer ARM Holdings PLC launched a new joint venture business aimed at beefing up security on smartphones and tablets. Named Trustonic, the venture launched Tuesday joins the technology and software needed to provide a ... See all stories on this topic »

Floridians vote on new license tag | December 18, 2012 | Lloyd Dunkelberger ... Sarasota Herald-Tribune There is not expected to be a recount, but the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced today that voting from the public has ended for a new motor vehicle license design that could be on Florida's cars and trucks by 2014. See all stories on this topic » Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Internet sex rumors spark riot in Sweden UPI.com GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Gothenburg, Sweden, high school students, outraged over sexual Internet rumors, barricaded a school in protest and rioted in a shopping mall, police said. The turmoil began after a user of the Internet message ... See all stories on this topic »

GM to unveil Cadillac ELR at Detroit auto show Lansing State Journal DETROIT — General Motors confirmed speculation Tuesday that it would reveal its Cadillac ELR on Jan. 15 at the North American International Auto Show here. At an event earlier in the fall, GM North America President Mark Reuss hinted that the automaker ... See all stories on this topic »

Following Sandy Hook Shooting, LA Mayor Moves Annual Gun Buyback to Day ... Complex.com (blog) L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a press conference expressing his condolences to everyone affected by the Sandy Hook shooting, saying that a conversation about gun control is necessary now more than ever. Villaraigosa took a proactive approach, ... See all stories on this topic » Complex.com (blog)

Lumia boom no proof of Nokia turnaround The News International HELSINKI: It's too soon to bet that Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) on the road to recovery after its new Lumia smartphones were sold out in many stores across Europe and America, as retailers say supplies have been short ever since their launch. The Lumia 920 and ... See all stories on this topic » The News International

NASA ends moon mission by crashing twin probes CW39 NewsFix A 15 month-long moon mission ended Monday in a fashion that was nothing short of out of this world. Twin spacecraft's Ebb and Flow have been flyin' around the moon since September 2011, finding all sorts of new information, like what's below its surface ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook: 'No merit' to claim we broke German privacy law Register Facebook has hit back at a watchdog that claimed the website broke German law by requiring users to reveal their real names. The independent privacy protection agency ULD in Kiel, north Germany, yesterday ordered an end to the social network's policy on ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: Here Wii go again | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News ... Herald Sun The latest reviews, tips and advice to help you get the most from your favourite device. A NEW console takes Nintendo games to the next level, writes Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson. NINTENDO has a lot to live up to in its latest console. The original Wii from ... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli embassy removes Facebook post Irish Times The Israeli embassy in Dublin has apologised for a post on its Facebook page which said if Mary and Jesus were alive today they would "probably end up being lynched in Bethlehem by hostile Palestinians". The post, which was made on the Israel in Ireland ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Toyota Fined $17.35 Million Over Failure To Properly Report Recalls Newsome Law (blog) In the wake of another troubled year of recalls for one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, Toyota has agreed to pay a maximum fine of $17.35 million to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after it was reported that the company ... See all stories on this topic » Newsome Law (blog)

IBM: Computers Are Going to Start Making a Lot More Sense TechNewsWorld Fully functioning human replicants complete with all the usual sensory capabilities may exist only in the realm of science fiction -- but that doesn't mean computers are doomed to sensory deprivation. Within the next five years, advances in cognitive computing ... See all stories on this topic »

All 50 States Have Gas Below $4 for First Time in 2012 Wall Street Journal (blog) Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and have now reached a new low for the year. The national average pump price of regular gasoline fell 9.2 cents a gallon last week to $3.248 a gallon today, the lowest price since December 2011, AAA Daily Fuel ... See all stories on this topic »

Consumer Reports: Windows Phone 8 devices are winners Computerworld (blog) The pros at Consumer Reports have confirmed what reviewers have been saying: The first batch of Windows Phone 8 devices are winners, rating highly in every category, and in just about a virtual tie with the iPhone 5. Based on my review of the HTC ... See all stories on this topic »

Ecuador volcano blasts lava high above crater Salon QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Volcano monitors say Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot lava a half mile (1 kilometer) above its crater overnight and blasted hot rock and gas nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) down its flank. The regional director for the government's ... See all stories on this topic »

Toyota RAV4 Slumping Toward Redesign in Market It Created Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)'s RAV4 was an oddity when it went on sale in the mid-1990s: a tiny, low-priced alternative to hulking sport-utility vehicles such as its own 4Runner and Ford Motor Co. (F)'s Explorer. It was a hit. Now it lags behind Honda Motor Co. See all stories on this topic »

Twitter Now Has More Than 200 Million Monthly Active Users Mashable "There are now more than 200M monthly active @twitter users," the tweet read. "You are the pulse of the planet. We're grateful for your ongoing support." The social network hit 100 million monthly active users last September, just more than five years after the ... See all stories on this topic »

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