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  • Google boss warns students against censorship of net and digital ethnic cleansing

    Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose. Sky News quoted Schmidt, as saying that people will omit data if they want to restrict communication and information. He, however, agreed that any piece of information cannot be ...

  • Why Waze is a hot takeover target

    So why is there so much buzz about Waze? The company, which initially launched in Israel, provides crowdsourced information. Users can wave their hands over their mobile device while driving to vocally report traffic or hazardous conditions. Updating in real time based on that information, the app delivers accurate assessments of current traffic, road closures, and alternative routes ...

  • Unhappy with how your fave series is faring Amazon gives you a say

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models. This time, it's giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction - and get paid in the ...

  • The 404 1275 Where we give Tony Hale a hand

    We're very proud to have actor Tony Hale on the show today. You know him from Arrested Development and Veep, and he'll tell us about auditioning for Buster, the Internet's hand in the success of the show, and the cinematic future of the ...

  • Android 4.3 pops up in the wild after skipping Google IO

    Android 4.3 is forthcoming soon has been leaking out slowly. Now, the first photos of the next sweet iteration of the mobile OS running on a device have been spotted. It looks to be a new flavor of Jelly Bean rather than the whole slice of Key Lime Pie. Photos that appear to show ...

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Smith is premised on the not entirely incorrect notion that audiences will accept beautiful movie stars doing virtually anything as long as they look good doing it. The film gives us two prime specimens of movie star attractiveness in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ... ...

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  • Sling Belkin settle patent dispute over place-shifting tech

    Sling in January accused Belkin and another rival, Monsoon, of infringing on patents used in its Slingbox device that lets users watch and control their home TV from ...

  • How to learn the periodic table in 3 minutes

    (Credit: Video screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) In high school science classes, students are encouraged to memorize the first 20 elements of the periodic table. There are other methods employed at the university level for all 118 -- many students swear by mnemonics. When it comes to tremendously catchy fun, though, a new song ...

  • Google eyes Waze as Facebook circles hot Web maps property

    Fri May 24, 2013 2:18pm ...

  • Netflix looks to hook subscribers with Arrested

    SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.The award-winning show about the dysfunctional Bluth family returns Sunday, seven years after Fox cancelled the series. The revival coincides with Netflix's own resounding comeback from a customer backlash over ...

  • Did Microsoft stretch the truth in tablet ads

    light-hearted TV ads that -- unlike those awful 2008 Jerry Seinfeld spots -- aren't cringeworthy. But in the Windows tablet ads that debuted this week, Microsoft used Siri to badmouth the iPad, and some Apple ...

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