Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square

A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square on Thursday as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant.

8 hours ago from The Independent

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Twitter tops 145 million registered users: CEO

Twitter has over 145 million registered users and more people are using mobile devices to access the microblogging service, according to co-founder Evan Williams.

10 hours ago from The Independent

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Texas attorney general to investigate complaints about Google's search engine

SAN FRANCISCO - Google's methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power ...

2 hours ago from The Washington Post

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Recording companies eager for Google to launch music service

Google Inc., which is developing a digital music service, is winning over record companies that are hoping the technology company can loosen Apple Inc.'s grip on the digital music market.

17 hours ago from PhysOrg

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AOL-Google revenue-sharing pact includes mobile, online video services

AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called ...

15 hours ago from The Washington Post

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Chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass

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Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources.

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Facebook testing a 'stalker button'

Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.

15 hours ago from CNN

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German court rules against YouTube over copyright

(AP) -- A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation ...

10 hours ago from PhysOrg

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Laser-based missile defense for helicopters being developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc., which is a U-M ...

Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Scientist engineers E. coli to produce biodiesel

One mention of E. coli conjures images of sickness and food poisoning, but the malevolent bacteria may also be the key to the future of renewable energy.

18 hours ago from PhysOrg

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