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Washington Post
Help on way for loggerhead turtles?
msnbc.com
The Obama administration on Wednesday recommended listing seven populations of loggerhead turtles as endangered — a decision that could have big implications for the fishing industry. A leading turtle protection group called the move long overdue, ...
Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtlesThe Associated Press
Loggerhead turtles need endangered label, feds sayFlorida Times-Union
Pacific Loggerheads to Get Endangered ListingHonolulu Advertiser
Sarasota Herald-Tribune -Asbury Park Press -Naples Daily News
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TPM LiveWire (blog)
Officials: Ex-TSA worker tried to sabotage PCs
msnbc.com
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers by attempting to introduce a virus into the computer system, according to NBC News and NBC affiliate ...
Man charged over bid to damage US security databaseReuters
Former TSA Analyst Charged With Computer TamperingPC World
Colorado Springs man allegedly sabotaged TSA computersDenver Post
FOXNews -PR Newswire (press release) -9NEWS.com
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MTV.com (blog)
Is Final Fantasy XIII one too many?
CNET
If March wasn't already a month of gaming note thanks to the upcoming God of War III, Square Enix's North American release of the latest sequel to their primary uber-franchise Final Fantasy makes it doubly so. It's hard to believe that a ...
Review: `Final Fantasy XIII' falls flatThe Associated Press
Final Fantasy XIII shipments level up to 5 million units worldwideNeoseeker
Critical Reception: Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIIIGamasutra
Spin Magazine -NetworkWorld.com -Kombo.com
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Erictric
Survey: Cellphone Music, Web Access Rising Along With Smartphone Use
Twice
Reston, Va. - More people owned smartphones, listened to cellphone-stored music, and used their phone to access a social-networking site during the three months ending in January compared with the previous three months, a ComScore consumer survey found ...
Android picks up more US subscribers as Windows Mobile share plungesBetaNews
Motorola, RIM rule US mobile market, Google sees greatest growthMobile Burn
ComScore: Android gains on the iPhoneCNNMoney.com (blog)
TopNews United States -InformationWeek (blog) -Phandroid.com
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New York Daily News
Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts
The Associated Press
Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire. The most recent showdown between the two ...
Cable and satellite companies ask FCC for helpUSA Today
The Networks vs. Cable: Oscar-Night Battle Is a Sign of Things to ComeTIME
Cable group wants US FCC to end fee disputesReuters
MEDIAWEEK -World Screen News -Washington Post
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SILive.com
GDC: OnLive Takes Gaming To The Cloud
InformationWeek
A new online gaming service founded by a veteran of Apple and WebTV promises high-end gaming without the hassle of game installation and maintenance. By Thomas Claburn The video game industry, where the tradition of proprietary console hardware and ...
OnLive Remote Gaming Service Turns On in JunePC Magazine
OnLive Cloud Gaming Service to Launch in JunePC World
Potential console killer OnLive to go live June 17CNET
The Mac Observer -Neoseeker -The Associated Press
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CNET
Dell tablet said to be named 'Streak'
CNET
Though Dell didn't offer many details when it first introduced its forthcoming touch-screen tablet in January, we're learning more about it, bit by bit. An internal Dell document shows color options and content coming to the touch-screen ...
Rumor: Dell Mini 5 to Take on iPad With Amazon and Kindle Integration?PC World
Streak leaksInquirer
Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunesWired News
Tom's Hardware Guide -I4U -ZDNet (blog)
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Wired News
Social network hi5 launches program to court game developers
VentureBeat
Social network hi5 is unveiling a program today that it hopes will snare more social game developers who will make exclusive games for its 50 million users. “We are a gaming destination,” St. John said. “That is all we are going to be. ...
Why the explosion of social games excites veteran developersCNET
GDC: Big Designers Find Satisfaction in Small GamesWired News
GamePro at GDC: What we learned todayGamePro.com
Los Angeles Times (blog) -BBC News -Destructoid
all 132 news articles »

New York Daily News
Google Apps Marketplace Brings Cloud Services Together
PC World
The new Google Apps Marketplace extends the search giant's underpowered applications suite, offering a collection of other vendors' Software-as-a-Service applications that work with Google's cloud. The new online store also gives ...
Google Apps becomes a platform, gets its own app storeArs Technica
Google Apps Marketplace Targets Biz DevelopersPC Magazine
Google opens the floodgates to its Apps MarketplaceDVICE
New York Times (blog) -CMSWire -TheStreet.com
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IntoMobile (blog)
Microsoft Bing's Search Share Climbs Again
PC Magazine
ComScore released its search engine traffic results for February, and once again, it's good news for Microsoft--once again, at the expense of Yahoo. Bing is continuing its slow but steady crawl to number two, rising from 11.3 to 11.5 ...
Bing takes even more market share for FebruaryAfterdawn.com
Microsoft Tops 11.5% in US Search as Yahoo Continues SlideeWeek
Microsoft Tries To 'Fix' Markets That Aren't BrokenChannelWeb
paidContent.org -Inquirer -Datamation
all 96 news articles »

Reuters
Cable and satellite companies ask FCC for help
USA Today
A coalition of cable and satellite companies -- including Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, and Verizon -- may have opened a Pandora's box late Tuesday when they asked the Federal Communications Commission to weaken the ability of TV stations to negotiate ...
As Cable Looks For Retrans Help, It Should Consider What Viewers Want, TooMediaPost Publications
Cable, Satellite Ops Seek Congressional Review of RetransBroadcasting & Cable
New Rules Sought on TV RetransmissionNew York Times
Washington Post -PRWeek -ZDNet (blog)
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New York Times (blog)
Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes
Wired News
By Mary Catherine O'Connor With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific ...
Google Maps to add bike maps, directionsCNET
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping featureThe Associated Press
Google Maps Adds Directions for CylistsNew York Times (blog)
GigaOm (blog) -Seattle Times (blog) -BikePortland.org (blog)
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CBC.ca
UN to Announce Review of Climate Panel
Wall Street Journal
Top United Nations officials plan to announce Wednesday that the InterAcademy Council, an organization representing scientists from around the world, will head up a review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ...
Global warming skepticism rising in the GOPLos Angeles Times
Outside science academies to review warming panelThe Associated Press
UN to review errors made by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeTimes Online
CBC.ca -Washington Post (blog) -Discovery News
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Los Angeles Times
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. Mike Jones, who took over as co-president last month with Jason Hirschhorn, ...
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shakeupThe Associated Press
MySpace looks to the past for its futureLos Angeles Times
Once-fading MySpace undergoes youthful reincarnationUSA Today
Media Asia -Financial Times -Forbes (blog)
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NEWS.com.au
LHC to shut down for a year to address design faults
BBC News
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) must close at the end of 2011 for up to a year to address design issues, according to an LHC director. Dr Steve Myers told BBC News the faults will delay the machine reaching its full potential for two ...
Woman fails to shut down Large Hadron ColliderTG Daily
Collider to shut down at end of 2011UPI.com
Large Hadron Collider to close for a year for refit and repairsTelegraph.co.uk
Sydney Morning Herald -The Guardian -ABC News
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TopNews United States
American cities fight for Google's attention
BetaNews
One month ago, Google put the word out that it was looking to build and test its own fiber-to-the-home networks in a couple of cities. The speeds would be up to 1 Gbps and the reach would initially be ...
Google Fiber Draws Another BidPC World
Madison makes its bid for Google FiberWisconsin State Journal
Tempe wants Google's ultra-high speed Internet networkKOLD-TV
vtdigger.org -Los Angeles Times (blog) -MyFox Memphis
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CNET
Apple's Lawsuit Against HTC is Working
PC World
Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner said in a note to his clients that Apple's lawsuit, combined with high-level discussions, have caused top-tier smartphone makers to send their device plans back to engineering, Fortune's Brainstorm Tech reports. ...
Analyst: Apple warned handset makers before suing HTCCNET
Mobile Face-off: Apple vs. MicrosoftTheStreet.com
Apple's lawsuit against Android already having effectsiBlast
Apple Insider -San Francisco Chronicle (blog) -BNET
all 31 news articles »

CNET
Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award
CNET
Computing industry pioneer Chuck Thacker was honored Tuesday with the industry's highest prize--the AM Turing Award. Thacker, who these days works in Microsoft's Silicon Valley research lab, helped create personal computing at Xerox's ...
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designerThe Associated Press
Microsoft Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing AwardAHN | All Headline News
Microsoft Researcher Wins Turing AwardPC World
Seattle Times -Xconomy -Softpedia
all 85 news articles »

The Business Insider
Report: Facebook set to launch one of its many geolocation projects
VentureBeat
Facebook will finally make itself heard in the rapidly developing world of location-based services, according to The New York Times. The company will unveil a location-based feature at its f8 conference in late April. “The new location feature will ...
Facebook to Become Location-Aware in AprilPhone Scoop
CONFIRMED: Facebook To Launch Foursquare-Killer In AprilThe Business Insider
Here Comes Facebook's Move Into Location Sharing ...paidContent.org
Los Angeles Times (blog) -GigaOm (blog) -TechCrunch (blog)
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument. "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" is a game first and foremost. But its maker, Seven45 Studios, says players will ...
Introducing Power Gig - A New Take On Rhythm Based GamingTalk Xbox
On Latest Guitar Game, Players Strum Real StringsNPR
GDC: 'Power Gig: Rise of the Sixstring'USA Today
CNET -TeamXbox -UGO
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