Dying Steve Jobs kept Bill Gates letter by his bed

Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:54 PM EST

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were frenemies, as many know, but when Jobs died last fall, the mutual respect between the two tech titans was quite strong: By his bed, Jobs kept a letter Gates had written the Apple co-founder in his final months. Gates said on his last visit with Job …

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You can watch Obama's Google+ 'Hangout' Monday

Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:25 PM EST

President Barack Obama does his first Google+ "Hangout" Monday at 2:30 PT/5:30 ET, and while questions for the live-streamed interview are now closed — more than 228,000 people submitted questions — you can still watch it online. Google+, the social network that's tr …

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Twitter boycotted Saturday by some

Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:59 PM EST

How do you get the word out about a boycott of Twitter when it's Twitter that's needed to get the word out? It was tough, especially in the case of the hastily organized one for Saturday meant to protest the site's new policy of censoring certain tweets, or posts, in some countr …

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Google doodle celebrates 'world's largest snowflake'

Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:06 PM EST

Google doodles often honor people, like Freddie Mercury or Mark Twain, but Saturday's doodle pays homage to the "world's largest snowflake." The snowflake was seen on Jan.

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Twitter censorship policy leads to boycott

Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:42 PM EST

Anger over Twitter's new policy to censor messages on a country-by-country basis is resulting in protests by some Twitter users who say they will refuse to tweet on Saturday. Using the hashtags of #TwitterBlackout and #TwitterProtest, some of the short-messaging blog's 100 milli …

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The face behind the 'Honey Badger' voice

Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:43 PM EST

The man who narrates the wildly popular video-gone-viral, "Honey Badger," has a few choice words about the creature itself, which pretty much destroys anything in its path and eats anything it wants (including, ugh, a cobra). "Because of today's society, I feel it's an animal th …

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Facebook Timeline poll: 'Overwhelming negative' reaction

Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:22 PM EST

Sophos Security polled more than 4,000 Facebook users about the new Timeline feature, rolling out now, and more than half said that Timeline "worries" them because of security issues. "The response was (an) overwhelming negative" one, said Graham Cluley, Sophos' senior technolog …

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Hawaii says 'aloha' to invasive Web-tracking proposal

Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:23 PM EST

Say "aloha" — in this case, "goodbye" — to a proposed law in Hawaii that, if passed, would have forced Internet service providers to keep track of all state residents' activities on the Internet for two years. One of the goals of the legislation, supporters said, was …

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Google+ now allows teens

Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:53 PM EST

Teens ages 13 and up in the U.S. can now join Google's social network, Google+, although the search giant said it is adding safety measures for younger users.

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Super Bowl ad drop-kicks Siri

Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:54 PM EST

We all know Siri can do a lot of impressive things — apparently even order up bags of Doritos and party wear that appears on the spot, as shown in this Super Bowl commercial from the chip-maker.

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An iPad sleeve that fits to a T

Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:25 AM EST

In a nation of T-shirt wearing nerds (and non-nerds), you can give your iPad or Apple laptop a T-shirt, too.

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Site sells baubles of the broken-hearted

Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:04 PM EST

Wow, never mind the glitzy baubles that are available on a new website, Never Liked It Anyway.

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Apple job: Package designer/box opener

Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:03 PM EST

We all know Apple's extreme attention to detail, even down to the packaging, and how it's focused on elegance and ease.

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Kindle Fire gets its own Hotmail app

Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:01 PM EST

Hotmail users who own Amazon's Kindle Fire now have their own app for the Microsoft email program.

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Droid Razr Maxx out Jan. 26 for $300

Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:21 PM EST

The Droid Razr Maxx, boasting 21 hours of battery life, will be available Jan. 26, sold by Verizon Wireless for $300 with a new two-year customer service plan. The phone is made by Motorola.

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Facebook Timeline: There's no escaping it now

Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:52 PM EST

Ding, ding ding! Your time is up! This is not a drill: You can no longer avoid using Timeline on Facebook, something that until now has been optional. Timeline is rolling out over the next few weeks to everyone, all 800 million users, Facebook said Tuesday, and once you have it, …

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Twitter 'following' messed up for some

Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:54 PM EST

Is your Twitter account showing you're "following" someone you're not? And removing those you do follow? Don't panic.

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FTC site attacked by Anonymous, group says

Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:05 PM EST

Anonymous claimed credit Tuesday for hacking a Federal Trade Commission website as part of a continuing attack on government and private industry sites in retaliation for possible anti-piracy legislation in Congress. The FTC-run site, OnGuardOnline.gov, aims to help users "be sa …

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Judge orders woman to give up password to hard drive

Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:47 PM EST

In the future, your hard drive may not be your hard drive: A federal judge has ruled that a Colorado woman, charged in a mortgage scam case, must turn over the password needed to decrypt her hard drive so that police can view the files on it. Ramona Fricosu was given until Feb.

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Google+ will now allow alternate names

Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:24 PM EST

Google is reversing its you-must-use-your-real-name policy for Google+, saying during the next week, it will start allowing "alternate names — be they nicknames, maiden names, or names in another script — alongside your common name" on the social network. "Est …

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Fake camera app for iPhone pulled from App Store

Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:38 PM EST

It seemed like the real thing, but it wasn't, and now a knockoff of a popular photography app for the iPhone has been pulled from the App Store by Apple. Camera+ (made by taptaptap) is one of the most highly regarded apps for the iPhone, making its camera even better than it alr …

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We'll tolerate 15 seconds for online ads

Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:21 PM EST

There may be 15 seconds of fame (15 minutes is so 2011), but there's also 15 seconds of tolerance for an online ad.

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Nerd war erupts against Google, led by Facebook

Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:42 PM EST

As Google and Facebook fight for supremacy of the Web, watch out: A nerd war has erupted in light of Google's recent news that it is now forcing new Google account users to join Google+ and Gmail. It's not like this war is new.

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Holidays push tablets, e-readers into 1 of every 4 hands now: Pew

Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Get an iPad, Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet over the holidays? You're not alone: Tablet and e-reader ownership increased by nearly double over the holidays, and more than 1 out of every 4 Americans now has one of the devices, according to a new study. "The number of Americans owning …

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A lost and found for the Internet

Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:18 PM EST

By David Zax, Fast Company Many of us have had the experience — often, just as we were about to give up on humanity — of having a lost wallet or cell phone returned to us by a perfect stranger.

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