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• Is Your iPhone Tracking You Even with Location Services Turned Off? - PC Magazine
• Nintendo's Next Wii to Face Games Landscape Reshaped by Apple - BusinessWeek
• Nook Color update includes app store, Flash capability, Froyo - Christian Science Monitor
• Firefox 4 Downloads Soar as Market Share Stagnates - NewsFactor Network
• The Amazon Cloud Failure Redux - PC Magazine
• Has Quest for the Elusive 'God Particle' Succeeded? - Fox News
• Giffords Will Attend Her Astronaut Husband's Space Shuttle Launch - Space.com
• Group Offers Steps for FCC to Improve Broadband - PCWorld

Is Your iPhone Tracking You Even with Location Services Turned Off? - PC Magazine Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT ABC News Is Your iPhone Tracking You Even with Location Services Turned Off? PC Magazine You already know your iPhone is tracking you, but will turning off location services stop it? By Alex Colon It's no secret that the iPhone is recording your movement. Even if Steve Jobs claims this information isn't being used to track anyone, ... Florida, NY consumers sue Apple over location trackingComputerworld Steve Jobs: We're Not Tracking Anyone, but Android IsPCWorld Geo-tracking controversy homes in on iPhone (roundup)CNET Ars Technica -Register -Wall Street Journal all 258 news articles »

Nintendo's Next Wii to Face Games Landscape Reshaped by Apple - BusinessWeek Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT Globe and Mail (blog) Nintendo's Next Wii to Face Games Landscape Reshaped by Apple BusinessWeek April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. trounced Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. five years ago by developing a motion- sensing console simple enough for kids and grandmothers to play. The Wii's successor may face a new rival: Apple Inc. ... Nintendo preparing Wii successor for 2012USA Today How the Wii 2 Can WinPC Magazine Nintendo's follow-up to the Wii coming in 2012, will debut at E3 in JuneLos Angeles Times Wall Street Journal (blog) -IGN -The Guardian all 1,121 news articles »

Nook Color update includes app store, Flash capability, Froyo - Christian Science Monitor Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:37 PM PDT CBS News Nook Color update includes app store, Flash capability, Froyo Christian Science Monitor Nook Color users finally have an app store of their own. Which raises the question: Is the Nook Color a tablet or an e-reader? Nook Color got a software update this week. By Matthew Shaer / April 25, 2011 Nook Color –– the in-house e-reader of ... Nook Color Becomes Dwarf Star in Tablet UniverseTechNewsWorld Nook Color gets Froyo, Flash, Facebook, and Angry BirdsArs Technica With Upgrade, Barnes & Noble Positions Nook Color as Cheap iPad AlternativePC Magazine Los Angeles Times -PCWorld -Wall Street Journal all 430 news articles »

Firefox 4 Downloads Soar as Market Share Stagnates - NewsFactor Network Posted: 25 Apr 2011 02:10 PM PDT Indian Express Firefox 4 Downloads Soar as Market Share Stagnates NewsFactor Network More than 104.5 copies of Mozilla's Firefox 4 have been downloaded, but there are no signs the browser is gaining market share. Mozilla plans a marketing campaign, but adopters so far appear to be current Firefox users. ... Mozilla Firefox 4 Gets Downloaded 100 Million TimesTop Tech Reviews Firefox 4 tops 100M downloads, fails to move shareComputerworld Firefox 4 Passes 100 Million DownloadseWeek PC Magazine -Digitaltrends.com -BetaNews all 31 news articles »

The Amazon Cloud Failure Redux - PC Magazine Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:53 PM PDT Wired News (blog) The Amazon Cloud Failure Redux PC Magazine I received many emails and tweets wondering if I was going to write an "I told you so" column about the Amazon cloud failure. Here's my take. It may surprise you. By John C. Dvorak Last week I got a lot of tweets and emails from people wondering if I ... Cloud Solution Providers: Amazon Cloud Outage A 'Cautionary Tale'CRN Amazon gets 'F' for communication amidst cloud outageRegister Investigation on after Amazon's cloud nightmareComputerworld InformationWeek -PCWorld -msnbc.com all 69 news articles »

Has Quest for the Elusive 'God Particle' Succeeded? - Fox News Posted: 25 Apr 2011 11:08 AM PDT CBS News Has Quest for the Elusive 'God Particle' Succeeded? Fox News AP Aug. 7, 2010: An amateur photographer takes a picture in the assembly room of the elements of the LHC (large hadron collider) during the Particle Physics Photowalk at the European Particle Physics laboratory (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. ... The LHC Might Have Actually Found What it's Been Looking ForEscapist Magazine So much for the so-called "God particle"CBS News Large Hadron Collider may have found 'God particle,' unofficiallyProvidence Journal Washington Post (blog) -CNET -The Guardian all 143 news articles »

Giffords Will Attend Her Astronaut Husband's Space Shuttle Launch - Space.com Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT CTV.ca Giffords Will Attend Her Astronaut Husband's Space Shuttle Launch Space.com Wounded Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be at the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour in support of her astronaut husband, mere months after being shot in the head, according to news reports. In an interview with Katie Couric for CBS ... Gabrielle Giffords Begins to Learn Details of Deadly January DayABC News Several close to Gabrielle Giffords to witness shuttle liftoffArizona Republic Giffords cleared to attend launchKYMA PC Magazine -Reuters -msnbc.com all 2,041 news articles »

Group Offers Steps for FCC to Improve Broadband - PCWorld Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT Group Offers Steps for FCC to Improve Broadband PCWorld The US Federal Communications Commission can take new steps to encourage broadband deployment, including an awards program for local governments that make it easy for providers to install infrastructure, an advisory committee ... Tech Advisors Tell FCC to Launch Local Broadband Deployment CompetitionTelevision Broadcast TAC: Feds Need To Speed Broadband To Government Buildings, LandsBroadcasting & Cable Don't allow FCC to delete our freedomsDesMoinesRegister.com ConnectedPlanet -Bizjournals.com (blog) -Civilrights.org all 21 news articles »

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