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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Facebook on Face Recognition: Sorry, We Screwed Up!
PCWorld
One day after security firm Sophos alerted Facebook users that Facebook may be using facial recognition to identify them in pictures, the social networking site said on Wednesday that it could have handled the ...
Regulators Eyeing Facebook Facial RecognitionPC Magazine
Facebook stirs privacy ire with facial recognitionComputerworld
Facebook under fire for photo tagging featureAFP
CNET -InformationWeek -New York Times
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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Biz Break: Jobs' newest vision: A shiny Apple mother ship in Cupertino
San Jose Mercury News
Rendering of spaceship-like Apple building, from CEO Steve Jobs' presentation to the Cupertino City Council on June 8, 2011. Today: Apple (AAPL) wants to build a new mother ship in Cupertino. Plus: It also has surpassed HP as ...
Apple planning massive 'spaceship' campusMarketWatch
Cupertino To Apple: We Can Haz Free Internetz?Synthesis
Cupertino 'Ready' For Apple's Mother Ship, Mayor SaysPatch.com
Technorati -Bizjournals.com -Wired News (blog)
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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:15 PM PDT

Facebook Tattoo Lady is a Fraud
PC Magazine
It turns out there is one less crazy person out there than we thought—a Dutch woman who posted video of her sleeve tattoo featuring the profile pics of 152 Facebook friends was part of an advertising stunt, according to Dutch media. ...
Woman Loves Facebook Friends So Much She Tattoos Them On Her BodyPCWorld
Facebook 152-friends-on-arm tattoo is a liemsnbc.com
LIKE - Woman tattoos Facebook friends on armTG Daily
CBS News -Geek.com -Mashable (blog)
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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Microsoft to Sell Branded Tablet PCs, Report Says
Fox News
June 1, 2011: At the AllThingsD conference in California, Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky showed off a revamped, tablet-friendly Start screen for Microsoft Windows 8 that borrows heavily from the company's designs for Windows Phone. ...
Report: Microsoft wants its own Windows 8 tabletTG Daily
Microsoft reportedly considers launching own-brand tablet PCDigitimes
Microsoft readying own Windows 8 tablet?CNET
Los Angeles Times -San Francisco Chronicle -PC Magazine
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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Apple updates App Store guidelines to ban most DUI apps
Macworld
DUI checkpoint apps may be DOA on the iOS platform, after Apple quietly updated its App Store Review Guidelines to effectively ban apps that warn drivers of nearby police checkpoints. The move comes after members of ...
Apple modifies App Store Review Guidelines to ban DUI checkpoint appsApple Insider
Apple bans DUI checkpoint apps on iOS devicesCNET
Apple Starts To Wind Down The "iPod" Brand (AAPL)San Francisco Chronicle
VentureBeat -San Jose Business Journal -Business Insider
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Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Nintendo Admits It Used PS3 and Xbox Footage in Wii U Presentation
PC Magazine
If you thought the game footage seen at yesterday's Nintendo press conference at E3 looked better than anything you ever saw from Nintendo, you were right. In fact, you're still right: Some of the clips were actually from Xbox 360 and ...
E3 2011: Wii U third-party montage actually Xbox 360, PS3, PC footageGameSpot
Nintendo Says New Games Will Boost 3DS SalesWall Street Journal
Nintendo admits it faked Wii U game footageTG Daily
Just Push Start -Telegraph.co.uk -VentureBeat
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