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Sound of Justin Bieber's Data, and Other 'Hack Day' Mashups
LONDON — Every so often, in cities across the world, a group of digital music professionals get together for a Hack Day, where they'll cobble together hardware, software and anything else they can get their hands on into innovative musical mashups. London's event took place last weekend, and it was an orgy of creativity. Here are 10 of our favorites.
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Google TV Revealed: One Screen to Rule Them All
BERLIN - Google gave a live demonstration of Google TV at Berlin’s IFA Tuesday, and CEO Eric Schmidt promised it would be a couch potato’s dream come true. 'Once you have Google television, you’re going to be very busy, he said. 'It’s going to ruin your evening.'
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Former HP CEO Mark Hurd Lands On His Feet At Oracle
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Taiwan Tabloid Sensation Next Media Re-Creates the News
An animation assembly line in Taiwan renders breaking stories the way they might have happened.
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Apple, Google To Clash In Music Space By Christmas
Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Top 10 Greentech IPO Candidates
Recent greentech IPOs have had mixed and less than stellar results. Here are some wild prognostications of ten potential greentech IPOs coming in late 2010 through 2012. These companies have real products, serious revenue and the prospect of profits in high-growth markets.
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Take Heed, Tech Giants: Edison's Failed Plot to Hijack Hollywood
Take heed, tech giants of today. Some of your companies or services aren’t much older than the Edison Trust Studios was when it collapsed. How much of your current business strategy is based on offering new and original products, and how much of it is based on laws, courts, and the fact that you got there first?
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In Defense of Google, Or Why Consumer Watchdog is Full of It
While there’s plenty of reasons to keep a critical eye focused on Google, Consumer Watchdog’s ad is a dishonest, factually inaccurate joke that shamefully got plenty of uncritical media attention. In the simplest terms possible, Consumer Watchdog is just wrong.
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Censored! Craigslist Adult Services Blocked in U.S.
The “Adult Services” listing on Craiglist was removed late Friday on its U.S.-based sites and replaced with the word 'censored.' The change comes as the service faces growing pressure in the U.S. over sex services advertised on its classifieds network, as well as allegations that it abets in human sex trafficking.
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Shopping Site 'Thefind' Finds Its Facebook Way, Carefully
The increasingly popular online shopping site Thefind has finally found a way to connect with Facebook, without being creepy. It’s not a technical breakthrough — plenty of sites now work with Facebook to let users log-in — but Thefind has been grappling with how to integrate with Facebook in a way that’s relevant and privacy-respectful.
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