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Yesterday | Steuben Courier

On the Record: Anna Tunnicliffe

Kiplinger's Jessica Anderson highlights 3 of Kiplinger's top picks for best values in used cars: 2009 Ford Taurus Limited; 2009 Infiniti G37x; 2008 Subaru Outback 2.5i. British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled its most luxurious sedan yet in Hong Kong to appeal to the Chinese chauffeur-driven market.

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Related Topix: Startups, Automakers, Honda Motor Co, Washington DC

Saturday | CNET News.com

Best tech: Cheap speakers, hot cameras, and Wi-Fi scales

Memorial Day is considered the traditional start of summer here in the U.S., and we noticed the streets, subways, and elevators getting less and less populated as the week wore on.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Startups, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services

Fri May 25, 2012

CNet News

HP's Enyo team 'clarifies' reports about Google move

The Verge reported yesterday that Google would soon be assimilating the Hewlett-Packard team responsible for creating Enyo, the HTLM5-based application framework for WebOS that debuted on the failed TouchPad.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, Hewlett-Packard, Startups

TheBlaze.com

What Is the FBI's New Domestic Spy Center and What Will It Do?

The FBI has begun to launch a new spy center demurely named the Domestic Communications Assistance Center in Quantico, Va.

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Related Topix: Startups, Drug Enforcement Administration, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics

Genesee Country Express

Tebow Teased by Jets Teammates Over Virginity, Lolo Jones

Kiplinger's Jessica Anderson highlights 3 of Kiplinger's top picks for best values in used cars: 2009 Ford Taurus Limited; 2009 Infiniti G37x; 2008 Subaru Outback 2.5i. British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled its most luxurious sedan yet in Hong Kong to appeal to the Chinese chauffeur-driven market.

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Related Topix: Startups, Automakers, Honda Motor Co, Washington DC

CBS News

Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 75 years

SAN FRANCISCO--It's one of the wonders of the world, and one of the most photographed things on the planet.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Startups, Train Disaster

Thu May 24, 2012

CNET News.com

Google alert claims users' Internet may shut down July 9

If you have been browsing the Web lately and have used Google's search services, you may find the search results page show a warning at the top that states "Your computer appears to be infected" along with a small description about systems not being able to connect to the Internet in the future.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, Spyware, Science / Technology, Startups, PC, Prison

Slashdot

FBI Quietly Forms Secretive Net-Surveillance Unit

An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from CNET: " CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications.

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Related Topix: Surveillance, Startups, Science / Technology, VoIP

Genesee Country Express

Rosenthal: Yankees for sale?

British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled its most luxurious sedan yet in Hong Kong to appeal to the Chinese chauffeur-driven market.

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Related Topix: Startups, Automakers, Honda Motor Co, New York

CNet News

Exclusively for CNET members: Get hot savings on top-rated Audyssey speakers

This week CNET paired up with our friends at Audyssey to bring a can't-beat deal to our audience: save more than 30-percent off on CNET's top-rated speakers, The Audyssey Media Speakers .

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Related Topix: Startups, Emerging Technology

Wed May 23, 2012

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

The FBI's New Tech Spy Shop: "They're doing the best they can to avoid being transparent."

The FBI continues to be determined to find ways to pry open the digital locks that safeguard privacy on the Internet.

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Related Topix: Startups, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue May 22, 2012

Ubergizmo

Project Glass used by Larry Page in U.K.

We've seen Sergey Brin wearing the famous Project Glass last month when the Google co-founder attended a charity event in San Francisco.

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Related Topix: Larry Page, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Sergey Brin, Gadgets

CNET News.com

Regulators may review bank's Facebook allegations, report says

The chairman of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority told Reuters that regulators plan to review the allegations that Facebook's own underwriter shared negative news with big investors in the run-up to the last week's Facebook IPO.

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Related Topix: IGN Entertainment, Startups

PeoriaTimes-Observer

Donald Driver Goes Country

CNET.com: The 2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster is perhaps the most beautiful, and infuriating, car in the world.

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Related Topix: Startups, Automakers, Honda Motor Co, American Honda Motor Co, Washington DC

Mon May 21, 2012

Tech Review

Leap 3D Out-Kinects Kinect

Our annual list of 10 technologies that could change the world. This year: Light-field photography.

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Related Topix: Startups, Mice

Ars Technica

Leap Motion promises Kinect-beating 3D tracking

While Microsoft's Kinect brought the idea of 3D motion tracking to the masses , the 3D camera's low, 640x480 resolution, moderate input lag, and bulky form factor have somewhat limited its practical uses.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Startups

RedOrbit

New Bar Demographics App Raising Privacy Concerns

A new social app that can scan the faces of bar patrons in order to determine their ages and genders launched in venues throughout the US this past weekend, and it has wasted little time in raising the hackles of privacy advocates harboring concerns over how much and what types of information are being stored by the program.

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Related Topix: Privacy, Startups

Sun May 20, 2012

CNET News.com

Annular solar eclipse goes global, social

Instead of completely obscuring the sun, the eclipse, which began around 5:30 p.m. PT, created a golden ring around the moon's silhouette, giving millions in the western United States and Southeast Asia front-row seats to a spectacle that hadn't been witnessed in 18 years.

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Related Topix: Startups

Thu May 17, 2012

CNET News.com

Google, Microsoft said to be creating new cloud services

Google and Microsoft are reportedly neck and neck to get an Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing offering off the ground in the near future.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science, Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

CHOW

Is Seeking a Temporary Kitchen Assistant

About CBS Interactive: CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation, is the premier online content network for information and entertainment.

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Related Topix: Startups, Life, Food, Recipes

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