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2 hrs ago | KOLD-TV Tucson

Want to get paid for surfing the Web? Then join Google's Screenwise project

Google is offering Web users who enroll in its new Screenwise project the chance to earn $25 over a one-year period - so long as you let the company track which websites you visit.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Google, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, AdMob

6 hrs ago | IcHarrow

World & UK News: 'Nuclear' accusations dismissed

Argentina said it had intelligence that a Vanguard submarine had been sent to the area, and demanded to know whether it was carrying warheads.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, News, IGN Entertainment, News Corporation, Century Media Records, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network, Music

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings

Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

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Related Topix: Netflix, Privacy

The Campbell Reporter

Netflix settlement trims 14 percent off 4th-quarter earnings

It turns out Netflix's fourth-quarter earnings aren't quite as good as the video subscription service told investors a couple weeks ago.

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Related Topix: Netflix

Boston.com

APNewsBreak: Report: Energy loans could cost $3B

The government could lose nearly $3 billion on Energy Department loans for green energy programs -- far less than the $10 billion Congress set aside for the high-risk program, according to an independent review.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Solyndra, Economics News, Bankruptcy

WYFF-TV Greenville

Research: iPad Retains Value Longer Than Kindle

Electronics almost never gain value after they've been sitting around for a while, but some stand the test of time better than others.

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Related Topix: Kindle, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology, Apple, Amazon, Computers

Click Orlando

Heart-shaped pizzas hot for Valentine's Day

Candy, flowers and bling may dominate Valentine's Day gifts, but this year, one more item is likely to be among the love offerings: heart-shaped pizzas.

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Related Topix: Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Life, Food, Pizza

ABS-CBN News

Sony's Hirai to extend PlayStation strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.

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Related Topix: Sony, Electronics, Video Games, TV, Computers, Apple

EDGE

Facebook Discloses Details on Bonuses

Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Boston.com

NY attorney general ends lawsuit against Intel

Intel Corp. is paying $6.5 million as part of a deal to terminate an antitrust lawsuit filed against the chip-maker by the New York attorney general's office.

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Related Topix: Intel

The Campbell Reporter

LinkedIn added 14 million members last quarter, revenue and profits beat forecasts

In this May 19, 2011 file photo,the LinkedIn logo is displayed in the foyer at headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

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Related Topix: Social Software, LinkedIn, Mountain View, CA

Ars Technica

FBI document on Steve Jobs: apparently more than fit for office

Did you know that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs was considered for an appointment with the US government under George Herbert Walker Bush? Now you do - along with the rest of the world - thanks to newly released documents by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Books, Steve Jobs, Apple

WIBA FM 101.5

Paul McCartney launches Valentine's Day initiative for fans

Paul McCartney is helping one romantic guy propose to his partner this Valentine's Day by offering him space on his official Facebook page .

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Paul McCartney, Facebook

Reuters

Glam Media launches social network for food lovers

Mark Zuckerberg wants to "friend" China's massive market but how far is he prepared to go, and against what competition? Food is seen on a table at a restaurant at the port of El Masnou, near Barcelona, May 16, 2008.

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Related Topix: Glam Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Recipes, Social Software, Facebook

The Campbell Reporter

Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work

Kim Gibbons, director of strategic marketing at Cisco Systems uses her own personal cell phone and iPad while working at Cisco in San Jose Friday Jan.

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Related Topix: Cisco, Ipad, Science / Technology, Marketing, Cisco Systems

Wed Feb 08, 2012

MSN Money

Lawsuit seeks to block Google's privacy changes

A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.

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Related Topix: Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Internet

Telegraph

Revealed: The details of Facebook exec bonuses

FACEBOOK'S top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a regulatory filing.

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Related Topix: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg

York Dispatch

Stanford University nets $6.2B in 5-year campaign

Stanford University said Wednesday its latest five-year fundraising drive netted $6.2 billion, one of the largest amounts ever collected in a higher-education campaign.

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Related Topix: Stanford University

WTOP-FM Washington

karaoke-Pad

This product image provided by First Act, Inc., shows the Soulo Digital Wireless Mic and App, a consumer electronics product that turns an iPad into a karaoke machine.

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Related Topix: Ipad, Science / Technology, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, Apple Store, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, Audio and Video, Electronics

KOLO-TV Reno

Sheriff: Facebook Spat Led to 2 Shooting Deaths

Authorities say a father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged with killing the couple.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Social Software, Facebook, Mountain City, TN

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