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Apple's special event: Seven and a half things to look for

September 01, 2010
New iPods and iTVs with streaming video? Will The Beatles finally come together with iTunes? No matter -- Cringely is finding it hard to get excited
1 comment|
13 Recommendations
consumer electronics, Apple, Steve Jobs
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Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder, tech pioneer -- and patent troll?

August 30, 2010
The Microsoft co-founder is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, and others for allegedly violating his patents. Cringely has to ask: Why?
6 comments|
37 Recommendations
intellectual property, civil lawsuits
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Facebook: All your 'books' belong to us

August 27, 2010
Facebook claims it owns trademarks on the words 'face,' 'book,' and 'like.' Cringely can think of a few other words Facebook should own
15 comments|
51 Recommendations
social networking, Internet, Facebook
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Attack of the Flash cookie zombies

August 25, 2010
Adobe Flash cookies are at the heart of three federal lawsuits alleging they violate your privacy and help advertisers track you across the Web
5 comments|
68 Recommendations
Internet, data security, privacy
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In Google's search experiment, we're all guinea pigs

August 23, 2010
Google watches as you type in search words and displays "live" results in real time -- is anybody else creeped out by this?
28 comments|
77 Recommendations
Internet, search, Great Googley Moogley
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Can you trust Facebook Places?

August 20, 2010
How long will it be before Facebook's new check-in service, Places, starts sharing your movements with the world?
2 comments|
87 Recommendations
social networking, Internet, privacy, Facebook
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The Class of 2014: What these kids don't know

August 18, 2010
Beloit College's Mindset List reminds us that today's college freshmen have never used wristwatches, dialed a phone, or written in cursive -- that's not all they've missed out
12 comments|
107 Recommendations
education and skills, social networking
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God 1, Best Buy Geeks 0

August 16, 2010
Best Buy is suing a Wisconsin priest over a 'God Squad' logo he painted on his car. This is yet more evidence that copyright attorneys are the handmaidens of Satan
15 comments|
115 Recommendations
intellectual property
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Microsoft needs more than a new slogan

August 11, 2010
Microsoft needs better products -- not ill-advised marketing campaigns or promotional websites -- to truly challenge Apple
16 comments|
146 Recommendations
Windows, Internet, Microsoft Madness
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HP's sex scandal: Obscene and not Hurd

August 09, 2010
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd taken down by a sex scandal? Next we'll find out that Steve Jobs is really a woman
15 comments|
164 Recommendations
tech industry analysis, Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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