Data is often only as good as the tools used to help people understand what it means. (Credit: Google) Living amongst a sea of data can be a great... read more »
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The state of Alaska is planning to release 24,000 of former Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mails, which are likely to be closely scrutinized as the 2012 elect... read more »
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Add the Federal Communications Commission to the list of legal headaches for Google caused by its Wi-Fi spying debacle. The Wall Street Journal ... read more »
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In a sign that the new airport screening procedures may be altered, two key politicians told the Transportation Security Administration today that t... read more »
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled 36 graphic cigarette warning images, 9 of which will make their way to cigarette pack... read more »
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LG&39's Lotus Elite, one of the phones Sony believes is infringing on its patents. (Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET) Sony wasn't about to let 2010 expi... read more »
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This was the message displayed after U.S. authorities seized the domains of the online poker sites. Several founders of the three largest Int... read more »
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Julian Assange, leader of the WikiLeaks project that's published extensive secret details of U.S. military and diplomatic activity, has been arreste... read more »
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TomTom&39's Via Live 120 satellite navigation system warns drivers about police speed cameras. But its congestion-avoidance technology also turned ... read more »
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The chairman of the House oversight committee wants more information from the Federal Communications Commission about how commissioner Meredith Attwe... read more »
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Italy has closed its antitrust investigation into Google after the company modified news and advertising provisions there. The issue arose in 20... read more »
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson at Mobile World Congress 2011 (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) AT&T, facing major regulatory scrutiny of its $39 bill... read more »
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Actor George Clooney, who is a spokesman for the Satellite Sentinel Project, on a recent trip to the volatile southern region of Sudan. (Credit: ... read more »
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Facebook offered a pointed defense of its data protection practices in a letter to two members of Congress released today, saying recent reports of ... read more »
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced a revised version of a controversial bill that would give the Department of Justice and individuals new p... read more »
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Faced with mounting legal bills, Julian Assange has agreed to a $1.5 million deal to write his autobiography. "I don't want to write this book, bu... read more »
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The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched in December agai... read more »
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Julian Assange had been lying low for months as the WikiLeaks saga unfolded, but this week he&39's been the center of worldwide attention in a U.K.... read more »
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(Credit: Screenshot by CNET) President Obama will make an appearance in the San Francisco Bay Area this week to meet with technology industry lead... read more »
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