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Rep. Lamar Smith removes key provision from SOPA

AP May 26, 2011: Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. smiles during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. WASHINGTON –  Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the chief sponsor of the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) said Friday he would remove a controversial provision from the bill until further [...]

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Is Big Brother Just a Distant Cousin?

Reuters/Catherin Benson Are you being watched online? Maybe not. Careful when you post that tweet – the FBI might be watching you. Or, then again, maybe not. In an age of heightened awareness over terrorist activity, grave warnings about hackers stealing personal data and concerns over Facebook privacy, there is yet another alarming trend: folks [...]

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First Lady Michelle Obama Signs on to Twitter

Reuters First Lady Michelle Obama is getting her tweet on. First Lady Michelle Obama joined Twitter Thursday and quickly gained over 100,000 followers in just a few hours. The account, which has the username @michelleobama, will be managed by President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign staff, but any postings written by the wife of the president [...]

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Real-Life ‘Tatooine’: New ‘Star Wars’-Like Planets With 2 Suns Found

Mark A. Garlick An artist’s illustration of Kepler-35 b, a Saturn-size planet around a pair of sun-size stars. Astronomers have found more real-life versions of Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine from “Star Wars” — alien worlds that see two suns rise and set each day instead of one. And these two newfound worlds are also [...]

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Complete James Bond Kit Coming to Blu-Ray

Fox News All 22 Bond films will be released on Blu-Ray. Bond. James Bond. 22 James Bonds, that is. The complete James Bond is coming to Blu-ray — all the gear, girls and crazy action from all 22 movies — Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn announced Tuesday at the world’s biggest consumer [...]

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Microsoft CEO Hits Familiar Chord in CES Swan Song

AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Jan. 5, 2011: Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer gives his keynote speech at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. SAN FRANCISCO –  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer struck a familiar chord Monday in his swan song at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Much of the 70-minute presentation revolved around Microsoft’s [...]

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E-Reader Lets You Physically Turn the Page

Human Interface Engineering Lab, Osaka University The left side of the device has a small LCD monitor that displays content, including animations and text. The page-turning animations on iPads and e-readers can be cute and fun, but they don’t replace the actual feeling of turning pages that e-book holdouts seek. To bridge the gap, a [...]

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