Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give
| The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.
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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
| A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
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Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
| Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
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Love gone wrong? Go digital to get over an ex
| You thought you found your one true love online, but now you've been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven't helped. Your friends are tired of your whining.
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Coinstar's stock soars on strong 4Q for Redbox
| Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings soared past analyst estimates as the company's Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs through Netflix's rival service.
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Poland halts copyright law after mass protests
| Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites.
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Motorola: Some refurbished tablets weren't wiped
| Motorola Mobility says about 100 Xoom tablet computers that it refurbished for sale on Woot.com may not have been properly wiped of the previous owners' data.
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Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
| A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.
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Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?
| A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
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Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley
| For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.
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There’s a boom in smart baby monitors
| The cry has been heard: After 20 years with little change to baby monitoring devices, new designs premiered in January at the Consumer Electronics Show promising Wi-Fi connectivity and high-definition video that streams live to a smartphone.
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Looking for work? There may be an app for that
| Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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Google, Facebook remove content on India's order
| Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.
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