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Amazon says government pressure didn't lead to WikiLeaks ban
Computerworld
By Dan Nystedt IDG News Service - Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked
WikiLeaks off its servers for breaking rules designed to ensure websites
use their own content and that it won't injure others, and not due to
pressure from the US government, ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9199358/Amazon_says_government_pressure_didn_t_lead_to_WikiLeaks_ban?taxonomyId=144>
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Newfound bacterium casts life in a new light
Los Angeles Times
A Mono Lake bacterium's ability to subsist on deadly arsenic has scientists
wide-eyed and rethinking the basics. Researchers Ronald Oremland and Felisa
Wolfe-Simon examine a mud sample from Mono Lake. Wolfe-Simon called the
discovery there "outrageous. ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-arsenic-bacteria-20101202,0,3576905.story>
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Sound off: Zynga and Newtoy
GamePro.com
by Dave Rudden Two social gaming powerhouses joined forces today, as
Facebook game developer Zynga bought out Newtoy, the developer of the
popular Words With Friends iPhone app. We polled our Twitter-base to see
what the teams can learn from each other ...
<http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/217485/sound-off-zynga-and-newtoy/>
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Xbox modder gets case dismissed by prosecution
Afterdawn.com
Yesterday we reported that the jury trial for the case of Matthew Crippen
had been delayed, after the presiding judge took 30 minutes to lecture the
prosecution. Prosecutor Allen Chiu says: "The government has decided to
dismiss the indictment. ...
<http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/12/03/xbox_modder_gets_case_dismissed_on_first_day>
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Oracle Says Sun Servers Set Database Record
BusinessWeek
Chief Executive Larry Ellison, investing heavily to integrate Sun
technology, says an array of computers with Sparc chips tripled IBM's
performance benchmark speed. Not so fast, retorts IBM By Aaron Ricadela As
he tried to persuade investors and ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2010/tc2010122_119111.htm>
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OnLive announces $10 a month unlimited game streaming
Digitaltrends.com
OnLive, the streaming video game microconsole, is launching a new unlimited
game streaming service for $9.99 a month. It will launch with 14 games. It
seems like $7.99 – $9.99 is the magic price for streaming content these
days. ...
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Google Boosts Copyright, Piracy Protection for Search
eWeek
Google will process copyright takedown requests for content on Google.com
and Blogger within 24 hours in 2011. The changes follow YouTube's Content
ID protection scheme. Google Dec. 2 said it plans to improve its copyright
and piracy protection ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Boosts-Copyright-Piracy-Protection-for-Search-498883/>
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FCC`s Net Neutrality Remains Skimpy on Legal Footing, Industry Support
eWeek
While Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachoswski may
have intended to clarify the FCC's net neutrality position with the new
plan, it ignored or sidestepped some key questions. The Federal
Communications Commission's new net ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/FCCs-Net-Neutrality-Remains-Skimpy-on-Legal-Footing-Industry-Support-467475/>
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Chrome 8 goes final with PDF viewer, Web Store support
Electronista
Google today quietly released a finished version of Chrome 8. The stable
release adds a new built-in PDF viewer that, like Safari, saves having to
use a companion app. The tool is sandboxed to prevent a rogue PDF from
compromising the browser and ...
<http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/02/chrome.8.arrives.with.pdf.and.web.store/>
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