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Federal Trade Commission pushing for Do Not Track system

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Steve Henn
Dec 1, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission today released a report on online privacy -- and it wasn't good. The chairman said industry self-regulation is not working, and that a Do Not Track system is necessary in this age. Steve Henn talks the details with Tess Vigeland.
Posted In: Internet
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Need another distraction? Social networking in your browser

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Steve Henn
Nov 8, 2010
Email, Twitter, Facebook, cell phones -- there's no shortage of ways to connect electronically to others. Today comes a new Internet browser aimed at making it all easier. Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Steve Henn about RockMelt.
Posted In: Internet
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Effects of NASA's shuttle program ending

Nov 2, 2010
After 30 years, NASA's Shuttle program will end. Bloomberg Businessweek's Paul Barrett wrote a story about the ending of the program and talks with Jeremy Hobson about the impact this will have on Florida and America's competitiveness.
Posted In: Science
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Iceland will keep your servers cool

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Stephen Beard
Mar 27, 2009
Hoping to heat up its economy again after the fall of its biggest banks, Iceland is embarking on a new innovation: data farming. Stephen Beard explores why this idea works and is actually kind of cool.
Posted In: Internet
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Will financial mess inspire innovation?

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Scott Jagow and Chris Farrell
Nov 13, 2008
The saying goes that necessity is the mother of invention. So will a troubled economic system cause a rise in financial innovation? Economics correspondent Chris Farrell tells Scott Jagow that it will.
Posted In: Internet
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Scooters pick up speed in the city

Jul 1, 2008
Many inner-city commuters are moving to scooters as a cost-effective alternative to big gas guzzlers. Andrea Mustain reports from New York City, where sales of scooters are up dramatically over the past year.
Posted In: Travel
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Stepping away from the night light

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Janet Babin
Jun 20, 2008
Advocates of dark skies want the government to do something about light pollution at night. Janet Babin looks into who gets most annoyed by street lamps and what they're doing to help prevent a yellow haze.
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Roberta Williams: The mother of computer video games

Interview by
David Brancaccio
Mar 6, 2013
Complaints are rife that the video game industry treats female employees and female players as outsiders or worse. But it wasn't always that way.
Posted In: video game, women, Tech
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It's not only the New York Times that gets hacked

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 31, 2013
Corporations get hacked often -- so it's best to be ready for it.
Posted In: hacking
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Electronic health records aren't cutting costs so far

by
Dan Gorenstein
Jan 11, 2013
Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.
Posted In: Health, doctors, medical records

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