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  • Looks like it. This is the Near Field Communications (NFC) system that Google first announced last spring. The idea is that you load up your phone…

  • On Wednesday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before a Senate antitrust panel. Notably, Yelp will also be there and will likely yelp…

  • Qwikster is the new name for Netflix's DVD by mail service. Streaming, the side of the business they actually want to have succeed, will go by…

  • We've talked on our show many times about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which was implemented in 2000 and is now widely seen as…

  • 15 Democrats in the House have sent a letter to President Obama urging the administration to find some way to make the proposed Big Acquisition go…

  • We know that Google pretty much biffed it with last year's launch of Google TV because it couldn't get content partners to play along and provide…

  • Yesterday, a shower was given a prize. Okay, let me explain. Nick Christy's invention for a shower that recycles hot water won the Dutch Postcode…

  • If students living in the dorms at the University of North Carolina have file sharing software on their computers, they are now greeted with the…

  • NASA scientists have long thought there could be a planet out there that orbits two suns, and now they have proof. It's 200 light years away and…

  • German scientists are using 3D printing technology to print blood vessels that efficiently supply nutrients to artificial organs. The missing link…