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  • Facebook has reported its quarterly numbers, publicly, for the first time. And there were a lot of numbers, too many to mention. Wall Street seemed disappointed. What Facebook still needs to figure out how to bring in more money from ads — and it has to do it on mobile, because that’s where everyone is these days. So expect more ads on your Facebook app. Plus, Google makes Kansas City the cutting edge tech city of the future.

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  • President Obama wants a new cybersecurity bill to help prevent online attacks against companies and government bodies. The fear is that a large attack could knock out power, water, cause mayhem. The president may get his wish. A bill championed by Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut could come to a vote in the Senate soon. He talks about why the bill is more carrots instead of sticks. Plus, Microsoft posts the entire, growing AIDS Memorial Quilt online.

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  • Researchers at UCLA have developed a transparent solar panel that could be used as a home window. In order to harness solar power while staying transparent, the panels use invisible silver. The panels are not at your hardware store yet, but they’re expected to be inexpensive when they arrive. Plus, turn those screens off at bedtime — don’t be like the depressed hamsters.

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  • Amazon used to be just a website where you could buy things and have them sent to you. Increasingly, Amazon is making the things themselves as well. The president of Staples says five or six new Amazon tablets are on the way to go with the Kindle reader and the Kindle Fire tablet. Where the e-retail company really stands to cash in, though, is the products you’ll buy to go with it. Plus, the latest Robot Roundup.

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  • All eyes are on Colorado right now in the wake of the tragic movie theater shooting. Among the many conversations the incident has sparked is a debate about the accessibility of weapons, including assault weapons like the guns used by alleged shooter James Holmes. Technology is making it easier than ever to get these weapons, even without a background check.

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  • This week, Google held a conference — not about the latest features in Google+, or better ways to use your Android phone, but about ways to stop really bad guys. Think drug cartels, organ harvesters, and arms dealers; bad, bad guys. It hopes its technology can make our crime fighters more efficient. Plus, researchers have developed an electronic glove that can teach you to play the piano.

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  • AT&T has announced a new plan called Mobile Share, which lets you connect up to 10 devices on the same account. So if your family has five smartphones and a couple tablets, they could all be on one plan. Phone calls and text messages are unlimited, the data for your emails and videos and Facebook updates, that’s capped — and that’s where AT&T will get you. Plus, according to recent studies, Facebook is losing popularity.

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  • A dozen big name universities have announced they’ll offer free MOOCs — Massive Open Online Courses — this fall, coordinated by a company called Coursera. They’re college classes available on the Internet, in subjects ranging from engineering to poetry. Some universities are even offering some college credit for the courses. Plus, plush cat ears that can read your brainwaves and move accordingly. Yes, they’re now available in the U.S.

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  • Yahoo has a new CEO. The hiring of Google executive Marissa Mayer is a bit of a coup for Yahoo, which was everyone’s favorite gateway to the web in 1996, but has stumbled a bit in recent years. You may not know Mayer’s name, but you know her work at Google. Plus, the new version of Microsoft Office is designed to work on PCs and tablets like the upcoming Surface. That means touchscreen compatibility.

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