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Reporters' Roundtable: Checking in with Facebook and Foursquare

The money people in tech love check-in companies. VCs are funneling funds into Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other apps that let users check-in and then broadcast their locations to friends and businesses. Why? On the ...

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Facebook adds 'liked' news stories to search results

Facebook has added more functionality to its search results by including all the articles a user's friends have said they "like."

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Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google

Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked Google for information regarding the complaints of several companies that Google is penalizing them in search results.

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Are the days of kidney dialysis numbered?

A prototype implantable artificial kidney could, in the next decade, render costly and inefficient dialysis a treatment of the past, according to work out of UCSF.

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Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care

The new Apple TV doesn't support video content with 1080p resolution, but it shouldn't have a major impact on its image quality.

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Android gains on Apple in U.S. mobile Web use

Apple's iOS is still dominant, but is losing share. It's to be expected as sales of Android devices continue to grow.

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Boxee uses Apple TV to talk Box pricing

Makers of the upcoming Boxee Box plan to release the device in November for $200, the company announced in a blog post following Wednesday's Apple TV announcement.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab: An Android contender

It's got its rough patches, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab's size, screen, and performance shows Android tablets can work. Here's a hands-on look, with video.

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Study finds love-hate relationship with cell phones

Though most feel safer and more in touch with mobile phones in hand, many are annoyed by the interruption of calls, says Pew Internet study.

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More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps

Number of people accessing the microblogging tool through mobile apps jumps 62 percent since the middle of April.

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NASA launches free iPad app

The space agency is offering a free iPad app that lets people view a variety of content in high definition.

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Paris' Twitpic troubles

Facebook gets a new remote log-out security feature; India demands that RIM, Google, and Skype add local servers so it can monitor communications; and a recent Twitpic may spoil Paris Hilton's alibi.

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Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling

The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.

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Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anticoal campaign

Social network gets flak from Greenpeace over its planned giant data center in Oregon, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading.

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Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV

Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality

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Apple's Ping dinged by spam

The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack of spam- or URL- filtering, according to Sophos.

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Harsh words from GoldenEye 64 designer

The designer of the original GoldenEye game is concerned that Activision won't do the franchise justice in its upcoming remake. And he wants the world to know it.

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Reporters’ Roundtable: Checking in with Facebook and Foursquare

The money people in tech love check-in companies. VCs are funneling funds into Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other apps that let users check-in and then broadcast their locations to friends and businesses. Why? On the Roundtable today we discuss these start-ups, as well as Facebook's entry into this market, with Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times, and Adrianne Jeffries of ReadWriteWeb.

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Facebook adds ‘liked’ news stories to search results

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Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google

Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked Google for information regarding the complaints of several companies that Google is penalizing them in search results.

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Are the days of kidney dialysis numbered?

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Apple TV isn’t 1080p and you shouldn’t care

The new Apple TV doesn't support video content with 1080p resolution, but it shouldn't have a major impact on its image quality.

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Study finds love-hate relationship with cell phones

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Samsung Galaxy Tab: An Android contender

It's got its rough patches, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab's size, screen, and performance shows Android tablets can work. Here's a hands-on look, with video.

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Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup)

At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.

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Boxee uses Apple TV to talk Box pricing

Makers of the upcoming Boxee Box plan to release the device in November for $200, the company announced in a blog post following Wednesday's Apple TV announcement.

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Android gains on Apple in U.S. mobile Web use

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NASA launches free iPad app

The space agency is offering a free iPad app that lets people view a variety of content in high definition.

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More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps

Number of people accessing the microblogging tool through mobile apps jumps 62 percent since the middle of April.

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Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling

The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.

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Paris’ Twitpic troubles

Facebook gets a new remote log-out security feature; India demands that RIM, Google, and Skype add local servers so it can monitor communications; and a recent Twitpic may spoil Paris Hilton's alibi.

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Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV

Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality

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