Monday, May 21, 2012

Five US cable providers join forces to offer 50000+ wireless hotspots - TechSpot


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Five US cable providers join forces to offer 50000+ wireless hotspots
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By Matthew DeCarlo Five cable companies have announced a joint effort to provide wireless Internet hotspots across the US. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable have agreed to let their high-speed ...
Comcast, Time Warner, Cablevision Offering Shared 'CableWiFi' NetworkeWeek
Cable companies to expand free Wi-FiCNNMoney
Cable Giants Open 50000 Wi-Fi HotspotsInformationWeek
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's property status, post-marriage - Economic Times


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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's property status, post-marriage
Economic Times
The new Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg might not have to worry much about money, but that doesn't mean she is automatically a billionaire. The timing of Mark Zuckerberg's marriage to his college sweetheart, Priscilla Chan, on Saturday, just a day after he took ...
Where Zuckerberg would be without a prenupCNN
Surprise celebrity weddingsWashington Post
Mark Zuckerberg's 'married' status update breaks 1 million Facebook Likes recordDigitaltrends.com
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Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer - PCWorld


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Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer
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By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld May 21, 2012 6:52 AM Google's Chrome is now the most popular Web browser worldwide, surpassing Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. After years of slowly chipping ...
Chrome browser takes top global spotCNET
Web Browser Wars: Google Chrome Gallops AheadMuncie Free Press
Google Chrome edges past Internet Explorer to take top browser spotDigitaltrends.com
eWeek -CNN -Washington Post
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Leap Motion: 3D hands-free motion control, unbound - CNET


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Leap Motion: 3D hands-free motion control, unbound
CNET
The startup's technology puts sub-millimeter accuracy at user fingertips, offers control gestures like pinch-to-zoom, and promises new applications that make the Kinect and its kin look like yesterday's news. by Daniel Terdiman May 20, 2012 9:06 PM PDT ...
Leap brings affordable motion control to the PCDigitaltrends.com
How Can Leap's New Motion Controller Top Kinect PCs?PC Magazine
Gesture Controls Get a Huge Boost with New 'Leap' Interaction SystemWired News
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Zuckerberg's Property Status, Post-Marriage - New York Times


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Zuckerberg's Property Status, Post-Marriage
New York Times
The new Mrs. Mark Zuckerberg might not have to worry much about money, but that doesn't mean she is automatically a billionaire. The timing of Mark Zuckerberg's marriage to his college sweetheart, Priscilla Chan, on Saturday, just a day after he took ...
Mark Zuckerberg's 'married' status update breaks 1 million Facebook Likes recordDigitaltrends.com
Surprise celebrity weddingsWashington Post
Where Zuckerberg would be without a prenupCNN
USA TODAY -PC Magazine -Los Angeles Times
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How Can Leap's New Motion Controller Top Kinect PCs? - PC Magazine


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How Can Leap's New Motion Controller Top Kinect PCs?
PC Magazine
By Mark Hachman On Monday, motion recognition company Leap Motion emerged from stealth mode, prepared to offer a cheap motion-sensing peripheral into a market that should, by rights, be dominated by Microsoft's Kinect peripheral.
Leap Over The Microsoft Kinect and Interact With Your ComputerForbes
Leap Motion: 3D hands-free motion control, unboundCNET
Gesture Controls Get a Huge Boost with New 'Leap' Interaction SystemWired News
LiveScience.com -TechSpot -TechRadar UK
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SpaceX Launch Attempt Set for Early Tuesday - Atlantic Highlands Herald


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SpaceX Launch Attempt Set for Early Tuesday
Atlantic Highlands Herald
Hawthorne, CA â€" Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22nd, at 3:44 AM Eastern, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit in an exciting start to the mission that will make SpaceX the first ...
SpaceX 'go' for 2nd launch try of private rocket Tuesday morningFox News
SpaceX replaces engine valve, clears rocket for Tuesday launchCNET
SpaceX Prepares for Second Try at ISS Mission on TuesdayPC Magazine
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HTC EVO 4G LTE shipping date now May 24 - SlashGear


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HTC EVO 4G LTE shipping date now May 24
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In what's quickly becoming one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones on its carrier of choice, the HTC EVO 4G LTE's release situation has just turned back to positive with a May 24th ship date on the books. The HTC EVO 4G LTE was recently the ...
Sprint to Start Shipping HTC EVO 4G LTE on May 24PC Magazine
Sprint says HTC EVO 4G LTE will arrive "on or around" May 24Mobile Burn
HTC EVO 4G LTE phones pass Customs; on way to Sprint customersGigaOM
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Leap Motion reveals super-accurate gesture control system for $70 - TechSpot


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Leap Motion reveals super-accurate gesture control system for $70
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By Jose Vilches A San Francisco startup called Leap Motion is showing off a new device it believes will be the future of gesture-based controls. At first glance their system does pretty much the same as Kinect, translating hand movement onto the screen ...
Leap Motion: 3D hands-free motion control, unboundCNET
Leap 3D System Offers Amazing Gesture-Based Control of Your Computer for Just $70Popular Science
Leap promises a pocketable, compact 3D user interfaceBetaNews
Mashable -VentureBeat -msnbc.com
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European Commission sets out 'concerns' over Google - Telegraph.co.uk


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European Commission sets out 'concerns' over Google
Telegraph.co.uk
Google can avoid the risk of fines over claims it abused its dominant market position if it offers "remedies" to the European Commission's concerns in coming weeks. The EC identified "concerns where Google business practices may be considered as abuses ...
Should Google's Search Results Be Protected by the First Amendment?The Atlantic
Google has 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns in EuropeFox News
EU Gives Google Chance To Offer Remedies In Anti-Trust CaseWall Street Journal
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Leap promises a pocketable, compact 3D user interface - BetaNews


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Leap promises a pocketable, compact 3D user interface
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By Tim Conneally San Francisco startup Leap Motion today unveiled its killer product, a small USB-attached three dimensional sensor (a la Microsoft's Kinect) which is meant for use in small spaces on small screens. The product is called Leap and is ...
Leap Aims to Make Motion Control Ubiquitous â€" and AwesomeMashable
That 'Minority Report' interface? It's now only $70 awaymsnbc.com
This new gesture control system makes Kinect look kind of crudeDVICE
CNET -Mobile & Apps -VentureBeat
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Google Chrome edges out Internet Explorer. Will the lead last? - Christian Science Monitor


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Google Chrome edges out Internet Explorer. Will the lead last?
Christian Science Monitor
By Matthew Shaer / May 21, 2012 A man stands in front of an advertisement for Google Chrome in the London Underground. Google Chrome has unseated Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the most popular Web browser in the world.
Internet Explorer no longer most-used browser in the worldWashington Post
BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web's #1 Browser (Unless It Didn't)TIME
Chrome trumps IE as world's top browserComputerworld
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Google has 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns in Europe - Fox News


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Google has 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns in Europe
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BRUSSELS â€" The European Union has given Google "a matter of weeks" to propose remedies to antitrust concerns arising from its alleged dominant position in the online search market. European antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said that after a ...
Google given last chance to outline how it will end antitrust concernsThe Guardian
Europe Says Google Has an Antitrust ProblemCourthouse News Service
EU gives Google 'weeks' on antitrust issuesUSA TODAY
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Facebook investors left guessing after Nasdaq glitch - Reuters


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Facebook investors left guessing after Nasdaq glitch
Reuters
By John McCrank and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) - Individual investors were left in the dark for hours on Friday about whether their buy and sell orders for newly issued Facebook shares had actually been executed, in the latest of a series high-profile ...
Where are Facebook's friends? Stock down after IPOLos Angeles Times
Facebook Falls Below its IPO PriceBusinessWeek
Why Facebook's stock is tankingCNET
Mashable -Forbes
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Why Facebook's stock is tanking - CNET


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Why Facebook's stock is tanking
CNET
Reality has taken hold. The company's valuation is still out of whack, despite its massive user base. by Roger Cheng May 21, 2012 9:02 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Facebook was all over the Nasdaq on Friday, but in a disappointing way.
Facebook Falls Below $38/Share IPO Price And $100 Billion ValueWall Street Journal
US STOCKS-Wall St bounces but investors dump FacebookReuters
Facebook Falls Below $38 IPO Price in Second Day of TradingSan Francisco Chronicle
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Nasdaq Confronts Liability On Traders' Losses In Facebook IPO - Wall Street Journal


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Nasdaq Confronts Liability On Traders' Losses In Facebook IPO
Wall Street Journal
By Jacob Bunge Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) on Monday faces demands from irate brokers and traders that want the exchange group to make up losses driven by its mishandling of Friday's initial public offering of Facebook Inc. (FB) ...
Where are Facebook's friends? Stock down after IPOThe Associated Press
Facebook stock plummets on second day of tradingSan Jose Mercury News
Facebook Falls Below $38 IPO Price in Second Day of TradingSan Francisco Chronicle
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Yahoo To Return 'Substantially All' Alibaba Proceeds To Shareholders - Wall Street Journal


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Yahoo To Return 'Substantially All' Alibaba Proceeds To Shareholders
Wall Street Journal
By Shara Tibken Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) plans to return substantially all proceeds from its agreement with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to shareholders and said the deal value could be higher than the original $7.1 ...
Alibaba Buys Back $7.1 Billion Stake From Yahoo as IPO LoomsSan Francisco Chronicle
Yahoo Agrees to Sell Back Partial Stake to AlibabaPCWorld
Yahoo to sell half its Alibaba stake for $7.1BThe News Journal
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Yahoo Agrees to Sell Back Partial Stake to Alibaba - PCWorld


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Yahoo Agrees to Sell Back Partial Stake to Alibaba
PCWorld
By Michael Kan, IDG News Yahoo has agreed to sell off about half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese e-commerce giant as part of a US$7.1 billion deal, the two companies jointly announced on Monday. The sell off means Alibaba will buy ...
Alibaba Buys Back $7.1 Billion Stake From Yahoo as IPO LoomsSan Francisco Chronicle
Euro-zone pressure, Yahoo, Lowe's in focusMarketWatch
Stocks to Watch: Yahoo, Nasdaq OMX Group, FacebookWall Street Journal (blog)
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Facebook Falls Below IPO Price in Germany Before Rebounding - San Francisco Chronicle


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Facebook Falls Below IPO Price in Germany Before Rebounding
San Francisco Chronicle
(Updates with analyst comment in fourth paragraph.) May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc., the social networking site that raised $16 billion in its initial public offering, fell below its offer price in German trading briefly before the stock rebounded ...
Facebook Shares Day 2: Below IPO PriceWall Street Journal
Facebook IPO Flop Or Not: Did You Close Your Facebook Account?Forbes
Tech stocks exchange to change IPO auctions after Facebook glitchesChristian Science Monitor
Washington Post -Local 10 -ITProPortal
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Nasdaq 'humbly embarrassed' by what happened on Facebook's big day - Washington Post


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Nasdaq 'humbly embarrassed' by what happened on Facebook's big day
Washington Post
Facebook's long-awaited IPO experienced its fair share of setbacks on Friday, as NASDAQ dealt with a bevy of glitches and intense demand that accompanied the social network's public listing. Sunday, NASDAQ chief executive Robert Greifeld conceded that ...
Facebook IPO blunders leave Nasdaq “humbly embarrassed”SlashGear
Facebook Shares Drop Below IPO Price in German TradingBusinessWeek
Facebook sale glitch embarrassing, says NasdaqBBC News
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Facebook IPO blunders leave Nasdaq “humbly embarrassed” - SlashGear


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Facebook IPO blunders leave Nasdaq “humbly embarrassed”
SlashGear
Facebook's IPO launch on Friday was marred with flaws in the Nasdaq system, the exchange operator has admitted, that left investors unclear on what they'd actually bought or sold for several hours. The Nasdaq team was “humbly embarrassed” in what “was ...
Facebook sale glitch embarrassing, says NasdaqBBC News
Facebook Shares Drop Below IPO Price in German TradingBloomberg
Nasdaq's Facebook ProblemWall Street Journal
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Facebook sale glitch embarrassing, says Nasdaq - BBC News


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Facebook sale glitch embarrassing, says Nasdaq
BBC News
Nasdaq boss Robert Greifeld has said he is "humbly embarrassed" about the technical glitch that led to a delay in trading of Facebook shares on the New York exchange on Friday. Trading was delayed by about 30 minutes due to late order cancellations, ...
Software problems impact Facebook IPOTG Daily
Nasdaq blames software design for Facebook IPO delayTelegraph.co.uk
NASDAQ FAIL as Facebook IPO stock price falters $FBComputerworld (blog)
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Yahoo! selling 50% of Alibaba in $7.1bn divorce - SlashGear


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Yahoo! selling 50% of Alibaba in $7.1bn divorce
SlashGear
Yahoo! and Alibaba are finally beginning their troubled divorce, with the Chinese e-commerce firm buying out half of Yahoo!'s stake in a $7.1bn deal valuing the company at $35bn overall. Meanwhile, options for Yahoo! to shed its remaining shares are ...
Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1BThe Associated Press
Yahoo to sell half its Alibaba stake for $7.1BUSA TODAY
Alibaba, Temasek in Talks Over Yahoo Stake BuybackWall Street Journal (blog)
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Nasdaq blames software design for Facebook IPO delay - Telegraph.co.uk


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Nasdaq blames software design for Facebook IPO delay
Telegraph.co.uk
Nasdaq, under scrutiny after Facebook shares were plagued by delays and mishandled orders on its first day of trading, blamed “poor design” in the software it uses for driving auctions in initial public offerings. The Nasdaq board in Times Square ...
Nasdaq reportedly 'embarrassed' over Facebook delaysFox News
Nasdaq's Facebook ProblemWall Street Journal
'Poor Design' Delayed Facebook IPO: NasdaqBusinessWeek
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