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Report: Yahoo-AOL deal possible this month

news.cnet.com — Yahoo would buy AOL's content business, but not its dial-up subscription business. Time Warner had separated the two, and given Yahoo's online-publishing and advertising interestsMore… (Tech Industry News)

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Light bulb networks could be the next WiFi

engadget.com — If researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering have their way, light bulbs of the future may be the highway your data gets carried along. A team at the school is working on low-power LEDs which could utilize an optical communication system to carry data wirelesslyMore… (Tech Industry News)

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I Like Ask.com - But Somebody Needs to Put a Fork in It

readwriteweb.com — What do you say to an old friend who's over extending themselves yet again? This morning 3rd tier search engine Ask.com proudly tooted its horn one more time - "It's Here! The New Ask.com!"More… (Tech Industry News)

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Senator worries Google ad money will be like crack for Yahoo

arstechnica.com — Senator Herb Kohl is worried about the impact of Yahoo's deal with Google, which will see the latter place ads on the search results pages of the former. The two companies have decided to delay the deal's implementation until Justice finishes its investigation.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Michael Moore on Slacker Uprising’s Piracy ‘Problem’

torrentfreak.com — Michael Moore decided to give away his latest film ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free, but only to people in the US and Canada. However, since he chose to use BitTorrent, and open trackers such as The Pirate Bay, it was fairly easy for the rest of the world to download it as well. Was this done on purpose? Moore responds.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Out of Options, DISH Finally Pays TiVo $104 Million Judgment

arstechnica.com — DISH Network parent EchoStar has announced that it plans to pay $104 million to TiVo as part of a long-running legal dispute.More… (Tech Industry News)

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The BBC urged to become UK's "open-source media platform"

guardian.co.uk — The director general Mark Thompson has directed the corporation to think beyond proprietary rights management to a new era of interoperability that offers consumers wider choice, control and benefits from "network effects" - the virality and interconnectedness of the web.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Firefox Mobile to be Released in a Few Weeks

unwiredview.com — In an interview that started with Mozilla CEO John Lilly explaining how he runs the company to San Jose Mercury News reporter Pete Carey, it was revealed that the first Firefox Mobile alphas could be released in “a few weeks.”More… (Tech Industry News)

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Google Has Changed Political Debate Forever

readwriteweb.com — Today Google released some information about what kinds of things viewers were searching for as that debate unfolded, minute by minute. It is amazing both that viewers were able to do such a thing, in real time, and that we're able to watch what people are searching for.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Ford feature will let parents limit speed of teen drivers

tech.yahoo.com — Programmed into the ignition key, it will also make sure seat belts are fastened and the music isn't above a pre-set level, Ford says. This will not be popular with the kids.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Scientists Plan to Decimate Our Enemies With Dinosaurs

gizmodo.com — It is no secret that there has been a major shift towards UAVs for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Scientist: Holographic television will become reality

cnn.com — Picture this: you're sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the Sex and the City movie and you're watching all the action unfold in 3D on your coffee table. It sounds a lot like a wacky dream, but don't be surprised if within our lifetime your TV brings you face-to-face with life-sized versions of your gaming heroes.More… (Tech Industry News)

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IETF working on making IPv6 and IPv4 talk to each other

arstechnica.com — An unlikely combination of IPv6 and NAT experts from the IETF met in Montréal last week to figure out better ways to allow IPv6-only and IPv4-only systems to communicate with each other.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Tackling Campus Piracy with FUD

torrentfreak.com — Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) is one of the oldest, and perhaps most effective anti-piracy strategies. MPAA’s “You can click, but you can’t hide” campaign is perhaps one of the best known examples. Today, we take a peek at how FUD is used by universities to counter campus piracy.More… (Tech Industry News)

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