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Lawmakers Ask FTC to Investigate Google Buzz

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2010

Lawmakers are urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate complaints that Google's Buzz social networking service breached consumer privacy. In a letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, 11 lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the agency to look into allegations that Google Inc. disclosed personal information without the consent of its users in February when it launched Buzz. “Due to the high number of individuals whose online privacy is affected by tools like this -- either ...

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Apple to Produce Verizon iPphone in September

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2010

As many would expect, Apple is developing an iPhone upgrade to debut this summer, according to The Wall Street Journal, but more surprising is the rumor that a Verizon iPhone is in the works as well. WSJ cites sources who were briefed on a CDMA-compatible iPhone being manufactured by Pegatron, a Taiwanese manufacturing subsidiary of Asus. CDMA is the standard used on Verizon phones. The sources said Pegatron was scheduled to mass produce CDMA iPhones in September, but a release ...

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US Concerned over Australia's Internet Filter

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2010

The United States has raised concerns with Australia about the impact of a proposed Internet filter that would place restrictions on Web content, an official said Monday. The concerns of Australia's most important security ally further undermine plans that would make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among the world's democracies. “Our main message of course is that we remain committed to advancing the free flow of information which we view as vital to economic prosperity and preserving ...

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HTML5 for iPad Won't Kill Flash, but Could Change Apps

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2010

Publications, media companies and web developers have a new way to provide video on the Flash-free zones that are the iPhone and the impending iPad: using HTML5 to stream video within the Safari browser. Brightcove, which provides an online video backend system for several websites including Wired.com, said Monday that it will help media companies and software developers stream video to the iPad and other platforms using HTML5. A welcome “enabling" technology in the short-term, given the lack of support ...

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Browse Apple's App Store in Facebook

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2010

iPhone owners hoping to make the process of browsing applications more social will be happy to know that an Apple App Store apphas launched on Facebook. The app, which was developed by social-media company Virtue with some help from Apple's iTunes team, allows users to browse the App Store's entire 170,000- plus application directory from within Facebook. Users can search for specific apps, find out which programs are especially popular at any given time, and check out some of the ...

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Analysts Ask if the iPad Can Live up to its Hype

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2010

When the Apple iPad goes on sale on Saturday, most of the major questions surrounding the device will have been answered, save for one: can it live up to the hype?

Apple fans have breathlessly awaited Apple's entry into the tablet computer market. Since the company unveiled the iPad in late January, investors have jumped on the bandwagon, too, running up Apple's stock more than 10 percent. Part of that rise can be attributed to the steady rise in sales ...

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In Spain Internet Piracy is Part of the Culture

Source: Michael Ricci
March 31, 2010

Picasso and bullfighting are cultural touchstones in Spain. Now add Internet piracy. The unauthorized downloading and streaming of movies and television shows from the Web is a growing problem for the entertainment industry around the world. In a few key countries such as Spain, however, it has become an epidemic that is forcing movie studios to consider no longer selling DVDs in the country. A cavalier attitude toward piracy has made it mainstream behavior in Spain. “Almost everybody I know ...

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Video Gives a Glimpse of What's Inside iPad App Store

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2010

With the iPad launch still days away, a developer appears to have leaked a video showing the iPad App Store. Multiple independent reports over the weekend included purported screenshots of the iPad App Store. Those screenshots match the images in the screencast above, lending credence to the video's authenticity. Posted by MacStories, the video appears to have been made by a developer with special privileges to access the App Store through the iPad's software development kit and emulator. As expected, ...

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