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News By Zach Miners December 19, 2013 03:37 PM ET IDG News Service - Google saw a sharp rise in the number of government requests to have users' content removed during the first half of this year, in many cases for political reasons, the company reported on Thursday. Apparently, as more people...

The Consumer Electronics Show is all about TVs, and this year we expect the usual slew of announcements and buzzwords, as well as one conspicuous absentee: Panasonic plasma. The ZT60 is the ultimate Panasonic plasma. A lot of stuff happened in 2013, and it was an especially eventful year in the...

Oppo's announcement of a CyanogenMod custom Android version of the N1 was great news for performance phone fans, but who wants to sideload, right? Luckily, the new handset and CyanogenMod 10.2 combo has just cleared Google's compatibility test suite (CTS) gauntlet, meaning it'll officially get...

WhatsApp is an instant messaging service based in Santa Clara, Calif., that just reached 400 million monthly users. According to The Telegraph, WhatsApp sends 20 billion messages per day — double the size of Facebook's daily messaging traffic. The app was created in 2009 by former Yahoo...

December 19, 2013 05:46pm EST If you thought Google Glass wearers looked silly staring into space, just wait until Atheer One users are waving their hands through the air while walking down the sidewalk. 3D heads-up display platform Atheer Labs this week opened pre-orders and launched a...

Summary: Spanish privacy watchdog said the merging of its 70 privacy policies into one broke the country's law. But the fine amounts to nothing for Google, which can make it back in minutes. Spanish privacy watchdogs have fined Google for breaking the country's law when it combined more than 70...

Quick guide to disaster recovery in the cloud Updated ARM server chip startup Calxeda has shut down as one of its executives told The Register: "We simply ran out of money." The plucky company, founded in 2008, had banked $90m in funding during its lifetime, and carried the torch for taking...

by RENAY SAN MIGUEL / KING 5 News KING5.com Posted on December 17, 2013 at 12:17 PM Updated Tuesday, Dec 17 at 4:19 PM Anyone who has played the new Angry Birds Go! Game on their favorite mobile device might notice the similarities between Rovio’s racing app and a certain Nintendo...

What's This? By Samantha Murphy Kelly2013-12-19 18:06:11 UTC Google Glass lets you view emails, find directions and take calls right from the high-tech specs. But what if you wave your hand in front of a 3D projection to move around a calendar? Or if you want your eyewear to suggest meals...

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SEATTLE (AP) — One woman's secret Santa this holiday season turned out to be one of the richest men in the world: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The gift exchange happened through the website Reddit's secret Santa event, in which users swap presents across the country. A spokesman for Gates...

Technology Newsday > Business Published: December 19, 2013 7:10 PM By Bloomberg News   Apple Inc. was taking orders Thursday for the new Mac Pro personal computer, which is being built in Texas with components made domestically as part of chief executive Tim Cook's $100-million made-in-the-USA...

Calxeda officials said the company was too early to market, and that its products were not generating enough revenue to keep it afloat. Calxeda, one of the leaders in developing ARM-based chips for low-power servers, is shutting down after a hoped-for round of funding fell through.Officials with...

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What's This? By Neha Prakash2013-12-19 14:07:12 -0600 Secret Santa is generally an awkward tradition that requires buying gifts for someone whom you barely speak to all year in the name of Christmas cheer. It usually results in random coffee table books or Starbucks gift cards — unless Bill...

By Neil Hughes While Apple has made efforts in recent years to pare down its product options in an effort to simplify choices for consumers, the company's new Mac Pro desktop comes in nearly 200 potential configurations, giving professional users the ability to build a system that's right for...

MADRID Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:15pm EST A Google logo is seen at the entrance to the company's offices in Toronto September 5, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Chris Helgren MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's privacy watchdog on Thursday fined Google for breaking the country's data protection law when combining...

Censorship seems to be one of Google’s biggest concerns. The company released its transparency report today after fielding thousands of take-down requests from governments around the world. And it seems the trend is only getting worse. Since 2010, Google has released eight transparency reports...

December 19, 2013 10:40am EST Several hours after LG announced a 105-inch curved 4K (or Ultra HD) HDTV, Samsung revealed that it too will have a massive, curved TV on display at January's CES. This is starting to look like a trend. Samsung will demonstrate its 105-inch Curved UHD TV (the...

LG Electronics' 21:9 aspect ratio Curved Ultra HD TV 105-inch display.(Photo: LG Electronics) Bigger and wider TVs are on the way. Expected to be officially unveiled at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 are 105-inch curved Ultra HD TV displays from LG Electronics and...