Technology Coalition Urges Stronger Online Privacy Laws

Microsoft, Google and other companies are pushing to protect private information from government access.


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In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover

The digital age poses a slight problem for publishers and authors, who have always received free advertising from readers of their books in printed form.


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Google Links Web Attacks to Vietnam Mine Dispute

Google says it has identified cyber attacks aimed at silencing critics of a Chinese-backed bauxite mining project in Vietnam.


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Access to Google Is Interrupted in China

Users trying to access the site in English and Chinese reached the home page but were unable to complete searches.


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With Hirings, Yahoo Steps Up News Coverage

The company is bringing in journalists, some from traditional outlets, to create more original content.


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Special Report: International Education: As Colleges Make Courses Available Free Online, Others Cash In

How can professors and universities afford to give away the course materials which are their very livelihood?


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I.B.M’s Bid to Woo Software Startups

I.B.M. wants to make its software the equivalent of a Web-based operating system for its Smarter Planet-style applications.


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Only a Few Can Multi-Task

A very small number of people are super-taskers. Everyone else: Put away the cellphones while driving.


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What We’re Reading: Twitter Predictions, ‘Glee,’ Tumblr and the iPad

Links to articles about Yale and Google, “Glee” and MySpace, and Tumblr and the media.


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Start-Up Aims to Be a Hub for Location Data

A new start-up plans to offer a low-cost way for developers to get in on the location-based application craze.


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