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- Department of Justice closes piracy conduit. Is SOPA needed?
Department of Justice conducted a two-year investigation of MegaUpload before closing it down. So why does the Department of Justice need new antipiracy laws like SOPA?
- Facebook turns Like into Want, Cook, Read, and many others
Making good on its promise of "frictionless sharing," Facebook introduced 60 Timeline apps on Wednesday evening. The apps create real-time Facebook status updates on what you're listening to, reading, cooking ... the list goes on.
- AT&T hikes up data plan prices
AT&T nudged up its data plan prices this week. Here's what you need to know.
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lashes out at SOPA, PIPA
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, took to his social-networking site yesterday to speak out against SOPA and PIPA, which Zuckerberg called "poorly thought out laws."
- Feds shut down file-sharing website Megaupload
An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content.
- PIPA and SOPA: What you need to know
As PIPA and SOPA work their way through Congress, the controversial bills have raised many questions. The most common: Wait, what are PIPA and SOPA?
- Apple digital textbooks: Can Apple reinvent another industry?
Apple digital textbooks promise to revolutionize education, just as the company revolutionized music. But is the model for Apple digital textbooks too costly to work?
- Apple's new iBooks 2 fulfills one of Steve Jobs' last dreams
At the Apple announcement Thursday, the company presented its new vision for textbook. IBooks 2 and iBooks Author aim for more interactivity in school texts, just as Steve Jobs imagined it.
- Nokia Lumia 710 review roundup
Nokia has launched a new budget Windows phone. So how does the Lumia 710 fare against its competitors?
- SOPA blackout: How to get around the Wikipedia protest
Wikipedia imposed a SOPA blackout today, redacting its English encyclopedia in protest of the US bill. Don't worry. Here are five ways to get around the blackout.
- SOPA blackout: What happened to Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is offline today. Here's why.
- Zappos hacked: What did we learn?
Lessons learned from the recent Zappos hack.
- Wikipedia blackout: Site to protest SOPA
Wikipedia blackout is scheduled to occur Wednesday and last for 24 hours. A Wikipedia blackout would add heft to protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act.
- Windows Phone: Skype app 'coming soon'
Windows Phones will feature a Skype app "soon," according to a Skype executive. But Windows Phone owners may have to wait several months for the feature.
- New laptops: Is this the year of the 'ultrabook'?
Looking for new laptops? This year's Consumer Electronics Show is filled with ultrabooks -- new laptops that are thin and light -- and a few models are getting positive press already.
- Lumia 900 set for March release: report
The Lumia 900, Nokia's new Windows Phone, could hit shelves in the US as soon as March, according to one reporter.
- Murdoch on MySpace: We "screwed up" in the race against Facebook
Rupert Murdoch today admitted that News Corp dropped the ball when it came to MySpace.
- To save buildings from quakes, architects try self-destruction by design
Architects hope to protect buildings by letting them rumble instead of crumble. A new design feature would sacrifice itself during an earthquake without harming anything else.
- Windows phone: Nokia makes big leap with Lumia 900
Windows phone from Nokia is its best in years. By replacing its own OS with the Windows Phone OS, the Nokia Lumia 900 has vastly improved feel.
- Twitter lambasts new Google search feature
Search Plus Your World, the new initiative from Google, has come under fire from the folks at Twitter.