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European regulators take a hard look at Google Houston Chronicle By JAMES TEMPLE San Francisco Chronicle • Big acquisition: Google may be close to buying online discount service Groupon in a deal worth as much as $6 billion in what would be the search company's largest acquisition ever, according to the New York ... See all stories on this topic »

Net-Neutrality Vote by US FCC Set for December After Year of Conflict Bloomberg By Todd Shields - Wed Dec 01 05:01:00 GMT 2010 A US regulator set a vote on rules to bar Internet service providers led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. from interfering with subscribers' Web traffic. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius ... See all stories on this topic »

Wikileaks: Julian Assange's mother 'distressed' by Interpol warrant Telegraph.co.uk The mother of Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, has said that she is deeply distressed after Interpol issued "Red Notice" alert for her son. Julian Assange is wanted by Interpol Photo: AP Christine Assange said she was "reacting as any mother ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Google in talks to buy Groupon deals site Los Angeles Times The Web giant's biggest acquisition yet would boost the firm's quest for local business ad dollars. Google may be on the verge of clinching its biggest deal yet with a reported $5-billion bid for Groupon, the fast-growing company that is blitzing the ... See all stories on this topic »

WikiLeaks website blocked behind Chinese firewall The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Links to the WikiLeaks website were blocked within China on Wednesday amid potentially embarrassing claims made in leaked US diplomatic cables posted to the site. Attempts to access wikileaks.org and cablegate.wikileaks.org were met with ... See all stories on this topic »

Disney's Tapulous releases 'Zoo Rescue,' a new mobile game for iPhones Orlando Sentinel Lost in all the chatter about this week's release of "Epic Mickey" for Wii was another Disney-related game release that's of interest. Mobile game-maker Tapulous, maker of the wildly successful "Tap Tap Revenge," released the non-music game "Zoo ... See all stories on this topic »

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European inquiry shows Google's size matters Los Angeles Times In the broadest investigation yet of the Internet search giant, officials will look into whether it has abused its search-engine dominance to squelch online rivals. By Jim Puzzanghera and David Sarno, Los Angeles Times The decision by European ... See all stories on this topic »

Interpol puts Assange on most-wanted list CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Interpol, at the request of a Swedish court looking into alleged sex crimes from earlier this year, has put WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on its most-wanted listed. The Stockholm Criminal Court two weeks ago issued an ... See all stories on this topic » CNN

Comcast Shares Remain Steady Under Pressure from FCC DailyFinance By MATTHEW SCOTT Posted 9:00 PM 11/30/10 Comcast's (CMCSA) shareholders appeared largely unfazed Tuesday by the cable giant's fee dispute with Level 3 Communications (LVLT) and new opposition to its deal to buy NBC Universal. ... See all stories on this topic »

WikiLeaks Shelters in Amazon Servers Wall Street Journal By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES WikiLeaks is using Amazon.com Inc. servers in the US to help deliver leaked US diplomatic cables, as the controversial website combats powerful Internet-based attacks. WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was the target of a computer ... See all stories on this topic »

Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Headed Back to Earth ABC News By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A miniature robotic space shuttle launched from Cape Canaveral in April has completed a nine-month classified mission for the military and will be headed for a landing as early as Friday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Richard Branson's quest for shiny iPad stardom CNET by Caroline McCarthy Richard Branson poses in front of the Manhattan flagship Apple Store with newsprint-covered mannequins to promote the launch of Project, his new iPad-based magazine. NEW YORK--There must be something squirreled away in the human ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

Facebook co-founder launches social network Jumo for social good CNN By Brenna Ehrlich, Mashable (Mashable) -- Today, users can start connecting with all their favorite social causes in one online sphere, as Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has launched his much-buzzed-about social network, Jumo. ... See all stories on this topic »

WikiLeaks cables point to China in Google hack USA Today Much has been written and broadcast over the past 24- hour news cycle about the diplomatic fallout of the latest WikiLeaks caper. Today, some news outlets are focusing on a subset of the leaked cables that point to China's Politburo as the orchestrator ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

iPad leading e-book reader demand despite Kindle price advantage Ars Technica By Chris Foresman | Last updated November 30, 2010 7:29 PM In a recent ChangeWave survey about consumer e-book reader ownership, iPad ownership doubled between August and November, up from 16 to 32 percent. The percentage of e-book reader owners that ... See all stories on this topic »

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EU probe delves into heart of Google's business DailyFinance By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and GABRIELE STEINHAUSERAP posted: 6:35 PM 11/30/10 BRUSSELS -European regulators are tackling a puzzle that could shift the balance of power on the Internet: Is Google stifling competition by juicing its search results to favor its ... See all stories on this topic »

Netflix is a bandwidth hog. Who will pay? (Hint: You.) CNNMoney By David Goldman, staff writerNovember 30, 2010: 4:49 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Netflix is clogging up the Internet. There's a debate raging about who should pay for it -- but ultimately, it's going to be you. The latest skirmish is a fracas ... See all stories on this topic »

Interpol issues global arrest warrant for Julian Assange Sydney Morning Herald Interpol, the international police organisation, have issued a global arrest warrant for Wikileaks' Julian Assange, as the activist website continued its US diplomatic cables leaks today. The 39-year-old Australian was added to the organisation's ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

DoS attacks hammer WikiLeaks for second day running Computerworld By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - WikiLeaks, the focus of attention since it released a quarter-million US diplomatic cables two days ago, is again under a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, Internet researchers said today. The site remained online with ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook co-founder's new venture to promote causes AFP WASHINGTON — Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, launched a new venture on Tuesday to promote charitable causes. Jumo.com, which launched in beta, ... See all stories on this topic »

Kinect Sex: Coming Soon to a Console Near You? PC World By JR Raphael, PCWorld It's practically the universal rule of electronics: Where there's technology, there's sex. Embrace it or shun it, but it's the way of the world. Now, it looks like Microsoft's new Kinect may be the latest gadget to fall prey to ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony confirms shipping, not selling, 4.1 million Move units Digitaltrends.com After making big news of booming Move sales, Sony has back peddled a bit and clarified that the numbers indicate units shipped to retailers, not sales to consumers. Multiple sources, including The Wall Street Journal, were reporting today that Sony ... See all stories on this topic »

Survey shows misunderstanding of iPad's place in e-reader market BetaNews By Tim Conneally | Published November 30, 2010, 4:45 PM Market research company ChangeWave released the results of a survey on Tuesday that attempts to illustrate some of the recent consumer trends in the e-reader business. ... See all stories on this topic » BetaNews

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Science snips By David Bradley Yet more science news snippets from David Bradley. Sciencebase Science Blog - http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/

NSF Funding Citizen Science From Gulf Oil Spill By dynamicpatterns Recently, we featured an article on how new federal money -- funneled through the NOAA -- is being directed to citizen science efforts (read more). Science 2.0 - http://www.science20.com/

Knight Science Journalism Tracker » Blog Archive » NYTimes Science ... By Charlie Petit Andrew Pollack: Fuel Lines Of Tumors Are New Target ; Read this and remember it next time you wish there were more science stories on the research itself, rather than a heated announcement of a potential breakthrough thanks to research ... Knight Science Journalism Tracker - http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/

DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable: Latest Innovations in Network Science ... By jennifer.cragg Kott and Cole will discuss the latest innovations in Network Science, which is a new and emerging scientific discipline that examines the interactions, interdependencies and common underlying science among social, information and ... DoDLive - http://www.dodlive.mil/

Apes unwilling to gamble when odds are uncertain | Science Blog By bjs DURHAM, NC -- Humans are known to play it safe in a situation when they aren't sure of the odds, or don't have confidence in their judgments. We don't like to choose the unknown. And new evidence from a Duke University study is showing ... Science Blog - http://scienceblog.com/

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Europe Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Google New York Times Virginia Mayo/AP The Google logo on display at the company's Brussels office. The European Commission is investigating complaints against Google from other search-related companies. By JAMES KANTER and ERIC PFANNER BRUSSELS — Europe opened a formal ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

FCC 'Looking Into' Charge Against Comcast Over Fee BusinessWeek By Todd Shields Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- US regulators are investigating Level 3 Communications Inc.'s accusation of unfair Internet- traffic pricing by Comcast Corp., a Federal Communications Commission official said. "We're looking into it," FCC ... See all stories on this topic »

PlayStation Move sales top 4.1 million USA Today It appears any video game device featuring motion control should prepare for a holly jolly Christmas. Sony just announced its PlayStation Move motion control system has sold 4.1 million units since launching in September. The Move is available as a ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Patriotic 'Hacktivist' Claims He Took Down Wikileaks Site ABC News By KRISTINA WONG A computer hacker is claiming he temporarily disabled the Wikileaks site Sunday afternoon, right as the latest dump of leaked State Department memos were scheduled to publish on the site. Is a hacker named The Jester responsible for ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Kinect sex – what's the holdup? msnbc.com By Winda Benedetti Go on. Admit it. If you own a Kinect, you've been wondering this very thing: How long until someone makes a Kinect sex game? Microsoft's new body-tracking sensor for the Xbox 360 is one of those things that just begs for such adult ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Adds a Little Magic to Earth TechNewsWorld By Mike Martin Google Earth is "a beautiful, user-friendly site to help us gain better awareness of our neighborhoods and our planet," said Jonathan Askin, a Brooklyn Law School professor. Among the new features of the latest release are "3D trees" ... See all stories on this topic »

Virgin Releases IPad-only Magazine, Project PC World By David Dahlquist, Macworld Branson bills the publication as the "first truly digital magazine for creative people, by creative people." Its editorial sections will focus on technology, entrepreneurs, design, and entertainment, and will profile ... See all stories on this topic »

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Google Shares Slip On EU Antitrust Probe TheStreet.com By James Rogers 11/30/10 - 11:04 AM EST BRUSSELS (TheStreet) -- Google's(GOOG) stock slipped in early trading on Tuesday following news that the search giant will face an antitrust probe on the other side of the Atlantic. The company's shares tumbled ... See all stories on this topic » TheStreet.com

Jumo Mixes Social Networking with Charities, Causes PC Magazine Chris Hughes, a Facebook founder, has launched Jumo, a social network that aims to connect donors and their charities, rather than facilitate donations. Jumo.com launched in beta on Tuesday, a Facebook-style site that allows users to "follow" charities ... See all stories on this topic »

Xbox Kinect Is Holiday Season's 'It' Gadget InformationWeek By Paul McDougall , InformationWeek Microsoft's got a blockbuster on its hands. The company said it sold more than 2.5 million Xbox Kinect units since launching the product earlier this month—making it one of the hottest selling E-toys for the crucial ... See all stories on this topic »

Bush, like Obama, doesn't like WikiLeaks USA Today President Obama and former President George W. Bush have at least one thing in common: They don't like news leaks. "Leaks are very damaging and people who leak ought to be prosecuted," Bush said yesterday during a webcast on the Facebook website. ... See all stories on this topic »

Could Mickey Mouse be the next video game star? VentureBeat Warren Spector describes himself as one of Mickey Mouse's biggest fans. He has a lot of company, too, and therein lies the potential for Spector's new video game, Disney Epic Mickey. Launching today, the game is an ambitious title for the Nintendo Wii ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

Attack hits Wikileaks cable site BBC News A web attack has been launched against the Wikileaks site set up to host leaked US diplomatic cables. The deluge of data launched against the site managed to briefly make it unreachable around 1200 GMT on 30 November. So far no-one has come forward to ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Unveils Cyber Monday Deals on Accessories PC Magazine Apple today unveiled its Cyber Monday deals, and while there are no deals on hardware items like the Mac or iPad, the company is offering savings on iPod docks, iPad cases, and more. "Merry Monday," Apple said. "Today only, get special savings on these ... See all stories on this topic »

China urges US action over WikiLeaks revelations AFP PARIS — China on Tuesday urged the United States to "properly handle" fallout from a slew of leaked cables that revealed Beijing, long seen as North Korea's protector, would accept a reunited Korean peninsula. Cables revealed by the WikiLeaks website ... See all stories on this topic »

Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, Wednesday will disclose details about its plan to launch its faster LTE 4G wireless network in 38 US cities by the end of the year. The carrier has repeatedly said ... See all stories on this topic »

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EU to launch Google search investigation The Guardian The European Commission today launched a formal investigation into Google following allegations that the internet giant has abused its dominant position in the search and advertising market. Google is facing an EU anti-trust investigation following ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Digital doorbuster sales drive Cyber Monday NorthJersey.com BY JOAN VERDON Cyber Monday, one of the peak days for online sales, was expected to break the $1 billion mark this year, driven by an ever-growing number of Black Friday-style "digital doorbuster" deals and promotions offered by retailers. ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Said to Bid $6 Billion for Groupon DailyFinance By DOUGLAS MCINTYRE Posted 6:50 AM 11/30/10 Company News, Google , Yahoo Google (GOOG) is offering around $6 billion for e-commerce coupon site Groupon, according to several media sources. It is likely that the initial payment will be $5.3 billion and ... See all stories on this topic »

Kinect Sells 2.5 Million Units in a Month Techtree.com Microsoft's Kinect motion controller system has achieved the estimates set for it, and more, by managing to push 2.5 million units in under a month from the launch date. Although a good chunk of the sales aren't of the standalone system, ... See all stories on this topic » Techtree.com

Wikileaks evades hackers with shift to Amazon The Guardian Wikileaks, the site that has infuriated the US government by releasing thousands of US diplomatic cables, is being hosted by one of the symbols of that country's internet success - Amazon. The site came under a "Distributed Denial of Service" (DDOS) ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Google Earth steps 'seamlessly' into Street View Register By Lester Haines • Get more from this author Google has announced the release of Google Earth 6 - now with fully-integrated Street View allowing amazed netizens to "journey from outer space right to your doorstep in one seamless flight". ... See all stories on this topic »

Comcast: Internet service restored after regional outage Baltimore Sun Officials at Comcast Sunday night said they did not know what caused disruptions in its Internet service to homes and businesses across the region and as far away as Boston but that service had been restored. Comcast spokesman Bob Grove apologized to ... See all stories on this topic »

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Science @ NASA Feature Stories Podcast The mission of Science@NASA is to help the public understand how exciting NASA research is and to help NASA scientists fulfill their outreach ... science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/11/.../podcast.xml

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Web and in-store sales strong Washington Post Carol Uyeno of Palo Alto, Calif., peruses "Cyber Monday" sales on her home computer. (Paul Sakuma) By Ylan Q. Mui and Danielle Douglas Retailers rang up strong sales online and in stores during the post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza, sparking hopes for ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Google nears deal to buy Groupon: report Reuters A camera used for Google street view is pictured at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 2, 2010. BANGALORE (Reuters) - Google Inc is inching toward buying e-commerce coupon website Groupon Inc for as much as $6 billion, the New York Times said on ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Government Seizes 82 Sites In Piracy Sweep InformationWeek Joint effort between the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice shuts down peer-to-peer networks and sites allegedly selling counterfeit goods. By Elizabeth Montalbano , InformationWeek The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency ... See all stories on this topic »

Comcast outage leaves Internet customers adrift Boston Globe By DC Denison and Erin Ailworth Dave Cook is a voice-over artist who creates digital sound files at home and distributes them over the Internet. Yesterday, he had to turn to the computers at the Concord public library to get the job done. ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Earth Gets 3D Trees, Seamless Street View Techtree.com The updated version of Google's popular global mapping program now includes a new and improved seamless Street View mode and three-dimensional trees. The Street View feature was introduced more than two years ago, but required activation by means of ... See all stories on this topic » Techtree.com

FCC mulls broadcast airwaves for wireless use Reuters By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US telecommunications regulators will vote on proposals to free up more airwaves for commercial wireless use on Tuesday in a meeting that could be overshadowed if plans to act on contentious Internet traffic ... See all stories on this topic »

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What's the Buzz? The Science Behind the #1 Sex Toy | Psychology Today By Laurie B. Mintz, Ph.D. Sex toys enhance desire and pleasure. By Laurie B. Mintz, Ph.D.... Psychology Today Blogs - http://www.psychologytoday.com/

The Art & Science of Sound Recording Hotfile download - Downeu By shareislove In the Keyfax DVD instructional series, Alan Parsons Art & Science of Sound Recording, you'll go on a journey through sound and recording starting with the basics and exploring each major aspect of professional music production - all in ... Hotfile download - Downeu - http://www.downeu.com/

Support Computer Science Education Week 2011! - Developing the ... By lindsayr In 2005, she graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. During her time at USC, she worked with ABC and Wells Fargo supporting their web properties. In her current role she educates, ... Developing the Future - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lindsay/

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Aynsley Kellow's Science and Public ... By noreply@blogger.com (Roger Pielke, Jr.) Aynsley Kellow has written to notify me that his excellent book, Science and Public Policy: The Virtuous Corruption of Virtual Environmental Science (2007, Edward Elgar), is on sale for $40, which is a full $70 off of its list price. ... Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog - http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/

Cool Science Experiments – The Way to Get Your Kids Excited About ... By admin Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr I love seeing kids excited about Science. Reading about Science, exploring the world outside, seeing a science video. Science Experiments for Kids - http://www.columbiascientific.com/

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