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| Google Chrome for Android vs. Firefox for Android (ContributorNetwork) - ContributorNetwork - Some of you might have been wondering: If Google makes the Android operating system and Google makes the Chrome Web browser, why don't Android smartphones and tablets use Chrome? Instead, for awhile now they've just used a generic "browser" app, which requires third-party apps and workarounds to even share pages back and forth with your desktop or laptop Chrome browser. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:30 GMT |
| Can Anybody Compete with Netflix? (ContributorNetwork) - ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | This is shaping up to the be the year streaming video becomes ultra-competitive. Netflix is starting to recover after a near disastrous price hike announcement in 2011, as reported by Forbes, and a recent announcement says Verizon and Redbox will form a streaming video partnership that will be up and running by the end of the year, the Associated Press reported. Now, Amazon is getting ready to jump into the streaming video world in a major way, according to Reuters. Can anyone knock Netflix off its perch? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:27 GMT |
| Hackers post W.Va. police officers' personal info (AP) - AP - Hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous obtained personal information for more than 150 police officers from an old website of the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted the data online. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:38 GMT |
| China: Beijing microbloggers must use real names by March 16 (Digital Trends) - Digital Trends - A local government official has warned users of Chinese microblogging services—weibos—in Beijing that they must post under their real names no later than March 16 or be banned from the services. The move comes after the Chinese capital issued requirements late last year that weibos users re-register for micro-blogging services under their real names to enable authorities to more easily monitor and block them if they post material the government finds objectionable. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:54 GMT |
| Time Warner sees growth after Harry Potter movies
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