washingtonpost.com - Technology (10 unread)
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NYC judge rejects Google settlement with authors, publishers over firm's huge digital library
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 4:18pm EDT by Associated Press
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NEW YORK - Saying Google Inc. had overstretched, a federal judge on Tuesday rejected a deal between the giant search engine and lawyers for authors and publishers that would have let the company make money presiding over the world's largest digital library. -
AT&T buying T-Mobile: A disconnect for consumers
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 3:06pm EDT by Post
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Your choice for wireless service would get smaller should AT&T carry out its plan to buy T-Mobile USA.
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Consumer advocates: FCC should require more disclosure on political ads
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 1:23pm EDT by Dan Eggen
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The Federal Communications Commission should require sponsors of political advertising to disclose their biggest financial backers to the public, according to a petition filed Tuesday by a public-interest law firm. -
AT&T, T-Mobile merger blasted
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 7:45am EDT by Ian Shapira and Jia Lynn Yang
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A day after AT&T announced it would buy T-Mobile USA to create the biggest wireless carrier in the country, consumer advocates and some members of Congress blasted the deal. -
iPods in one hand, vinyl records in the other, Digital Generation includes some old souls
Posted: March 22nd, 2011, 12:41am EDT by Associated Press
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Sarah McCarthy has a peculiar passion for a 16-year-old: She's a vinyl junkie. -
GAO rules against homeland security contract
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 5:16pm EDT by Marjorie Censer
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The decision could be significant for agencies reevaluating their IT programs in the wake of Office of Management and Budget reviews launched last year.
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Value Added: Creating a conveyor belt for renovation
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 3:00pm EDT by Post
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Anthony Lanier built an assembly line of engineers, architects, historical preservation specialists, zoning lawyers and construction firms who could pump out renovated buildings one after another. -
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 1:11pm EDT by Cecilia Kang
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AT&T has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion deal that would create the country's largest cellphone carrier. -
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 8:15am EDT by Cecilia Kang
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AT&T has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion deal that would create the country's largest cellphone carrier. -
Escaping your digital past
Posted: March 21st, 2011, 7:36am EDT by Post
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Last summer Google chief executive Eric Schmidt declared that in the future people would need to change their names to escape their digital pasts. Now a few new commercial Web sites are luring users with the promise of anonymity.