The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

Trading barbs with Microsoft, Google accuses the software giant of cheating - TechCrunch

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In a sting operation cooked up by Google, Microsoft allegedly copied search results for its search engine Bing

Facebook knows what you look like - WaPo

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New Facebook technology will scan faces in photos to give tag suggestions for newly uploaded photos

iPad escapes AT&T prison, heads for Verizon Oct. 28 - Gizmodo

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Release seems to lend even more credence to those early 2011 Verizon iPhone reports, which should make you as happy as it makes AT&T nervous

Robots punch humans for science - New Scientist

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In another test, a researcher put his own arm on the line to show how smart sensors could enable a knife-wielding kitchen robot to stop short of cutting him

Video app can transform any flabby slob into a hottie - Gizmodo

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The system allows anyone to easily manipulate ‘the body shape and proportions of a human actor in arbitrary video footage’ by just using sliders in a control panel

'That's a wrap' no longer applies to bodies - Popular Science

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A new technology allows editors to alter actors’ physiques

Google's Android dominates Apple, defines future of smart-phones - Newsweek

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Android’s open-source model gives Google an advantage over rivals selling closed systems, like Apple, which also operates its own online stores

Suit claims CIA knowingly bought faulty, hacked software - CNET News

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Lawsuit alleges software used to track movement of cell phones was flawed

Media bias: Apple dominates headlines - NYT

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Study finds that, among its competitors, Apple is most covered by media

Computers set for quantum leap - FT.com

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Computers set for quantum leap

DARPA seeks to prevent future Wikileakage - Wired

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Former hacker heads new DARPA project dubbed ‘CINDER’

Samsung spawns an iPad killer? - CNET News

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Samsung president calls Galaxy Tab a ‘paradigm-shifter’

Google adds phone calls to Gmail - Lifehacker

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Is there anything Google can’t do?

New 'check in' apps aimed toward homebodies - CNN Tech

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Instead of checking into places, new applications make it possible to ‘check in’ to a book or television show

Germany embeds data-storage chips in mandatory ID cards - International Business Times

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Via a compulsory ID program, RFID chips will allow German authorities to access citizens’ personal data

Officials use Facebook to bust teachers playing hooky - NY Daily News

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More than a dozen Department of Education employees were busted in the past two years for faking illnesses to take paid vacations

NASA rethinks conventional eyeglasses - Popular Science

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An adjustable focus will aid those with weaker vision

Broadening broadband - AP

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The Obama administration is backing a plan to nearly double the space available for wireless high-speed Internet traffic

Canadian company builds the textbook of the future - Toronto Star

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Textbooks are all digital with videos, podcasts, and pages of data

Customize your Google search page - PC WORLD

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Google will now let users add personal photos to the background of its search page