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Fellow Hackers Blast Geohot For Sony Settlement

The hacker George Hotz, who settled with Sony after the company sued him for modifying his PlayStation 3 console, is getting a lot of flak from other hackers for not taking the fight further.
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Adobe Reveals Flash Bug

Adobe said a critical vulnerability has been found in certain versions of its Flash Player that could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
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Court: Winklevoss Twins Can't Alter Facebook Deal

A federal appeals court has ruled that former classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must abide by a deal they made when they fought Zuckerberg over ownership of the idea for a social networking site.
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Man admits role in U.S. insider trading scheme

A mortgage broker, whose secret recordings of two friends who prosecutors say were trying to cover up one of the biggest U.S. insider trading cases on record, pleaded guilty to involvement in the 17-year scheme.
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Broker admits role in insider trading scheme

A mortgage broker who secretly recorded two friends who prosecutors say tried to cover up one of the biggest U.S. insider trading cases on record pleaded guilty to involvement in the 17-year scheme.
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Anonymous Hackers Plan Sony Protests

The hacktivist group Anonymous is planning a set of sit-ins at Sony stores on April 16, in response to the company's legal actions against hacker George Hotz.
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Apple's Steve Jobs' life story due in 2012

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs will allow best-selling author Walter Isaacson, who chronicled the lives of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, to publish his biography next year.
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Scientists find way to map brain's complexity

Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time.
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Why is Google crafting Chrome OS-based tablet?

Google is working towards crafting a tablet version of its light-weight, browser-based Chrome OS in its attempt to act as a catalyst to trigger creation of quality web apps to counter apps created for closed-walled companies like Apple and Microsoft.
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Swedish firm starts using Russian satnav

A Swedish firm has become the first known foreign company to use Russian positioning technology GLONASS, in a sign that the system could become a credible challenge to established U.S. rival GPS.
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In Pulse introduces ‘smart watch’

In Pulse, a Y Combinator-backed startup, has introduced a wrist watch that has computing and phone operations. The bluetooth-enabled watch can also display all email alerts, SMS messages.
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YouTube Goes Live

YouTube has launched YouTube Live where one can view live videos from certain content partners of Google.

Toshiba also gets into the tablet battle

Toshiba has put a “coming soon” on its website detailing the features of the new tablet it is goin to launch. The market is getting over crowded with players like Motorola, Samsung, Acer with Apple as the king ruling them. Acer is to launch its tablet, Iconia, on 24 April.

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