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Congress moves forward with anti-Internet-privacy bill

Make of this what you will. The United States Senate The US Senate has voted to overturn Internet privacy rules introduced last year by the FCC. In addition, the overturned vote works to prevent the FCC from passing any further such rules in the future. Via the notes: Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the […]

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“The Interview” becomes available on the iTunes Store, now available for rent or purchase

The Interview has finally come to iTunes. Per Macworld, Sony has brought the comedy, which features Seth Rogen and James Franco as journalists sent to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un to the iTunes Store. The movie can be rented for US$6 or bought for US$15 in HD or SD.

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Oracle purchases Datalogix for undisclosed sum, taps new vein of marketing data and analysis

It never hurts to buy an enormous data tracking and processing company. On Tuesday, Oracle announced that it had acquired Datalogix for an undisclosed amount of money. Datalogix, in turn, tracks purchases from no less that 110 million households (both online and offline) and provides aggregate and insight information on over US$2 trillion in consumer […]

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Finance Hardware iPad

IHS iSuppli completes iPad Air 2 teardown, estimates slightly higher manufacturing and component costs

As is customary, the new iPad Air has been torn down to get an approximate fix on his much its component pieces retailed for. The answer for the iPad Air 2 is about US$275. Per MacRumors and Re/code, research firm IHS iSuppli has torn down the new iPad Air 2 in an attempt to estimate […]

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New round of “Test & Keep iPhone 5” texts hit, scam continues

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably an iPhone 5 texting-based scam run by people that should rightfully be trampled by irate moose. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer, a scam purporting to offer you the opportunity to “test and keep the New iPhone5!” began making […]