Google filed a court petition Tuesday demanding it be allowed to share information about government surveillance programs with the public. FULL STORY

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Scrappy online startups were among the first to realize that renting computing power from cloud providers like Amazon Web Services was an excellent deal. For some, it was the only way they'd get off the ground. What investor would pay millions to build a data center for a new game or service that might not take off? FULL STORY

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The Oxford English Dictionary has finally gotten around to acknowledging that tweeting isn't just for the birds. FULL STORY

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It's 11 p.m. in downtown Austin, and we're driving in circles in a very un-school-bus-like school bus: blacked-out windows, a bar in the back, bullhorns strapped to the grille, Nine Inch Nails posters on the walls, dubstep whomm-whomm-whomping through what looks and sounds like an expensive, very loud sound system. The… FULL STORY

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Yahoo said Tuesday it received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for user data from U.S. law enforcement agencies over the last six months. FULL STORY

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Shrek is coming to the small screen, as part of a deal Netflix struck with DreamWorks Animation on Monday. FULL STORY

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Would you pay 25 cents to send a tweet to space on the odd chance that an alien might read it? The founders of Lone Signal hope so. The New York startup is launching a new website through which anyone can submit messages that will be broadcast to a star 17 light years away. FULL STORY

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Samsung's flagship smartphone could be getting twice as fast. FULL STORY

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Kickstarter fraudsters hawking Kobe beef jerky were just minutes away from completing the biggest-ever outright scam on the crowdfunding site last week. FULL STORY

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Google says it will spend $5 million on an effort to wipe pictures of child sexual abuse from the Web and another $2 million to research more effective ways to find, report and eradicate the images. FULL STORY

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It has been more than a year since Google announced a bizarre stock split -- which would allow the company to issue more shares. The move got held up due to a legal battle, but the split is finally closer to reality after Google settled a case with shareholders this weekend. FULL STORY

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Over the past few years, Microsoft has been inching closer to making Office available on any device. By launching its Office Mobile for iPhone app on Friday, Microsoft is just about there. FULL STORY

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Let's face it: In 2013, the words "dad" and "tech" don't clash like they used to. FULL STORY

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George Carlin once said, "I don't automatically wash my hands every time I go to the bathroom. You know when I wash my hands? When I s**t on them." FULL STORY

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This week, the U.S. Navy forsook a tradition dating back to the 1800s. Why? Because it's now too easily confused with the musings of an Internet lunatic. FULL STORY

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You're in no danger of falling in, but a large group of possible cosmic vacuum cleaners have just been identified. FULL STORY

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The Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Wii U consoles all let players control games with motion -- but you wouldn't know it from the games the console makers are promoting. FULL STORY

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Microsoft Office, the suite of productivity tools used by millions, has finally come to the iPhone. FULL STORY

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In the lead-up to Iran's presidential elections, which kicked off Friday, tens of thousands of Iranians fell victim to a series of targeted cyberattacks on their Gmail accounts. FULL STORY

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Since the days of the Nintendo 64, the masses have flocked to Nintendo's systems on the strength of its games. FULL STORY

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Shortly after Sallie Krawcheck got pushed out of Bank of America, the high-profile banker found herself in need of a professional makeover. As she tried to figure out what to do next, she wrote a few newspaper opinion pieces to build her reputation. She didn't get much response. When she published something, she'd hear… FULL STORY

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As violent crime tied to smartphone theft continues to rise nationwide, law enforcers are publicly calling on manufacturers to install "killswitch" technology that would render a stolen device useless. FULL STORY

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Three or four years ago, it was supposed to be the next big thing in consumer tech: the magic of 3-D, right in your living room. FULL STORY

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Apple is looking into launching iPhones with a 4.7-inch and a 5.7-inch screen, Reuters reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. FULL STORY

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Clothes can look good, feel good and smell good, but now they can also sound good. FULL STORY

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The largest, most expensive mobile device in most people's lives is not a smartphone or a tablet. It's their car. As microprocessors, GPS, and wireless have invaded the automobile, carmakers have begun to obsess about apps and interfaces that make such gadgetry work. Trouble is, old-line manufacturers tend to think in… FULL STORY

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You may not have heard of URS -- an outside CEO once joked the company is better known as "UR What?" -- but you can most likely appreciate what it does: build things. From pipelines to power plants to airports, URS is one of the world's largest infrastructure players. When current CEO Martin Koffel joined the company 2… FULL STORY

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On the morning of Friday, May 24, former SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard stood in front of several hundred employees in a dark suit and an ivory-colored tie. The normally dressed-down executive was known for his rambling, town-hall-style speeches; this one would be his last. Earlier that morning SAP -- the German soft… FULL STORY

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When InfoArmor founder and CEO Drew Smith secured seed money and a big contract from Washington Mutual in 2007, he thought his privacy-management company's future was assured. But just 60 days before the firm was to roll out an identity-monitoring service for WaMu's 10 million credit card holders, the U.S. Office of Th… FULL STORY

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"This is a big change, consumers don't always love change, and there's a lot of education we have to provide to make sure that people understand." FULL STORY

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Hashtags are coming to Facebook to help users better surface conversations. FULL STORY

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People outraged by recent news of the National Security Agency's collection of phone records and Internet monitoring are taking action online. FULL STORY

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The controversy over National Security Agency data mining has spawned columns featuring ominous references to Orwell and Kafka, reassurances from politicians and jokes (made on the Internet, of course) about the government peeking through the blinds. FULL STORY

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After years spent lurking in the shadows, the indie gaming world is ready for its moment in the spotlight. When the Ouya "micro-console" hits shelves on June 25, it could make big waves in the industry. FULL STORY

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To give the badly slumping PC market a much-need jolt, Intel is thinking about using one of the most effective tools in its arsenal: lowering chip prices. FULL STORY

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If Internet traffic is going to triple over the next five years, as Cisco predicts, we're gonna need a bigger boat. FULL STORY

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You've been in an accident. The police officer goes through the normal drill, asking for your license and registration. FULL STORY

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Google on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to let it be more transparent about secret data requests from the government. FULL STORY

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They are lowest on the totem pole, lack any kind of job security and assigned work no one else wants to do. But for almost $6,000 per month, who cares? FULL STORY

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It's called "Apple picking," a growing wave of crime in which thieves target mobile devices, particularly iPhones and iPads. FULL STORY

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Pandora is angry about the royalties it's paying to music publishers, so the company is making a bold move: It's buying a terrestrial radio station in South Dakota mainly to score lower rates. FULL STORY

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The big hardware unveil at Monday's Apple press event was the new Mac Pro, a sleek cylindrical desktop computer and the most powerful machine Apple has ever built. It was the announcement that prompted Apple executive Phil Schiller to exclaim, "Can't innovate anymore, my ass." FULL STORY

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If you'd like to have lunch with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, it will cost you at least $42,000. FULL STORY

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At a coming-out party for its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, Sony leveled its guns at rival Microsoft's Xbox One device and fired until the chambers were empty. FULL STORY

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Google announced Tuesday that it has acquired Waze, a highly sought-after social mapping service. FULL STORY

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