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It seems like a dream technological match, and a natural progression: The top-selling tablet computer with the fastest data-speed technology available from wireless carriers. And if the latest reports of the iPad 3 are accurate, a 4G long-term evolution version could be in consumers’ hands within weeks.

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Next iPads Believed To Be 4G LTE Capable

In what sounds like the initial premise of a spy novel, hackers had access to Nortel Networks’ internal network for nearly a decade.

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Spies Tapped Nortel for Nearly a Decade

With so many security breaches making headlines, it’s no wonder young companies like Splunk are making their moves into the public markets.

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Splunk Makes a Splash with Enterprise Security for Big Data

Taking another step in the bold journey into electronic hardware that began with branded smartphones, search giant Google is working on a home entertainment device that will initially stream music throughout homes and later other media, reports say. The device is most likely to made by Motorola Mobility, which Mountain View, Calif.-based Google is in the process of acquiring in a $12.5 billion deal, The New York Times reported. Google filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission last week for testing the new device, the Times said

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Google’s Dedicated Home Device May Stream Music or Video

A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., agreed Thursday to expedite a lawsuit filed against the Federal Trade Commission for failing to review Google’s recent decision to consolidate the privacy policies governing its Web sites and services. Filed Wednesday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, or EPIC, the suit contends that the new all-in-one privacy policy violates the terms of a prior settlement between Google and the FTC

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Watchdog Lawsuit Seeks Google Privacy Policy Review

In Facebook’s regulatory filing for an initial public offering of stock, CEO Mark Zuckerberg included a letter to potential investors about the company’s thinking. He described it as a social mission to make the world more open and connected. He also discussed Facebook’s approach to culture and management in Wednesday’s letter: “As part of building a strong company, we work hard at making Facebook the best place for great people to have a big impact on the world and learn from other great people.

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Zuckerberg Describes ‘The Hacker Way’ at Facebook

The International Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas. While this year’s CES marks the last for Microsoft’s booths and speeches from CEO Steve Ballmer, there’s still plenty of technology on parade.

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Stars Shine Along with Latest Tech Gear at CES

As more students spend large chunks of study and leisure time online, schools across the U.S. are adding coursework focused on privacy, cyberbullying and electronic plagiarism. Many schools not only are incorporating Internet safety into lesson plans but also shifting their focus from the pervasive “stranger danger” message typically given to young computer users.

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Schools Add Lessons in Internet Etiquette and Safety

Google will pay about three times as much as it once did to be the default search engine on Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Although Google and Mozilla are keeping the word mum, news reports are leaking details of the deal. “Under the multi-year agreement, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world,” said Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla

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Google To Pay Mozilla $300 Million a Year in Search Deal

A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software that was secretly installed on 141 million cell phones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents “neither sought nor obtained any information” from the company, Carrier IQ

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FBI Contacted Carrier IQ About Software