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Dropbox offers 5GB of free cloud storage
Dropbox is an online cloud storage service, comparable with Microsoft's SkyDrive or Google Drive. The service works by syncing folders on your computer with a disk drive in the cloud and mobile devices. A free membership comes with 2GB of space.
Continue »FTC hires more help in Google probe
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Former Justice Department prosecutor Beth Wilkinson will take the reins as the FTC digs deeper into allegations that Google Inc. has been abusing its dominance of Internet search to stifle competition and drive up online advertising prices. The FTC announced the move Thursday.
Continue »Foxconn workers threaten suicide amid protest over wages
File photo of a Foxconn factory sign in an industrial district of Foshan City, in southern China's Guangdong province.
(Credit: Getty Images)(CBS News) Workers at the Chinese factory Foxconn, where companies like Apple and Microsoft manufacture hardware, have threatened to commit suicide amid protests over wages.
Approximately 200 protesters in the Wuhan plant voiced concerns "workplace adjustments," however protests mostly involves new workers of the plant," Reuters reports.
House approves controversial CISPA bill
CISPA author Mike Rogers, a Republican, calls a proposed Democratic amendment "Big Brother on steroids."
(Credit: C-SPAN)Ignoring a White House veto threat, the House approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which would encourage companies and the federal government to share information collected on the Internet to help prevent electronic attacks from cybercriminals, foreign governments and terrorists.
Continue »Google Translate reports 200 million monthly users
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"In a given day we translate roughly as much text as you'd find in 1 million books. To put it another way: what all the professional human translators in the world produce in a year, our system translates in roughly a single day," said Franz Och, research scientist at Google Translate, in a blog post.
Continue »House moves ahead with CISPA cybersecurity bill
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
(Credit: CBS)White House questions CISPA cybersecurity bill
CNET ANALYSIS: Advocacy group flip-flops over CISPA surveillance bill
The House begins work Thursday on the bill designed to address the cybersecurity threat by getting the private sector and government to share information to thwart attacks from foreign governments, terrorists and cybercriminals. Although the information sharing is voluntary, civil liberties groups fear the measure could lead to government spying on Americans.
Continue »Apple WWDC 2012: What you need to know
Apple's 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference will be held June 11 through June 15.
(Credit: Apple)(CBS News) Apple announced the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Wednesday, but ample developers have been left in the cold. The annual event in San Francisco sold out in just two hours.
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The five-day conference will be held from June 11 through June 15. Tickets are sold out, but Apple will post videos of the sessions "shortly after the conference" online.
Continue »Who owns your files if you use Google Drive?
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Google Drive: first impressions, who owns what
Nintendo reports first ever annual loss
(CBS/AP) - Nintendo posted a net loss of 43.2 billion yen ($533 million) for the fiscal year Thursday, as weak sales of the Wii home console and the strong yen eroded earnings. The company's operating loss was 37.3 billion yen ($460 million).
Kyoto-based Nintendo, once the star of video games with franchises like Pokemon and Super Mario, has seen its glory fade with the advent of smartphones that are wooing away casual gamers.
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