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Google: Self-Driving Car Legal in Nevada (videos)

Here’s a video showcasing the self-driving car and its inventor, Sebastian Thrun, at a TED conference. Nevada approved the use of the self-driving car in June, officials say.

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Google: Virtual Spaceship Wars at Google Waterloo

I get it. Google’s just gotta have fu-un. Shipwars@Google Waterloo is no Waterloo, though.

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Google Chrome 17: Addresses Malware, Speed Issues

Another day, another Chrome upgrade. Google announces Chrome 17.

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Google Solve for X: Crowd-Sourcing Humanity’s Problems

It’s Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics professor giving a Solve for X talk — on solving big, big problems with giant groups of humans, Yes, he does mean crowdsourcing. Great stuff. It sounds improbable — it did to me at first — but watch the video and then judge. Thanks Google for coming up with a cool group of independent speakers on such fascinating topics.

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Micron CEO Dies in Crash: Ranting Roundup with Eric Mack

Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in a plane crash. Also in today’s tech news, Apple does an about face in Germany and Google’s mystery device round out the week in ranting for me. Time for a drink…

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Google Data Aggregation: Chunks of Patents, Acquisitions

People, after reading Facebook’s just-released public S1 doc to the SEC, wondered why Facebook chalked its $1B annual profit to the vague term, advertising. Not me. Facebook, like, Google, is a data aggregator. Wondering what IP is in this field and what’s coming, I took a virtual trip through the USPTO. And the pieces come together.

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A Wrinkle in Spime

When the digital model of our world gets out of sync with our actual world, strange things happen …

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The Crunchies: Dropbox Wins Best Overall, Siri Wins Best Tech

Fab.com wins best shopping site at the Crunchies. Our Julie Blaustein was there at this annual tech award ceremony — at Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

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Amazon Kindle Fire: More Trouble for Google Android

Amazon Kindle Fire’s success means a hard decision for app developers — and major trouble for Google and its Android 4.X Ice Cream Sandwich. Our Paul Bonner says why.

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Android.Counterclank: Android Market Trojan Debacle Unfolds

Here are the 13 free games on the Android Market that Symantec claims are spreading the trojan Android Counterclank. Two days after Symantec posted its threat warning, several of the games listed are still up on the Google Android Market. Source: Symantec

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