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Cloudyn Monitors and Optimizes AWS Usage
Cloudyn is launching a hosted service on Monday that aims to monitor a company's cloud usage and recommend ways to optimize that usage in order to cut costs.

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New Digital Spam: How Bad Guys Try to Trick You; How to Avoid the Traps
The latest forms of digital spam include clickjacking, junk apps, bad QR codes, and much more. Here's what you can do to stay safe.

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Cutting the Cord: How to Ditch Your Cable Company
TV programming no longer belongs solely to cable companies, but viewing the shows you want online can still be difficult. Here are some tips to get your favorite programs more quickly.

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Google Privacy Issues Let Microsoft Tout IE9's Safeguards
Concerns about Google's revamped privacy policies give Microsoft an opening to promote the tracking protection built into Internet Explorer.

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Micron Appoints COO Durcan as CEO After Appleton's Death
Memory company Micron Technology has appointed Mark Durcan as its new CEO, quickly replacing the former CEO Steve Appleton who died in a plane crash on Friday.

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Find February Deals on Laptops, HD TVs, Kindle Fire
Plenty of bargains are emerging, but it turns out it's not a great month to snap up a digital camera. Here's the lineup.

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Former FCC Chair Opposes Spectrum Proposal
Why the House spectrum auction proposal is the "worst telecom bill" -- A Q&A session with former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt.

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Foodspotting Expands its Menu
Analysis: After collecting food shots for awhile, the mobile app is revamped to let you browse popular dishes at nearby restaurants, or pull up a “picture menu.”

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Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking
Path is trying to be a social network that is more personal, one in which your friends are actually people you currently have in your life.

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How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads
Those small modules in the margin of your screen promote a company or product with endorsements from your friends and contacts who "like" or "follow" the brand.

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Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps
The app lets users take notes in meetings, lectures, or interviews-entering text by typing or adding sketches with a stylus.

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Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS
The apps come loaded with interactive features that augment the storylines.

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Researchers Develop Computer Modeling to Read Words in People's Thoughts
The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate.

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Steve Jobs' Influence Continues
Some days there seems to be more Steve Jobs news than ever before, with memories and marketing schemes continuing to influence Apple and others.

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Will Facebook's IPO Help it Beat Google?
A huge influx of cash could enable the social networking site to topple the search giant, industry and financial analysts say.

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EMC Ramps up Flash Game With VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance
EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same...

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Presidential Campaign Mobile Websites Lack Savvy
All of the U.S. presidential candidates say they're pro-tech, but their mobile campaign sites don't support that campaign promise.

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HTC Android Fix Delayed for Some
Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak access info to Wi-Fi networks.

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