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Google’s Privacy Policy Changes Draw More Fire

The Center for Digital Democracy is accusing Google of misleading American consumers about the company's privacy policy changes, which are scheduled for launch March 1. Though Google claims the switch is about making its privacy policies more transparent and understandable to users, the CDD said the Internet giant has presented the information "in a deceptive way" that suggests consumers will actually benefit. ... Full story

Exclusive: Palo Alto Networks, other tech firms tee up IPOs (Reuters)

Reuters - A series of technology companies, including security software maker Palo Alto Networks, are preparing to go public on the heels of Facebook's -billion filing, sensing a window of opportunity as the stock market rallies. Yahoo! News: Software News Full story

Company Suing Apple Over iPad Name Open to Talks

The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple Inc. in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement. Xie Xianghui, lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said that since no final decisions have been reached in various legal disputes over the issue, both sides are "still able to sit together and reach ... Full story

Microsoft Seems To Be Dragging Its Feet In Bringing Office to iPad

Adding Microsoft Office to the iPad would boost the transition of the iPad from a media tablet to a productivity tool for businesses, and sell millions of Office apps. But it could also cut into sales of the more expensive Office software for PCs and Macs, and give up a potential advantage for tablets based on Microsoft's mobile version of Windows. (Office ... Full story

What’s PlayStation Vita Got that My Smartphone Doesn’t?

Sony named its new handheld game system the PlayStation Vita because "vita" means "life" in Italian. But can a dedicated portable game system live la dolce vita in a world full of people playing with smartphones and tablets? Despite some evidence to the contrary, Sony foresees a successful life of five to eight years for the Vita, out Wednesday (0 and up). "If ... Full story

What Do Consumers Want in the New iPad?

A new iPad from Apple is expected in early March, and consumers are quite opinionated about changes they'd like to see in one of the best-selling tech devices of the past few years. We reached out to consumers for feedback. In a nutshell, they want a USB port to connect the iPad to other devices, a faster processor, expanded memory, better resolution and ... Full story

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances. Yahoo! News: Software News Full story

Amazon Grows Share of Paid Android App Sales

The Amazon Appstore has quickly become a major force in paid mobile app sales for Google's Android platform, according to a new report from Distimo. The mobile app analytics firm found that 42 of the top 110 paid mobile apps available from both Google and Amazon generated more revenue through the Amazon Appstore than Android Market last month. Amazon's new Kindle Fire, which ... Full story

China Faces Conflict of Law, Business in iPad Row

Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark -- side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing's political priorities rather than the courts will settle the dispute if it escalates. Shenzhen ... Full story

Clearwire Says It May Need To Raise More Money

Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network used mainly by Sprint customers, says it may need to raise more money because it doesn't know how much revenue it will be able to pull in from a fourth-generation mobile broadband network that it's building and from its existing mobile WiMAX Internet network after 2013. Sprint resells access to Clearwire's WiMAX network as "Sprint ... Full story
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