U.N. nuclear officials conceded failure on Tuesday after an extraordinary, two-day visit to Iran yielded no progress in clearing up allegations about the country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technology. Read full article > >

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IAEA mission to Iran ends in failure

Apple surprised the tech world Thursday when it announced its new operating system, Mountain Lion. The system incorporates several of iOS’s most notable features. Here’s a quick rundown of the top Mountain Lion features for the Mac, many aimed at users who have more than one Apple product: Read full article > >

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Apple’s Mountain Lion: Top 10 features

One of the main complaints about the iPad 2 has been its camera, one of the only components of the iPad that falls behind its competitors. Now, photos leaked from a Chinese blog called Apple Daily indicate that this could change with the next iPad. Read full article > >

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Report: ‘iPad 3’ to have 8MP camera?

Some Republican candidates are said to be using microtargeting, a sophisticated technology that allows campaigns to tailor messages to specific voters.

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Campaigns Use ‘Microtargeting’ to Attract Supporters

Foxconn Technology’s decision to raise pay at its Chinese factories reflects shifts in China’s economic system.

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Pressures Drive Change at China’s Electronics Giant Foxconn

Congressmen call for investigation of privacy violation.

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Google Tracked Users on Safari

Smartphone users could see a future of fewer dropped calls and zippier video and music downloads because of a government decision Friday to auction off a scarce resource: airwaves. The massive sale of beachfront-property spectrum is expected to raise as much as $25 billion and help pay for a payroll tax cut. Providing the airwaves to private companies has the potential to enhance the services of existing wireless providers such as Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless, or even create new competitors. Read full article > >

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FCC spectrum auction to fund payroll tax cut, public-safety network

Google has reportedly been using a special code to attach cookies to users’ machines when they used Apple’s browser, Safari. According to research published by Stanford graduate student Jonathan Mayer, four advertising companies — Google, Vibrant Media, WPP PLC’s Media Innovation Group and Gannett’s PointRoll — have all been using code to work around privacy features in Safari’s mobile browser. Read full article > >

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Drivers won’t be able to text, browse, tweet or dial on factory-installed devices if auto manufacturers follow new federal guidelines to disable the gadgets while the wheels are rolling. In announcing the latest step in his campaign against distracted driving Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the government might next extend the guidelines to cover virtually every portable electronic device that might find its way into a vehicle. Read full article > >

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LaHood: Automakers should block texts, tweets and browsing

For a country seemingly obsessed with reality television and tabloid journalism, the United States is suddenly very worried about privacy. And I’m not talking about celebrity privacy; I’m talking about your privacy. Read full article > >

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Privacy controversy over Path for iPhone, iPad should be a wake-up call

Sanjay Wagle was a venture capitalist and Barack Obama fundraiser in 2008, rallying support through a group he headed known as Clean Tech for Obama . Shortly after Obama’s election, he left his California firm to join the Energy Department, just as the administration embarked on a massive program to stimulate the economy with federal investments in clean-technology firms. Read full article > >

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Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties

Sanjay Wagle was a venture capitalist and Barack Obama fundraiser in 2008, rallying support through a group he headed known as Clean Tech for Obama . Shortly after Obama’s election, he left his California firm to join the Energy Department, just as the administration embarked on a massive program to stimulate the economy with federal investments in clean-technology firms. Read full article > >

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Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties

Yahoo has reportedly broken off talks with its partners in Asia to work out a deal to drop its holdings in China and Japan and save Yahoo over $4 billion in U.S. taxes. All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher reported Tuesday that “sources close to the situation” have said that the discussions have reached an impasse. Those sources blame Yahoo for changing its demands. Read full article > >

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Report: Yahoo calls off talks on Asia deal

Hackers working from China have reportedly had access to Nortel’s networks since breaching the telecommunication company’s networks as far back as 2000. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal , hackers stole seven passwords from Nortel’s top executives, granting them access to reports, business plans, employee e-mails and other documents. Read full article > >

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Report: Chinese hackers breach Nortel networks

As we get closer to the expected launch of Apple’s next iPad, reports about the device and when it will launch continue to build. One report taking the rumor mill by storm comes from the blog iMore’s Rene Ritchie , who says that Apple’s planning its next launch event for March 7. Ritchie cites sources “who have been reliable in the past.” Read full article > >

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Report: ‘iPad 3’ coming March 7; Apple tests smaller screen