Chrome OS: What Is Google's Goal? (BusinessWeek)

Google's announcement that it is working on a lightweight, Web-based operating system for netbooks, to be called Chrome OS, is a surprise only in its timing.

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Facebook's Upcoming Privacy Changes: What You Need to Know (CIO.com)

Think you've already ensured privacy on your Facebook posts? The social networking service is changing the privacy rules again. Here's a guide to the new settings and options.

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Sources: Google OS lives (and it's coming to a netbook near you) (Ars Technica)

Ars Technica has learned from two separate sources, one inside the company and one outside of it, that Google is preparing to deliver a Chrome-focused operating system that targets netbooks.

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Michael Jackson memorial draws crowds online (CNN.com)

Millions of people around the world watched coverage of Jackson's memorial service on the Web, although the event appeared to fall well short of online viewership records.

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Gallery: Low-Tech Computers From Prehistory to Today (Wired.com)

People have built calculating and computing tools for thousands of years. Let’s take a look at a few of the non-electronic predecessors to today’s silicon circuits.

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Michael Jackson Had a Patent (Discovery News)

The news of Michael Jackson's death yesterday caught everyone by surprise. In the flurry of news afterward comes another surprise: Jackson had a patent. The King of Pop was apparently a Prince of Tech.

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