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Sony's Music Streaming Service: What Were They Thinking?!

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February 18, 2011
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Sony's Music Streaming Service: What Were They Thinking?! Sony is getting into the cloud-based music streaming game -- but its plan of attack seems almost built for failure.
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7 Ways to Avoid Getting Hacked by Anonymous The hactivist group Anonymous used a series of simple technical and social exploits to crack the network of security-technology firm HBGary Federal, giving the company a schooling that other network security pros can learn from.
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12 Must-Have Android Apps for Road Warriors These dozen slick apps will keep you moving, grooving, and taking care of business.
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Modems in the Movies: The Early Years In 1980s movies, modems had the power to change high school grades, wreck laboratories, and even spark global nuclear conflict. Here are some classic and silly modem movie moments from a time before the technology caught on.
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Apple's Subscription Policy is a Poison Apple Analysis: Apple's new 30% cut of third-party subscriptions is a rotten deal whether trust-busters find it monopolistic or not.
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Glenn Beck Goes After Google Analysts say criticism of Google by Fox News and radio talk show host Glenn Beck is unlikely to hurt the company.
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Facebook Goes Gay-Friendlier, Broadens Relationship Status Two more options join the multiple-choice of relationship status on personal pages.
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Google Android vs. Apple iOS: Feature War Heats Up A mobile operating system platform war between Apple and Google is heating up as the search giant readies its tablet-friendly Honeycomb for a host of upcoming slates.
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Atrix 4G Arrives Tuesday: The Smartphone to Watch Analysis: Its docking station might not make it the perfect marriage of smartphone and laptop, but it's a first step.
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PlayStation 4: Not Coming Anytime Soon It looks like the PS3 is here to stay, at least for awhile.
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IBM Watson Team Takes Your Questions IBM's Watson, the newly crowned Jeopardy champ, is now fielding your toughest questions at Reddit.com
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The Creepy and Amazing World of Computer Implants Cameras embedded in human skulls. Chips that translate thoughts into actions. Contact lenses that diagnose eye diseases. These computer implants will blow your mind.
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'Jeopardy!' Victory Lands Watson a Health Care Job IBM's Watson has parlayed its overwhelming victory in this week's "Jeopardy!" challenge into a job developing smart applications for the health care industry.
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Feds Accidentally Seize 84,000 Innocent Domains, Link Them With Child Porn Homeland Security overshoots as it takes down popular mooo.com domain alongside child porn sites
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NASA Downplays Solar Flare Hype Analysis: The massive solar flare will produce pretty skies but little else, the agency says.
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Portal 2 Supports PlayStation Move, Until It Doesn't A Valve employee reportedly confirms PlayStation Move support for puzzle-shooter Portal 2, but Valve claims quote mistranslated.
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Oddball Cellphones: Docomo's Coolest, Strangest Phones at MWC From impressive camera phones to adorable flip phones, Docomo's booth at MWC is definitely one of the funnest.
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Why Wasn't Microsoft CEO Ballmer Invited to Obama's Tech Dinner? Analysis: The White House appears to have decided that geography trumps innovation.
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Kill Employees' Bad Ideas -- But Not Their Desire to Innovate With time and effort, you can turn a good worker's impractical idea into a lesson in business reality
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Mini iPhone: Conflicting Claims Analysis: The rumor mill is in full grind, but here's why Apple might be weighing a smaller model of iPhone.
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Sony's Music Streaming Service: What Were They Thinking?! Sony is getting into the cloud-based music streaming game -- but its plan of attack seems almost built for failure.
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7 Ways to Avoid Getting Hacked by Anonymous The hactivist group Anonymous used a series of simple technical and social exploits to crack the network of security-technology firm HBGary Federal, giving the company a schooling that other network security pros can learn from.
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