Dozens in Congress now ready to end bulk data program

Patriot Act author says gov't shouldn't have "carte-blanche approach."

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Amazon's Matchbook service now live, works with over 70,000 books for $3 or less

Amazon's Matchbook service, which offers e-book versions of hard copies of books like Amazon's Autorip offers digital versions of physical music, is now live. The service supports over 70,000 books at launch with digital equivalents costing $3 or less. The service recognizes purchases from as far as ...

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Transporter Sync turns your external hard drive into a personal, secure cloud locker

The folks at Connected Data made a splash back in May with Transporter v2.0, and they've just announced their second foray into the wonderful world of cloud storage with the Transporter Sync. Like its slightly larger predecessor, Sync offers Dropbox-like functionality without users having to shackle ...

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Motorola Announces “Project Ara,” a modular phone hardware platform

What would Google do with a handset company? We're about to find out.

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Motorola's 'Project Ara' modular smartphone setup switches out hardware like apps

We were intrigued by the Phonebloks concept phone that teased the ability to switch out a handset's components the way most users change ringtones, and now Motorola is putting its resources behind it. In what Motorola calls Project Ara, the advanced Technology and Products group is working with ...

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Latest Tokyoflash watch makes telling time 'cryptic' for $170

It wouldn't be a limited edition Tokyoflash watch if it weren't hard to read, right? The company's latest timepiece, the Kisai Xtal, follows that time-honored (get it?) tradition with a design that goes heavy on the styling -- it's described as being "crystalline shaped" -- and an interface that's ...

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ARM report claims the always-connected 'Internet of Things' is already here

The Internet of Things (IoT) is finally here. Or at least, that's what a recent report by the Economist's Intelligence Unit wants us to believe. Sponsored by ARM, which certainly has a vested interest in the matter, the 32-page paper states that the industry is at last catching on to the idea of ...

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Meet the “grand architect” behind Ireland’s tax avoidance policy for tech firms

Feargal O’Rourke: “I’m a player in this game and we play by the rules.”

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U.S. strike kills 2 senior Shabab members in Somalia

A United States military strike hit a vehicle carrying senior members of an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia on Monday, killing at least two people including the group's top explosives expert, a militant and a government intelligence official sai

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We have a tiny, Haswell-powered PC from Intel—what should we do with it?

There's a lot of potential inside this dinky box.

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Jot Script Evernote Edition stylus brings high-precision handwriting to iOS (video)

Many iOS styluses have all the precision of a blunt instrument -- their thick tips frequently rule them out for handwriting. Evernote and Adonit want to refine the experience with their new Jot Script Evernote Edition. The Bluetooth-based pen has a tiny, 1.9mm (0.07in) tip that lets note takers ...

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