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  The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:51pm CET by Digg

  Mike Daisey delves into the lives of the workers in China, and the grim conditions there, as he raises questions about our support of products made in such conditions.
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  A UI change which would allow more stories to hit the Digg frontpage

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:17pm CET by Digg

  - More stories can hit the frontpage which includes users who have less followers. - The current algorithm of the frontpage can reside at 30+ diggs. - More content on the frontpage means a lot of content to discover giving users a reason to spend more time on the frontpage. Thoughts?
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  A Better Path for Apps: Respecting Users and Their Privacy

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:49pm CET by Digg

  Earlier this week, a Singapore-based iOS software developer made a startling discovery while working with the popular social-networking app Path: in the course of every new account creation, Path uploads the new user’s entire iPhone address book to their servers. To its credit, Path responded quickly, with its CEO and co-founder Dave Morin explaining that they use the address book data for “friend-finding” and “nothing more.” He also asserted that this technique was an industry standard for social iOS apps.
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  In world of copyright craziness, BitTorrent, Inc. soars to new heights

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:55pm CET by Digg

  As content-sharing sites battle with copyright holders, BitTorrent, Inc. keeps its focus on building better technology.
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  The best iPhone tethering apps (and one to avoid)

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:34pm CET by Digg

  Wireless carriers have us right where they want us. When there are only four significant national providers in the US, there’s only so much competition for our business. So when they all band together (even if only in mindset) and decide on a “new rule,” customers are forced to play along.
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  Google Drive Cloud Storage Near Ready

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 1:41pm CET by Digg

  Google is said to be close to launching its own cloud-storage service that is set to compete with Dropbox. The tip-off was offered to the Wall Street Journal, which says that it has talked to ‘people familiar with the matter.’ The long-rumored service dubbed 'Drive'
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  Tablets equipped to challenge iPad’s authority in 2012

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:16am CET by Digg

  With amazing figures to show for iPad's sales, do other tablets stand a chance against Apple's deftly fueled onslaught?
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  RIAA: “Misinformation May Be a Dirty Trick, But It Works.”

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 5:10am CET by Digg

  For years the RIAA has tried to convince the world that piracy is killing musicians. Supported by bogus statistics and mistruths, they lobby politicians to pass draconian anti-piracy laws including SOPA and PIPA. Until a few weeks ago the music group thought it had Congress it its pockets. But this changed when the Internet started [...]
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  RapidShare: From "Notorious Market" To Proactive Piracy Eliminator

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 2:28am CET by Digg

  In a 2010 submission to the US Government, RapidShare was described by the RIAA and MPAA as a “notorious market” for pirated media. Just one year later the file-hosting service was given a tacit clean bill of health.
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  What the RIAA Won’t Tell You: Users Matter

  Posted: February 9th, 2012, 12:46am CET by Digg

  The truth is that a broad swath of public interest, consumer rights, and human rights groups were fighting these bills from the get-go, because we saw how they would harm users, not just technology companies and platforms. Due in part to the hard work of this coalition in raising public awareness, millions of those users saw that, too, and that’s why they contacted their Congressional representatives. We weren’t scared by rhetoric, we were scared by what the bills actually proposed, and we were really scared that the proponents didn’t seem to understand their own legislation.