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Will the FCC get tough or play nice with broadband providers?

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Location: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States

Will the FCC propose other bold changes that might antagonize large companies, including broadband giants Comcast and Verizon, or will it try to accommodate them with relatively moderate reforms?

AT&T smartens up cheaper phones

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Location: AT&T, 208 South Akard St , Dallas, TX, 75202 , United States

AT&T will unveil today a suite of mostly Web-based services that it says will make it possible for consumers to use inexpensive new cellphones to handle tasks mostly associated with higher-price smartphones.

Word to youth: Texting, driving don't mix

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Location: AT&T, 208 South Akard St , Dallas, TX, 75202 , United States

AT&T is launching a campaign against texting and driving.

Clinton ferrying satellite phones to Chile

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Location: Santiago de Chile, Chile

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped in earthquake-stricken Chile Tuesday to drop off 20 satellite phones and assess what the United States can do to help the country recover.

Internet-savvy nation taps tweets

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Since Saturday's quake, traditional media here have focused on hard news -- death tolls, rescue efforts, government announcements and images of lootings -- while social-networking tools such as Twitter, Facebook and some Google applications have been at the forefront of transmitting highly localized information.

Consumers watch their bills as utilities get smart

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A look at the promise and pitfalls that consumers and utilities could face as utilities make a move to the so-called smart grid and make the biggest upgrades ever to the nation's decades-old electrical grids.

Google alters Buzz settings

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Location: Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States

Google on Saturday again revised privacy settings of Buzz, the new social network it has piggybacked onto tens of millions of existing Gmail accounts.

Silicon Valley's tribulations have widespread ramifications

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Location: Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, CA, United States

Don't let a recent surge in the financial performance of high-tech companies fool you: Silicon Valley continues to hemorrhage jobs and talent. Lingering frailty threatens to hurt the local economy...

Don't have a smartphone? GetJar has apps for plain old cellphones

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You've seen Apple's "There's an app for that" TV commercials. But can you participate in the apps bonanza if you don't own an iPhone, much less any other smartphone? You can.

'iGeneration' has no off switch

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Move over, Millennials. You're not the younger generation anymore. For the past decade, you were the ones to watch. But now, as the eldest among you are fast approaching 30, there's a new group just begging for some attention.

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