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VIDEO: Google's new privacy policy takes effect

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Google's new privacy policy went into effect March 1, raising concerns about personal privacy. The changes consolidate information across Google's services, to create a single profile for each Google user. Though Google said its not collecting anything new, some are worried.
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Color-blind artist uses sounds to 'see' color

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Neil Harbisson is a color-blind artist. But, rather than limiting his art to shades of gray, he's turned to technology to help him develop the ability to hear the colors that he cannot see.
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VIDEO: Safety, privacy concerns top of mind as FAA considers rules for domestic drone use

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The FAA has been charged with coming up, by 2015, with rules for how drones can be used for government and commercial operations domestically. But safety and privacy concerns are pressing issues.
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Germany's solar market facing reduction in government subsidies

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Most new solar panels around the world went up in Germany last year. That's due in part to generous government subsidies that made them more affordable. But now, the government is reducing those subsidies in hopes the solar industry there will stand on its own two feet.
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Apple sends independent inspectors to suppliers’ Chinese factories

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Recent reporting by The New York Times has raised concern about the conditions faced by workers in Apple’s supply factories in China. Now Apple has hired an independent labor rights organization to inspect and publish a report on the labor environment in its suppliers’ factories. The first round of inspections began Monday.
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VIDEO: Canadian university students program robot to play hockey

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In Canada, infants are practically born with hockey sticks in their hands. For a one-year-old robot, the results are practically the same. Meet Jennifer, believed to be the first robot programmed to play hockey.
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Obama administration tries to advance off-shore wind farm proposals

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A desire to build a massive windfarm off the Atlantic Coast of the United States has the Obama administration moving to lighten the regulatory hurdles, seeking to get the project moving forward more quickly.
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German company Carpooling.com looking to bring its service to U.S. market

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Carpooling.com launched in Germany to help a couple of college students stay in love. A decade later, the business is thriving in Europe and it's starting to turn its eye toward the U.S. market.
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Will Facebook IPO change the soul of the company?

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When Facebook becomes a publicly traded company, it will have a duty to its shareholders to maximize company profits. As it traverses from social media start-up to massive, publicly traded company, one media theorist says the company will have to battle to maintain its identity.
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VIDEO: Facebook IPO could break records, make billions

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Perhaps as early as Wednesday, Facebook is expected to file the documents necessary to begin the journey toward making its Initial Public Offering of stock — an occasion that could generate $10 billion for the company.
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