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- Why is Google honoring Gustav Klimt with a golden doodle?Google's gilded Doodle today honors Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday.
- GameTanium: Verizon rolls out all-you-can-eat gaming service for $6 a monthFor $6 a month, GameTanium gives people unlimited access to 100 phone games and 50 tablet games. Verizon says GameTanium works on 30 of its phones.
- Betaworks buys social news site Digg, or what's left of itDigg, one of the first social media sites, was bought on Thursday by development firm Betaworks for $500,000 – a fraction of its value in the late 2000s. Betaworks has a plan to "take Digg back to its startup roots."
- LinkedIn, Last.fm, now Yahoo? Don't ignore news of a password breach.A Yahoo hack stole passwords from 400,000 user accounts. Add those to the millions snatched last month and it's easy to feel numb toward these breaches. Resist that urge. Friends and associates may pay for your inaction.
- LinkedIn, Last.fm, now Yahoo? Don't ignore news of a password breach.A Yahoo hack stole passwords from 400,000 user accounts. Add those to the millions snatched last month and it's easy to feel numb toward these breaches. Resist that urge. Friends and associates may pay for your inaction.
- WikiLeaks scores big win against VisaCourt demanded that Visa stop its financial blockade against WikiLeaks.Â
- Yahoo hack steals 400,000 passwords. Is yours on the list?A Yahoo hack compromises 400,000 accounts. Here's how to see if yours was stolen.
- DirecTV loses MTV, Nickelodeon, and Viacom's free online showsDirecTV says goodbye to Dora the Explorer, Snookie, and Jon Stewart. Negotiations with Viacom broke down as DirecTV was unable to reach a new fee arrangement.Â
- Amazon smart phone rumors: we could see a 'Kindle Phone' in 2012Rumors of an Amazon-branded 'Kindle Phone' are solidifying, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that suppliers are testing components already. But would an Amazon phone make sense for customers?
- Ouya passes $3 million in pledges – and isn't slowing down"Do you realize what you've done? You proved consoles aren't dead. You shocked the world. And us!" Ouya founder Julie Uhrman told supporters on funding site Kickstarter.
- Amazon uncovers GameCircle, a dead ringer for Apple's Game CenterAmazon gives us a peek at GameCircle, social gaming tools designed for the Kindle Fire.
- Google Maps heads indoors with walking directions for 17 Smithsonian museumsGoogle Maps adds all 17 of the Smithsonian Institution's museums to its growing list of 10,000 important indoor spaces.
- Apple pulls out of eco-friendly certification, insists it's already greenLast week, Apple removed 39 of its computer products from the "powerful" EPEAT registry of green electronics. What does this mean for a tech giant that prides itself on being eco-friendly?
- Google counts on Staples and GameStop to sell Nexus 7 tabletAs opposed to the iPad, available for purchase Apple stores and online, and the Kindle Fire, sold exclusively via Amazon.com, Google is taking its Nexus 7 tablet to Staples and GameStop.
- Google+ on the iPad: Hangouts come to the Retina DisplayGoogle released an update to its Google+ app Tuesday that brings the social network to the iPad in an attractive interface. The updated Google+ app is also available on iPhones and Android devices, and includes multi-person video chatting.
- After $60M court case, Apple sets release date for latest iPad in ChinaThe latest iPad will arrive in China on July 20.Â
- Google to pay $22.5M over allegations of secret tracking: sourceGoogle has settled a privacy case for $22.5 million, according to a source.
- RIM CEO: BlackBerry 10 could save the embattled companyRIM CEO Thorsten Heins admits that his company has had a hard year. But he insists that BlackBerry 10, due next year, could turn things around.Â
- Ouya brings free-to-play games to TVsWhile gamers wait for the next Sony and Microsoft consoles, Ouya preps a $100 machine that will feature only free-to-play games. The new contender runs Android.
- Microsoft to Apple: Bring it onWindows 8 will be released in October, Microsoft announced at a conference today. Microsoft showed off some of the devices that will run Windows 8, and also announced its acquisition of touchscreen company Perceptive Pixel.