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Google Wallet PIN System is Secure, Google Claims

Google calls for users to stop rooting Android smartphones to crack the PIN code for the company's Google Wallet mobile payment service.

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Google+ Saw Half as Many Unique Visitors as Twitter

Google+ had 20 million unique visitors in December, or nearly half that of microblog Twitter, said Compete. We're still hazy on user engagement, however.

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Google Home Entertainment System Will Challenge Apple, Microsoft

Google's home entertainment device will be a WiFi system for streaming music and likely controlling Google TV and other home products. Apple will also play here.

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Google Paid Out Over $700K For Security Flaw Detections

Google expanded its Chrome Security Rewards program, which has earned security researchers more than $300,000 in the past two years. The Web app security program is also alive and well, with Google paying out more than $400,000 for that program.

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Google Search Share Back to 66% as Yahoo Swoons

Google gained search share, moving to 66.2 percent, according to comScore. Yahoo dropped to 14.1 percent while Microsoft edged up a notch to 15.2 percent.

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EPIC Sues FTC Over Google Privacy Policy Flap

The Electronic Information Privacy Center is suing the FTC to get it to stop Google's privacy policy changes, which commence March 1.

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Google Chrome Screenwise Program Seeks Web Testers

Updated: Google is preparing its Chrome Screenwise program to gain more information about Web surfers. The move comes as concerns over the company's privacy policy changes abound.

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Google Solve For X Targets Tech's 'Moonshot' Challenges

Google's We Solve for X event and Website are designed to enable some of the world's top thinkers to propose and collaborate on using technology to solve worldwide problems.

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Android More Popular Than iOS Among New Smartphone Buyers

Some 57 percent of U.S. smartphone buyers picked an Android handset for the first time, compared with 34 percent who chose an iPhone, according to NPD Group.

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Google Fiber Cable Laying Starts in Kansas City

Google is building out its high-speed broadband network in Kansas, the company confirmed. Google is also trying to test a new WiFi router.

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Facebook Has Microsoft Ally in Google Battle

Facebook has a strong ally in its growing battle against Google and its own social-networking aims: Microsoft.

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Facebook Users Get More Information Than They Give: Pew

Facebook users like to get more information than they give on the world's leading social network, according to a small Pew Internet Project study. The question is how Facebook can boost user engagement beyond just power users.

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Kindle Fire Tablet Rides Holiday Momentum Into 2012

Amazon's Kindle Fire remains a popular Android tablet in early 2012, according to ChangeWave Research. The firm said 54 percent of Fire owners said they were "very satisfied" with the slate.

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Google Privacy Policy Changes Concern Congress, Europe

Despite public concerns from members of Congress and European data-protection authorities, Google isn't going to slow or stop its march to whittle its product privacy policies down into one big umbrella policy.

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Facebook Could Buy Netflix, Mobile Assets, Leverage Big Data

Facebook could make some big-time acquisitions, such as bidding for streaming video giant Netflix, or snapping up some mobile assets. Big data may also be on tap.

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