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Epsilon security breach: 5 signs it's only the tip of the iceberg
This week millions of e-mail addresses were reported stolen from Epsilon, a firm that supplies e-mail marketing to BestBuy, Disney, and many others. Here are five more emerging targets for precision attacks:
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In Pictures: Best of Monitor Photography 2010 National
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In Pictures: Thanksgiving traditions
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/28
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Quadrantid meteor shower: Will moon wash out the show?
Quadrantid meteor shower-watchers will have to deal with a three-quarter-full moon, but the event peaks overnight Wednesday, meaning the show will go on.
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Quandrantid meteor shower: The best time to catch it
Quadrantid meteor shower: With a bright gibbous moon, the best time to view the Quandrantid meteor shower is between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. EST, before the sun rises.
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Google Maps app returns to the iPhone
The new Google Maps iPhone app includes turn-by-turn directions, street-level photography of local neighborhoods and listings for more than 80 million businesses. The Google Maps iPhone app still lacks some of the mapping features available on Android phones, such as directions in malls and other buildings.
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Moon formed from humongous Earth collision, new theories attempt to explain
The new research potentially plugs a big hole in the giant impact theory, long the leading explanation for the moon's formation.
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LinkedIn 'influencers': Obama, Romney offer insight in new feature
LinkedIn is launching 'influencers,' a feature that will encourage users of the professional networking site to sign up to follow the musings and advice of a panel of luminaries including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Richard Branson. LinkedIn hopes the feature will help it extend its clout beyond the help-wanted market.
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At Google HQ, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown signs self-driving cars bill
The bill by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla will establish safety and performance regulations to test and operateautonomous vehicles on state roads and highways.
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California governor paves way for driverless cars
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for driverless cars in California. Driverless cars use computers, sensors and other technology to operate independently, but allow humans to take control at any time.
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How one San Francisco restaurant defies California foie gras ban
Sale of foie gras was banned in California on July 1. But at least one restaurant, the Presidio Social Club, is still serving it. How is it getting around the foie gras ban?
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Pluto now has at least five moons. Can we go back to calling it a planet?
Long considered a planet, Pluto was reclassified as a 'dwarf planet' in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union. Will the discovery of a fifth moon prompt astronomers to reconsider?
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Hubble telescope spots fifth moon orbiting Pluto (+video)
Almost exactly a year after it spotted a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected a fifth one.
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First-ever deep-space telescope to hunt dangerous asteroids (+video)
The private space telescope forms the heart of Project Sentinel, a deep-space mission being unveiled today in Mountain View, Calif., by a nonprofit group of scientists and explorers that advocates better space rock monitoring.
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Florida scientists reduced to holding bake sale to fund NASA
In an effort to rescue planetary science projects amid budget cuts, scientists in Florida are holding bake sales and car washes to sway legislators to protect NASA's budget.
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LinkedIn, eHarmony: Data thieves leak passwords
LinkedIn, eHarmony say users' passwords were stolen and leaked onto the Internet. LinkedIn, eHarmony didn't reveal extent of breach, but reports say more than 6 million passwords have been distributed online.
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LinkedIn investigation possible theft of six million passwords
Although LinkedIn did not confirm if any user data had been hacked or leaked, researchers at UK Web security company Sophos say they have confirmed that a file posted online does contain, in part, LinkedIn passwords 'hashes' - a way of encrypting or storing passwords.
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Forget 'Men in Black 3': Why aliens won't attack Earth
SETI hunter Jill Tarter says Sir Stephen Hawking is wrong about aliens coming to attack or colonize Earth. If aliens can get here, Tarter reasons, they'll be advanced enough not to need slaves, food or other planets,
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Google to split stock to preserve control
The split will take the form of an issue of new, non-voting shares after Google reported increased earnings in its first quarter.
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Appeals court reinstates Viacom lawsuit against Google's YouTube
The court ruling Thursday allows Viacom and other entities to sue Google over the use of copyrighted video on the internet search engine's YouTube video platform.
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Google privacy changes allow company to dig deeper into users' lives: Q&A
Google says the changes will make its privacy policy easier to understand. Critics argue that Google is trampling on people's privacy rights in its relentless drive to sell more ads.
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Change Agent
Young Internet entrepreneurs embrace philanthropyFacebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Biz Stone, Craigslist's Craig Newmark, and many others have turned their entrepreneurial skills to solving the world's social problems.
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Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks Weds, one of 2012's best
The Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable, but if any year promises a fine display, this could be it.
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The New Economy
Black Friday: Small firms saw big bounce, tooBlack Friday and Thanksgiving weekend sales rose 23 percent from last year for America's smallest businesses, according to a new survey. 'Small Business Saturday' helped sole proprietors, but Black Friday was where they saw the biggest gains.
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Charity 2.0? Silicon Valley reinvents philanthropy.
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs bring a fresh eye to social problems. In some cases, their innovative solutions are changing the way charity is delivered.
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Horizons
Happy Halloween! Do giant pumpkins have a size limit?Happy Halloween! Google commemorates Halloween with a massive-pumpkin-carving video. What's the science behind gargantuan gourds?
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Horizons
Happy Halloween: The story behind Google's 1,000-pound pumpkinsHappy Halloween, says Google in its pumpkin-carving video. Here's the story behind the YouTube doodle and those massive Halloween jack-o'-lanterns.
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Draconid meteor shower: Don't let daylight or nearly full moon stop you
Draconid meteor shower viewing is potentially much more exciting this year, as Earth is expected to hit some tendrils of comet dust head-on. But the peak is Saturday afternoon.
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