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Twitter beefs up your control over third-party apps Top
Twitter will now provide more details on what specific account information a third-party app is requesting, while apps that want to access your direct messages will again need to permission.
 
Bing head says 'traditional search' is dying Top
Microsoft's Bing search engine director, Stefan Weitz, tells the Huffington Post that the traditional methods of search are "failing" as new ideas take hold.
 
LinkedIn soars in first day of trading Top
Shares of the business social network have doubled this morning from the IPO price of $45.
 
Android ups lead as ad network's top mobile platform Top
Google's Android grabbed 53 percent of all ad impressions on Millennial Media's mobile ad network last month, a rise of 10 percent from the prior month.
 
Woman kicked off train after 16-hour cell phone chat Top
A woman is removed from an Amtrak train and charged with disorderly conduct after she reportedly talks nonstop on her cell phone from Oakland, Calif., to Salem, Ore.
 
Top Intel exec: Apple 'helps shape our road map' Top
Intel's senior vice president of sales and marketing also acknowledges that Apple continues to push the chipmaker "hard."
 
Amazon: Kindle books outselling all print books Top
Since April 1, for every 100 print books Amazon.com has sold, the company says it has sold 105 Kindle books.
 
Android security hole plugged Top
Amazon launches a trade-in program for your old gadgets, Angry Birds for Windows Phone 7 gets delayed, and Android's security hole gets plugged quickly by Google.
 
Lexar's flash card reader supports USB 3, SDXC Top
A modernized dual-slot reader for CompactFlash and Secure Digital cards comes with a higher-speed USB 3.0 interface and support for new SD card designs.
 
Microsoft offers students free Xbox with PC buy Top
Deal runs from May 22 to September 3, or while supplies last. Students will receive an Xbox 360 4GB console, which currently sells for $200.
 
Gartner: Android leads, Windows Phone lags in Q1 Top
Google's Android OS tops the smartphone rankings in the first quarter, as Apple's iOS holds steady, Symbian sinks, and Windows Phone 7 barely registers.
 
Creating plants with a kill switch (photos) Top
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits an agriculture start-up in the Boston area that is genetically engineering proteins for energy crops to make biofuels.
 
Ask, by any name, is still a search engine Top
New mobile app adds community Q&A, but the search results are where the value is.
 
Microsoft criticizes Intel over Windows 8 comments Top
Clearly upset with Intel, Microsoft condemns and refutes comments made this week by a top-level Intel executive about different versions of Windows 8.
 
Agrivida teaches biofuel crops to self destruct Top
Seeking out cheaper biofuels, Boston-area start-up uses protein engineering to instruct sorghum and corn stover plants to break down quicker into sugars.
 
Toshiba to snag smart-meter leader for $2.3 billion Top
Consolidation in the smart-meter market kicks in with Toshiba winning among bidders to buy Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion.
 
How Apple's stores turned into a retail juggernaut Top
On the 10th anniversary of Apple's first store, CNET takes a look at how it got to 320 stores and avoided an early idea to tempt you with pastries.
 
Google praised by White House, investigated by DOJ Top
Company setting aside $500 million to cover potential settlement costs linked to investigation of illegal online pharmacies, something Obama official said search giant was doing a good job combating.
 
Adobe warns of severe but rare Lightroom bug Top
An unusual situation involving JPEGs with large amounts of metadata could corrupt images, but so far photos from only one camera model are affected.
 
Exclusive: Apple near cloud-music deals Top
Apple already had a deal to offer cloud music from Warner Music and is said to have agreement in place with EMI, music industry sources tell CNET. Sony Music and Universal Music are also close.
 

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