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An Intel video claims its phone chip is now superior to ARM. We'll have to see about that. [Read more]

The FCC on Wednesday opened a rule-making process to allocate additional high frequency spectrum for unlicensed use, paving the way for faster Wi-Fi and less congested hotspots. [Read more]

New Obama administration strategy says organizations such as WikiLeaks and hacking group LulzSec may conduct "economic espionage against U.S. companies." [Read more]

Corruption in the handling of DVD encryption may lead to garbled DVD playback. Here's how to clear it up. [Read more]

Password-scanning technology is gaining ground, but there are ways you can help secure your Mac against it. [Read more]

Management also says electric car company now turning out vehicles at annualized rate of 20,000 units. [Read more]

Molecular biology students test their phones for bugs -- and find lots of them. Some even look like flowers and distant galaxies. [Read more]

analysis Amid skepticism and name-calling ("Glassholes!"), Google makes a strategic effort to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. [Read more]

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is relying on a continuous improvement initiative to revive the Yahoo brand and improve display ad revenue. And the site's new front door is but one element of that. The turnaround plan will take time, however. [Read more]

Windows 8 laptop-tablet hybrids should drive a modest recovery in the second half of the year, IHS iSuppli said. [Read more]

Google shows new ways to operate Glass and holds a contest for a chance to buy a $1,500 prototype; Yahoo wants to look more like your Facebook feed; and SwiftKey's app offers a new way to type with Flow. [Read more]

Meggan Scavio and Simon Carless from the Game Developers Conference are today's guests. They'll start with a brief history of the show and how indie games are changing the industry, then move onto what's expected from Sony's Playstation 4 event tonight. Don't forget to cast your vote for the Game Developers Choice Awards and check out the GDC itself at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 25-29! [Read more]

U.S. consumers spent $103 billion last year booking travel online, ComScore reports, with Southwest Airlines taking the top airline spot. [Read more]

Backed by tech luminaries, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $3 million reward, is being presented to 11 different scientists for their efforts to cure diseases. [Read more]

Oracle v. Google is far from over -- especially if Microsoft is really getting involved with the legal battle over intellectual property. [Read more]

The Chinese government has condemned a report claiming its army is behind a series of cyberattacks in the United States. [Read more]

Microsoft's SkyDrive Pro and Office Web Apps technologies will be tied more tightly into its Yammer enterprise-social-networking offering as of summer 2013. [Read more]

"When your heart stops beating, you'll keep tweeting," promises an app that will learn your likes and simulate your personality. [Read more]

The online-payment company's Business in a Box bundle has everything needed to get up and running with Square Register. iPad not included. [Read more]

Analysis of geotagged tweets suggests that living on a beautiful island makes for a more uplifted soul, than, say, not living on a beautiful island. [Read more]