As a journalist hailing from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the epicenter of a violent Maoist insurgency, Shubhranshu Choudhary was regularly confronted with the shortcomings of his profession. FULL STORY

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Mobile World Congress is the world's largest mobile phone trade show, held every year in Barcelona. It is the venue for manufacturers like Nokia, HTC, LG, and Samsung to reveal the must-have mobile devices and services of the year. FULL STORY

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This is part two of a week-long series on the cell phone capacity crunch. FULL STORY

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Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, which has been in the headlines lately for its tussles with stakeholder Yahoo, wants to take its publicly traded Web portal private. FULL STORY

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A scam Pokemon game reached No. 2 on Apple's App Store charts this week before it was pulled -- a debacle that calls into question both Apple's approval process and Nintendo's "no apps for us" stance. FULL STORY

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Research in Motion has finally launched a much-needed update to the PlayBook tablet, which now includes built-in features like email and calendar. FULL STORY

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Last week, Google was caught circumventing Apple's Safari browser privacy settings. Microsoft chimed in Monday with a "me too" complaint, saying that Google is also dodging around Internet Explorer's privacy settings. FULL STORY

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Barnes & Noble will sell a cheaper version of its Nook Tablet for $199, the same price as Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. FULL STORY

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Is that app you just downloaded surreptitiously gathering data to push targeted ads to your 6-year-old? Quite possibly. FULL STORY

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Nearly two years after tech blogs screamed "Antennagate!" over problems with the iPhone 4's reception, owners will be getting a little pocket change for their troubles. FULL STORY

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Apple continues to be the market darling as investors eagerly anticipate more news about the iPad 3, and perhaps a dividend. The stock is up 24% in 2012. FULL STORY

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In the latest high-profile flap over online data privacy, Google has been caught bypassing the privacy settings on Apple's Safari Web browser, letting advertisers track users in unintended ways. FULL STORY

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Move over, Jupiter: Angry Birds is hitting the galaxy. FULL STORY

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In Syria's cyberwar, the regime's supporters have deployed a new weapon against opposition activists -- computer viruses that spy on them, according to an IT specialist from a Syrian opposition group and a former international aid worker whose computer was infected. FULL STORY

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's "Google problem" is well documented. FULL STORY

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Silicon Valley has a hot new startup setting up shop: President Obama's re-election campaign. The organization is opening a field office in San Francisco. FULL STORY

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On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg explain how a multiple apps have been using Apple's mobile operating system to collect, and keep, users' contact lists. FULL STORY

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Even though Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the U.S., and even though there were 10 billion Android app downloads as of December 2011, many Android users are frustrated that they're still treated like a second-class app market. That's because "fragmentation" makes it more complicated to develop Andro… FULL STORY

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Sony's PlayStation Vita, which hits stores in the U.S. and Europe next Wednesday, is much more than just another portable gaming device. FULL STORY

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Taking a cue from Twitter, Facebook will be rolling out "verified accounts" for its most popular users -- presumably hoping to encourage the Lady Gagas of the world to get active on the site. FULL STORY

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"Twisted Metal" introduces a new generation of gamers to the mechanical mayhem of the smash-'em-up series' previous games, while actually adding in a little bit of a story to tie all the action together. FULL STORY

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Apple developers, start your engines. Mac users, start dreaming of how much cooler your desktop or laptop experience could be this summer. That's when Apple will launch the latest big cat-themed Mac OS X, version 10.8: Mountain Lion. FULL STORY

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Amazon set out to win the tablet market by beating Apple the way no one else could: pricing the Kindle Fire at just $199. FULL STORY

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SecondMarket rose to fame by offering investors a way to trade shares of the hot private companies they clamored for. Now many of those startups -- including the private market's Goliath, Facebook -- have gone public or will soon. FULL STORY

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Apple on Wednesday said it will start requiring mobile apps to get explicit permission from iPhone and iPad owners before the apps collect and store information about users' personal contacts. FULL STORY

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LightSquared's plan to become a fifth major nationwide wireless carrier hit a major snag this week, after government regulators said they would continue to bar the company from launching its network. FULL STORY

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"Slingo," a leader in online games for 17 years, is making its way to Facebook with a redesigned version of the popular bingo/slot-machine game. FULL STORY

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How do you know if your YouTube video is funny? Google says you can start by counting the "LOLs." FULL STORY

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Ahh, yes, February 15, the joyful day when singletons can finally collapse in exhaustion after weeks of maintaining a nonchalant front. Finally, you think, finally, the incessant stream of hearts and cupids and reminders that romantic partnership is the apogee of human achievement will come to a merciful end. FULL STORY

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The hottest accessory on the runway at Fashion Week is a creation from one of New York's buzziest tech startups: 3D printed glasses from MakerBot. FULL STORY

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Ahh, yes, February 15, the joyful day when singletons can finally collapse in exhaustion after weeks of maintaining a nonchalant front. Finally, you think, finally, the incessant stream of hearts and cupids and reminders that romantic partnership is… FULL STORY

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My neighbor recently discovered a four-digit passcode that unlocks the front doors to our apartment building. FULL STORY

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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said that the world's most valuable tech company is doing everything it can to address growing concerns over working conditions at its Chinese manufacturing plants. FULL STORY

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"Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" (38 Studios, Big Huge Games) blends the best of role-playing and fighting game mechanics, then uses them to back up a deep, rich story, resulting in a fresh-feeling entry into the world of fantasy gaming. FULL STORY

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As Yahoo struggles to turn itself around, a key stakeholder is waging war to take control of the process. FULL STORY

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In its first financial report as a public company, Zynga edged past analysts' expectations but posted a loss thanks to its large stock-based compensation expenses. FULL STORY

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"Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" hopes to be the next big, addictive role-playing video game, and its creators are putting an emphasis on "big" with a wide-ranging environment and a deep story line. FULL STORY

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Baidu is often referred to as China's Google. That might be insulting to Baidu. FULL STORY

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In case you haven't heard, Apple's stock climbed above $500 a share for the first time ever on Monday. Make no mistake: Apple is still a cheap stock. FULL STORY

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While Facebook prepares to go public, Silicon Valley's other buzzy social startup, Twitter, is doing everything in its power to stay private. In pursuing that goal, it has slapped its shareholders with an unusual restriction: No one who holds stock c… FULL STORY

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We're going to feel a little guilty if this news gets you fired. But you can now play "Angry Birds" on Facebook. FULL STORY

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All indicators suggest Apple will unveil the iPad 3 during the first week of March. That's less than a month away, and sources at The Next Web say Apple is in "crunch mode," working hard to line up apps that show off the unique features of the next-gen tablet. FULL STORY

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Shares of Apple reached $500 for the first time on Monday, setting yet another high-water mark for the tech giant. FULL STORY

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An independent labor-rights organization that Apple joined last month said Monday that it began its inspections of the working conditions at Apple suppliers' factories in China. FULL STORY

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Maybe Justin Timberlake and friends weren't so crazy after all. FULL STORY

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