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How green tech got a second wind in 2012
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In 2013, here’s why we’ll seriously consider alternatives to higher ed
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Kolab Systems spearheads an open-source solution for the third pillar of productivity: groupware
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Gift-giving holidays lead to huge success for mobile game developers
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Hiring and hirable in 2013: Agile developers
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Obama signs warrantless-wiretapping bill into law
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Can big data solve America’s gun problem?
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Silicon Valley VCs predict 2013 trends: Space, robots, self-driving cars
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The 10 largest tech IPOs of 2012
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Questioning Apple and Facebook’s wrong answers to real-time Q&A
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LG’s CES TV ‘preannouncements’: smarter, faster, bigger, and more connected
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Instagram launches New Year’s Eve site for all those embarassing photos you’ll take tonight
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Microsoft reveals hole in IE, urges people to update their browsers (updated)
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Curiosity has a special New Year’s Eve message from Mars
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ChoreMonster makes kids ‘beg for chores’ in exchange for rewards
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Intel may reveal its long-rumored TV service/set-top box at CES
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Top game controversies of 2012
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The end is near: 11 Zynga games are victims of cost-cutting
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Foursquare will publicly display users’ full names (but don’t be alarmed)
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Violent video games are not to blame: Why I’d cancel my membership to the NRA
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7 top sex-related tech stories of 2012
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Free month of Xbox Live Gold for users impacted by cloud-save outage
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Samsung may debut transparent, portrait-sized TV at CES
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The mobile advertising divide: apps vs. the browser
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Protect yourself before you wreck yourself: 5 security resolutions for 2013
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Update: Xbox Live suffering from lingering cloud-storage problems
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Technology 2012: The year’s winners and losers
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Michigan passes Internet privacy act to protect students and employees
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How AdBlock Plus will change the mobile marketing game
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Tech to get you home safe on New Year’s Eve
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Med tech’s top 10 stories from 2012
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‘Scott Forstall got what he deserved’ and 10 other great quotes from 2012
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Top 15 video game Easter eggs of 2012
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How to use dummy features to build out your product
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The 5 worst examples of game-related advertising, marketing, and public relations
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Why 2012 was the year we started to care about tech policy
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The worst uses of video game DLC in 2012
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Extreme product makeovers: The biggest redesigns of 2012
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