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Sunday, 30th May 2010

Google Has Mapped Every Router in Britain

Google has mapped every Wi-Fi router in every residence and business in Britain, according to the Daily Telegraph. This news is a result of an investigation in Germany earlier this month that uncovered that the company had downloaded emails and other personal information. Using the Google Street View cars, Google explained it had intended to…

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Does Your Startup Need a Lawyer?

Does your startup need a lawyer? I can't legally answer that question, of course. My background is in folklore and literature, so when it comes to lawyers I'm able to quote Shakepeare's Henry VI or reference Madame Bovary, and that's about it. Laugh all you want at my background, but I would wager a lot of first-time entrepreneurs aren't certain…

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Cartoon: The Thin #FF0000 Line

Are you finding the same thing I am? Where you're having a casual conversation with a friend, and you're in the middle of saying something... well, not exactly secret, but not the sort of thing you want shared with the world... and you stop dead, suddenly worried that it might end up in their Twitter stream? When I'm talking to someone with a…

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iPad Goes International

On Friday, Apple debuted their iPad tablet in nine countries. Apple already pushed back international sales a month with the explanation that the demand in the U.S. was too great to go international at that time. May 28th saw the iPad on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible

Our readers know ReadWriteWeb as the blog that's ahead of the technology curve. Our sponsors know us as that, too. Once a week we introduce our sponsors to our readers and let them know a little more about who they are and what they do. You can say thanks to the companies that make ReadWriteWeb happen by tweeting them (see the link below each…

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