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Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: poll (Reuters)

Reuters – White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his front-runner status in the Republican nomination race.

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Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: poll
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What is ACTA? Why Should You Care? (Mashable)

Mashable – The technology community came out in force against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) before those two bills were shelved last week. With them gone, we can expect tech experts and Internet users to step away from politics

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What is ACTA? Why Should You Care?
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College Sports League to Stream Its Own Content Online (Mashable)

Mashable – With television broadcast deals that reach into the billions of dollars, the delivery of college sports as entertainment has long been huge business. Now the Pacific-12 Conference is aiming to create what would likely be college sports’ largest and most futuristic mode of digital distribution yet — a wholly league-owned and operated platform for streaming content to tablets, smartphones, computers and smart TVs around the world.

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White House casts doubt over anti-piracy legislation (Reuters)

Reuters – White House officials raised concerns on Saturday about online piracy legislation pending in Congress that Google and Facebook have decried as heavy-handed and Hollywood studios and music labels say is needed to save U.S. jobs.

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White House casts doubt over anti-piracy legislation
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White House concerned over online piracy bills (AP)

AP – The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congress that it said would undermine “the dynamic, innovative global Internet,” urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting against an open Internet.

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White House concerned over online piracy bills
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Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked (Reuters)

Reuters – Israel said Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens’ credit card details by a hacker claiming to be Saudi was comparable to terrorism, and vowed to hit back.

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Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked
(Reuters)

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Actress who sued Amazon over age IDs herself (AP)

AP – An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself in a federal court filing Friday.

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Actress who sued Amazon over age IDs herself
(AP)

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Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO (AP)

AP – Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.

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Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO
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12-year-old girl who blogged cancer fight has died (AP)

AP – A Southern California girl who became a nationally recognized face of child cancer with a blog that chronicled her fight against brain tumors has died.

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12-year-old girl who blogged cancer fight has died
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Alibaba’s Ma says he’s not the reason for Bartz’s departure (Reuters)

Reuters – China’s Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma said on Saturday he was not the reason for the departure of Yahoo Inc’s chief executive.

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Alibaba’s Ma says he’s not the reason for Bartz’s departure
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