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Re-activateCombing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Microsoft Cut IE8 Privacy Features to Sell Ads (ReadWriteWeb)
Microsoft developers planned "industry-leading" privacy features in Internet Explorer 8 that would have automatically blocked third-party tracking tools like beacons, but one feature was scaled back and another was dropped because they went against the interests of advertisers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its seven-part feature on Internet privacy today.
Visa Launches Rightcliq, An Online Shopping Assistant With A Social Twist (TechCrunch)
...Essentially, Rightcliq is a browser add-on aimed to enhance and speed up your online shopping experience, by letting you auto-fill personal address and payment card information stored on its servers on merchant checkout forms.
Hacker intercepts phone calls with homebuilt $1,500 IMSI catcher, claims GSM is beyond repair (engadget)
...the white hat hacker fooled 17 nearby GSM phones into believing his $1,500 kit (including a laptop and two RF antennas) was a legitimate cell phone base station, and proceeded to intercept and record audience calls.
Planes Create Weird Clouds—And Snow, Rain Fall Out (National Geographic)
...that aircraft can unleash precipitation by carving the cloud tunnels, which had never before been observed.
High School Sweethearts Reunite After 62 Years (One Thing to See)
Get your Kleenex ready, because you're about to watch a video featuring an 81-year-old man who flew across the country to reunite with his high school sweetheart who he hadn't seen in 62 years.
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