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Which tech giant is winning the hearts and minds (but maybe not the wallets) of students? The past weekend saw two similar events at two very different companies.

Finally! Some more substantial evidence that Google is readying a music service! For years , rumors have been trickling in that the search giant plans to create a cloud-based subscription music service that would store all your songs in a "digital locker." But until now, the rumors have amounted to little more than, well, rumors. Now we've learned two more reasons why prospects of a Google music service are looking increasingly more likely. First, Google confirmed it had acquired mobile music startup PushLife for $25 million

Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 45% -- The amount of fracked natural gas the U.S.

Amazon has announced it will begin selling an ad-supported version of its Kindle eReader starting May 3rd. The "Kindle With Special Offers" will sell for $114, an 18% discount from the current $139 sticker price

We had a feeling that BrightSource Energy was destined for big things when Google first announced it was investing $10 million in the solar thermal startup in 2008. After all, Google only invests in impressive ( TechnoServe , eSolar ) and profoundly weird ( wind power from kites , anyone?) companies.

As a taxpaying American citizen, you are entitled to write your local public or school library and formally request that they remove a book from their shelves.

Garage48, the biggest name in 48-hour hackathons in Estonia, is coming soon to several African countries. When you think of startups, what cities come to mind

A young hacker has built a mini Arduino-controlled self-balancing robot that looks for all the world like a mini Segway. It's remote-controlled by a WiiMote, it's cheap, and the chap in question is just 17 years old

Google's launching a new quiz powered by its search engine's skills at finding information, with questions published in The New York Times right above the skill-requiring, brain-taxing crossword puzzle. Either this is some seriously weak-sauce PR, or Google is positioning itself as the puzzle arbiter of the next generation. "Traditional trivia games have a rule that you can't cheat--you can't look things up in books, you can't ask your fiends and you certainly can't ask Google" begins Google's blog posting about the new A Google A Day quiz

Remember a few years ago when everyone decided that using algae as a biofuel feedstock would be the best thing ever? Well, progress on that front is moving so slowly that companies have realized that that might not be where the money is

A new $29 million Defense Department project makes viewing military intelligence from Afghanistan as easy as ordering a movie from Netflix. The Department of Defense is unveiling a Netflix Instant-style system for military intelligence that will allow military personnel around the world to view war-zone footage. Called the National System for Geo-Intelligence Video Services (NVS), the closed-access system will be accessible only by American and coalition troops and military employees.

... Or not.

It might be all-natural, but that joint you're smoking has a serious carbon footprint. Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: Marijuana growth uses 1% of all U.S. energy

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PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru -- On a busy, dusty street beside a huge open-air market, signs reading “oro” mark shops that trade in gold.