Google Graph Makes Search Smarter Google's new Knowledge Graph is a new search tool that will begin rolling out starting today, and it it's meant to help you find search results faster. When you search now for popular or well-known people, places and things you'll get a box to the left of the results explaining more about that term.
  News Summary: Online TV startup partial victory THE VERDICT: Aereo, a startup that takes live TV broadcasts and sends them to mobile devices, has won a partial victory in court over the media companies that are suing it. Mammoth 'Butchered' by Ancient Man A young woolly mammoth, found remarkably well preserved in the tundra in Siberia, may have been attacked by lions -- but scientists say there are signs it was then butchered by ancient humans.
  WikiLeaks launches encrypted social network
Backers of the whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks recently launched Friends of WikiLeaks (FoWL), an encrypted social network for like-minded individuals. “Friends of WikiLeaks is a network of people from across the globe who defend WikiLeaks, its people, its alleged sources and its mission,” the website’s homepage says. “We publicly and privately promote WikiLeaks and individuals and organisations aligned with the mission of WikiLeaks. This site will help you to join with people like you in your area and across the world. You will make new friends and new allies, care for treasured values and fight in common cause.” Instead of having users find people to friend, as is the case with Facebook and Google+, Friends of WikiLeaks will assign users 12 friends each,
Dino Dustup: Battle Over T-Rex Cousin The skeleton, which was 75 percent complete and belonging to a cousin of the T-Rex, was sold for more than $1 million this weekend by Heritage Auctions but Mongolia believes it originates from there.
  New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
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