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Facebook execs answer new privacy criticisms

The social-networking site met Wednesday with congressional staffers about information-sharing concerns

ICANN approves first four internationalized country domains

Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and UAE may now register domain names with the country code written in their own language

After verdict, debate rages in Terry Childs case

Some insist he was punished for doing his job, others disagree

Italy’s new certified e-mail service has shaky start

The system has crashed or otherwise been too busy to handle all of those seeking to sign up

Clearwire takes different stance on net neutrality

While other wireless carriers oppose, WiMAX wholesaler takes more open approach

Final tally: IT lost 250,000 jobs last year

But software services saw the smallest dip and is now quickly recovering

BlackBerry Partners Fund Announces “Super Apps” Challenge

Apple slates WWDC for June 7-11, touts iPhone 4

Could launch next-generation iPhone as early as June 18

Flash memory set to benefit from mobile Internet explosion

NAND also expected to expand into data centers to help boost performance and data access

NASA expands lab role of International Space Station

NASA sees new research in biotechnology, energy, engineering and remote sensing.