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Tech Update: Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds

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Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds

Verizon Wireless will pay up to $90 million to 15 million cellphone customers who were wrongly charged, one of the largest-ever refunds by a telecommunications company.

Using the Nimble service, a doctor can connect via iPad to a patient's medical records.

2 Brothers Await Broad Use of Medical E-Records

After more than a decade, Dr. Tom Doerr and his brother, John, see a possible turning point for their business with Apple's iPad and a national mandate for digital medical records.

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Toshiba to Sell 3-D TV That Requires No Glasses

The Japanese electronics maker will be the first on the market with such a TV, though they will only be sold in Japan for now.

No Stopping Movie View of Mark Zuckerberg

As a public figure, Facebook's founder would have to prove reckless disregard for the truth if he wanted to address the portrayal of him in the film "The Social Network."

A Silicon Valley Investor's Take on a Post-Facebook World

One of Facebook's venture capitalists talks about the dynamic of cutting checks in Silicon Valley and defends Mark Zuckerberg regarding his past.

A casino like the Sands, in Bethlehem, Pa., risks losing patrons if sites like Pokerstars become legal in America.

Casinos Now See Online Gambling as a Better Bet

A trade group for major casinos like Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Resorts is working on a proposal to ask Congress to legalize some form of online gambling.

Ad Group Unveils Plan to Improve Web Privacy

A self-regulating program announced by a group of the advertising industry's largest trade organizations aims to let people opt out of being tracked for behavioral advertising.

Link by Link

Obsessions With Minutiae Thrive as Databases

Two online standouts in efforts to catalog content are evolving differently: IMDB is trying to increase its profile on the Internet, while Gracenote is moving further behind the scenes.

At Disney, New Leaders in Internet and Gaming

James A. Pitaro of Yahoo Media and John Pleasants of Playdom were named co-presidents of the Disney Interactive Media Group, which has been struggling.

An Award, Criticism and Perils for Comcast

As Comcast prepares its NBC takeover, it has a case study in awkward entanglements as an employee cries foul over his firing after criticizing a Fox News host.

Court to Look at Sale of Zambian Phone Company

What was supposed to be a simple privatization to place a decrepit company on a sound financial footing has degenerated into a nasty domestic feud.

Personal Tech

Gadgetwise Blog

Q&A: Slow Scripts Are Not Just for Bad Movies

Your PC displays a message that reads something like "a script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly." What are you supposed to do?

From Week in Review

Tyler Clementi, Rutgers freshman

Bullying, Suicide, Punishment

The death of a Rutgers freshman raises questions about online freedom and assigning blame.

A Code for Chaos

Just how dangerous has a computer worm and cyberwarfare become?

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