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Submission + - Valve Officially Launches TV-friendly Steam Big Picture Mode

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Valve on Monday announced the public release of Big Picture, Steam’s new mode that lets gamers access their games on a TV, in over 20 languages. Big Picture lets you use a traditional gamepad (as well as a keyboard and mouse) to access the complete Steam store and Steam Community from the comfort of the couch in your living room.

Submission + - Einstein letter calling Bible "pretty childish" to be auctioned on eBay (theatlantic.com)

Submitted by cheesecake23
cheesecake23 writes: In an admirably concise piece in The Atlantic, Rebecca J. Rosen summarizes Einstein's subtle views on religion and profound respect for the inexplicable, along with the news that a letter handwritten by the legendary scientist that describes the Bible as a 'collection of honorable, but still primitive legends' and 'pretty childish' will be auctioned off on eBay over the next two weeks. Bidding will begin at $3 million.
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Submission + - Google Calls for Privacy Standards

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HairyNevus
HairyNevus writes: "The Washington Post has an article detailing Google's request for international privacy standards. Apparently, Google is taking this matter up with the U.N. arguing that a multitude of privacy laws is only burdening Internet companies without protecting the consumers. Although Google is currently under investigation by the EU for its privacy practices, Google claims it has been a crusader for protecting consumer privacy. For example, they were the first search engine to strip identifying information from its search logs after 18 months. Google's privacy counsel Peter Fleischer called America's pricavy laws being "too complex and too much of a patchwork," and the European Union's laws being "too bureaucratic and inflexible." The alternative? Something closer to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's framework which "balances very carefully information privacy with business needs and commercial interests", according to Fleischer."

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