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Google officially announces wireless spectrum participation, but are they serious?

Google officially announces wireless spectrum participation, but are they serious?Not that this should surprise anybody, but Google has officially announced plans to participate in the upcoming FCC wireless spectrum auction.

The 700 MHz auction that is part of the transition to digital television begins January 24th, and will be part of a shift for a more efficient wireless internet service.

Om Malik has pointed out that Google believes this is a winning situation for consumers no matter who wins out, but for some reason they are not hard pressed to win. Could it be a move to drive up bidding prices from the likes of AT&T and Verizon? Or is it truly on their wish list to save the world and make a few extra billion while they are at it?

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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