Friday, May 18, 2012

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/Sp2o_FdgG5I/" target="_blank">Facebook sued for $15 billion over alleged privacy infractions</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:05 PDT ]</i><BR>A class-action lawsuit filed by Stewarts Law US combines 21 cases across the U.S.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/iQ3p-z7dE5g/" target="_blank">Facebook shares jump in early trading</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:32:11 PDT ]</i><BR>The world's largest social network has officially started trading on the Nasdaq, and as expected, investors are excited.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/2unnl6135YE/" target="_blank">Why a retina display on a MacBook could be a bad idea</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:54:35 PDT ]</i><BR>The most-rumored new MacBook update sounds like it might be more trouble than it's worth.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/NdfVtT4i2GA/" target="_blank">Zynga stock crushed by Facebook IPO</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:07:56 PDT ]</i><BR>Trading in the social game company has been halted after its stock fell 13 percent following the Facebook open.

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'Social Network' writer to pen Jobs film
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:49 EDT ]
Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's "The West Wing" and the Facebook movie "The Social Network," will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

How you help FB make billions
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:51 EDT ]
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

Google revamps search again
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 19:28:25 EDT ]
So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.

Why I won't be quitting Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 10:27:28 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.

Internet greets Facebook's IPO price
[ Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:58 EDT ]
Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

5 ways criminals use Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 00:35:33 GMT ]

To be sure, cyber crimes have been occurring for some time, but the presence of social media has made many crimes much easier to commit. Here are some of the ways criminals use Facebook.To be sure, cyber crimes have been occurring for some time, but the presence of social media has made many crimes much easier to commit. Here are some of the ways criminals use Facebook.


Pre-caffeine tech: Reddit gives, you feel old!
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:13:30 GMT ]
A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Look out, kids: Windows 8 gives parents a computer-use report card
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 15:50:08 GMT ]

Gearing up for the “Release Preview” of the new operating system next month, Microsoft this week detailed its plans for Windows 8′s family safety settings. One of the features lets parents receive a weekly email report that summarizes a child’s activities on the computer.Gearing up for the “Release Preview” of the new operating system next month, Microsoft this week detailed its plans for Windows 8′s family safety settings. One of the features lets parents receive a weekly email report that summarizes a child’s activities on the computer.


200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:29 GMT ]

While most of the wood has long since disintegrated from what is believed to be an early to mid-19th century wooden-hulled shipwreck on the deep Gulf of Mexico seafloor, copper that sheathed the hull beneath the waterline as a protection against marine-boring organisms remains, leaving a copper shell retaining the form of the ship.A newly discovered shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico may have originally gone down 200 years ago. The ship is full of glass bottles, ceramic plates and boxes of muskets.


US-Russian crew arrives at space station
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 06:48:34 GMT ]

Workers at Russian Mission Control prepare for the arrival of a Soyuz spacecraft and its three crew members at the International Space Station.An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, kicking off a four-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.


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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/TzVsRRMblXU/" target="_blank">Low Latency No. 23: Brace yourself</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:03:02 PDT ]</i><BR>HBO's "Game of Thrones" is the most pirated show of 2012.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/cZf_k1O3DZ0/" target="_blank">Has Apple taken control of iPhone5.com?</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:24:02 PDT ]</i><BR>Apple had complained to the World Intellectual Property Organization about the domain, which was unaffiliated with the iPhone maker. And now it seems to have found closure.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/N79f4pkHQoE/" target="_blank">Study: You're not clicking on Facebook ads -- and you never will</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:32:34 PDT ]</i><BR>Greenlight, a digital marketing agency, says that 44 percent of Facebook users would "never" click on ads on the social network.

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'Social Network' writer to pen Jobs film
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:49 EDT ]
Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's "The West Wing" and the Facebook movie "The Social Network," will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

How you help FB make billions
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 11:20:51 EDT ]
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

Google revamps search again
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 19:28:25 EDT ]
So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.

Why I won't be quitting Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:43 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.

Why I'll (probably) never leave Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:04 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Are Amazon reviewers usurping the role of 'professional' critics?
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 01:08:17 GMT ]

If you're trying to decide whether or not to read a book, where are you more likely to find useful answers? It turns out that in some ways, you're just as well off reading Amazon reviews as you are looking in the New York Review of Books.If you're trying to decide whether or not to read a book, where are you more likely to find useful answers? It turns out that in some ways, you're just as well off reading Amazon reviews as you are looking in the New York Review of Books.


Scientists read a galaxy's entrails
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:06 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Astronomers are taking a long, deep look at one of the best-known galaxies beyond our own Milky Way, to learn more about what happened when it gobbled up another agglomeration of stars that got too close.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Astronomers are taking a long, deep look at one of the best-known galaxies beyond our own Milky Way, to learn more about what happened when it gobbled up another agglomeration of stars that got too close.


Video: Twitter fills with 'Diablo 3' error 37 rage
[ Tue, 15 May 2012 19:18:01 GMT ]

May 15: "Diablo 3" had a less than smooth launch causing tweets to soar over the infamous error 37 preventing gamers from logging in. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reports. (MSNBC)"Diablo 3" had a less than smooth launch causing tweets to soar over the infamous error 37 preventing gamers from logging in. In-Game's Todd Kenreck reports. (In-Game)


Pre-caffeine tech: Google Docs, panda dogs!
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 14:04:55 GMT ]

A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.


Astronaut shares a groovy space trip
[ Tue, 15 May 2012 22:30:07 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Flying on the International Space Station is the world's biggest high, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit's psychedelic images prove it.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Flying on the International Space Station is the world's biggest high, and NASA astronaut Don Pettit's psychedelic images prove it.


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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/GvIECLZcK9o/" target="_blank">Google Music device deauthorization policy upsetting users?</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 08:57:58 PDT ]</i><BR>A forum posting on XDA-Developers claims Google is now only allowing users to deauthorize four devices per year for its Google Music platform.

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iPad gives voice to kids with autism
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:38 EDT ]
Sharia stood immobile in front of the television, transfixed by its images, unaware of the world around her. Her family called her name over and over again, but she did not respond. It was that moment when they knew something was wrong.

A look back at Zuckerberg in 2006
[ Tue, 15 May 2012 09:56:52 EDT ]
CNN's Dan Simon looks back at Mark Zuckerberg, camera shy and sometimes awkward, in a 2006 interview with CNN.

MacBook Pro to get HD display?
[ Tue, 15 May 2012 15:19:06 EDT ]
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro will be a significant departure from the current design, with a retina display and an ultra-thin profile, 9to5Mac claims, citing sources from Apple's supply chain.

How you help FB make billions
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 07:34:10 EDT ]
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

How you help Facebook make billions
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 07:34:23 EDT ]
Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Despite dangers, U.S. teens still text and drive
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 18:18:51 GMT ]

A driver checks his phone while sitting in his car in New York City, December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiVirtually all teenagers agree that texting while driving is dangerous but 43 percent said they had done so in the past three months, according to a new nationwide survey released on Monday.


Facebook mom trolled so badly she sues to stop the madness
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 23:06:54 GMT ]

A mom who dared to share words of encouragement on Facebook to an unpopular reality-show contestant found herself as the target of a hate campaign that's raged for six months.A mom who dared to share words of encouragement on Facebook to an unpopular reality-show contestant found herself as the target of a hate campaign that's raged for six months.


SpaceX ready at last to lift off for space station
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:02 GMT ]

The Dragon space capsule with its solar panels deployed.The private spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch a robotic capsule to the International Space Station this week, following a series of delays that postponed the historic first flight of a commercial spacecraft to the orbiting outpost.


African-American revises his roots
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 20:36:20 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: If you're an African-American, tracing your roots back to the ancestral continent is hard enough — but tracing them back to the ancestral family? That requires a lot of research and a little bit of faith.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: If you're an African-American, tracing your roots back to the ancestral continent is hard enough — but tracing them back to the ancestral family? That requires a lot of research and a little bit of faith.


US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
[ Tue, 15 May 2012 03:49:20 GMT ]

May 14: Watch the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from its launch pad in Kazakhstan, lofting a NASA astronaut and two Russians toward the International Space Station. (NASA)Three astronauts finally blasted off for the International Space Station Monday night, after weeks of delay caused during testing of their Russian-built space capsule.


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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/8OyvbfXiB7E/" target="_blank">Multitasking too much? Brain sensor lightens the load</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 09:11:37 PDT ]</i><BR>It doesn't quite read your mind, but the Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work.

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