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Yet Another Reason to Hate Facebook's Like Button
Facebook's "Like" button has produced some unintended (and ugly) consequences: malware and spam.So I was wasting time on Facebook yesterday, procrastinating my 237 overdue deadlines, when I noticed something odd. In my news feed I saw that my long-time friend Kim had liked “fi uoy nac daer siht sserp ekil.” (If you can read this, press like.) Waril
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The Rise And Fall Of The RIAA
We recently had a post questioning whether the RIAA's legal campaign was a success or not. It seemed like there was plenty of evidence that it has been an incredible failure. Here is compiled data on RIAA label sales, along with some helpful notes about what other factors were going on at the time.
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Electricity in the Air: On the Brink of Wireless Power
Power remains one of our biggest problems to solve. As we look at devices like the iPad, iPhone and the new particularly thirsty Sprint EVO 4G, the need for a better charging solution has never been more pronounced. This is really the elephant in the room that we don’t really seem to be talking about as much as we should.
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Why Digg is Better Than Reddit
Do you dig Digg? Are you sick and tired of Redditors claiming that Digg is dead? Put your fears at ease with this definitive list of reasons why Digg is better than Reddit.
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The Soul of Twit
A scathing BP satire, a sitcom and a host of mimics: Twitter inspires creative voices--albeit succinct ones
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Sky buys Virgin Media's TV channels
Sky buys Virgin Media's TV channels And HD Sky channels arriving on cable : TechRadar UK
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June 4, 1977: VHS Comes to America
1977: The VHS videocassette format is introduced in North America at a press conference before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Chicago.
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Out of Toothpaste or Toilet Paper? Buy It Online
In July, Soap.com will start selling 25,000 items typically found in a drugstore, like laundry detergent, shampoo and toilet paper. "Nobody is really buying toilet paper online. We're trying to shift in a big way consumer behavior over all, and take share from offline."
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Google WiFi privacy row: Eric Schmidt admits search engine '
Google %u201Cscrewed up%u201D after its Street Cars wrongly mapped every wireless network in Britain to use the information for commercial purposes, Eric Schmidt, its chief executive has admitted.
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Sonic Solutions To Acquire DivX In $323 Million Deal
Sonic Solutions and DivX, both listed on Nasdaq, this morning announced that they are to become one.
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