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Following the recent riots in Vancouver police are using social network Facebook to hunt down and arrest rioters who caused millions of dollars in damage to the cities downtown area.
Minutes after the riots began a Facebook group ...
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It was like, the dry hump heard around the world.
The recent riots in Vancouver spawned many iconic images, but none so destined for dorm room poster status as that of a seemingly unaware couple totally second-basing it ...
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The teenage bandit who was accused in a string of several ambitious crimes ranging from minor break-ins to plane theft is expected to plead guilty in a Seattle court today.
Colton Harris-Moore achieved folk hero status while he evaded ...
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For those of you not familiar with RockMelt it is billed as the "social browser" that is built on top of the same core browser as Google's Chrome web browser. It's early days were pretty rocky even ...
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Scootched between Memorial Day (barbeques!) and the Fourth of July (bathing suits and beer pong!), Flag Day is kind of the red-headed stepchild of summer patriotic observances.
June 14th is Flag Day in the US- a holiday school kids are ...
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This is a totally legit strategy when you don't want to talk, but other people who do it are jerks.
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What could possibly go wrong here? So, about those civil liberties you appeared to be enjoying...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law into effect last week that makes it illegal to "transmit or display an image" on the ...
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If you're like me and you haven't been swayed by the current Facebook gaming options like FarmVille, social gaming developer Zynga has something that just might get you on board with the whole social gaming fad.
In comes ...
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Taken out of the context of Facebook's ubiquity, the 96% figure in itself is pretty astounding.
Do 96% of Americans eat at McDonald's? Drink Starbucks? Shop at Target? Then again, the study that yielded the findings was a ...
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After everything you've invested in your Facebook profile, could you up and leave for a new site?
No? Well, a former MySpace executive is joining the ranks of people who want to give Mark Zuckerberg a run for ...
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All the social networks get together to roast Facebook, but as it always happens, another guy tends to get all the heat. Featuring Lisa Lampanelli, Gilbert Gottfried and Penn Jillette. Naughty language.
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For a show that stopped being funny over a decade ago, The Simpsons can still turn over a buck or three. That's probably why EA will be bringing the dysfunctional family to Facebook in September.
Alas, that's virtually ...
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Facebook users are beginning to get excited for the holiday weekend, if their status updates are anything to go by.
Users of the social network have been chattering to a fever pitch about their weekend plans, anticipation about ...
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As Facebook continues to dominate the social network realm, one of the sticking points is the number of little kids who sneak on to the site using fake ages, as well as the general debate over online ...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has again told the Winklevoss twins that $65 million dollars is enough of Facebook's money for them, and they have announced they've decided to shut up, go away and spend the ...
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Not to be outdone by the Egyptian couple that named their baby "Facebook," an Israeli couple have bestowed the name "Like" in honor of the ubiquitous social network upon their newborn baby girl.
Little baby Like joins siblings ...
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Taking it one step further...
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It's pretty hard to feel sympathy for anyone involved in the Winkelvoss-Facebook ongoing drama, since all parties involved can pretty much go dive into a swimming pool filled with money at any time they find the proceedings ...
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One of the time-tested ways of deflecting criticism is blaming what you're being accused of on the other guy.
Today in tech news, one of the stories I've seen bounced around centers on allegations Facebook engaged in a ...
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Is anyone else beginning to think that Facebook's entire focus is desensitizing users to privacy breaches?
The leaky social network has again exposed user data to third parties, this time inadvertently allowing advertisers to obtain "access tokens," which ...
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I don't know how much money developer Zynga has made from FarmVille, but it must be a crapload because it's somehow encouraged Lady Gaga to sign up to a Gaga/FarmVille crossover thing called GagaVille. *checks date* Nope, ...
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Your kid who spends a lot of time parked at the computer might just be dealing with a spate of FarmVille requests, an upcoming Consumer Reports report has found.
According to the watchdog magazine, the site is crawling ...
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