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Tomorrow is iPad 2 day
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Mar 10, 2011
The tablet arrives in stores tomorrow and it's getting some great reviews with a few caveats. Josh Topolsky at Engadget praises the physical object...
Facebook builds mechanism to respond to suicide threats
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Mar 9, 2011
Facebook has built a page for reporting suicidal content that people see on the site. It's a form where you fill in the url where you spotted it,...
Facebook shuts down account of Chinese blogger
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Mar 9, 2011
The reason? A fake name. The blogger/commentator is knows as Michael Anti. While it's not the name on his national identity card, Michael has used...
Global Network Initiative is withering on the vine
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Mar 7, 2011
Three years ago, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft signed on to a code of conduct designed to protect free speech and protect privacy online. The Global...
Twitter makes changes that screws things up for researchers
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Mar 4, 2011
Twitter is changing its terms of service. Might not make a big difference to you and me as we tweet about the tv show we're watching or what we're...
Augmented reality games for kids
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Mar 4, 2011
PBS is working on a project to design augmented reality games for kids four or five years old. ...
Facebook reiterates its plan to give app developers access to users' phone numbers and home addresses
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Mar 2, 2011
This is a plan that Facebook first announced several weeks ago but then quickly put on ice after loud objections from privacy groups and concern...
Facebook app helps you break up couples
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Feb 28, 2011
Let's say you really like someone and want to date them but they're with someone else. And let's also say you're a horrible uncaring monster of a...
AT&T will sell Kindles
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Feb 28, 2011
Starting March 6th, you can get a Kindle from an AT&T store. AT&T announced today it will sell the Amazon Kindle 3G - you can connect over...
Scientists use sensors to get close-ups of wild animals; now you can see all this online
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Feb 28, 2011
The Smithsonian has launched a new website that features more than 200,000 photos taken by researchers from automated cameras. The cameras have...
