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  • May 6, 2011

    Sony roundup

    Sony has been troubled by the two recent hacks that exposed the personal information of many millions of people, including some credit card…

  • This is a new program that Facebook is trying out where you get Facebook Credits in exchange for watching some ads. It's an expansion of an earlier…

  • Foxconn is the huge manufacturing company in China that employs hundreds of thousands of young Chinese workers to assemble just about every…

  • Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) are releasing a draft bill today called the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011. From The Hill: …

  • If the USPS reached such great heights, they're coming down now. Thousands of post offices could close in the coming years. But, this June, Google…

  • This is bananas. Canadian researchers are showing off a smart phone called the PaperPhone that is about as thick as a piece of paper and feels like…

  • Mozilla is refusing to comply with a Department of Homeland Security demand to remove a Firefox browser extension called Mafiaafire Redirector. The…

  • The Wall Street Journal announced a new WikiLeaks-type site for sources to upload confidential documents. The site was built internally and…

  • In Huxley's Brave New World, you didn't just go to the movies, you went to the feelies. It's entertainment that stimulates your senses – sight,…

  • Because maybe you do. Hey, who am I to judge? Weirdo. A German phone maker has a promotion going on Facebook where you can chat with a live parrot….