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Facebook Glitch Let Spammer Post to Walls

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:30
A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload service that allowed him to spam thousands of users.



Facebook - Spam - E-mail - Social network - Apple

Social Brings Native Facebook Experience to IPad

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:30
Since Facebook has yet to release a native iPad app--or give any real indication that one is in the works--third parties have capitalized on the opportunity to...



Facebook - IPad - Online Communities - Social Networking - Since Facebook

HP Buys 3Par, Apple Rolls out New Gear

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:20
Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around...



Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Apple - HP - Hardware

School Uses Anti-bullying App After Suicide

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:20
A Massachusetts high school is using specialized software for reporting bullying incidents after a student's suicide.



Bullying - High school - Suicide - Massachusetts - Violence and Abuse

Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:49
Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users and many of them still use Twitter's underwhelming Website as a primary access point.



Twitter - Social network - Online Communities - IPhone - Trending and Popularity

Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:40
Toshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers.



Toshiba - Laptop - Hardware - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Notebooks and Laptops

Nigerian Advance-fee Scammer Gets 12 Years

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 18:30
A Nigerian advance-fee scammer, Okpako Diamreyan, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge.



Advance-fee fraud - Fraud - Humor - Nigeria - Business

Linux Distributions Update for Web Flaw

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:30
A widely used program for Web spidering can be hijacked for malicious purposes.



Operating system - Linux distribution - Linux - Distributions - Directories

A Look at the New Apple TV, iPod Touch and Nano

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:30
Apple has just announced their annual changes to the company's media devices: this year, the iPod Touch, Nano and Apple TV have all been revamped. Nate Ralph takes a look.



Apple - iPod Touch - iPod - AppleTV - ipodnano

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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:30

Firefox Pushes Ahead on Android with Fennec Alpha Browser

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:10
Built-in Firefox Sync and improved responsiveness get Mozilla's Fennec mobile browser off to a good start.



Fennec - Mozilla Foundation - Firefox - Android - Nokia N900

Grandma Got Run Over By a Grand Theft Auto Gamer?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:10
A new study suggests adolescents exposed to driving and racing games may be more inclined to drive recklessly when they get their driving license.



Grand Theft Auto - Racing video game - Video game - Games - Driver's license

Developers Debate iOS 4.1 Proximity Sensor Fix

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:52
Apple claims that the upcoming iOS 4.1 update will resolve the issue with the iPhone 4 proximity sensor, but developers who have tested out the latest release of iOS challenge that claim.



IPhone - Apple - IOS - iPhone 4 - Smartphones

Apple vs. Facebook: What's Behind the Ping Controversy?

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:46
Facebook is apparently blocking Ping integration until the companies can work out coding and capacity issues.



Apple - Facebook - iTunes - Steve Jobs - Social network

iPod Touch is Not Quite an 'iPhone Without the Phone'

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:42
Sorry, the contract-free, data-only iPhone is still a fantasy -- although the revamped iPod can do a lot.



IPhone - IpodTouch - iPod - Apple - Apple iPod

Anti-Google Group's Creeptastic Video Campaign

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:26
Consumer Watchdog attacks Google, CEO Schmidt with Times Square ad (on Google's YouTube).



Google - YouTube - Searching - Search Engines - Time Square

Shazam 3.0 Gets More Content, IOS 4 Support

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:20
Music sleuths have some new tools waiting in the App Store. On Friday, Shazam Entertainment released a major 3.0 upgrade to the free and paid versions of its...



Shazam - App Store - Shazam Entertainment - Cisco IOS - IPhone

Apple Trailers Site Now Offering Movie Showtimes

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:40
As a certified—and possibly certifiable—movie trailer aficionado, I’ve been a devoted visitor of Apple’s trailers page for years. But if you want to go a step...



Apple - Film trailer - Trailers - Business - Movies

Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:33
UPDATE: Samsung has finally revealed the Galaxy Tab, which will start shipping in October.



Samsung Group - Android - Galaxy Tab - Verizon - Samsung Galaxy Tab

Accenture, Cisco and Sun Still Face Kickbacks Charges

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:20
Accenture, Cisco and Sun continue to fight against charges that they engaged in a widespread kickback scheme involving government contracts.



Cisco Systems - Cisco - Accenture - Government - Data Communications