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June 30, 2011
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Google+ Invite Process Shut Down Amid 'Insane Demand' Google opened up the invitation process late Wednesday afternoon to those participating in the service but quickly closed it down to conduct the process in a controlled way.
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Facebook's Fake Friends Epidemic A few weeks ago I got a Facebook friend request from a cute young blonde thing
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British Hackers Take Down Al-Qaeda Websites White hat hack group disrupts terrorists' communications and videos.
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Apple Sets a Bad Example What works for Apple won't work for other companies.
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TwitPic Founder Ditches Clothes, Twitter Founder Ditches Job Noah Everett really has nothing to hide: He posted overnight to Twitter, including a photo via the TwitPic service he created, almost immediately upon being picked up by the cops in Charleston, S.C., for strolling down his street in the buff.
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MySpace: 4 Lessons Learned from the Collapse Spam, drastic redesigns and an overreliance on young people were among the factors that contributed to MySpace's demise.
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Google+ Hangouts Video Chat Could Challenge Skype Skype's newest beta is Windows-only at the moment, whereas Google+ Hangouts is browser-based and doesn't discriminate against any OS or requires an additional download.
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Google+: What the Critics Are Saying About the New Social Network Building a new social network isn't easy. Google+ is rating a wide variety of criticisms across the Internet. Let's check them out.
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Google+ Changes the Social Media Game for Business The search giant's new social network has big implications for the future of social media marketing.
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Teenager Ordered to Surrender Xbox A teenager from Northern Ireland has been ordered to surrender his Xbox as part of the conditions of him being freed on bail.
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Arizona State Police Hit with Second Data Dump The files released by hackers included names, addresses, phone numbers, passwords, Social Security numbers, online dating account info, internal police reports and racist chain e-mails.
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HP TouchPad Garners Mixed Reviews The consensus seems to be that the TouchPad has a few kinks to work out, which places it behind the iPad and alongside Android tablets.
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Researchers Discover 4.5 Million-Strong Super-Botnet Millions of PCs around the world appear to have been quietly infected by the dangerous TDSS 'super-malware' rootkit as part of a campaign to build a giant new botnet, researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab have discovered.
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10 Compelling Apps for Cisco Cius Cisco Cius tablet's imminent arrival comes with an app store; here are the most interesting of the apps there.
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With FBI Raid, Law Enforcement Circles LulzSec Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group.
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Apple Offers Refunds for Unhappy Final Cut Pro X Users Final Cut Pro X has been lambasted by video professionals who are quick to point out a litany of missing features and usability issues.
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Half a Million Android Smartphones Activated Daily, Google Says More than half a million Android phones are activated every day, according to Google's Andy Rubin, head of the Android platform.
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Impersonator, a Different Kind of Virtualization Gibbs' quest to resurrect an old Windows 98 game ends in success with an emulator that isn't.
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E-Readers More Popular Than Tablets: Because They're Cheaper A new study says consumers are more likely to own an e-reader than a tablet. Price probably plays a big factor.
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HTC Facebook Phone Coming to AT&T, Telus Facebook junkies, rejoice.
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Google+ Invite Process Shut Down Amid 'Insane Demand' Google opened up the invitation process late Wednesday afternoon to those participating in the service but quickly closed it down to conduct the process in a controlled way.
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Facebook's Fake Friends Epidemic A few weeks ago I got a Facebook friend request from a cute young blonde thing
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