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114 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 22:28:36 by thediggblog | 67 comments
Today we’re providing every publisher, big or small, with a chance to invite their readers to the
new Digg, before our GA launch. If you are a publisher, you now have 1,000 invitations to share.
188 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 02:56:50 by tyg10 | 34 comments
We should have known the dry erase girl was bullshit -- but we just wanted to believe too much - or
so says the co-owner of the Chive. The next time they pull this type of thing, they say we won't see
it coming. Again.
195 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 22:17:24 by namslam | 16 comments
Google this week released an update for its Google Mobile app for iPhone, which introduces push
notifications for Google’s calendar and a barely functional push feature for Gmail. Is the Gmail
push useless?
228 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 23:31:30 by xdvx | 29 comments
The Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology is directly connected to the Iranian
Government. Aside from evaluating and advising policy makers on science and technology issues, the
largest research outfit in the country also provides a warez server where Photoshop, MS Office and
many other applications can be downloaded for free.
211 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 17:10:00 by Lucas123 | 15 comments
Facebook Places will make it pretty hard to keep secrets in the future, and could lead to some
embarrassing situations.
488 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 21:28:59 by angel_wardriver | 114 comments
The EFF weighed in on Apple patent spyware, calling it traitorware and warning that Steve Jobs is
watching you.
210 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 18:27:19 by danielwfletcher | 56 comments
"And the term “rickroll” you said it tries to make people go to a site where they think it is
going to be one thing, but it is a video of Rick Astley, is that right?"
449 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 18:54:55 by usq1111 | 185 comments
Everyone has their preference, here's a look at how the two businesses stack up.
244 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 12:13:33 by built4kill2004 | 47 comments
Up until a few months ago, I was using Facebook the same way I was using Twitter. That is, I was
allowing anyone to follow me. But it was different. With Twitter, anyone can follow me without my
approval. On Facebook, everyone needs my approval. Though perhaps ill-advised, I was simply blindly
approving anyone. Then I stopped.
531 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 16:37:18 by LtGenPanda | 39 comments
Theories abound for why Intel bought McAfee, but the reality is more prosaic than most imagine. The
Aurora attacks on Google and others were a wakeup call for Intel, and the company got serious about
developing vPro's security potential. But to do that, they had to be able to offer products and
services directly to the consumer.
192 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 00:46:55 by executex | 50 comments
For the most part, we've come to terms with the fact that pretty much anything goes on the Internet.
But there are still some websites that we can’t believe anyone actually had the audacity to
create.
299 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 22:38:51 by nettas | 57 comments
Another knock for Yahoo...
211 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 15:48:16 by RidingonGhost | 16 comments
Facebook for iPhone has a new version out – 3.2.2 – and it fixes login issues for owners of
jailbroken iPhones.
269 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 17:02:59 by filltev | 48 comments
Dennis Crowley, the co-founder of Foursquare, a location-based social network, has called Places,
Facebook's new check-in tool, 'boring' and 'unexciting'.
675 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 04:47:45 by ArbiInc | 106 comments
WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange said Swedish authorities reached "the height of
irresponsibility"; by issuing an arrest warrant alleging rape against him, then revoking it less
than a day later.
330 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 14:35:25 by Lucas123 | 73 comments
Whether you're just starting out or are hitting the midway point in your IT career, the
fast-changing nature of the profession means only the agile will thrive. Here are some ideas to help
you set your career on the right path for the next 10 years.
115 votes | submitted 2010-08-22 22:23:23 by marcellpurham | 25 comments
The title of this post kind of says it all. As pointed out by blockzuck.com, you can block anyone on
Facebook except CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you try to do it (we did), you'll get a message saying