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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.
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?
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.
Facebook Places will make it pretty hard to keep secrets in the future, and could lead to some embarrassing situations.
The EFF weighed in on Apple patent spyware, calling it traitorware and warning that Steve Jobs is watching you.
"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?"
Everyone has their preference, here's a look at how the two businesses stack up.
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.
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.
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.
Another knock for Yahoo...
Facebook for iPhone has a new version out – 3.2.2 – and it fixes login issues for owners of jailbroken iPhones.
Dennis Crowley, the co-founder of Foursquare, a location-based social network, has called Places, Facebook's new check-in tool, 'boring' and 'unexciting'.
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.
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.
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