Web/Tech

Ready to Rumble? ‘Star Trek’ versus ‘Star Wars’

May 19, 2013
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So on and so heated, I’ll just sit this one out in a real world far, far away … or something like that.

When it...

PayPal 14 Hackers Seek Deal To Avoid Prison

May 18, 2013
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A motley looking crew. Ha!

Before he was charged in July 2011 with aiding the hacker group Anonymous, Josh Covelli lived what he considered the life of an...

AOL Imposing More Cuts at Local News Operation Patch

May 17, 2013
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AOL is planning another round of layoffs at Patch, its struggling local news operation.

In a memo to employees, AOL’s chief executive, Tim Armstrong, announced on...

Social Media a Life Saver? Tumblr Post Spurs 8-Hour Race to Stop NJ Teen’s Suicide

May 17, 2013
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Social media saves lives? It appears as though 18-year-old Jackie Rosasof Cathedral City, California saved one.

The unidentified Union Township girl swallowed a bottle of pills after...

German court orders changes to Google search hints over defamatory autocompletes

May 14, 2013
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Hmm.

Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday.

The Federal...

Amy’s Baking Co. Bakery Boutique & Bistro: Epic Facebook Brand Meltdown

May 14, 2013
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Well, this wasn’t smart. They don’t know the Internet very well, now do they?

The two owners of Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro took...

Amazon Coins arrive for Kindle Fire users

May 13, 2013
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That jingling sound you hear is the arrival of Amazon Coins for Kindle Fire users.Amazon on Monday announced that customers can use its new...

‘Benghazi in four words’: Twitter keeps pressure on White House

May 12, 2013
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On this Mother’s Day, take a moment to think of the mothers of the American diplomats who were killed eight months ago in the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11.

via ‘Benghazi in four words’: Twitter keeps pressure on White House – BizPac Review.

World of Warcraft loses 1.3 million players in three months

May 9, 2013
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Bummer dude. Never played fwiw.

All is not well in Azeroth.

Approximately 1.3 million subscribers have left World of Warcraft’s fantasy universe in the past three months,...

WA State Courts hacked: 160,000 SSN’s and 1,000,000 DL numbers compromised

May 9, 2013
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Well, isn’t that special. More at link below.

The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts has been hacked, and up to 160,000 Social Security...

Think You’ve been stalked online, read this: Lee Ching Yan haunts Lee David Clayworth for years after breakup

May 9, 2013
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The gal, Lee Ching Yan, even fled Malaysia, presumably to avoid a restraining order and prison, only to continue the alleged stalking and harassment from elsewhere. Whew!

Lee David Clayworth, 35, met Lee Ching Yan, 29, while he was teaching at an international school in Malaysia. They began casually dating in mid-2010, said Clayworth, who...

TweetDeck Ltd, Twitter’s UK Firm Shut By Regulators

May 7, 2013
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Okay:

A British company bought by Twitter for a reported £25m has been shut down by the business regulator after it failed to file its...

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