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OL December 13, 2012

So long, and thanks for all the fish

So long, and thanks for all the fish by

All good things must come to an end, and today we say good-bye to Sync.

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OL December 6, 2012

Facebookers have one week to vote to protect their right to vote

Facebookers have one week to vote to protect their right to vote by

A scant few days remain for Facebook users to vote on a new privacy-eroding policy.

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OL December 6, 2012

iTunes accidentally serves up porn in Russia on launch day

iTunes accidentally serves up porn in Russia on launch day by

When you fire up iTunes to listen to a little music or make a purchase, you expect to see thumbnails of album covers and what’s hot. You’d never expect to see what some Russian users did when they installed iTunes for the first time.

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OL December 4, 2012

Girl busted for robbery after stupidly posting YouTube boast

Girl busted for robbery after stupidly posting YouTube boast by

The writing was on the wall after a self-proclaimed “Chick Bank Robber” posted a video to YouTube with the description “I just stole a car and robbed a bank.”

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OL November 28, 2012

Free app puts your face on the cover of magazines

Free app puts your face on the cover of magazines by

More than one million people are faking out their friends with Faker$, a free app that lets you put yourself – or friends and family members – on the cover of famous magazines, newspapers, movie posters, and more.

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OL November 26, 2012

.WTF? Government committee raises objections to new domain names

.WTF? Government committee raises objections to new domain names by

What do you do when the Internet runs out of good domain names? Set up some new top level domains — as long as they don’t offend.

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OL November 16, 2012

Using Twitter to map racism

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Researchers make a map that shows the U.S. states from which the most racist tweets originated following Obama’s re-election.

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OL November 16, 2012

Is the internet making trust obsolete?

Is the internet making trust obsolete? by

Is the wealth of information available online eliminating the need for people to trust one another?

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OL November 16, 2012

Wibbitz: Create a broadcast-like video from your website

Wibbitz: Create a broadcast-like video from your website by

One of the innovative start-ups I visited while in Israel was a company that turns websites and articles into a 90-second video summary. Check it out.

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OL November 15, 2012

Should suicide searches be blocked?

Should suicide searches be blocked? by

A UK MP wants internet providers to block suicide-related web searches.

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