Erin Rose

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    Facebook wants you to share everything …. aaaah! So what social networks are popular in other parts of the world? A nice infographic. Researchers reconstruct the videos people watch just by looking at their brain activity. Apple & Dropbox are…

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    Does Facebook’s new facial recognition system violate users’ privacy? One in 4 US hackers is actually an FBI informer. They’re testing out the new IPv6 internet protocol today. What can tech savvy political activists learn from the balloon info battle…

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    Chinese attackers have been hijacking the Gmail accounts of hundreds of politically active users. Northrup Grumman may just be the latest in a series of cyberattacks against US defense contractors. Wireless internet traffic set to overtake wired traffic by 2015.…

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    An explosion at a Foxconn plant, the Chinese iPhone manufacturers, kills 2. IBM is now (shockingly) worth more than Microsoft. EFF says: Apple should defend its developers. 95% of spam transactions are processed by just three banks. This software analyzes…

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    Ack! Android phones vulnerable to attack. Netflix streaming is now the single largest source of Internet traffic in America. The US government sayz: hack us and we might bomb you. Write yr senator & support a new bill that would…

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    iOS 4 is watching you. Biggest break up of the year: NASA dumps LISA! Your cell phone battery can save your mouse. Kindle your Library.

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    A big lobbying campaign, funded mostly by foreign corporations, is taking place to prevent the US Government shutting down online poker sites. OKCupid sayz: Frequent twitter users have shorter relationships and masturbate more. Also the higher the GDP of your…

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    A bunch of sites are buzzing about a (rumored) method that can unlock an iPhone without jailbreaking it. The era of sales tax-free Internet shopping may be coming to an end. Freelance writers just filed a class-action suit against AOL…

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    Google employees testified today that giving private companies, as well as the government, the power to censor search results is an awful idea. Duh. What is Congress thinking? Ah, hypocrisy. Apple’s new iAd app violates its own app guidelines. Microsoft and…

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    The vote on whether Twitter and other SF tech companies will get their desired tax break to stay in town is today. Google & Facebook are taking the French government to court over its privacy laws. The Anonymous hacker group…

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    Researchers have created the first plastic computer processor. US intelligence agencies are using Google as a tool more and more . . . And Google Search now supports Cherokee. The majority of Americans are now on facebook. This is how…

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    The NY Times’ online subscription price is way more than other online subscription services, so why would people pay for it? Facebook removes around 20,0009 underage people from the site per day. Apple pulled the “gay cure” app after an…