This is no pie-in-the-sky wishlist: Just a few improvements I'd like Apple to put into the iPad 3. But I'm not holding my breath.
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Guinness World Record for Facebook comments now 1 million
February 10, 2012 3:17pm PST
The record for the number of comments on a single Facebook item is 1,001,552. It is almost double the previous record and was set over the course of three months.
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Sex Tech: EFF Exposes Dating Site Security, Fileporn Shutdown, Facebook Sex Predator
February 10, 2012 3:14pm PST
Beware of date site privacy problems, Facebook sex predator, Pakistan censorship, no science in online matchmaking.
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Chrome for Android -- best mobile browser
February 10, 2012 1:28pm PST
Chrome for Android is already the best mobile browser on any tablet.
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UL, Drexel University partner to establish research hub
February 10, 2012 1:12pm PST
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and iSchool at Drexel University have announced a partnership to create a high-tech research centre.
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Can apps boost the Japanese male libido?
February 10, 2012 11:52am PST
Japan's birth rates are dropping, and surveys suggest that many young Japanese men just aren't interested in sex. But why?
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Foursquare evolving into one-stop shop with NFC support
February 10, 2012 11:27am PST
Foursquare is rising from a simple check-in platform with the occasional coupon to a veritable one-stop mobile shop for dining and other services.
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Manchester City is expanding its online reach to Japan
February 10, 2012 11:26am PST
English football Club Manchester City has signed a deal with Japanese developer MJL to create a local mobile website in a bid to increase its fanbase internationally.
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What AMD's new roadmap means for users
February 10, 2012 11:23am PST
At its long-awaited analyst day AMD's new executive team presented a bright future, but also pushed out or canceled several products on its roadmap. Here's what you need to know if you plan to buy...
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Facebook details Zuckerberg's $500,000 salary, 45% bonus
February 10, 2012 10:42am PST
How much is Facebook paying its CEO, COO, CFO, Vice President of Engineering, as well as Vice President and General Counsel? The company has revealed their salaries and 45 percent bonuses.
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New Microsoft Office University product comes with tougher verification rules
February 10, 2012 10:23am PST
Microsoft is replacing its Office Academic SKU with a new Office University one that it hopes will help curtail fraudulent use.
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Columbia University excludes Google Docs
February 10, 2012 10:17am PST
Screen-reader compatibility issues are preventing Google Docs from becoming integrated in the university's systems.
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Sage helps chocolate business manage seasonality
February 10, 2012 10:13am PST
Integrated payments help the owners keep an eye on cash flow from multiple stores, while forecasting can help them anticipate adjustments for scheduling or supplies.
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Germany postpones ACTA signing in wake of protests
February 10, 2012 9:41am PST
The controversial ACTA agreement -- the global anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting agreement -- has been postponed by Germany, putting pressure on Europe to reject it.
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Making lame excuses for Microsoft's decision to drop the Start button in Windows 8
February 10, 2012 9:36am PST
Is there method ot Microsoft's madness, or is the decision pure madness?
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Iran cuts off access to popular Web sites
February 10, 2012 9:33am PST
Following in the footsteps of the former governments of Egypt and Libya, Iran is cutting its people off from the Internet.
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Flooding in Thailand will deter hard drive market through Q3
February 10, 2012 9:31am PST
Following floods in Thailand, analysts predict that we'll see higher prices throughout the hard drive shortage through at least the third quarter of 2012.
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Did Mark Zuckerberg just Like Mitt Romney on Facebook?
February 10, 2012 9:26am PST
A Facebook design flaw has made it look like Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports Mitt Romney, a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.
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Woman who pleaded Fifth in password case now citing Fourth
February 10, 2012 8:28am PST
A woman who argued that providing a password to authorities was a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights has filed an appeal in her case and is now also citing the Fourth Amendment.
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What would you do for a $1.2 billion datacenter?
February 10, 2012 8:26am PST
Huge numbers make datacenter projects seem really attractive, but who is actually benefiting from that spending.
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Kodak to stop making digital cameras, camcorders, and photo frames
February 10, 2012 8:19am PST
It's the end of an era: Kodak announces that it will phase out its dedicated capture devices business in the first half of 2012.
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Between the Lines
Foursquare evolving into one-stop shop with NFC support
Foursquare is rising from a simple check-in platform with the occasional coupon to a veritable one-stop mobile shop for dining and other services.
- Flooding in Thailand will deter hard drive market through Q3
- Google: Will it be vulnerable in mobile search?
- Google's home entertainment foray: Why the Motorola deal may work
- OnForce: SMB IT market presents major revenue opportunity
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All About Microsoft
New Microsoft Office University product comes with tougher verification rules
Microsoft is replacing its Office Academic SKU with a new Office University one that it hopes will help curtail fraudulent use.
- Microsoft: No plug-ins allowed on Windows on ARM
- Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM to 'include' some Office 15 apps
- Microsoft: Windows 8 on ARM to launch simultaneously with Windows 8 on Intel
- Microsoft's plan to bring its ERP users slowly but surely to the cloud
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Zero Day
Patch Tuesday heads-up: 21 vulnerabilities, including 'critical' IE bulletin
Fixes coming for dangerous security holes in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, the Internet Explorer browser and .NET/Silverlight.
- Which are the most commonly observed Web exploits in the wild?
- Researchers spot a fake version of Temple Run on Android's Market
- Spamvertised 'Tax information needed urgently' emails lead to malware
- 'Offensive security research community helping bad guys'
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The Apple Core
Apple doesn't enforce its own Address Book policy
Developers get free access to your iOS address book because Apple turns a blind eye to it and doesn't enforce its own TOS.
- Path CEO Dave Morin: Mea Culpa
- Critical Path: Here's how Path can save itself, if it acts fast
- Path discovered phoning home with your address book
- A tip to return a familiar Quick Look viewing feature to Lion's Finder
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Hardware 2.0
Making lame excuses for Microsoft's decision to drop the Start button in Windows 8
Is there method ot Microsoft's madness, or is the decision pure madness?
- Motorola: Not seeing Android updates? Blame the hardware!
- Say hello to Sara - Siri for jailbroken iOS devices
- Microsoft gets it right with Windows 8 on ARM, and why Apple should be worried
- iPhone commands better resale value than Android or Blackberry
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Linux and Open Source
Eolas loses landmark Web patent case
In a rare victory against software patent, a jury in the U.S. District Court in East Texas ruled that Eolas did not have a patent on the interactive Web.
- Pentaho open sources big data code, licenses Kettle project under Apache 2.0
- Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server
- Is Windows 8 Metro failing even at Microsoft?
- Google's Android+Chrome likely a winning combo
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Googling Google
Google Wallet NFC payment system can be exploited
An exploit for Google Wallet enables thieves to change a user's PIN and get at the stored funds - without needing to actually hack the device.
- Google starts laying high-speed fiber in Kansas City
- Solve for X: Google gathers top minds to solve everything
- Google's new privacy policy: Washington's misguided interrogation
- The time Steve Jobs asked Google's Schmidt to stop stealing employees
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The Ed Bott Report
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