Monthly Archives: January 2012

Facebook Timeline in all profiles/accounts soon

Aminton a Facebook profiles, whether you like it or not, ket naka-Timeline-ton. Isu nga ita pay, padasemon tapno masanayka ken ammomton ti ar-aramidem inton bigla lattan a naka-Timeline-kan. Manipud iti blog ti Facebook, updated a poste maipapan iti pannakaiwaragawag ti … Continue reading

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Anonymous ‘threatens’ to take down Facebook in Operation Global Blackout

Following a massive attack waged Thursday on several government and entertainment industry websites, hacktivists with Anonymous continued their assault over the weekend, momentarily taking CBS.com offline. The next target very well might be Facebook. The shut-down of the file sharing … Continue reading

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Google Chrome browser download/update

Download and install Google’s fast and sleek web browser, Chrome, here (latest build/update)

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Don’t Panic: Recently Leaked Facebook Credentials Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Facebook Was Hacked

[from lifehacker.com] This past Saturday, a hacker known as Hannibal leaked 100,000 Facebook usernames and passwords that allegedly belong to Arab users of the social network. This leak is the result of an ongoing Israeli-Arab feud and likely not a … Continue reading

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Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 manual download/update

If you haven’t automatically updated yet your favorite browser, Mozila Firefox latest build (9.0.1) can be manually downloaded/installed here (Windows). Release Notes:

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Here’s How Google Search Is Destroying Our Memory

By Ellis Hamburger “We are becoming symbiotic with our computer tools, growing into interconnected systems that remember less by knowing information than by knowing where the information can be found.” This sentence comes from the findings of a new study conducted by psychology professors … Continue reading

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The White House Joins Google+

By Kori Schulman Starting today, we’re excited to announce that you can follow the White House on Google+. On day one, President Obama made clear that this Administration is committed to public engagement and participation. That’s why we launched the We … Continue reading

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Full indictment (docs) against Megaupload is now available

Now online at scribd.com, read the full indictment charge against Megaupload here (72 pages, pdf file). Ne, inton kuan, pati scribd inserran ti federal government ti U.S.! Interesting a basaen, ta nadakamat amin a nasamsam a gamigam, lugan, sanikua dagiti founders … Continue reading

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Plan hatched to view Milky Way’s black hole heart

ne, ket adda gayam a talaga makunkuna a blackhole? science fiction becoming science. By Iain Thomson in San Francisco A conference being held this week in Arizona will lay the groundwork for an attempt to visualize the supermassive black hole that … Continue reading

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Web Developer Sentenced To Death In Iran

grabe daytoy metten: An anonymous reader points out the case of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian-born permanent resident of Canada who worked as a web developer. In 2008, during a visit to Iran, Malekpour was arrested and detained by Iranian authorities … Continue reading

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