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These are the top stories being discussed in the blogosphere right now!
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Eric, are you serious? Surely you should know that publishing one-line profile stories without the user's permission is a very old Facebook feature and does not require user approval. It's completely within policies and a lot of apps have been doing it since the early days of the platform.
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michael arrington posted yesterday on mobile offerings still being shown in our new game fishville. I want to explain why this occurred and how we are taking more aggressive steps to ensure this never happens again. zynga has not been able to control the ad content as it is managed by the offer companies ...
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Japan sure has a thing for weird piggy banks, as we blogged many times in the past. And now Happinet, a company belonging to the Bandai Namco group, is ready to roll out a dog-themed model. Needless to say, this one’s quite unique, too. The so-called Choken Bako is essentially a savings box with a cute ...
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Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley. The worm, which could have spread to other countries, is capable of breaking into jailbroken iPhones if their owners have not ...
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Since 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing the planet for several years now at ...
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La semana pasada liberamos la primera parte del Estudio de Hábitos de Internet 2009 de Ocio Networks basado en una encuesta realizada en Octubre a más de 2000 personas. Estos días liberamos la segunda parte, relativa al comercio electrónico y al DNIe que puedes ver en esta presentación y en la que ...
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A new report citing sources in the Taiwan handset supply chain says Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone due in the third quarter of next year that will enable the company to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US.
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Thanks to everyone who helped out with the extensive alpha and beta releases with all the bug reports, crash log submissions, and feedback. It has all been a huge help in creating the best Paint.NET release ever. As usual, there are two ways to get the new version: Preferred: Use the built-in updater from </b>...
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Image courtesy of Shutterstock Twitter has quickly become the must-have channel for conference back-chat. Reading what other people tweet during a speech provides an extra dimension as you get a sense of what the audience is thinking. And just like passing notes in class, it’s also a lot more fun than ...
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The final roll call vote on passage of the House Dems’ government health care takeover bill is here. [...] Read the rest »
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Tidigare i veckan var det Moderaterna i Eslöv som inför årets budget sökte aktivt stöd av Sverigedemokraterna. Nu så meddelar Moderaterna i Malmö att de inte är helt främmande för ett samarbete med Sverigedemokraterna i Malmö efter nästa års val, allt enligt Sydsvenskan. Orsaken är att ...
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The House is now in Saturday session for the government health care takeover ram down. [...] Read the rest »
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Rumor has it that Super Street Fighter IV will have the car breaking and barrel busting mini-stages from the original Street Fighter II added into it [ source]. No complaints here. Loved the car stage. Not so much the barrel one though. Depending on which character you were using that one could be a bitch....
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Will art imitate life?
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The Next 48 Hours With Ghostface Part 3 the day after album release, Ghostface visits the Power 105.1 Morning Show with Ed Lover & Free, Shade 45 with Angela Yee, Adidas In Store, Soho Adidas Store, Best Buy In Store, Staten Island, Hot 97 Dinner With Winners(Peter Rosenberg & Cipha Sounds) and MySpace ...
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To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.
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… deserve Purple Hearts. Their killer probably deserves desertion, treason and terrorism charges if, as all indicators seem to very strongly suggest, he was engaged in jihad, from his rants about the Koran, his denunciation of the United States as “the aggressor” in arguments with fellow soldiers, ...
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What do you get when you’ve got a crapload of Rubik’s cubes lying around the house, and some serious artistic talent? You make some major pixel art, that’s what. These Rubik’s pixel portraits by Irish artist John Quigley are truly mind-boggling. Not only did he have to map out the precise pixel ...
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Just when you think the 5 year fad of holding Undie Runs was history, the students at the University of Arizona step up and bring back dorky engineering guys getting into their boxers for charity and the dream of seeing a chick in her bra/panties. UA held its run Thursday night and by Friday morning the [...]
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Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Google Dashboard. Have you ever wondered what data is stored with your Google Account? The Google Dashboard offers a simple view into the data associated with your account — easily and concisely in one location. Over the past 11 years, Google has focused ...
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I read this line from a Johnny Rotten (the Sex Pistols) song on Gateway Pundit from a commenter (comment #62) in response to the passing of the Democrat's Healthcare bill last night. The commenters at Gateway Pundit are debating whether or not there is anything that can be done to stop the Dems from ...
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The #1 joke made against the NintendoDS i XL is that it’s way too big, so it was very important that we do the joke with a unique twist. Thankfully, Jon Watts helped lend me a hand with this idea while Tim was preoccupied. For those who have never seen “Powers of Ten” – here’s the link, which I ...
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Congratulations to Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann for her rally against Obamacare yesterday in Washington. Called on short notice, the event appears to have been a great success. One of the highlights was Jon Voight's heartfelt remarks at the event (video below), including his tribute to Michele. Rep. ...
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William Sterling of Trilogy Global Advisors has an interesting new paper on the abrupt changes in financial markets subsequent to Lehman's bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. Sterling's paper is in part a response to earlier analyses by John Taylor ( 2008, 2009) and John Cochrane and Luigi Zingales who ...
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