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Hasbro Drops Scrabulous Lawsuit
Dec 16 By Jane McEntegartIt’s been a while since we heard anything of the legal proceedings between Hasbro, Facebookers and the software developers, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla. The two brothers developed an online version of Scrabble called Scrabulous, which was a...
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Protect Bush From Shoes in Flash Game
Dec 16 By Kevin ParrishYesterday President George Bush played dodge ball with a pair of shoes. Now gamers can watch him do it again while dodging bullets.
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Sarin Expected to Refuse Yahoo! Role
Dec 16 By Jane McEntegartLast week Yahoo! let go roughly 1,500 staff, and there are rumors going around that that won’t be the end of Yahoo! cutbacks..
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Some Men, Women Prefer Internet Over Sex
Dec 15 By Kevin ParrishWhen she says that she'd rather surf the Internet than have sex, she's probably telling the truth, so don't take it personally.
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Russian Businessman Tries to Patent ;-)
Dec 15 By Jane McEntegartA Russian business tycoon has trademarked the winky smiley or emoticon. Yeah, you heard right. Sigh. Oleg Teterin, the President of mobile advertising company Superfone, has trademarked the popular ;-) emoticon.
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Sony Pays $1M for Violating Children's Rights
Dec 12 By Jane McEntegartSony BMG has agreed to pay $1 million to the Federal Trade Commission for saving the details of up to 30,000 children without parental consent. The Commission says that through sites run by the company for its artists...
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CBS Begins CNet Layoffs
Dec 12 By Devin ConnorsCNet, the popular technology news website that is owned by CBS, is being downsized across the board.
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1 in 5 Teens Send Naked Pics of Self
Dec 11 By Jane McEntegartA recent study has shown that one in five teens have sent revealing photos of themselves in emails or on their mobile phones.
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Gmail Rolls Out SMS Chat (This Time For Real)
Dec 11 By Jane McEntegartThe Gmail team has finally announced SMS from Gmail, something that we first heard about back in October. We said we’d update when Google finally lifted the lid on this one and there was a little more information about charges and the like...
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Google Chrome Coming Out of Beta
Dec 10 By Jane McEntegartIt seems Chrome is shedding its Beta status and entering the big bad browser world for good. About time.
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Gmail Gives Users a To Do List
Dec 9 By Jane McEntegartGmail Labs has seen a couple of really cool features added to Google’s mail that users have been crying out for for months. The latest is Tasks, a to do list that you can pop out and run alongside your Google Calendar.
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Facebook Takes on Croatia
Dec 8 By Devin ConnorsSocial networking site Facebook helped thousands of Croats come together to voice their protest against Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and what they deem to be an ineffective administration.
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HTC Buys Design Firm to Help Make Pretty Phones
Dec 5 By Jane McEntegartNews emerged today that mobile phone manufacturer HTC has acquired design firm One & Co.
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Techmeme: Robots Not Enough, Need Human Labor
Dec 5 By Jane McEntegartYesterday TechMeme and SmirchMe founder Gabe Rivera admitted what we all knew already: you can’t always get robots to do the dirty work for you.
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U.S. Army Sets Up in Second Life
Dec 4 By Devin ConnorsThe United States Army is buying two islands in Second Life, one for recruitment and one for fun.
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