Archive for March, 2009

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Users give thumbs down to Facebook redesign

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Facebook's redesign is getting an emphatic thumbs down from the notoriously change-wary users of the social network.

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UK soldier killed in Northern Ireland laid to rest

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

The family of an unarmed British soldier ambushed outside a Northern Ireland army base said at his funeral Wednesday that IRA dissidents stole his chance to prove himself in battle.

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The Twitter Explosion

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

It's been amazing to see the social phenomenon that is Twitter explode from relative obscurity to global recognition over the last few months.

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In-Depth: Friend, Foe, or Felon?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Many of you watching Fox 9 are also fans of Facebook, or some other social networking site.

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iPhone become Facebook’s friend

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Facebook knows who you are and who your friends are. Now it wants to find out where you are.

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MySpace Enhances Data Portability System

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:20 PM PDT MySpace will enhance its data portability system on Wednesday with new features for both members and application developers, the latest move by a social-networking company to extend the ways in which its data can be used outside its own service.

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Served Via Twitter?

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I try to blog mainly about labor and employment law but my interests are numerous and wide-ranging, as you can tell. View my complete profile Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Served Via Twitter? R ecently an Australian court upheld the use of the social networking site, Facebook, for the service of legal papers .

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Winners of Global Online Video Contest Announced

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the four winners of its online video contest, “My Culture + Your Culture =?”. The contest was co-sponsored by the …

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Jurors’ online posts concern trial lawyers

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Eric Wuest's post late Friday to Facebook friends teased: "Stay tuned for a big announcement on Monday everyone!" Wuest wasn't hinting at an engagement or new job.

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India leaders blog, text to plug in to young voters

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Video clips on YouTube, updates on Facebook, blogs, and an online voter registration campaign.

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Crocodile kills 11-year-old girl

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

A MOTHER’S worst fears were realised last night when police confirmed that her 11-year-old daughter had been killed by a crocodile, the Northern Territory News reports.

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Corzine invites budget feedback on Facebook

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

'What's on your mind?' The governor Monday said citizens are welcome to post 'constructive and realistic' ideas on his $29.8 billion budget proposal on his Facebook page or the governor's office Web site.

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Facebook Comes to Apple i-Gadgets

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

When it comes to social networking it's tough to go anywhere without hearing about Facebook.

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Fumo lawyer says he’ll appeal conviction

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Vincent Fumo and his girlfriend, Carolyn Zinni, center right, walk out of federal court in Philadelphia on Monday.

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Ex-Google, Yahoo staffers release Hadoop distribution

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Startup Cloudera pitches its distribution of the open-source Hadoop distributed computing framework to enterprise users processing large data sets A startup called Cloudera on Monday publicly released its ...