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A milestone for television’s “NCIS” as it hits 200 mark

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

“Life Before His Eyes” — During a routine stop for his morning coffee, Gibbs finds himself face-to-face with the barrel of a gun, which forces him to question choices he has made in the past and present, on the 200th episode of NCIS, Tuesday, Feb.

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Looking for work? There may be an app for that

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you’re apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook’s online social network.

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Zuma wants to friend you on Facebook

Monday, February 6th, 2012

South African President Jacob Zuma has urged citizens to make their concerns known using social media tools like Facebook and Twitter ahead of his State of the Nation address on February 9. Photo: Dumisani Sibeko President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address on … (more)

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Man faces attempted murder charge after gun battle

Monday, February 6th, 2012

A man who was shot during an exchange of gunfire in the Washington Park community has been charged with attempted murder by Richland County Sheriff’s deputies.

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Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook: focused from the beginning

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a keynote speech in this September 22, 2011 file photo during the Facebook f8 Developer Conference at the San Francisco Design Center in San Francisco, California.

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Saturday quake off Vancouver Island not felt, says mayor of Tofino, B.C.

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

There was an earthquake off British Columbia’s west coast on Saturday, but it wasn’t strong enough to be noticed by the mayor of one Vancouver Island community.

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For Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ Is Way Of Life

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email accounts.

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Developments related to Google privacy initiative

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Jan. 24: Google announces a plan to link user data across its email, video, social-networking and other services.

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Gay Slur Sparks Action in Area High Schools

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

In less than a week, more than 1,000 Facebook users, including some from Weston, Wilton and Joel Barlow high schools, have promised to fight cyber-bullying. After a gay slur appeared on a Twitter account said to belong to a student at Ridgefield High School, students from Easton, Weston, Wilton and across the country have banded together in an … (more)

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Facebook IPO Turns Graffiti Artist David Choe Into Multi-Millionaire

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The decision seven years ago by a Korean-American muralist and graffiti artist to turn down thousands of dollars in cash for his work painting murals on the walls of Facebook’s first office in Palo Alto, Calif., has made him a very, very, rich man.

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Attack on Kenya orphanage yields $80k in donations

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Anthony Omari earned the still-fresh 11-stitch scar that runs from his forehead to his upper lip in 1 of the noblest ways imaginable: By taking a machete to the face while defending a Kenyan orphanage from thieves.

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Vietnam’s tech-savvy youngsters take on the censors

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

When student Nguyen Hong Nhung saw “Killer with a Festering Head” on someone’s smartphone, she wanted the banned comic book too.

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Facebook plans to sell stock in open market

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Both the New York Times and CNBC report that paperwork is expected to be handled over to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday in order to sell stock.

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Facebook to file $5 billion IPO Wednesday: IFR

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Reuters West Coast bureau chief Jonathan Weber says the difference between Facebook and tech IPOs of the 1990s is that Facebook already has substantial revenue and profit.

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Nerds Mourn Passing of Social Network that Isn’t Facebook and Isn’t Even Dead [Internet]

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

What is a “Bebo?” Is it a) a new Internet nickname for Justin Bieber or b) a social network you have never heard of as a result of its stint as an AOL property that was sold at an $840 million loss ? According to a lot of unexpected weeping on Twitter, it’s the second of these two things.