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The Social Network Portrays Zuckerberg as More Driven than Evil

October 1, 2010

Jessie Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (Credit: Columbia Pictures) I didn’t discuss The Social Network movie with Mark Zuckerberg when I interviewed him in May but I have talked with others who […]

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Report: 95% of Email is Spam: Threats Aimed at Facebook & Children’s Searches

September 30, 2010

Panda Labs 3rd Quarter 2010 threat report (PDF) found that 95% of all email is spam. It also said that Trojans constituted 55% of all new threats but infections via email are declining in favor […]

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Experts say Stuxnet worm could be state-sponsored (podcast)

September 25, 2010

by Larry Magid This article first appeared on CNET News.com The Stuxnet computer worm that may have been designed to attack a nuclear facility in Iran could have been state sponsored, according to two security […]

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FCC Modernizes ‘E-Rate’ for Schools and Libraries

September 23, 2010

It’s time to modernize school technology (Credit: London School of Economics, 1981 — via Flickr Creative Commons) The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to modernize E-Rate. E-Rate was established in 1996 to provide federal […]

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Internet Governance Forum Tackles Privacy Issues

September 15, 2010

Participants from throughout the world are gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week for the fifth-annual Internet Governance Forum. The IGF is an annual United Nations-sponsored event where representatives from governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, and businesses […]

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Hands-on with Samsung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet

September 4, 2010

I’ve now had a couple opportunities to play with with Galaxy Tab Android tablet that Samsung announced at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. And while a few minutes of usage at a trade […]

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Sprint’s Epic 4G Android Phone Raises the Bar

August 22, 2010

Sprint’s Epic 4G from Samsung stands out from the competition as one of the best Android phones on the market. The first thing you notice is the stunning 4 inch AMOLED display and the extra […]

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A lot to dislike about new Facebook scam

August 16, 2010

A new Facebook scam is taking advantage of people’s desire to be able to “dislike” posts by tricking users into completing an online survey and spamming links to their friends. Sophos blogger Graham Cluley has reported […]

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Privacy Panic Focused on Wrong Issues

August 15, 2010

Lately I’ve gotten a sense that lots of Internet users are suffering from “privacy panic,” not unlike the “predator panic” that plagued the Internet a few years ago when lots of people falsely believed that […]

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Twitter Releases Tweet Button: How to Add it to Your Posts (Video)

August 12, 2010

Twitter is giving website operators and bloggers access to its new “Tweet button.” You can grab a bit of code here that you can insert into a website or blog post. If readers want to […]

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