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Still depressed that you don’t have a Google Wave invite?  Still confused about what, exactly, Google Wave allows you to do?  Well, there’s always Google’s other useful for collaboration tool and cloud word processor, Google Docs.  Google today decided to make the whole service easier for those who use it… Continue Reading »

Facebook’s messaging system is widely used and very convenient, but it’s also got some serious security flaws as far as privacy is concerned.  Let’s take a look: Even non friends can message you. The site’s default is to allow anyone, even those not on your friends list, to message you. … Continue Reading »

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a new set of rules for bloggers, which will require them to reveal any paid endorsements that they receive.  For instance, if you receive money from a company to review their product and post the review online, you will have to disclose this… Continue Reading »

If you are a developer, you better watch the content you post on Facebook or else you could be on the receiving end of a Secret Service investigation.  This has occurred after a third party application was pulled that allowed users to create Facebook polls.  A recent poll that was… Continue Reading »

A TechCrunch 50 finalist, Threadsy is a compelling way to consolidate communication.  I’ve been using Threadsy for the past week instead of GMail and the results have been impressive.  Here is how Threadsy might make your life easier.  Let’s take a look at “Inbound.”  In the left pane, email is… Continue Reading »

Hackers don’t just break into networks to steal.  Sometimes their intent is much more sinister, as an Arizona woman found out.  While Debbie Lee was camping 100 miles away from home someone hacked into her Facebook account and began flooding her status updates with suicidal comments such as “I don’t… Continue Reading »

Facebook has finally admitted what it users have known for awhile now: the site’s broken.  Complaints about logins being denied, status messages being wiped, chat not working, cryptic “endpoint” errors and disappearing content abound.  Until Monday, Facebook had been ignoring bug reports and comments posted to its official page and… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover HP’s new line of computers including the DreamScreen, a digital book outsells hardcover version, Facebook tops 300 Million users, Microsoft fumbles with the Zune again, and Android is picking up steam. Continue Reading »

Voice chat is going to be available through Facebook in the upcoming weeks provided by the company Vivox.  Vivox already provides online voice services to other sites like Second Life and will now add Facebook functionality.  Vivox claims it will give users the chance to have high quality voice conversations… Continue Reading »

Wow.  Not only did Facebook wow us with reaching 300 million active users today, but they also announced they are getting to a cash positive position.  That’s right, they are covering costs for keeping the monstrous social networking site going.  Impressive work, but they are not done yet. As of… Continue Reading »