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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 »

Find web news too slow?  Google is looking to change that with its new lab service Fast Flip, a lighting fast view of a news page.  Google believes that what is holding online news back is the time to load.  Are they right? Users who are surrounded by newsprint and… Continue Reading »

Microsoft looks to be attacking Google with just about everything it can think of.  It’s pushing Bing to be the chief competitor to Google, trying to get past its current 3.5% market share.  Bing’s newest attack looks to be with its new visual search feature. The idea of visual search… Continue Reading »

Visitors to the New York Times website over the weekend got an unwelcome surprise in the form of malicious ads serving scareware.  The ads instigated a browser hijack and redirect visitors to best-antivirus03.com, a rogue site serving up fake anti-virus software.  The Times is aware of the issue and posted… Continue Reading »

Twitter has just announced a change to their terms of service and in an effort to keep users in the know, sent out an email notification with links to the new ToS.  This is impressive since most sites post new terms of service without ensuring that users know about potentially… Continue Reading »

The U.S. Department of Justice is deepening their investigation into the Yahoo!-Bing deal.  They’ve asked both Microsoft and Yahoo! for more information about their search engine deal.  In July, the two companies announced a deal that would have Microsoft’s Bing power Yahoo’s search with a split of the ad revenue. … Continue Reading »

The company that intends to buy the controversial site Pirate Bay has found itself in some serious trouble.  The Swedish stock market, known as AktieTorget, has kicked them off the exchange, claiming they misled investors. Sweden’s Economic Crime Bureau has launched an investigation into possible insider trading after noticing a… Continue Reading »

Over the long holiday weekend Facebook began having serious issues.  News feeds stopped updating and displayed entries that were days old.  Popular apps like Farkle started loading slowly or returning errors.  Uploaded pics didn’t always display and the site as a whole started running slowly and returning random “endpoint” errors. … Continue Reading »

You know we have all done it one time or another.  You head to Walmart or similar type of store and mock the other shoppers there based on their clothing, hair or other general ridiculousness.  Now you don’t need to even leave the house to experience this fun and can… Continue Reading »

The NFL has announced that beginning this season, players, coaches, and league officials will be banned from tweeting or posting Facebook updates starting 90 minutes before games and until all post-game interviews are completed.  The ban extends to anyone who represents a player or coach on any such accounts as… Continue Reading »