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Well, we had gotten the early scoop quite a while ago, that Facebook was coming to an XBox 360 near you.  Unfortunately, it didn’t happen when Microsoft was first hinting that it would…way back in August.  It’s the “Big 3” apps scheduled to make their debut soon - Facebook, Twitter,… Continue Reading »

If you have been following the recent Sidekick data outage loss incident, you may have already heard that Microsoft has since officially announced that the data has most likely been lost—forever. Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger’s latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored… Continue Reading »

Sidekick users have been suffering through a major data outage that began Friday morning.  The outage knocked out internet service, IM, social networking, web browsing, the camera, and even users’ address books.  As of last night, T-Mobile said it had restored service to “critical functions” and hoped to have it… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Windows 7 will be the most secure Windows version to date.  Okay I agree, that really isn’t saying much, now is it?  Windows has never been bulletproof, that’s why the underground economy of cybercrime is booming.  But this is different.  Windows 7 may very well be a security powerhouse.  Security… 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 »

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 »