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Cyber scams are getting more personal, thanks to social media
Old high school classmates aren't the only ones making connections on Facebook. The crooks are too.
There's the Osama bin Laden death video that downloads a virus into your computer. A sting known as the grandparent scam in which fraud artists plead...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Computer Crime, Theft, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Criminals
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Some teens aren't liking Facebook as much as older users
SAN FRANCISCO — For teens, it has been an essential rite of passage: They turn 13 and join Facebook. Since she signed up three years ago, friend requests and status updates are as much a part of Meera Kumar's life as homework and exams at Menlo...
Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Twitter, Inc., Friendster Inc., Sociology, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Verizon boosting its home broadband speeds
Verizon announced plans to introduce next month a new Internet service that will double the download speeds of its current top service, which is already the fastest mass-scale service in the country. The company will also more than double the speeds of...
Tags: Gaming, Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping, Video Supplies and Services, Photography and Video
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Internet punishes Romney for believing in 'Amercia'
The Internet just became Mitt Romney's worst enemy. The Republican presidential nominee released a new iPhone app Tuesday called "With Mitt," which lets you take pictures with various stencil overlays promoting his presidential campaign. But it seems the...
Tags: Politics, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Mitt Romney, Mark Zuckerberg
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GameStop welcomes app gaming, begins selling Android tablets
In a reflection of the changing gaming landscape, retail video game store GameStop has begun selling Android tablets at 1,600 of its locations. The shift in strategy comes as more people look to their smartphones and tablets for gaming rather than...
Tags: Gaming, GameStop, Toshiba Corporation, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Entertainment
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Internet Defense League introduces 'cat signal' for websites
Internet defenders, assemble! Months after the success of the virtual protests against the SOPA online piracy bill, the nonprofit group Fight for the Future is forming the Internet Defense League -- an organization of people who support Internet...
Tags: YouTube, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Media Industry, Social Media
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London: Six tips for staying sane, saving money, staying in touch
Los Angeles Times Travel editorIt’s going to be an incredibly busy summer for London, starting with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee June 2-5, followed by World Pride Week in June, the Olympics in July and August and the Paralympics in August and September. I just returned from...Tags: Paralympic Games, Credit and Debt, London Heathrow Airport, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Google Chrome becomes most used Web browser
Google Chrome surpassed Internet Explorer last week as the world's most used Web browser, according to a statistic released Monday. The Google Web browser received more usage than Microsoft's browser during the week of May 14 to May 20, marking the first...
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Catholics all a-Twitter about the role of nuns
Sister Simone Campbell doesn't wear a habit. A nun for more than 40 years and an attorney for 35, the executive director of a Roman Catholic social justice lobby called Network doesn't feel she should wear one. Her voice mail refers to her simply as...
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Twitter, Inc., BBC, Christianity
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Facebook faces mobile revenue challenge as IPO looms
In a world that's gone mobile, Facebook Inc. has a lot of catching up to do.
Facebook pocketed a cool $3.1 billion last year from ads viewed from laptop and desktop computer screens, but it hasn't figured out a way to make big money on the 500 million...Tags: Advertising, Companies and Corporations, Financing and Stock Offerings, Apple iPad, Computer Hardware
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Saturday Drive: The story behind 'The Avengers' Acura NSX
If you were one of the 18 billion people who went to see "The Avengers"recently, you probably noticed the film concludes with Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark getting into a dark red Acura convertible and driving off with Bruce Banner. (Calm down, that's no...Tags: Central Park, Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations, Jay Leno, Robert Downey Jr.
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Scam watch: Amazon emails, foreign travel, commodities fraud
Here is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. Amazon.com email – Online shoppers should be careful if they receive emails that appear to be from amazon.com, but actually are attempts to steal victims' financial...
Tags: Lawyers, Amazon.com Inc., Justice System, Police Investigations, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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