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17 Feb 2009 01:47

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Tech, U.S.: You were warned, TV owners …

If you didn’t get an analog TV converter, many channels look like this today. Here’s a list. source
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16 Feb 2009 23:10

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Tech: That Facebook TOS thing is turning into a real dramabomb

  • Users respond … … by creating a group critical of the changed terms of service. As of right now, the page has over 12,000 users, but give it 12 hours and it’ll probably be triple that. Unlike other times people have criticized the service (like the redesign and the news feed), this Facebook-owns-your-life brouhaha might be harder to forget about.
  • Mark Zuckerberg responds … … by claiming that Facebook believes that the license is “necessary” to provide users with the service. However, he says that they’ve been refining the language of the terms of service over time. Says Zuckerberg: “Our philosophy that people own their information and control who they share it with has remained constant.” Your users certainly hope so, dude. source
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16 Feb 2009 21:51

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Offbeat, Tech: You can count on this iPhone app getting your legs broken

A new card-counting iPhone app has casinos on guard for cheating gamblers. source
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16 Feb 2009 21:05

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Tech, U.S.: At midnight, some TV stations will preach only to the converted

  • 400+ networks will drop their analog signal source
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16 Feb 2009 11:05

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Tech, World: Curious about that Pirate Bay trial?

  • The Spectrial site is kind of overloaded, but … … you can get updates through other sources, including Twitter. Anyway, Day One of the trial just ended, and it was a bit of a media circus in the morning, though it calmed down later in the day. Check out this site to see the latest on the trial of the century (well, it is if you’re a mad hax0r). source
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16 Feb 2009 10:42

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Tech: Facebook’s new Terms of Service? Not so friendly

  • They can do what they want when they want, forever. Know those photos of you partying that you don’t want your employers to see? Or that message in your Inbox to your ex-girlfriend where you got all whiny and depressing? Bet you thought you were sharing it with just your friends, right? Well, thanks to a chance in the terms of service, you’re also sharing it with Facebook, which can use your content as they want, says The Consumerist. source
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15 Feb 2009 20:41

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Tech: Facebook hits a new peak in users

  • 175 million people are now on the social networking service source
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15 Feb 2009 16:27

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Offbeat, Tech: Pull my finger: This iPhone lawsuit is a total gas

  • One fart app vs. another fart app. iFart Mobile and Pull My Finger, two apps which are the driving force, we’re sure, behind the iPhone’s incredible popularity, are ensnared in a lawsuit over the use of the phrase “pull my finger.” Personally, we think someone should make an open-source farting application so we don’t have to use either one. source
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15 Feb 2009 13:33

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Tech, World: And here’s a scary quote about global warming

  • We are basically looking now at a future climate that’s beyond anything we’ve considered seriously in climate model simulations.
  • Christopher Field • founding director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University, on the possibility that there might be some truth to this whole global warming thing • source
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15 Feb 2009 13:28

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Tech, World: Permafrost: A dangerous greenhouse gas source

  • one trillion tons of carbon is stored in permafrost, much of which is thawing right now, scientists say source
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