Facebook Privacy Invasion
Facebook was accused by users of invading their privacy.
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Online games and quizzes to test your travel IQ
Do you know how many islands make up Hong Kong? I didn’t, and I had never heard of the Eritrean currency Nakfa, either, until I started taking travel quizzes online.
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ChaCha Launches “Smart Friend” Facebook App
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–(Marketwire – 02/15/10) – ChaCha , the popular free service that provides quick, accurate answers, today launched a new Facebook Application that gives Facebook users open access to answers from both ChaCha and all of their friends. As a result, ChaCha is opening up millions of answers and content to the largest social media website in the world. The App complements other …
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Video: America’s Life Expectancy Up
According to the CDC’s annual check-up on America’s health, Americans are living an average of 2 years longer than 20 years ago, thanks to some major medical advances. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: The Truth Edition
In today’s Remainders: the truth. These entries get to the heart of the following matters: free speech on Facebook; what everyone’s Buzzing about on Google Buzz; the nature of infographics; and where we stand in Dante’s Internet Hell. (more…)
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British reality TV athletes face tests in Philippines
A group of British women traveled to remote parts of the Philippines to face grueling challenges for a reality show in the United Kingdom. The female athletes endured difficult tasks in different parts of the world to prove their physical and mental prowess, two of which involved stick fighting in Luzon and raft racing in Palawan.
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Baylor Names Ken Starr President
Announcement draws mixed reactions from the Baylor community.
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Google Tweaks Buzz After Overblown Privacy Backlash
Google admits to a rare gaff in its rollout of Buzz last week. Users object to privacy issues with the Gmail add-on for outing who they often communicate with. The outcry is a lesson for Google that it shouldn’t limit pre-release testing to its unrepresentative army of coders.
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King Tut DNA testing sheds light on how he lived and died
The first successful DNA testing of Egyptian mummies — including on that of King Tut — sheds light on what caused the boy king’s death, and what led to his problems in life.
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