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Anne Eisenberg / New York Times:
New Puzzles That Tell Humans From Machines — ROGUE programs try their best to register at Web sites and then wreak havoc, but a clever puzzle often bars them from entry: a set of distorted, squiggly letters and numbers that people can decipher and type correctly for admission, but that machines still can't.
Russ / last.fm:
CBS handed over USER DATA (including IP addresses) to the RIAA — Nothing I can say will convince you that this didn't happen, because allegedly CBS did the deed and not us. I hope that CBS will issue their own denial soon, but the wheels of large companies run slowly.
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Keith Rabois / TechCrunch:
How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay — Editor's note: This is a guest post by Keith Rabois, vice president of strategy and business development for Slide, the social entertainment company. Prior to Slide, Keith was a VP at LinkedIn and an EVP at PayPal in charge of among other things …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Ouch! HBO's Vampire Show Bites Business Blog. — Here's a scoop from Silicon Alley Insider, published Saturday morning: “Gawker Media announced last night that it acquired BloodCopy.com. It's a blog about vampires. Really.” — No, not really. — While an earlier version …
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
TwitVid.io strikes back: Lets you tweet directly from webcam — The combination of Twitter and real-time video is nirvana for the socialite. — What else more would you want than to be able to sit there and tweet videos of yourself in rapid fire, all day long?
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Facebook decries Iranian ban — WASHINGTON (AFP) — US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as “a shame.” — “We are disappointed to learn of reports that users in Iran …
Philip Lam / Pre News:
ISP is back with some Pre goodies! Battery Life, Service Plans, Accessories. — We haven't heard from the crew at InsideSprintNow for a quite a while now, but they're back, and with some Pre goodness to share. They didn't say much this time around about the Pre, instead …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Why Don't You Love Flock? — A few days ago, the social web browser Flock released version 2.5 of their software, integrating Facebook Chat, improving Twitter functionality, and adding a new broadcasting feature called “Flockcast.” As we evaluated the upgrade, a thought occurred to us …
Ross Miller / Engadget:
Dell dumps Della, just wants to be friends — Looks like someone's gonna have to explain why there's a “no longer in a relationship” status update on her Facebook profile. Just ten or so days after Dell officially hooked up with its female counterpart Della, helping real womenfolk find computers …
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Six Small Conferences About Twitter, And Counting — It's no surprise that Twitter, the current darling of social media and one of the fastest growing web sites, is now becoming the subject matter of entire conferences. There is a tremendous opportunity for businesses and brands to use Twitter …
Eric Engleman / TechFlash:
A look at Amazon's evolving government cloud strategy — Amazon.com has targeted its cloud computing business at web startups, large companies, and scientists. But the Seattle online retailer has also been eyeing another potential customer for its cloud: government.
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Lia Nicholls / The Sun:
Hey! You've got to hide my house away.. — SIR PAUL McCARTNEY's London pad has been removed from Google Street View after he made a complaint. — Macca was furious when he discovered fans could goggle at his multi-million-pound home online. — It was photographed along with others …
