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  PSA: Change your Last.fm password, site is having a 'security issue'

  By Vlad Savov on June 7, 2012 12:49 pm + 44 comments

  Following in the ignominious footsteps of LinkedIn and eHarmony, Last.fm is today disclosing that it Continue reading…

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  Google Trusted Stores certification program going live for US merchants

  By Adi Robertson on June 7, 2012 12:00 pm + 4 comments

  As what looks like part of a larger plan to bolster the clout of its online shopping options, Google Continue reading…

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  Placeholder image hints at Metro style Hotmail redesign

  By Andrew Webster on June 7, 2012 11:37 am + 82 comments

  With Windows 8 many aspects of the Microsoft experience are getting a Metro style makeover, and it Continue reading…

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  Megaupload: while FBI defends seizure overseas, MPAA is 'sympathetic' to users who uploaded legal files

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 7, 2012 10:38 am + 11 comments

  The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says that it is "sympathetic" to users that stored Continue reading…

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  IE 10 must let users decide whether to turn Do Not Track on or not, says latest DNT draft spec

  By Vlad Savov on June 7, 2012 04:57 am + 61 comments

  Microsoft's plans to enable Do Not Track flags in Internet Explorer 10 by default have taken a Continue reading…

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  Facebook rolls out carrier billing for mobile purchases

  By Amar Toor on June 7, 2012 01:33 am + 6 comments

  At this year's Mobile World Congress, Facebook announced plans to implement a "streamlined billing" Continue reading…

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  How the 'all-new' Foursquare is using big data to figure out what you'll crave next

  By Ellis Hamburger on June 7, 2012 12:04 am + 41 comments

  "The profile page should be a representation of me and what I do when I go out into the world," Continue reading…

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  Twitter breaks 400 million tweet-per-day barrier, sees increasing mobile revenue

  By Dante D'Orazio on June 6, 2012 10:55 pm + 9 comments

  Twitter just keeps on growing. CEO Dick Costolo took the stage at The Economist's Ideas Economy: Continue reading…

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  eHarmony also hacked, 'small fraction' of member passwords compromised

  By Dieter Bohn on June 6, 2012 10:15 pm + 5 comments

  The LinkedIn hacking scandal that shot 'round the web today apparently affects more than just that Continue reading…

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  London Olympics to be streamed to 64 countries in Asia and Africa via YouTube

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 6, 2012 06:23 pm + 10 comments

  Online streaming coverage of this year's Olympics in London is set to be a major part of the Continue reading…