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by Amy Bennett

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Old people get on board with gross "sexting" craze

Usually when young folks start some utterly icky fad, we can at least count on our elders to maintain a shred of dignity. Not so with sexting.
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Internet campaign attempts to save banker's job

A TV news crew was filming a story on Australian banker David Kiely -- and the camera spotted him looking at racy pictures of supermodel Miranda Kerr on his monitor. But was the whole situation as setup?
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Russian spy satellites now searching for pot

Far removed from the glory days of the Cold War, Russia's spy satellites are assigned to more mundane work.
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When video gaming goes wrong

Sheriff's deputies in Florida spotted a stolen SUV sitting in a driveway, and entered the house to find the thief enjoying a rousing game of Grand Theft Auto.
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PETA proposes cybernetic groundhog

Somewhat predictably, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals feels that Punxsutawney Phil ought to be set free rather than trotted out for our amusement every February 2. But their solution on a replacement is rather novel.
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Oracle co-president's affair outed on billboards, Internet

Last month a series of billboards went up all over New York, romantically proclaiming the love between Charles Phillips and YaVaughnie Wilkins.
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Get ready for lab-grown pork

The race is on to grow meat in a petri dish from stem cells, and a group of Dutch scientists is in the lead, creating half-inch-long strips of meat from cultured pig cells.
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Egyptian cleric issues fatwa against Quranic ringtones

He urges the pious to use Islamic hymns instead.
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Hackers put porn on Russian billboard

Where there's a monitor, there's a computer -- and where there's a computer, there's a target for hackers.
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FBI's digital aging technique: Borrow pics from Google Images

Unsurprisingly, the Spanish lawmaker whose picture was the base of one of the photos is extremely displeased.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann

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