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Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

Google is spending US$8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over the rollout of its Google Buzz social-networking service.

| News | Internet | Security | 09/03/10 at 7:31 pm


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HP buys 3Par, Apple rolls out new gear

Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.



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School uses anti-bullying app after suicide

A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoebe Prince, an Irish-born teen who committed suicide in January after an alleged bullying campaign by fellow students.

| News | Security | Software | 09/03/10 at 3:30 pm


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Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls

A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.

| News | Internet | Security | 09/03/10 at 3:30 pm


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Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 years

A Nigerian advance-fee scammer, Okpako Diamreyan, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge.

| News | Internet | Legal | Security | 09/03/10 at 2:30 pm


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The IFA consumer electronics exhibition turns 50
Albert Einstein opened the 7th Great German Radio and Phonograph Show, the forerunner to today's IFA, in Berlin in 1930. The show marked the public debut of a prototype 'television receiver.' Since then, some products, like the 3DTV, were ahead of their time. Others, like the MiniDisc...well, just never got off the ground. Here's a look at IFA's storied past.

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