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Facebook Turns 9 Years Old Today

Posted 02/04/2013 at 9:41am | by Paul Lilly

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It took Facebook less than a decade to accumulate over 1 billion users.

Facebook, the world's largest social playground with over a billion participants and growing, celebrates its 9th birthday today. It was on February 4, 2004 that Mark Zuckerberg and his partners launched "Thefacebook," the original name of the Harvard-only service before Zuckerberg droped the "The" from the title at the recommendation of Justin Timberlake Sean Parker, or at least that's how it was portrayed in the docu-drama The Social Network.

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Surprise! Google+ Overtakes Twitter as Number 2 Social Network

Posted 01/28/2013 at 11:35am | by Paul Lilly

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A ghost town no more, Google+ is home to hundreds of millions of active users.

If you've been avoiding Google+ all this time because you heard it was a ghost town, perhaps it's time you give the social networking site a visit. Google+, while still not on the level of Facebook in terms of users and activity, has now surpassed Twitter in monthly active users, making it the planet's second busiest social networking site around, according to data collected by Global Web Index (GWI from here on out).

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FCC Challenge: 1Gb Internet Service in Every State by 2015

Posted 01/18/2013 at 1:25pm | by Paul Lilly

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1Gb Internet service could be coming to a city near you.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski issued a nationwide "Gigabit City Challenge" to broadband providers and state and municipal community leaders to roll out 1Gb Internet service in all 50 states by 2015. Genachowki's hope is that establishing at least one gigabit community in each state will spur innovators to create new businesses and industries.

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Google Didn't Kill a Donkey, It Just Looked That Way

Posted 01/17/2013 at 10:16am | by Paul Lilly

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As it turns out, Google didn't run over a donkey taking Street View pictures.

Everyone knows what happens when you assume things, and admittedly, Street View pictures in the Kweneng region of Botswana showing a donkey sprawled across the road amid a puff of dust looked bad. Like, really bad. At a glance, it appeared Google ran over and killed the wandering donkey in its continued quest to photograph the planet, an innocent victim in the wrong place at precisely the right time. But guess what? The donkey's alive.

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Calling All Readers: Which Antivirus Programs Would YOU Like to See Reviewed?

Posted 01/16/2013 at 3:40pm | by Paul Lilly

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Tell us which AV programs you want to see included in this year's roundup!

Straight and to the point, we need your help. You see, we're getting ready to conduct our annual roundup of Internet security suites, and we thought we'd try something a little different this year. Rather than pick which programs we think you'd be most interested in reading about, we're letting YOU tell US which ones to include. That's right, you wield the power -- how will you use it?

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Chrome 25 Browser Supports Speech Driven Web Apps

Posted 01/14/2013 at 3:33pm | by Paul Lilly

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The next version of Chrome features the Web Speech API for developers.

Other than a U-Haul truck full of bug fixes, Google's Chrome 24 didn't really introduce any uber exciting features to the masses. There was an update to Flash, some speed improvements, and not much else. Such is the side effect of having rapid fire browser releases, but lest you find yourself overly jaded these days, Chrome 25 looks to be a little more interesting with the inclusion of the Web Speech API for developers.

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LinkedIn Surpasses 200 Million Members Milestone

Posted 01/09/2013 at 11:04am | by Paul Lilly

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Out of 200 million LinkedIn members, 74 million reside in the U.S.

LinkedIn likes to tout itself as the world's largest professional network on the Internet, and it's not just lip service. Having now achieved more than 200 million members around the world, LinkedIn is a seriously large social network, professional or otherwise. Let's put it into perspective. If LinkedIn were a country, it would have the 5th largest population in the world.

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D-Link to Deliver 802.11ac Gaming Router in Spring 2013

Posted 01/07/2013 at 9:25am | by Paul Lilly

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A new 802.11ac router from D-Link promises lag-free gaming and smooth video streaming.

D-Link today announced a number of new networking products and services, none more interesting than the cylinder shaped "Gaming Router" with Qualcomm StreamBoost technology (DGL-5500). From the pictures we've seen, it looks like a miniature version of an SVS PC12/PC13 subwoofer, but it's really an 802.11ac wireless router with specialized QoS (Quality of Service) controls for uninterrupted gaming and smooth streaming video playback.

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Google Gets FTC Off Its Back By Promising Better Business Practices

Posted 01/04/2013 at 10:10am | by Paul Lilly

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The FTC's probe into Google's business practices is officially over.

Google has reason to celebrate heading into the weekend. The sultan of search scored what some might consider a lopsided settlement agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FTC) in which no fines were assessed. Instead, Google merely had to promise to change its business practices to resolve competition concerns in mobile, PC, and gaming console markets.

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Anonymous Reflects on 2012 and Prepares for Another Year of Hacking

Posted 01/02/2013 at 9:54am | by Paul Lilly

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Hactivist group promises more shenanigans in 2013.

If you thought the hactivist group known as Anonymous would fade from view in the New Year, think again. Anonymous posted a message making it clear it intends to keep on hacking, telling the world, "We are still here...Expect us." Of course, it just wouldn't be an anonymous post without some derogatory language, so keep that in mind before clicking through to the organization's website for the full message.

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