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March 03 2012
Anglers flock to contaminated Texas reservoir (AP)
AP - Signs bearing a skull and crossbones dot the banks of a reservoir and canal near this town on the U.S.-Mexico border, but the fishermen standing in the reeds nearby ignore them, casually reeling in fish that are contaminated with toxic chemicals and banned for human consumption.
February 21 2012
Is a Trial by Twitter Hard to Win? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Good Morning America, jury selection in the Tyler Clementi suicide trial begins today. Dahrun Ravi, Clementi's freshman roommate at Rutgers University, is accused of bullying and bias intimidation leading to Clementi's suicide. Ravi allegedly posted videos online of Clementi kissing another man, which might have prompted him to jump to his death from the George Washington Bridge.
February 19 2012
Nobody Spends Anything but Time on Facebook (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When it comes to making a lot of money, Facebook seems to have no trouble. According to a report from TechCrunch, 2011 was a definite "like" for Facebook clicking in with $1 billion in profits on revenues of just over $3.7 billion. As the article states, Facebook clearly knows how to make money off of businesses, since advertising accounts for 85 percent of revenue. But, Facebook seems not really know how to get its 845 million users to spend anything but time on the site.
February 10 2012
Is the Polygamist Leader Preparing His Flock for Doomsday? (Time.com)
Time.com - At one point, he seemed to be on death's door, but now Warren Jeffs appears to have recovered enough to issue edicts and orders to thousands who remain faithful
January 31 2012
Will Facebook deliver an IPO surprise? (AP)
AP - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him most often, after "billionaire." He was Time's person of the year at 26.
January 25 2012
Down the Apple food chain, profits and some worry (AP)
AP - If you like Apple's stock, you're going to love its suppliers.
Carthage, Mo., Police Department Apologizes for Lewd Facebook Photo (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - The Carthage (Mo.) Police Department has apologized for a lewd photo accidentally posted to its public Facebook page. The Joplin Globe reports the photograph was allegedly live on the website for 5 seconds, yet at least one person saw it and reported it before it was taken down. The picture was a man's genitals and it appeared on the page midafternoon Monday.
January 19 2012
Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11 (AP)
AP - Is Kodak's moment past?
January 08 2012
For some consumers, surveys breed feedback fatigue (AP)
AP - We appreciate your decision to read this story. Would you take a short survey about your satisfaction with the reading experience? Could you review this article on a website? Rate it for other readers?
January 06 2012
Winter driving trouble? There's an app for that (AP)
AP - When a powerful blizzard ripped through North Dakota last winter, hundreds of drivers were stranded as white-out conditions shuttered interstates spanning the state. Snow whipped up by wind marred the lines between pavement and grassy drop-offs, leaving some scared motorists unsure what to do.
December 29 2011
SC company sues ex-worker over Twitter followers (AP)
AP - An Internet company has sued one of its former employees, saying the worker cost the company thousands of dollars in lost business when he took 17,000 Twitter followers with him when he left the firm.
December 25 2011
Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed (AP)
AP - For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.
December 16 2011
Jury says verdict close in $1B Microsoft lawsuit (AP)
AP - Jurors have resumed deliberations in a Utah company's $1 billion federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. and say they're close to a verdict.
November 28 2011
Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor (AP)
AP - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.
September 06 2011
Most 'Liked' on Facebook Recently? Jesus, Not Bieber (Time.com)
Time.com - Justin Bieber was so a few months ago. Jesus? He's eternal. And according to Facebook, he's also well "liked."
September 02 2011
Bar owner uses Facebook to reunite bride and dress (AP)
AP - So a bride walks into a bar ...
July 26 2011
Internet privacy controls challenge tech industry (AP)
AP - The federal government has put Google, Microsoft, Apple and other technology companies on notice: Give consumers a way prevent advertisers from tracking their movements across the Web — or face regulation.
July 22 2011
Ex-Akamai worker to plead guilty to spy charge (AP)
AP - A former employee of a website content delivery company has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of foreign economic espionage for providing company trade secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
June 15 2011
Facebook Friends RockMelt (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Facebook has finally friended RockMelt. Launched in November by Marc Andreessen, who specializes in Web browsers, the program is currently on its third Beta version.
June 10 2011
Hackers nab card data from 200,000 Citi customers (AP)
AP - Citigroup Inc. has become the latest victim in a string of high-profile data thefts by hackers targeting some of the world's best-known companies.
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