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American Teen Gets 15 Years For Facebook Sex Scam

Anthony Stanci, was charged with 15 years in prison for soliciting sex from minors, possessing child pornography and making a bomb threat. In December, he pleaded no contact, to two Wisconsin felonies, third degree sexual assault and repeated sexual assault of the same child. Stanci, 18 at the time, was posing as teenage female on facebook,”Kayla” and contacting male classmates to send... 

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What Is A Bloom Box? (PHOTO)

With a national focus on finding ways to find new efficient alternatives to replace our current sources of energy, one new company claims to have found away that could help us lessen our dependence on foreign oil. Bloom Energy which is a new startup company has disclosed that they have come up with a fuel cell technology that could replace conventional forms of energy. K.R. Sridhar, who is the CEO... 

Shaw To Test Super Awesome 1-Gbps Fiber-Optic Broadband Service

Shaw to Test Ultra-Fast Internet Speeds Shaw Communications is unleashing a new gigabit internet technology for Canada’s high-speed internet access. It is now available to its customers and runs at 100mbps speed. It is called High-Speed Nitro and is being offered by Shaw in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver. The service will be offered over Fiber-to-the-Home or FTTH and will be able to support new,... 

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Telus Hopes For Huge Sales With Motorola Milestone

Telus launches Motorola Milestone As if the smartphone industry had not gotten any bigger, Telus Communications have announced that they will soon release the Motorola Milestone, their answer to the iPhone and Google Android. As a matter of fact the Motorola Milestone will be run by the same technology as the Android and will be released in Canada. The Motorola Milestone is the current talk of the... 

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Reviewing Google Buzz

Google’s newest email product, the Google Buzz, has received quite a bit of criticism over the past few week and is now drawing the attention of the United States Federal Trade Commission. A complaint filed yesterday to the US Federal Trade Commission stated that the new social networking too may violated many privacy laws. Google added Buzz as a new social networking tool this week. The Google... 

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Google’s Buzz Met With Little Buzz

The Bad Buzz About ‘Buzz’ With the release of Google’s newest social interaction tool, the internet giant hoped to compete with such applications as Twitter and Facebook. Unfortunately for Google, its new ‘Buzz’ might be a short lived exploration if the reaction from the public continues to be as negative as it has from the start. The basis for the backlash has been the fact that... 

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Us Cell Phone Ban Be Overturned

Cell Phone Tracking Ban May Be Overturned In The Next Few Months In an attempt to circumvent the fourth amendment, attorney’s for the U.S. Government argued in a Philadelphia court that the government should be privy to cell phone information. Lawyers for the government stated that access to information about cell phone usage could help law enforcement agencies capture criminals more easily. Lawyers... 

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Facebook Deletes 30 UK Prisoner Profile Accounts

The Facebook pages of 30 incarcerated British inmates were yanked by Facebook after learning the inmates were utilizing Facebook as a middleman for crime conspiracy as well as committing threats against others, mainly victims’ families. Inmates updated their Facebook pages by instigating family members or by illegally smuggling cell phones into the prison system. Last month, The Sunday Times newspaper... 

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iPhone Apps Roundup: Our Favorite Apps

iPhone Apps Roundup: Our Favorite Apps Since its introduction to the marketplace a few years back, the Apple iPhone has been one of the best selling phones and electronic gadgets in the world. While the iPhone allows a user to access the internet, call a friend, send a text message, watch a movie, or listen to music, there are many other applications which can add entertainment or provide useful functions. Some... 

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More Of Canada Now Available On Google Street View

This Tuesday, Google Canada revealed more than 130 Canadian cities to be viewed in a 3-D environment in Google street view mode. The coverage includes most of Southern Canada along the border with the United States, extensive sections of Alberta – Saskatchewan mountain territory and areas of interest in Northwestern British Columbia as well as Yukon. Authorities further commented that regions... 

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