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Facebook Post Responsible for Death of 22-Year-Old Corey White?

By Sarah M Police are investigating the shooting death of 22-year-old Corey White, which is believed to have been related to a Facebook post that was made several months ago. Former girlfriend, London Eley, made a post on her Facebook account after an argument with White that she would pay anyone “a stack” for taking White’s life. Timothy Bynum responded to Eley’s request by... 

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Facebook And Yahoo, Six Degrees Of Separation?

By Beth Owens Facebook Six Times Meets Yahoo Yahoo and Facebook are coming together to test the much-fabled “six degrees of separation” theory that people are all connected to each other in the world through a chain of six contacts. If this were true, then it would mean that individuals in the world, as well as advertising brands, are really quite closely related. The idea could sanction... 

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Apple To Host iPod iPhone 5 Media Event

By Sidney Martin The computer technology world is awash with rumors of the Steve Jobs-Apple iPhone 5 mega-launch slated for early September — September 7th to be exact. All other tech moves are being placed on hold to manage the expected earthquaking, market-bursting jolts Jobs and his crew are sure to release. The news comes from Kodawarsian, the Japanese tech site. If the iPhone 5 launch holds... 

Facebook Launches New Messenger App, Takes Aim At Email,Texting

By Sidney Martin The new Facebook application for the iPhone and Android has been launched. It seems they’ve worked out the bugs with their original testing, as they’re ready to start developing the application. However, even despite their best efforts, you can’t use Facebook’s chat on the phones. Also, a few traditional Facebook buttons are missing. Facebook hopes to have these issues... 

Randi Zuckerberg Quits Facebook

By Beth Owens Randi Zuckerberg, who is the marketing director for Facebook and the sister of Mark Zuckerberg, recently announced that she would be leaving the site. Miss Zuckerberg had been working for Facebook for six years. Sources say that she had took a three-month maternity leave and during that time, she had a chance to reflect on where her career was going. Miss Zuckerberg is currently working... 

Security Firm Identifies Global Cyber Spying

By Beth Owens McAfee, recently acquired by Intel, has released a report on the largest and most extensive spat of secret cyber-security attacks to date. Occurring over a five-year period, the attacks compromised the data centers of major governments, companies and NGOs. The hackers secretly copied data from the United Nations, hiding in the computer systems for two years. Records from the International... 

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Part From Columbia Shuttle Discovered In Nacogdoches

By Beth Owens Editing by Sean Hutch Debris from Columbia Discovered in Nacogdoches A recent drought that has plagued the Texas farmlands has not only turned many lakes into small areas of mud puddles, but has also brought to light a sad reminder of the Columbia tragedy back in 2003. A piece of the shuttle was located in East Texas in Nacogdoches, and appears to be the tank that provides water and... 

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Canada’s RIM To Cut 2,000 Jobs

RIM, to cut thousands of jobs The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, Research in Motion (RIM), said on Monday, July 25, that it will have to cut about 2,000 jobs and some executives will have new job responsibilities. This is a result from the continued growth of the Apple iPhone and the Android smartphone by Google. The Canadian firm started cutting jobs on July 25 and ultimately RIM will be less... 

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2011 ComicCon Blowing Everyone Away

The Dallas ComicCon is arguably the biggest comic book convention in America. Commencing again this weekend, the 2011 ComicCon has attendants from all walks of life. The Dallas ComicCon is the only place many people will get the chance to dress up as their favorite sci-fi characters and not feel out of place. This is a lure that has brought in hundreds of thousands of comic enthusiasts since the... 

American Blogger Spills the Beans on Fake Apple Store in China

Some of the best fakes in the world come from China. Clothes, purses, tools and electronics are being counterfeited so well that it often takes a professional to notice the difference. But when an American blogger did a little investigating, she found one the biggest fakes of all time. Apple stores are solid institutions. They serve as a home base where one can try new toys, meet folks and get help...