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Entries from September 30th, 2007

New York Attorney General Investigates Facebook

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Social Networking

Amidst various privacy concerns about Facebook, there is another pressing matter the company – and its members – must confront. Facebook is presently under investigation by New York Attorney General, Andrew M. Cuomo for child safety issues: Yesterday, the attorney general’s office issued a subpoena to the company requesting documents related to the security that [...]

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Micro-Camcorder or Pack of Gum?

September 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Privacy and New Technology

The world’s smallest micro-camcorder is the size of a pack of gum: Many camcorders have been billed as the world’s smallest, but only one has been small enough to hide inside a pack of gum. The Red Ferret Journal says the Micro Camcorder is the smallest high-resolution, real time digital camcorder ever produced. The camera [...]

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Microsoft and Facebook?

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Social Networking

A few days ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft is in talks with Facebook: Microsoft is in talks to buy a minority stake in the popular social-networking Web site Facebook Inc., a sign of a new urgency by the software giant to jump-start its online business at a time when Google is widening [...]

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