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Facebook Beacon Controversy Update: Ads to Be Shut Off to Settle Lawsuit

It has taken two years and a lawsuit, to end the Facebook Beacon controversy. Now the social networking giant is finally turning off the ads. More on the story. The application launched in 2007 tracked the activities of Facebook users on 42 partner Web sites and then revealed those activities users’ friends unless they turned [...]

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Only Your Digital Shadow Knows….

Your digital shadow has a life of its own. Literally. The digital universe — the pile of digital information that includes everything from e-mail to YouTube videos — is growing faster than previously thought, according to a new study from the research firm IDC. IDC now estimates that, at 281 exabytes, the digital universe in [...]

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