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Hey…good news for Facebook. You’re a hero today. Oh yeah…good news for the mother and her kids that were missing too you nerds that care more about Facebook than KINDNAPPED CHIILDREN. A Southern California mother was recently able to locate her long-ago kidnapped children via Facebook, according to numerous media reports. An unnamed San Bernardino [...]

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People seem to not be getting the speed that is advertised eh? Pretty much everyone I know. Including myself has come a crossed this many times. Unless you actually monitor it you would never really know, and no torrent speeds don’t tell you what you are getting. A recent survey conducted by the FCC found [...]

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So…when you click spam links on Facebook they hack your profile and auto-like them without your knowledge. Then they are listed on your newsfeed were other friends can click them and get the auto-like for themselves that keeps up the spreading love like never ending treadmills. According to readwriteweb: After clicking through on a link, [...]

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I often wonder why so many people still use Internet Explorer (IE). I suppose most people just think it is the only option considering that it is installed on a Windows computer when it arrives. It is also forced on many who have their Automatic Updates set up to auto-install themselves. So if you don’t [...]

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Before you get too excited this type of thing isn’t exactly an easy process. Well…it is, but it is also pretty confusing. While many of us are happy just to use Firefox Add-Ons such as AdBlock Plus to stop from showing internet ads, there is a more in depth approach you can use for other [...]

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Have you ever been sitting on the couch and increasing your body mass by drinking Mt. Dew and stuffing cheeseburgers into your face only to find that you can’t find the remote, it is too light in the room because you don’t have any pants on, and the curtains are open? Well things may be [...]

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A recent study suggest that the inexpensive plastic used in CDs, and DVDs could soon improve the integrity of airplane electronics, computers, and other electronics like iPhones. The U.S. Air Force has offerd a pair of grants to Shay Curran, associate professor of physics at the University of Houston, where his research team have demonstrated [...]

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Firefox has increased its market share significantly in the browser market in recent years. Last month a report showed that it has for the first time exceeded 20% for a full month. Almost anyone that is familiar with using the internet regularly at a high level has switched over to Firefox as their main browser [...]

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My first thought when seeing this story was that we already have this in most computers. You can have your PC shut itself down whenever you want if it isn’t being used in Windows at least. Have it hibernate, shut down, go to standby, whatever. In fact, I’m still trying to figure out how exactly [...]

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Straight out of 50′s sci-fi futures we have a man that is warning about the application of future robots. British robotics expert Professor Noel Sharkey, of the University of Sheffield, has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and safe application of robots before it is too late. Oh no! Starkey believes [...]

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