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Man behind Megaupload remains defiant

High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95444d64-437b-11e1-8489-00144feab49a.html#ixzz1k8S4wFCW Kim Dotcom, the 37-year-old man behind Megaupload.com, was already a notorious figure in the online file-sharing world before he was forced out of [...]

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Google Joins U.S. Anti-Piracy Legislation Protest

Google is joining Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and other online organizations in a massive online protest targeting the Stop Online Piracy Act before the House of Representatives, as well as the Protect Intellectual Property Act set for debate in the Senate. http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=10100CCG8PI9&page=1 

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Walking through doorways causes forgetting, new research shows

We’ve all experienced it: The frustration of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do. Or get. Or find. New research from University of Notre Dame Psychology Professor Gabriel Radvansky suggests that passing through doorways is the cause of these memory lapses. “Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event [...]

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How to Avoid Being Harvested by Spambots

How to Avoid Being Harvested by Spambots One of the primary ways spammers get email addresses is by stealing them from websites. They do this by using “spambots,” computer programs which automatically troll web pages and harvest email addresses. While Project Honey Pot helps you identify these spambots by providing you with unique tracking addresses [...]

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The Man Who Got Us to ‘Like’ Everything

Shaun Fenn for The Wall Street JournalSoleio Cuervo in Palo Alto, Calif. We used to “heart” things online, or give them five stars. Today, thanks to Soleio Cuervo, we “Like” them. A product designer for Facebook Inc. since 2005, Mr. Cuervo is part of the team that introduced the thumbs-up Like button to the site. [...]

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Repressing the Internet, Western-Style

Associated PressTechnology has empowered all sides in the London skirmish: the rioters, the vigilantes and the government. Did the youthful rioters who roamed the streets of London, Manchester and other British cities expect to see their photos scrutinized by angry Internet users, keen to identify the miscreants? In the immediate aftermath of the riots, many [...]

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Facebook history used in research against Rep David Wu

Reporters could not verify the young woman’s age. Notes on Facebook over the past 18 months indicate she graduated from high school in 2010. California records show she registered to vote in August. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/07/rep_david_wu_accused_of_aggres.html

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Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5bn

MICROSOFT agreed to buy internet phone company Skype Technologies for $US8.5 billion ($7.8bn) in cash — the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/microsoft-buys-skype-for-us85bn/story-e6frg90x-1226053705339 The deal will let Microsoft “be more ambitious, do more things,” chief executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview. The [...]

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