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11/19/09 7:00pm Computing Twitter asks "What's happening?" Farewell, "What are you doing?"
The site has asked "What are you doing?" since its inception, but because it has evolved into new territory a new phrase was needed. dig deeper
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11/18/09 4:10pm Gaming, Computing Sony PlayStation 3 joins Facebook with firmware 3.10 today
Sony says that more Facebook features are coming, but that it has no plans for Twitter integration. dig deeper
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11/17/09 7:00pm Computing, Gaming Xbox 360 now does Facebook and Twitter, PS3 firmware 3.10 to add Facebook too
Microsoft promised social networking on the 360 way back at E3, but Sony will offer similar features any day now. dig deeper
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11/12/09 7:40pm Computing, Gaming Google SPDY protocol to speed up the web, Xbox Live gets Facebook and Twitter Tuesday, Microsoft denies Windows 7 was inspired by Mac OS X
Google is working on an application-layer protocol called SPDY (pronounced "speedy") that it claims increases web page load times… dig deeper
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10/26/09 5:35pm Computing, Gaming, Home A/V, Mobile New York Times editor Bill Keller says Apple tablet is "impending," Sony PlayStation 3 gets Netflix streaming, Facebook Share adds counter and other new features
Bill Keller is the Executive Editor of The New York Times, so he ought to have some inside information about what the company is… dig deeper
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10/23/09 6:52pm Computing, Mobile Facebook homepage revamp goes live, Netflix streaming-only service launches outside U.S., Amazon plans Mac Kindle software too
Changes to Facebook's home page went live today. The home page is now split into two views — Live Feed and News Feed. The… dig deeper
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10/22/09 5:32pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Steve Ballmer says Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on is coming, Bing Facebook search to go live within two months, Microsoft stores open in Scottsdale and Paris
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Gizmodo in an interview today that the Xbox 360 gaming console will finally get a Blu-ray add-on,… dig deeper
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10/21/09 7:37pm Computing Google and Bing add Twitter real-time search, Amazon calls Windows 7 "biggest pre-order product of all time," Google joins forces with iLike and LaLa for music search
Google and Bing are now both offering real-time searches of Twitter updates. Bing will also search Facebook statuses in the near… dig deeper
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10/19/09 6:30pm Computing, Mobile Facebook to get new home page again, Apple sells 7.4 million iPhones, Google offers free Wi-Fi on Virgin holiday flights
Facebook will soon make changes to its home screen again. This time it's adding two new ways of viewing your news feed: "Recent… dig deeper
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10/07/09 8:00pm Computing, Mobile Dell selling Android phone on AT&T in 2010, MySpace network on Facebook hacked, Microsoft might make 128-bit versions of Windows 8 & 9
Sources told the Wall Street Journal that Dell plans to launch a Google Android smartphone on AT&T as early as the first quarter… dig deeper
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10/02/09 6:36pm Computing Time suggests a "Hulu for magazines," Google search dropped The Pirate Bay then reinstated it, Facebook now available in Latin
Magazine publishers are considering getting on board with Time, Inc.'s idea for a "Hulu for magazines" — a website that… dig deeper
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10/01/09 7:53pm Computing, Home A/V Facebook profiles used to spread spyware, Comcast in talks to buy NBC Universal, Google adds new search options
An automated Facebook attack has been using fake profiles to install spyware on users' computers. Facebook has taken down the… dig deeper
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