Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday in Caracas after an almost two-year battle with cancer and 14 years of a dominating socialist presidency that leaves the country with the world's largest oil reserves mired in uncertainty. The ...
Opinions expressed on Twitter differ from public opinion measured by surveys on key political events and policy issues, reflecting that users of the Internet service are demographically very different from the public, according to a study ...
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The Google Glass project is generating a significant amount of buzz. Really, it is scary how amped up people are about the product. But, why shouldn’t they be? It is a whole new technology. If you don’t know, Google Glass is the ...
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Romanian security company BitDefender today said it has traced the cyber-espionage malware "MiniDuke" back to June 2011, more than a year and a half before the campaign was uncovered. BitDefender found the malware by digging through its ...
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Chester Cheetah, the Cheetos brand spokescat, today unveiled the long-anticipated solution to an age-old dilemma that has rocked generations - choosing between puffed or crunchy, tangy or smooth, mellow or hot - with the launch of Cheetos ...
Tree Fu Tom is celebrating its full product range launch in the UK. The hero of the popular CBeebies TV series made a series of appearances throughout half term. He visited Welwyn Garden City, Bluewater, Kingston upon Thames and ...
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The company is the latest to be attacked after recent cyber attacks on Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Evernote's security team discovered suspicious activity in its network which attempted to access secure areas of its service. Evernote ...
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After a successful liftoff of the SpaceX Dragon on Friday, the company's engineers were working on a glitch in the spacecraft's thruster system, delaying a Saturday rendezvous with the International Space Station. NASA reported earlier ...
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A new exploit for a previously unknown and unpatched Java vulnerability is being actively used by attackers to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. "We observed successful exploitation ...
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Dropbox CEO Drew Houston has warned against buying into cloud services offered by mobile device manufacturers and network operators, claiming that consumers and businesses can easily become locked in. Speaking at Mobile World Congress in ...
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IDG News Service - Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched a Twitter-based Yellow Pages service that offers information about regions around the country. The service, called "Twitter Local Yellow Pages," collects popular Twitter accounts ...
Skylanders Giants Magic Choc will launch exclusively in Toys R Us stores across the UK. Distributor The In Thing has announced that the limited edition edible model making kits will be centered around the sought after Toys R Us exclusive ...
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The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
Facebook has blocked Vintage Camera, an Instagram-like photo app, from accessing its API (application programming interface). The move follows the recent blocking of other apps by the social networking giant. Vintage Camera is an app for ...
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Facebook is working to set the record straight following a report suggesting that the site is gaming its News Feed so that people who pay to promote their posts will get more interaction from users than those who don't. Facebook issued a ...
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