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Facebook to adopt new rules despite vote shortfall
Facebook will adopt new rules governing the social network even though a vote fell well short of a minimum threshold. The new documents specify, among other things, that users own their information, not Facebook. An earlier attempt to push changes led ...
MySpace hopes to turn free songs into needed cash
In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to m...
Review: BlackBerry App World simple, light on apps
I'm typing this in between perusing Facebook, trying (and failing) to master a guitar-simulation game and listening to Internet radio on my smart phone. And no, I'm not using an iPhone. I'm using a BlackBerry Curve 8900 to try out the recently rolled o...
Next version of Microsoft Office coming in 2010
Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft is set to announce Wednesday that Office 2010 will be finished and ready to se...
Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links
Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes. Everingham's vision ultimately became Pixazza, an online advertising startup that converts photos on Web sites into interactiv...
Fast-growing Facebook's user base hits 200 million
In less than eight months, Facebook has doubled its user base by signing up 100 million people from around the world, officially hitting 200 million on Wednesday. Its population is now higher than Brazil's and Japan's. The ubiquitous online hangout, av...
Changes to Apple's iTunes prices take effect
The era of one-price-fits-all-songs on iTunes came to an end Tuesday as Apple Inc., the Internet's dominant digital music retailer, began selling some of its most-downloaded songs for $1.29 apiece. Apple said in January that it would end its practice o...
DSi adds cameras, downloads to Nintendo's portable
When Nintendo introduced its portable DS system in 2004, many longtime fans were skeptical. Its innovations _ the dual screens, the stylus-based controls, the built-in microphone _ seemed gimmicky. How could this clunky slab ever replace the beloved Ga...
Review: IE8 features good, but no need to switch
I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new Web browser. I'd been happy using rival products like Firefox and Chrome at work and Flock at home, and habits are hard to break, even though version eight of Internet Explor...
`Monsters vs. Aliens' creates another dimension
"Monsters vs. Aliens" opens with an old 3-D gag: A ball bounces directly into the audience, causing moviegoers to instinctively scoot back in their seats. But the resemblance to old-fashioned 3-D ends there. The film, in theaters Friday, relies on enti...
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