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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
OMG, We're Not BFFs Anymore? Getting ‘Unfriended’ Online Stings — Users of Social-Networking Sites Delete Friends Who Don't Keep in Touch, Misbehave — JoAna Swan recently purged her profile on social-networking site Facebook Inc. of friends she hadn't spoken to for a while.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Meaning Of Friendship — I can only imagine the angst that Jessica Vascellero at the Wall Street Journal inserted into countless minds this evening with her article about the difficulties people are having defining what is and isn't a “friend” for online social networking purposes.
Svetlana Gladkova / Profy:Facebook Mess Is Coming: You Now Have To Talk To Your Friends not To Be Unfriended
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Robert Daniel / MarketWatch:
Maryland files voting-machine claim vs. Diebold unit — TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Maryland is demanding $8.5 million from a producer of touch-screen voting machines that the state said were insufficiently secure and required repairs. — In December 2001, a Wednesday statement …
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
Sony's Netbook “fits in a pocket”, Might Not Fit Netbook Category — Actually, Sony has this “P-series” VAIO on their notebook section in the SonyStyle store, so maybe netbook isn't the right term. Just ask Psion, if you don't believe me. Eagle-eye reader Jose was browsing Sony's online storefront …
TechCrunch:
A Silicon Valley Christmas Tale — Editor's note: The poem and illustrations below were submitted by an engineer in Silicon Valley who works for a big company and wishes to remain anonymous. The views expressed are not (necessarily) those of TechCrunch. The awesome illustrations are by Doug Shannon
Adrian Covert / Gizmodo:
Leaked 2009 Blackberry Roadmap Hints at Touchscreen Bold, Storm Slider — A supposed 2009 Blackberry Roadmap posted on TmoNews Forums suggests that we'll not only be seeing the Curve 8900 next year, but also a touchscreen Bold and a Storm with a slide-out keyboard.
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Dale Dougherty / O'Reilly Radar:
Admiring Bill Gates — Dare I say this on O'Reilly Radar? I admire Bill Gates. If I had a vote for Person of the Year, Gates would get mine. Let me explain why. — This year, Gates made an important and potentially difficult transition at age 52, leaving Microsoft as CEO and devoting …
PC World:
Samsung Shipped Infected Digital Picture Frames — For the second year in a row, some of those digital photo frames lying under the Christmas tree may come with a nasty surprise. — Samsung says that CDs that shipped with many models of its digital photo frames may have included …
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PewResearch.org:
Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source — The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international news. — Currently, 40% say they get most of their news …
Steve Gillmor / TechCrunchIT:
How to write a Mike Arrington blog post — As we “work” our way through the holiday (or winter break as the school system calls it) we are once again reminded of Mike Arrington's skill at dominating the trainwreck formerly known as The Conversation. I've watched Mike at close range …
internetnews.com:
Gifts for All in Linux 2.6.28 — Graphics performance, wireless USB support and power utilization improvements top the Linux stocking stuffers in new release. — Linux creator Linus Torvalds is expected to soon release the final Linux kernel of 2008, loaded full of stocking stuffers for users of the open source operating system.
Jack Davis / Docu-Drama:
Seagate to take ‘material’ impairment charge this quarter — Seagate Technology said Wednesday that it will have to take an impairment charge to write down the value of its goodwill, “largely as a result of the adverse impact of the current macroeconomic business environment …
