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Mozilla unleashes sleek new Firefox Web browser

A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released on Wednesday to vie Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and Google Chrome in the fiercely competitive market for Web browsing software.

 
 
 

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LinkedIn hits 100 million members worldwide

LinkedIn, the online social network for professionals and job seekers, now has 100 million members worldwide and more than half are from outside the United States.


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Twitter on Monday marked its fifth birthday with a new website and online video of celebrities talking up the world-changing micro-blogging service.

Twitter marks 5th birthday

Twitter on Monday marked its fifth birthday with a new website and online video of celebrities talking up the world-changing micro-blogging service.


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The French government said it had fined Google since its Street View cars had participated in "unfair collection" of information under French law and it had received economic benefits from the data.

France fines Google 100,000 euros over Street View

France’s data privacy regulator said Monday it had imposed a record fine of 100,000 euros ($138,000) on Google for having collected private information while compiling its panoramic Street View service.


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The main doors of the The New York Times. On Thursday, the Times on March 17, 2011 unveiled its long-awaited plan to begin charging Canadians for full access to its website, offering 20 free articles a month before readers will be asked to pay. The paywall will extend to the U.S. and elsewhere March 28.

New York Times sets online fee

The New York Times will begin to charge people for access to some of its digital content as it makes another stab at getting readers to pay for digital news.


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Facebook can help in disasters: academic

An Australian academic Friday praised the increasing use of social media during disasters, saying there had been a "beautiful display of humanity" on Facebook during recent catastrophes.


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Computer virus scam - over the phone

Computer scam artists are going to new heights...or depths. They now phone you at home!


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