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• Twitter’s stalled growth could spell bad news for Twitter ecosystem
  LeeAnn Prescott
  Nov 23 2009

  October numbers are in, and Comscore, Compete, Google, and Quantcast all agree: US traffic to Twitter.com reached a peak in July or August and has begun to decline slowly. According to Comscore, ...

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• IPO talk revs up for Tesla Motors
  Camille Ricketts
  Nov 23 2009

  Rumors are swirling today that Tesla Motors is seriously considering an initial public offering sometime soon. The talk has been tracked to two anonymous sources, who say the six-year-old company ...

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• Microsoft confirms IE6, IE7 zero-day bug
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 23 2009

  Microsoft today confirmed that exploit code published last week can compromise PCs running older versions of Internet Explorer (IE), but said its security team has not yet seen any in-the-wild ...

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• Olympic Effort
  Kristin Burnham
  Nov 23 2009

  Quality assurance and testing often get short shrift, but deploying systems without putting them through their paces can result in embarrassing and costly failures. Ward Chapin, CIO of the 2010 ...

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• Use Aero Snap to Simplify File Management
  Rick Broida
  Nov 23 2009

  In my early computing days (I'm talking Commodore Amiga here), I grew accustomed to file managers that used a side-by-side approach: Your complete file system was represented in two adjoining ...

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• Keep Your Passwords Private--and Handy--With LastPass
  Erik Larkin
  Nov 23 2009

  This fall, more than 20,000 stolen usernames and passwords for such Webmail providers as AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo appeared on Pastebin.com, a programmer's Website. The Webmaster, Paul Dixon, ...

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• Report: Apple's 'Black Friday' deals cut Mac prices 8%
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 23 2009

  Apple will cut prices of its low-end iMac and MacBook Pro systems by 8% for a one-day-only sale on Friday, according to reports on the Web. Apple's Friday prices, however, would still be higher than ...

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• Next Island to launch sci-fi adventure virtual world — with time travel
  Dean Takahashi
  Nov 23 2009

  Next Island is the latest company to launch an ambitious virtual world. But this sci-fi adventure paradise comes with an interesting twist: time travel. The company is announcing today that it is ...

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• Linden Lab swats down BBC report on Second Life, says consumer market is "primary focus"
  Ian Lamont, The Industry Standard
  Nov 23 2009

  When it comes to Second Life, some people just can't forget the bursting of the hype bubble following the first early wave of excitement. I admit, I harped on the reality check for in-world ...

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• BlackBerry Bold 9700: Why It's The Best BlackBerry Ever
  Al Sacco
  Nov 23 2009

  BlackBerry enthusiasts, "CrackBerry" addicts and gadget-headsin the United States can now officially purchase Research In Motion's (RIM) latest and greatest smartphone: the BlackBerry Bold 9700. ...

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