Internet
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Slate: Pay up or the hard drive gets itOct 13, 2012 7:28 am - You’ve just opened a Web page or clicked a link in an email when your computer’s desktop goes gray. A browser window pops up with the FBI logo in the top left corner. Be...
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'Hello. I have cancer.' Comedian finds humor in catharsisOct 12, 2012 7:00 pm - NEW YORK — A frightfully nervous Tig Notaro stood just offstage at the Los Angeles club Largo while Ed Helms introduced her. The audience of 300 and Notaro's fellow per...
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I bought 27,000 Twitter followersOct 06, 2012 7:07 am - I’m a selfish Twitter user. I love scrolling through, letting it alert me to vital news, opinion and baby mammal GIFs. But, like some 40 percent of all people on Twitter...
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Jay-Z to stream concert on his new YouTube channelOct 05, 2012 8:57 am - NEW YORK — Jay-Z is live-streaming the last of his eight concerts at New York City’s Barclays Center for the launch of his new YouTube channel. The rapper announced Thu...
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David Blaine goes high voltage with latest stuntOct 03, 2012 9:03 am - NEW YORK — David Blaine is spending the days leading up to his next stunt lying low. “I’ll mostly be relaxing, meditating and playing with my daughter ... and trying not...
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High school dropout from Lombard now an acclaimed writerSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard's Leigh Stein thought she was an actress who loved, loved, loved acting. Whether she was onstage in the Glenbard East High School production of "West Side Story"...
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Chicago looks to Twitter for answer to gun problemSep 29, 2012 4:20 pm - The city of Chicago is asking residents with ideas on how to get illegal guns off the streets to share their thoughts — in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter. The initia...
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Slate: Solving the Internet radio royalty messSep 29, 2012 7:51 am - If you are like most of the millions of people who listen to Sirius XM satellite radio or Internet radio services like Pandora or Last.fm, you probably don’t give much t...
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Twitter is bad at measuring online influence, and that’s goodSep 29, 2012 7:34 am - Twitter cofounder and board member Ev Williams suggested this week that the microblogging site de-emphasize users’ follower counts in favor of some better algorithm for ...
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App Reviews: Google Sky Map, DroplrSep 29, 2012 7:33 am - Google Sky Map: Handy reference to the heavens, day or night Make the most of early fall’s cool, clear nights with Google’s Sky Map app, an open-sourced guide to al...