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Twitter goes down for more than an hour

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No Fail Whale, no warning. Just total outage and downtime for Twitter.   On Thursday at around 12:30 PM EST, social network Twitter went down for more than an hour.The social networking site is in normal operations again. The reason for the down was a bug, so says Twitter: “Today’s…

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Pakistan Government orders block of Twitter

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The Pakistan Government has ordered a block to social network Twitter, reports Reuters. The Pakistan Government is claiming that certain “blasphemous content” has been posted on Twitter hence until it has completely resolved the issue, Twitter will be not accessible in the entire country of Pakistan. The move by the…

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Flashback Trojan infects more than half a million Macs

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Dr. Web, a Russian anti-virus firm, reports that more than 600,000 Apple computers or Macs were infected by malware known as the Flashback Trojan. Most of the Macs that were infected are in the US. Of the ones infected in the US, 274 are located in Cupertino, California where Apple’s headquarters is…

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CBS false report; Steve Jobs dead

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In an official CBS Twitter account, it has tweeted a false report that Steve Jobs dead. According to reports, CBS CBS web series “What’s Trending” set off an Internet panic when it tweeted that there were reports that Apple Chairman and founder Steve Jobs had died. Fortunately the tweet posted…

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Sexting, Retweet, Cyberbullying now on Oxford English Dictionary

‘Sexting,’ ‘Retweet,’ ‘Cyberbullying’ were added Oxford English Dictionary, reports says. Here are a few of the new words added and their accompanying definitions: Retweet verb: (on the social networking service Twitter) repost or forward (a message posted by another user) Sexting noun: the sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages…

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China strict policy removes 1.3 million websites in 2010

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A report from BBC says that Chinese government shut down more than 1.3 million websites last year. According to Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, about 41% websites were dropped at the end of 2010 compares to its start. Liu Ruisheng , academy’s researcher said there was no link insisting China had…

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