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Lego terrorist threatens democracyOpen in New Window
Religious leaders slam 'Toy Taliban'Religious leaders have united to express their dismay at a custom range of Lego figures - including a "Toy Taliban" armed to the teeth with C96 broomhandle Mauser read more »
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Social Network Netlog To Kick Off Integrated Multiplayer GamesOpen in New Window
European social network Netlog has announced a deal with game developers Jadestone (Sweden) and Bigpoint (Germany) to start integrating multiplayer games into the community website. Users will be abl read more »
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The Distributed Social Networking Puzzle: Putting The Pieces TogetherOpen in New Window
Distributed social networking - where users can connect their profile, friends and other data across multiple sites - is still a relatively new concept and not fully developed. There are plenty of co read more »
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.Tel Is Just A Featureless Social Network That Costs $10/yearOpen in New Window
.TEL, one of a stream of new top level domain dames approved by the quasi-governmental Los Angeles-based ICANN, will go on sale shortly. Like other domain name types, you'll be able to buy your .TEL read more »
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The long tail may be vanishing on the social networksOpen in New Window
John Timmer writes, "Initial studies have suggested that there isn't a Googlearchy—a "long tail" of less-popular sites appears in search results—but a draft of a new study indicates the same may read more »
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Africa is springing into fertile ground for WiMAXOpen in New Window
"The WiMAX activities of Sprint and Clearwire in the US might seem skimpy in comparison to what's happening in Africa, where wireless providers are bringing broadband data connectivity and phone se read more »
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Ted Rogers (1933-2008), giant of Canadian tech and mediaOpen in New Window
Americans who think of the media mogul named "Ted," reference Mr. Turner. In Canada, they reference Mr. Rogers. The senior salesperson, founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, died Tuesday morning read more »
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Social Inter-Networking with PowerOpen in New Window
Lidija Davis discusses Power.com, a new entry in attempting to aggregate social network management for users. read more »
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