Simon Saavedra

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  Aug 4, 2011

  'IE Users are Dumb' Study a Fake

  The story claiming that a survey of more than 100,000 internet users revealed that Internet Explorer users had a lower IQ than other users using internet browsers like Chrome and Firefox was revealed to be fake.

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  Aug 4, 2011

  Massive Cyber-Attack Aimed at Giving Perpetrator Political, Economical Prevalence

  Internet security company McAfee released a report on a massive global cyber espionage activity that hit more than 72 private as well as public organizations in 14 nations as a result of a five-year targeted operation called "Operation ShadyRAT" or "remote access tool."

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  Aug 2, 2011

  8 Percent of Facebook Users Wouldn't Migrate to Google+ Even With an Invitation

  Almost three weeks since Google CEO Larry Page announced a Google+ user base of 10 million (in just two weeks), the number could now be up 20 or 30 million.

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  Aug 2, 2011

  Apple Lawsuit Gets Samsung to Put Tab Away For Now in Australia

  Add one more case to the Apple versus Samsung dispute. Samsung came to an agreement with Apple on Monday to suspend Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia at least until the patent infringement conflict with Apple is resolved, according to Bloomberg.

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  Jul 30, 2011

  'Gmail Man', 'Email Intervention' Revives Spoof Videos of the Past

  An e-mail battle seems to be raging between tech giants Google and Microsoft with the airing of two videos earlier this week that hinted us about other battle grounds where tech companies are currently fighting 'the internet space dominion' war.

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  Jul 29, 2011

  Do You Have Smartphone Addiction? The Dire Consequences Implied

  How many times do you check you smartphone a day? Approximately 34 times if you are an average user, according to a CNN article citing the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Journal.

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  Jul 29, 2011

  Who's to Blame for S. Korea's Biggest Social Networking Site Hack? Chinese Hackers?

  SK Communications Co., parent company of South Korea's largest social networking site, Cyworld, and third largest search engine, Nate, announced on Thursday that the accounts of its 35 million online users were compromised as a result of hacking activities.

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  Jul 28, 2011

  Trojan Asteroid In Earth's Orbit (Video)

  NASA astronomers using the Wide-field infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered a Trojan asteroid that has been sharing Earth's orbit around the sun.

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  Jul 28, 2011

  Google+ Traffic Shrinks 3 Percent in US, Users Spending Less Time

  After weeks of tremendous growth, Google+ is starting to show signs of slowing down according to the latest report of the web-analytics company Experian Hitwise.

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  Jul 27, 2011

  Windows Phone 'Mango' Revealed, Reaching Stores by Fall?

  Windows Phone "Mango" was unveiled today in a Fujitsu-Toshiba handset in Japan a day after Microsoft announced in its blog that it had "signed-off" the release of its newest operating system to manufacturing hands.