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Watchdog calls eBay's user policy 'underhanded'

Public Citizen says the auction site's new user agreement tries to prevent users from going to court or pursuing class-action lawsuits. [Read more] View Original Article

New MySpace to be segregated from old MySpace

In an interview with ABC, the CEO of the soon-to-be-revamped social network said, among other things, that new users will be kept separate from users of 'classic MySpace.' [Read more] View Original Article

Motorola confirms death of Webtop, laptop accessories

The company said adoption wasn't strong enough to justify additional resources. [Read more] View Original Article

Kids post Facebook pics of themselves burglarizing house

Some teens allegedly break into a house, have a party, and then post the evidence on Facebook. Oh, and they tag themselves too. [Read more] View Original Article

How Facebook knows which apps you want

Facebook's engineers say the app recommendation engine helps developers reach the roughly 220 million people who visit the App Center each month. [Read more] View Original Article

Get an 8GB Nook Tablet for $98.88

It's new, not refurbished, and it definitely won't last long at the price. [Read more] View Original Article

How to increase the font size in iOS

Tired of squinting at small text in your e-mails, text messages, notes, and the like? There's a hidden setting for making everything bigger. [Read more] View Original Article

Middle East cyberattacks on Google users increasing

The New York Times reports that tens of thousands of Gmail accounts have been targeted by state-sponsored attacks. [Read more] View Original Article

Steve Jobs -- The untold tales

Friends and colleagues shed a light on Jobs by revealing some of their most indelible moments with the late Apple leader, via Forbes magazine. [Read more] View Original Article

Phew! New smartphones less toxic than older models

Recent models including Apple's iPhone 5 and the Samsung Captivate are less hazardous than old handsets, according to a new chemical analysis. [Read more] View Original Article

'Netflixed' author talks Hastings' glory, hubris, white lies (Q&A)

In her upcoming book, author Gina Keating uncovers Netflix's "secret" history and looks at what some have called CEO Reed Hastings' "social IQ of zero." [Read more] View Original Article

Twitter teams with Nielsen on brand surveys

The microblogging service says companies will be able to create surveys directly within Twitter to gauge their opinions and reactions to certain topics. [Read more] View Original Article

RIM kicks BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 into the field

The software upgrade to RIM's BlackBerry tablet adds security and some minor fixes. [Read more] View Original Article