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Twitter Users Wants A Non-White Spider-Man

June 2nd, 2010 Manny

A Twitter campaign wants “Community” actor Donald Glover to be the first African American Spider-Man. This weekend the Twitter hashtag “donald4spiderman” became the #3 trending topic in the U.S., and the campaign is still gaining steam.

It started after surveying the 5 mostly unknown white actors said to be vying for the Peter Parker role, the writer for  the sci-fi site io9.com, Marc Bernadin called it “bland”. He asked, “In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy?” In response, commenters to Bernadin’s site threw out Donald Glover’s name as a possible contender. That’s when the Twitter campaign was born.

However, the subject is in question since Glover seems to like the idea. But he made it clear on his Twitter page that he’s interested in auditioning and not just being handed down the role without first having to prove his worthiness. Although he had nothing to do with the campaign, he himself has been promoting the campaign and instructing fans to tweet the #donald4spiderman hash tag at strategic times to keep it trending. (more…)

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What Are The Things We Can’t Live Without

June 1st, 2010 Manny

In spite of the recession, Americans have clung dearly to a few surprising necessities. This only shows that people also require a bit of entertainment and a tasty beverage or two. Companionship is important even if it’s not human. And you can’t even look for a job these days if you don’t have internet access.

Aside from the food, clothing and shelter, what are the other things that we can’t live without? The following are the 10 new most essentials for people:

  • Coffee: Though Americans cut back on the $5 daily latter, they’re compensating by brewing more of their own coffee. 86% of coffee drinkers make their own at home and if a lot of people are drinking more booze at home, it makes sense that they’d be dosing themselves with more coffee, too.
  • Beer and Wine: Their sales have inched up over the last few years. More people are drinking at home while watching their favorite TV programs. (more…)
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30,000 Quit Using Facebook

June 1st, 2010 Manny

According to a group of protesting Facebook’s privacy policies there are more than 30,000 people already quit the social networking giant.

“For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn’t do a good job in either department,” the organizers, who did not identify themselves, said on their website for Monday’s “Quit Facebook Day.”

“Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren’t fair choices.” There are 32,749 had dropped out of the Facebook universe, group said. (more…)

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New Facebook Privacy Settings Policy

May 28th, 2010 Manny

Facebook revealed their new new privacy settings designed, Wednesday. This is to keep users’ personal information more secure, however, some consumer advocates say the site’s update will still leave some information vulnerable. They advice that users should take caution with the information they post on Facebook.

According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the new policy will provide simpler controls and among the changes are:

  • Basic privacy setting controls will be condensed to a single page, reformatted as a chart so that users can easily review who has access to what.
  • Once a user chooses who can see a particular type of content — “friends only” for photos, for example, or “friends of friends” for status updates — that choice will apply retroactively and going forward in the case of future policy changes.
  • Opt-outs for “instant personalization” and other applications that access a user’s profile will be made easier. (more…)
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Things To Avoid Doing on Facebook

May 14th, 2010 Manny

With 400 million users accessing the Facebook site, surely you’re profile can be in danger. How will you protect your account from some unkind people out there? Here’s the list of things that you must avoid doing on Facebook in order to secure your account and information.

  • Displaying your full birth date in your Facebook profile. Hide this information at once because it’s an ideal target for identity thieves. They could use it to obtain more information about you and gain access to your credit card or bank account. You can choose to show only the month and day or don’t show it at all.
  • Saying you’ll be away from home. It’s like you’re placing a “no one’s home” sign on your door. Instead, wait until you get home, however, be vague about the date of any trip. (more…)
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Study: Frequent password changes are useless

April 14th, 2010 Manny

Originally Posted by Christopher Null on Yahoo! News

Users hate them. They’re a massive headache to network administrators. But IT departments often mandate them nonetheless: regularly scheduled password changes — part of a policy intended to increase computer security.

Now new research proves what you’ve probably suspected ever since your first pop-up announcing that your password has expired and you need to create a new one. This presumed security measure is little more than a big waste of time, the Boston Globe reports.

Microsoft undertook the study to gauge how effectively frequent password changes thwart cyberattacks, and found that the advice generally doesn’t make much sense, since, as the study notes, someone who obtains your password will use it immediately, not sit on it for weeks until you have a chance to change it. “That’s about as likely as a crook lifting a house key and then waiting until the lock is changed before sticking it in the door,” the Globe says. (more…)

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Google TV

March 22nd, 2010 Manny

google_tvGoogle is banding with Intel and Sony to come up with a Web content platform product for your own living room which they called Google TV. This will be available as a set-top box or as part of a Web-capable television and would be based on Google’s mobile operating system called Android including a version of Google Chrome for Web applications use such as Twitter or Picasa.

This summer, Google will provide an application development toolkit for Google TV and will offer an online marketplace as what Android smartphones do. They are also planning to develop peripheral devices for Google TV such as a remote with a small keyboard. When it comes to advertising, they make it sure that “search and advertising system” will be prioritized.    (more…)

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New Facebook Virus

March 19th, 2010 Manny

facebook-virus-attackA new virus-tainted spam that targets the 400 million users of Facebook is spreading the net. This virus will steal banking passwords and gather sensitive information.

According to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc., A Facebook user will receive an email that his password on their FB account has been reset and he will be urged to click on the an attachment to obtain a new login credentials. Once you click it, numerous type of malicious software including password stealing program will start to download. (more…)

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Internet on TV with Smart Bro Surf TV

March 2nd, 2010 Manny

Smart-CommunicationsAlthough there are many cheapest desktops and laptops around the market today, still, many people can’t afford to have their own computers.  But now you can! Because Smart Communications introduced it’s newest product called Smart Bro Surf TV. With this new technology, you can now access on the Internet using your own television and it is easy to use.

Simply plug in your Smart Bro Surf TV device into the port of a color TV set and you can now have the Internet experience (more…)

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Google to launch network site to rival Facebook and Twitter

February 10th, 2010 Manny

google buzzThis week, Google launches a new social networking addition to its Gmail Web service by incorporating tweet like add ons into Gmail. With these new add ons, people can post tweet like messages and thoughts on Gmail.

Google Buzz fills Gmail with social networking features such as friends list and status updates. Below are the 5 things you need to know about this new Google Buzz: (more…)

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