Netlog violates Facebook’s policies and gets banned

Facebook takes measures to ban European social network Netlog Facebook has certainly developed a controversial reputation for their privacy policies. But the social networking giant has also made waves with its policies towards third party companies using their platform.According to a report from TechCruch, European social network Netlog has been banned from Facebook for an unclear violation of Facebook’s terms. Massive Media, Netlog’s parent company, said that Facebook provided no explanation for the extreme measure. On Tuesday of this week, roughly 1.5 million users that use Facebook Connect to login into their Netlog account found themselves...

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Inventive Metals clads your iPhone in aluminum

If you can't afford to wait for an iPhone case that deploys airbags if you drop, Inventive Metals has iPhone cases made from solid aluminum.There might be plans on the drawing board—somewhere—for phone cases that deploy airbags in the event a phone goes into freefall, but the rest of us tend to need more practical solutions that are available today. Although there’s no lack of iPhone cases on the market, Inventive Metals has a new twist on the idea with its new line of iPhone cases that are constructed from solid aluminum. The cases provide access to all ports and controls, and Inventive Metals says they do not interfere with reception.“Aluminum...

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AOL website hit by hacker

A minor hack of AOL's Postmaster website has already been fixed, but it adds another negative light on a company that is already on hard times.On top of a particularly difficult week, AOL’s postmaster.aol.com website was hacked Saturday afternoon by someone who goes by the name “HodLuM.” The site was slightly defaced with a message from the hacker.“AOL S3RV3RZ ROOT3D BY HODLUM LOLZ!,” the message read.AOL finally discovered the hack, and fixed the page between two and four hours after evidence of the breach was posted to Reddit.com.There are a number of reasons this hack looks bad for AOL. First of all, someone got into AOL’s servers, which...

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Google+ public posts being inserted into search results

If you are an early adopter of the Google+ social network, be careful what links you are posting on the service. Google is taking those link recommendations and using them for search.Coming off the a recent dissolution of a partnership with Twitter for real-time search results, Google has started to intertwine public posts made on Google+ with search results. When a user is signed into any Google service and performs a search, they will see annotations about links shared on Google+ from their friends and connections of friends.However, the text only shows that a person shared the link, not their opinion on it. If a friend shares a link...

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Pagani Huayra pictures

Pagani's successor to it's Pagani Zonda, the new Pagani Huayra from the exclusive super car designer.Gratuitous motor porn awaits with the second car to be designed by exclusive automotive boutique car producer Pagani, with the new Pagani Huayra (pronounced wai-rah). The new successor to what many car purists deem pure automotive perfection, the Pagani Zonda, the new Huayra is a mid-engine sports car with an estimated cost of $1.2 million. Named after a South American wind god , and featuring gull-wing doors, one would be forgiven to think that this car could fly, with its Mercedes AMG 60° V-12 engine, fitted with dual turbochargers. The engine itself produces over 700 horsepower  and (740 lb ft) of torque. The Huayra’s top speed is 230 mph and can hit 0-62 mph in less than 3.5 seconds....

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SteelSeries World of Warcraft legendary gaming mouse

Introducing the new SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition. The SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition is the ultimate weapon during your red bull drinking, hot pocket snacking, just-one-more-level-until-I-go-to-bed, adventure in Azeroth. The ultimate in geek chic, the Legendary edition features 11 programmable buttons, and an ergonomic design for long sessions of dungeon crawling or raiding. Further adding to the customization options , the SteelSeries allows you to configure your settings in game, script your macros, add button assignments, and adjust the illumination option that enables you change the amount of pulse and light the mouse emits. Finally, the SteelSeries World of Warcraft Gaming Mouse: Legendary Edition is both PC and...

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Driver: San Francisco returns in this new trailer

Trailer: After wowing crowds at last year’s E3 with the new game in the Driver series, the title is finally ready to debut this August. It has been a tough road for the Driver series…no pun intended. The franchise has been somewhat hit or miss, with a heavier emphasis on the “miss” in the last few years, but Ubisoft thinks they have worked out the kinks in the newest entry to the series, Driver: San Francisco. After debuting the game back in June 2010 at E3 to a solid reception, the title has since gone to ground and remained fairly quiet while Ubisoft Reflections finished work on it. But now it appears that the developer has decided to begin a PR push for the game, which is due later this summer. Returning to the character that made the franchise famous, players will once again assume the...

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