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Facebook tweaks its terms to address ads, privacy

Facebook on Tuesday proposed a new version of its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities document, which acts as a terms of service for its users. One of the larger changes… Read more »

uTorrent prepares for version 2.0

The first beta of the next generation of the uTorrent client is available and contains some useful upgrades that address how torrenting has changed in the past few years. uTorrent… Read more »

Google Caffeine: Newsier, by a nose

Google is running a public experiment of a new search technology, code-named Caffeine (link takes you to the beta search engine). There are visible changes in search results, but they… Read more »

URL shortener Trim reopens 'indefinitely'

URL shortening service Trim is reopening its doors, restoring service to both existing Trim links and the core of the site that lets users make new ones. A company blog… Read more »

Google's Caffeine: A jolt to search rankings?

One of the largest behind-the-scenes updates to Google's search technology in three years is under way, as the company reworks its computing muscle. On Monday evening, Google quietly began soliciting… Read more »

ThunderBrowse gets Postbox support

One of the better Mozilla Thunderbird extensions is ThunderBrowse, which allows users to quickly open e-mailed links in a browser window built into the e-mail client itself. The latest version… Read more »

Pastie speeds up e-mailing, SMS on iPhone

(Credit: Rflygd)Pastie is a new iPhone app that makes it possible to send ready-made text messages or e-mails to people on your contact list. This feature has been around on… Read more »

Online resources for the amateur astronomer

This week, astronomers will be up in the early morning hours to see Perseids, a meteor shower that has historically proven to put on quite a show. This happens every… Read more »

How many RSS updates per second?

Jim Posner asked an interesting question via email. "I was wondering about your estimate re: the number of rss updates per second there are on the web. Crazy question I… Read more »

rssCloud news

The cloud keeps right on rollin along! I love this piece by Rex Hammock on rebooting his Twitter follow list. It's great for a bunch of reasons. 1. Rex is… Read more »