Will Google Wave or Microsoft Vine Replace Twitter and Facebook?

" Google () promised to deliver something spectacular on the second day of the Google I/O conference, and they did not disappoint. Google has just announced Google Wave, a new in-browser communication and...

Canadian Scientists Boost Cancer Immune Response

Scientists at the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research in Toronto have combined a naturally occuring component of the immune system with a viral vaccine.  The result boosted the body's immunity...

New Jersey Man Stops Sacramento Webcam Suicide

SACRAMENTO, CA - A young man is recovering, following an attempted suicide which was broadcast via webcam from his home.  He'd been chatting online with another young man from Camden, New Jersey and using a...

Idol Announces Final Three

America’s favorite singing pageant is one step closer to crowning a winner, as Fox’s American Idol bid farewell to Jason Castro and announced the final three contestants for Season 7. Let’s take a look at...

Researchers Studying 'Texting' as its own Language

Oh how I long for someone to release a mashed-up, remixed version of that early-90s Color Me Badd hit...reimagined as "I Wanna Txt U Up".Those crazy kids, they're using their telephones for writing! What will...

Facebook Chat: kiss your productivity goodbye

Facebook is quietly rolling out its version of online chat, though it is not  yet present on my own network. In keeping with its aggressive use of online widgets, this chat feature will be hosted and run by Facebook's main site, and will not rely on a local...

No, Seriously: Hooked on Gadgets

Two researchers ae conducting a study on levels of tech addiciton: how things like crack- er, Blackberries, email, instant messenger, and the like afffect our non-work lives. Nada Kakabadse and Susan Bailey, who...

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Fring: Mobile Instant Messaging Software for Your Cell Phone that Dazzles

Every now and then there comes along software that accomplishes two things:  It makes my life easier, better, more enjoyable, even more productive -- and at the same time it threatens to tear my family apart. Fring, www.fring.com, is that software. Fring is...

Practice Safe Skype: IM Worm Alert

Skypers and MSN eye-emmers, take note: the worm is back. Specialists believe that this new threat is from the same folks who brought us an earlier version, but this one can hop ont Microsoft's Instant Messenger client. Yikes. Only communicate with people you trust when using...

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Blogger Discovers Identity of Male Page Involved in Foley Scandal

" William Kerr knew he was on to the biggest story of his life. But he didn’t know it was in his own back yard. Kerr, of Moore, is the author of the blog Passionate America, which is being credited with...

MSN and Yahoo Users Can Now Chat

Search Engine News "Wednesday, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced that they have begun a limited public test to allow users of the companies' respective instant messaging programs to trade messages with one...

Windows Live Messenger 8 Final

"If you would like to download the new MSN and get some previews of how it looks, visit the link."

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