Facebook to close its Gift Shop

From CNET News.com: It's the end of the line for those drinks, birthday cakes, and pieces of flair on Facebook.

The social network announced Thursday that its Gift Shop--the feature it launched in 2007 that allows users to send personalized items to friends on the network--will...

Pirate Bay Hacked, 4 Million User Records Looted, Site Is Down

From DailyTech: In an interview with security blog Krebs on Security, Argentinian researcher Ch Russo revealed that he and two of his associates discovered multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities on the world's most popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay. They successfully exploited...

Sony Launches New PlayStation 3 Versions for Japan

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment on Tuesday revealed two new PlayStation 3 models that will, at least initially, available only in Japan. One of the new systems boasts larger hard disk drive and another has white colour of its case. The new products boast new model number...

BlackBerry copies iOS 4 feature in server upgrade

From InfoWorld: Research in Motion released BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) 5.02 today, an update that, in an unusual turnabout, copies a mobile management capability from the iPhone's iOS: the ability to manage corporate data separately from personal data. That allows, for...

World's Biggest Laptop Maker Breaks Shipment Record in June

From PC World: Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop computer maker, set record highs for shipments and revenue in the month of June, a sign demand for technology products hasn't stumbled despite fears of debt problems in some parts of Europe.

The Taiwanese company...

YouTube Mobile Site Trumps Dedicated iPhone App

From PC World: Goodbye YouTube software app, hello YouTube Web app. Google aims to kill off the YouTube mobile software app with a better mobile Web version compatible with iPhone and Android phones. The new YouTube mobile Web site was introduced Wednesday for smartphones and uses...

YouTube tries for the TV again with Leanback

From CNET News.com: YouTube is ready to take the wraps off its latest vision for how online videos can be enjoyed on larger screens.

YouTube Leanback is the newest name for an idea that has been circulating inside the company for some time, YouTube engineers and product managers...

Microsoft begins small number of job cuts

From CNET News.com: Microsoft on Wednesday began cutting a small number of jobs from its workforce, a source confirmed to CNET.

As previously reported, the layoffs are not expected to be the start of mass cuts, but are more similar to the types of reshuffling that the company does...

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