Mar 11 2010

Poodle, Glenn Beck at center of Facebook fight

Posted by Reading Stars

You don't hear the words “poodle,” “tinfoil hat,” and First Amendment in the same sentence often, but they are?indeed?linked in a classic Facebook melodrama. Dale Blank runs a Facebook page devoted to accumulating as many fans as possible for a farcical picture of a beloved poodle named Bitsy sporting a tin hat — perhaps a bit like the one you might mentally draw on someone who was espousing tiresome conspiracy theories

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Mar 05 2010

Cure for info overload? News from friends

Posted by Reading Stars

Technology was supposed to make our lives simpler and save us time. In many ways, it's done just the opposite. Last month, we took a look at how often our gadgets let us down , and how screen-based devices are literally rewiring our brains and robbing people of focus and social skills.

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Mar 02 2010

FreeCreditReport.com forced to face the music

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? Visitors to FreeCreditReport.com will soon see this bold disclosure.

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