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FBI and Homeland Security Monitoring Social Media: Stop it!, Says California Congresswoman

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced a bill that would make "Do Not Track" an official law.
While the FBI looks to hire app developers to help them snoop around social media sites, the Department of Homeland Security is monitoring blogs for signs of domestic terrorism. Jackie Speier, a San Francisco Bay Area based Congresswoman is demanding they stop. She said as much during a Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence meeting Feb. 16.
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer vs Archos 100 G9: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet Shootout

Both the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the Archos G9 tablets will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the next two weeks, so here is how the tablets compare. Archos will start updating their G9 10-inch tablet soon, but no exact date has been given. However, online retailer Dynamism is promising a ship date of March for the eight gigabyte variant with ICS on-board.
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Facebook Announces Verified Accounts: 5 Things to Complain About

Facebook.com has launched verified accounts for it's most popular members and celebrities. While you wait for the newest feature from Mark Zuckerberg, the man who brought us Timeline, to show up in your newsfeed here are the top five reasons to complain about Facebook's newest change to the site.
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Jennifer Lopez Tweets and Regrets

When it comes to her love life, Jennifer Lopez isn't known for being reserved. She's had three lavish weddings, and two highly publicized romances. So it came as a surprise to many when she removed an intimate Twitter photo of her and 24-year-old squeeze Casper Smart.
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Beer Pong Beer: 3 Things to Know About the New Brew

Long gone are the days where you'll have to reach for the Keystone to fill your red Solo cups. Pong Beer is the latest beer to satisfy all your beer pong needs...its name practically says it. Here are three things to know about this sport inspired beverage.
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Tony Bennett Is Right: Legalizing Drugs Would Save Lives

First it was Michael Jackson, then it was Amy Winehouse and now the magnificent Whitney Houston. I'd like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves to get our government to legalize drugs. So they have to get it through a doctor, not just some gangsters that sell it under the table.
Bruins coach Claude Julien and the rest of the team need to find a way to right the ship after floundering for the last month.

What's Wrong with the Boston Bruins?

The Bruins are 7-7-1 in their last 15 games and are looking like a team that will have a hard time repeating as champions without some changes.
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Twitter Secretly Collecting Personal Data: Controversy Erupts

Micro-blogging site Twitter's admittance this week that they used to copy and store the entire address book of smartphone users is causing quite a stir. The company has tendered an apology and has indicated that it will update it's privacy policy. But is that enough?
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Apple Relents, Tweaks Apps Policy

Apple has tweaked its apps privacy policies in the wake of recent instructions from U.S House Energy and Commerce Committee requesting the Cupertino company to provide sufficient information about its privacy policies to the user before taking their personal contact names and data
Justin Bieber and his girlfriend, singer Selena Gomez clearly in love at The 2011 American Music Awards in Los Angeles

Justin Bieber Gives Selena Gomez Valentine’s Day Ring, Visits 6-Year-Old Cancer Patient

Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop/R&B superstar, fueled rumors that he proposed to his girlfriend Selena Gomez when he gave her a ring for Valetine's Day. But which ring did the finger go on? An Instagram photo from Gomez shows the index finger on her left hand adorning a sparkly, cursive J-shaped ring. The J presumably stands for her boyfriend's name, Justin. Talk about marking your territory.
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Diving Horse Attraction Dropped From Atlantic City Steel Pier After Animal Rights Protests

The owner of the New Jersey city's Steel Pier says he's dropping a plan to bring back the Diving Horse, a controversial attraction featuring a horse and rider plunging into a 12-foot-deep water tank from a platform 40 feet up. Activists who have been protesting the move for weeks consider the elimination of the Diving Horse attraction a historic victory against animal cruelty, but the pier's president denies they were a factor in his decision.
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Zynga Falls on Sluggish Paying Players Outlook

Zynga Inc shares fell 7 percent in premarket trade, suggesting investors were wary of the social game maker's weak bookings outlook and expensive valuations, and at least three brokerages downgraded the stock.

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