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Text Messaging Leveling Off Among Adults: Study

A man texts on his mobile phone while driving in a simulator during the 2010 International CES in Las Vegas
Text messaging among U.S. adults has leveled off, according to a study.In 2011, American adults sent or received an average of 41.5 text messages a day, about the same number they sent or received in 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The report is titled, Americans and Text Messaging.
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Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011: Arrr! It All Started in a Racquetball Game

Today is the day to talk like a pirate, if you like, since it's officially Talk Like a Pirate Day. The parodic holiday was created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers who proclaimed that each year on Sept. 19 people should talk like a pirate.Both Twitter and Facebook are lighting up today with pirate talk in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011. It's trending on Twitter, some are talking like pirates at work, and the national holiday gets bigger and bigger each year.
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Mad Men Tries to Fend Off Boardwalk at Emmys

Television's Mad Men will bid for a fourth straight Emmy on Sunday, hoping to fend off the Prohibition-era gangsters of Boardwalk Empire and the warring kings and knights of Game of Thrones for the industry's top honors.
UBS $2 billion rogue trade suspect held in London

UBS Trader on Facebook: 'Can We Shut Down Global Markets So Everyone Can Just Chill?'

UBS, it appears, had no idea that accused rogue trader Kweku Adoboli might be messing around with unauthorized risks in its London office, losing $2 billion. It's shocking that $2 billion could slip away so easily, but that's apparently what happened. The bank's analytics simply never caught on, and by now, you know what happened from there -- $2 billion is gone, and the 31-year-old Adoboli has been arrested by London police and charged with three counts while UBS, the Swiss bank with ...
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At Emmy Time, the Gift Suites Hit Hollywood

Adults can embrace their inner child with T-shirts by Lotty Dotty featuring the image of a paper doll who comes with her own detachable Velcro clothing to mix and match, changing the doll's outfit to fit the wearer's own personal fashion.
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Google+ APIs Open to Developers

It’s good news for Google+ (read Google Plus) developers as Google has released its first Google+ public APIs on Friday. It gives opportunities for the developers to start cooperating with the growing and hugely popular social networking Web site besides creating applications for it.
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COO praises benefits of Facebook

Facebook is a technology business, but during an interview Friday at the Paley Center, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg made it sound like a digital utopia.
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Sarah Palin: 'NYT, There You Go Again'

Sarah Palin can sure get into bed in some surprising places.I'm not talking about a sexual life, either. It's The New York Times that Palin has cozied up to, and that is causing a second look.
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Kweku Adoboli: 'I Need a Miracle,' Appearing in London Court Friday

Kweku Adoboli has been charged with fraud and false accounting by London police in connection with unauthorized trades at UBS that caused the bank a $2 billion loss. Adoboli has also reportedly admitted to the bank he caused the losses. His father, a retired United Nations employee living in Ghana, said his son made a mistake.
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Old Couple's Cute Webcam Adventure Goes Viral [VIDEOS]

One of the most popular videos on the internet this week is a short clip of two seniors learning how to operate their webcam. The video has been viewed nearly three million times over the past few days and according to search statistics the top rising keywords on YouTube are old couple computer, elderly couple can't figure out computer, older couple trying to take picture on computer, old couple trying to skype, seniors accidental video. It's also th...
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UBS Arrested Trader Kweku Adoboli 'Worked Hard,' 'Played Hard' Colleague Says

Colleagues at UBS called Kweku Adoboli, the trader arrested in connected with a $2 billion loss due to unauthorized trading at the bank, up and coming and someone who worked hard...played quite hard too. Adoboli, 31, was arrested on Thursday by London police on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position and being held in custody at Bishopsgate police station. A graduate of Nottingham University who was born in Ghana, Adoboli studied computer science in college and went to work at UB...

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