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MySpace Update Focuses On Music

Erin McKeown says that while MySpace was once an essential tool for connecting to fans, it's now just one of many websites that offer similar utility. Nancy Palmieri/MySpace hide caption

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MySpace Update Focuses On Music

The social network reboots to focus on entertainment, as other sites compete for users' attention.

MySpace Update Focuses On Music

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Technology

Facebook Unveils New Messaging Platform

Facebook may be setting itself up to compete with Google. It's about to start rolling out what it is calling a "modern messaging" system. The social network has added e-mail to its list of ways to communicate via Facebook.

Facebook Unveils New Messaging Platform

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Monday

Technology

Facebook Takes On E-Mail, Messaging

Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform on Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications -- e-mail. It integrates instant messaging and texting, too, into one communications platform. It will roll out over the next several months.

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Thursday

Technology

Microsoft's Kinect Brings Gestures To A New Level

Microsoft is doing away with the game controller and relying instead on body motions detected by a camera. It's a concept that other competitors are also developing to enable people to control temperature, lighting and security devices in homes.

Microsoft's Kinect Brings Gestures To A New Level

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Tuesday

Google TV: Networks, Cable Companies And Consumers Respond

Sony launches its Internet television with Google TV in New York on October 12, 2010. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Google TV: Networks, Cable Companies And Consumers Respond

A look at Google TV, from how it works to how cable companies and traditional networks are responding to the threat to their business model that comes from an effort to bring consumers "the whole Web" on their televisions.

Google TV: Networks, Cable Companies And Consumers Respond

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Facebook Flap Highlights Growing Privacy Concerns

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., on Oct. 5. Facebook said it was working to fix the privacy problem reported by The Wall Street Journal. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

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Technology

Facebook Flap Highlights Growing Privacy Concerns

A Wall Street Journal article revealed that applications on the site were sharing personal information with outside companies. But the model of using a short-term pleasure to entice a user to give up information is all over the Web.

Facebook Flap Highlights Growing Privacy Concerns

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Thursday

Wishing And Hoping: What iPad On Verizon Really Means

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All Tech Considered

Wishing And Hoping: What iPad On Verizon Really Means

Is today’s announcement a sign that the iPhone and AT&T are about to end their monogamous relationship?

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Thursday

Business

Facebook Ups Users Privacy Protections

Facebook has unveiled new privacy settings that allow users to control who sees their material, and how much information third parties can gather on them.

Facebook Ups Users Privacy Protections

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Tuesday

Smart Cookies Put Targeted Online Ads On The Rise

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Technology

Smart Cookies Put Targeted Online Ads On The Rise

Google is one of the many companies vying for a chunk of the online display ad market, a domain that is becoming more lucrative as it gets a whole lot better at targeting the right audience.

Smart Cookies Put Targeted Online Ads On The Rise

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Monday

Seeing 'The Social Network' Through The Eyes Of Silicon Valley

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Seeing 'The Social Network' Through The Eyes Of Silicon Valley

NPR's Laura Sydell saw 'The Social Network' with some of Silicon Valley's own. Their take: Mark Zuckerberg may not be likable, but they can relate to his desire to change the world.

Seeing 'The Social Network' Through The Eyes Of Silicon Valley

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Tuesday

Technology

Beyond Craigslist, Many Markets For Sex Traffickers

The online-classifieds giant recently shut down the adult-services section of its website amid pressure from human-rights advocates and after repeated threats from state law enforcement officials. But Craigslist is hardly alone in hosting ads for sexual services.

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Wednesday