It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

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Search engine Yandex has decided to close the top popular blog posts. Read the rest of this entry »

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The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought. Read the rest of this entry »

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The system of contextual advertising “Begun” reached an agreement with Yahoo! Read the rest of this entry »

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The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on September 1 will have its own page on the world’s largest video hosting YouTube, Read the rest of this entry »

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