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Twitterati at Breaking Point, Just in Time for SXSW

Alex Blagg is not going to improvise like some sort of monkey; Lily Allen is not going to stand for your "fat whore" condolences; and Nick Bilton is not particularly enjoying this week's pressure cooker. The Twitterati defied reality.

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#crime

Was Apple Employee Choked By Law & Order Star?

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#hackers

Did Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Break Electronic Privacy Laws?

Mark Zuckerberg's hacking of email accounts and user profiles in 2004 could be felonies under Federal and state law, according to privacy lawyers who spoke with Business Insider.

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#modernandawkward

Airline Stops Video Chat Because You 'Could Communicate With a Terrorist'

United Airlines ordered tech writer John Battelle to stop video chatting with his daughters because "maybe I could communicate with a terrorist on the ground." Other in-flight wifi uses were OK, since terrorist don't tweet or email. (Pic)

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#mediawars

Facebook Vs. Britain's Most Fearsome Tabloid

On one side, a media outlet controversial for misleading readers, running sleazy ads and misappropriating private letters. On the other, a British tabloid. Facebook is in a big teen-sex-scandal feud with the Daily Mail — ironically, its old-media doppelgänger.

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#twitterati

Twitter Co-Founder Would Like You To Think He's Turning 30

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#conflictsofinterest

A Google Employee Is Running Microsoft's Pub

The co-owner of the Spitfire pub at Microsoft HQ now works for the software company's archenemy Google. Talk about hedging your investments. (NB to Microsofties: We hear the Google-friendly pub spikes your drinks with a productivity-killing chemical. It's called "alcohol.")

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#gizexplains

Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

"We use the epub format: It is the most popular open book format in the world." That's how Steve Jobs announced the iPad. And wow, that sounds like all the ebooks you own will just work on anything. Um, no. [Gizmodo]

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#cubicleculture

Assistant Ditches Cursing Yahoo CEO for Much Cooler Twitter CEO

Kristen Cordle is stoked: The young executive assistant has abandoned the scary pirate captain of dying Yahoo to work for the CEO of red-hot Twitter Inc. She's already dissing her lame old company, and the competition. More »

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Heidi Montag's Sad Dream

Heidi Montag dreamed of starring in a pointless remake of an absurd film; Nicholas Carlson imagined nailing Facebook's CEO to the wall; and Perez Hilton envisioned getting his mom back. The Twitterati were in fantasyland. More »

03/09/10

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#yourprivacyisanillusion

Creepy Apple Wants Control of Your House, Wallet

In addition to to providing your digital music, movies and "print" media, Apple would also like to be the gateway to your home and bank account. Meet the iKey, the invention that lets Steve Jobs mediate your most private spaces.

03/09/10

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Twitter Takes Office Sniping Global

Two Engadget editors had it out over some kind of sex-gender thing; Ayelet Waldman failed to fail to book a hotel room; and Fleetwood Mac shocked Leon Neyfakh. The Twitterati left their affairs out of order. More »

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#censorship

Google CEO Can't Keep His Ex-Mistress's Blog Down

Video producer Kate Bohner has re-published her autobiographical blog, just two weeks after taking it offline amid threats from Eric Schmidt's lawyers. There's been one especially noticeable change: the character "Dr. Strangelove" is gone. More »

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#cubicleculture

Inside the Low-Paying Cheezburger Empire

Ben Huh's media startup is focused on LOLcats and other internet animal memes. Things are less cute behind the scenes, where underpaid and overworked humans lurk, according to several company veterans who answered our recent request for information. More »

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#thefuture

Microsoft CEO Swears By This Twitter Thing

Steve Ballmer has seen the future, and it's Twitter. Microsoft's CEO seemed far more excited by the microblogging startup than any of the offerings from his company during a three-and-a-half minute discussion with the BBC about coming technology. More »

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#journalismism

TechMeme's Robots Are Now Compiling Media News

Since 2005, semi-automatic news aggregator TechMeme has become a front page for Silicon Valley and its leaderboard rankings a status obsession for writers. Now comes Mediagazer, the similarly cyborg compilation of media news. Egos are already trembling. More »

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#valleywag

Mark Zuckerberg Will Personally Hack Your Facebook Account

You have another reason to be worried about your privacy on Facebook. A new investigation reveals the company's founder hacked into the personal profiles and email of both his personal rivals and journalists. More »

03/05/10

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