On Facebook, ‘Friends of Friends’ Could Mean ‘Hundreds of Thousands’

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You may not think you're sharing with many people when using Facebook's "Friends of Friends" privacy setting, but two degrees of separation actually goes a long way.

Uh-oh, Moto: Refurb 'Xoom' Tablets Sold with Previous Owner Data Intact

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Motorola recently provided 6,200 "Xoom" Android tablets to daily deals site W00t.com and of those 6,200 tablets, about 100 of them "may not have been completely cleared of the original owner's data prior to resale," the company said in a statement.

Simpsons Arcade Game Finally Released for Consoles After 21 Years

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It's been a long time since you could pump quarters into The Simpsons Arcade Game, gleefully mashing buttons with a can of Mountain Dew by your side. Well, prepare to seriously embiggen your gaming library because the Simpsons are coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Photos: The Founding Fathers of Video Games

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The mad geniuses behind many of the most iconic video games of the 70s and 80s are reuniting to rethink and maybe even reinvent video gaming.

8 Super Bowl Apps for Your Perusal

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Haven't you heard? Nobody just watches TV anymore -- you have to be playing with a smartphone or tablet the whole time. So while you're "watching" the Super Bowl this year, here's a list of apps you can use.

WATCH: Tokyo Department Store Uses Android to Lure Shoppers

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Tokyo department store Takashimiya installed a lifelike fembot — capable of 60 different facial expressions — in its display window to attract shoppers for Valentine's Day.

New Netflix Partner Halves Internet Bandwidth Without Cutting Quality

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What if Netflix could offer the same selection of streaming content but only use half the bandwidth to stream it? If nothing else, the possibility that subscribers won't be bumping up against monthly caps because they want to catch up on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is an attractive one.

Oklahoma Bill to Tax Violent Video Games Is Clueless and Inconsistent

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Once more into the land of moral foolishness: An Oklahoma State Representative just introduced a bill that would impose a tax on games deemed "violent," with the money from said tax going to battle bullying and childhood obesity.

Windows Phone 8: Microsoft’s 4 Big Challenges

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The tech world is abuzz with new details on Windows Phone 8, the next major upgrade for Microsoft's mobile operating system. We take a look at four of the company's biggest challenges.

From Bleak to Bleaker in A Game of Thrones the Roleplaying Game’s New Trailer

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Developer Cyanide releases a new trailer for its upcoming roleplaying take on George R.R. Martin's fantasy epic, A Game of Thrones, this one set in Riverspring, a leaderless city fallen on hard times.

Hackers Intercept FBI, Scotland Yard Call

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A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police's cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said Friday.