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Off topic: Clothes-swapping couples, talking dictionaries, ABC movie quiz, going dotty

Aw — or whoa — photos of couples wearing each other's clothes. (via kottke.org) To help preserve endangered languages, talking dictionaries. (via Wall Street Journal) ABCinema, or an alphabet movie quiz. (video, Read More →

Google’s statement on the Safari privacy breach

Google hasn't published an official response to the Wall Street Journal and Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer's revelations that it bypassed the security features in Apple's Safari browser, changes that allowed Google advertising cookies to be set on the browser. But Read More →

Google, Safari and the wild Web at war

The day after a Wall Street Journal report that Google and other ad networks bypassed settings on Apple's Safari Web browser — which doesn't allow certain third-party cookies — reactions are mixed. While Read More →

Quoted: Anonymous acts over ACTA, taking down FTC sites

"If ACTA is signed by all participating negotiating countries, you can rest assured that Antisec will bring a [expletive deleted] mega-uber-awesome war that rain torrential hellfire down on all enemies of free speech, privacy and internet freedom. We will systematically knock all Read More →

Off topic: drive-thru funeral parlor, when Pinterest goes wrong, playing with the Greek fiscal crisis, Rubik’s Cube’s beginnings

From Reuters' photo blog, a look at a drive-thru funeral parlor in Compton. A Tumblr called Pinterest, You Are Drunk shows pins that are "perhaps testing the bounds of reason." Choose your own Greek fiscal adventure. (via Read More →

Keeping track of HP sites in Silicon Valley

This one kind of got  lost in the crush of other news, but it’s an interesting development for Hewlett-Packard here in Silicon Valley: HP, which is in the process of closing its longtime campus in Cupertino, confirmed earlier this month that Read More →

Apple follow-ups, plus SunPower and Tesla pre/post earnings

Rounding up developments from Silicon Valley companies: • Yes, Apple is making news again, as it has for most of the week. First, the company is moving to bring the iOS and Mac experiences closer together with an upcoming Read More →

Anti-piracy action: a win for social networks in EU; book file-sharing sites targeted; Megaupload profile

The anti-piracy battle continues to rage. Thousands have taken to the streets against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Europe. Yesterday, there were reports that Bulgaria and the Netherlands are refusing to sign ACTA, an international pact that aims Read More →

Quoted: on arrests in Olympus accounting scandal

"After going to hell and back, this is a day to remember." — Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford, after the arrests of seven men, including the Japanese camera maker's former chairman, for their alleged roles in the company's huge Read More →

Off topic: Tiny dwellings, photo aging, language diversity, art history

From backyard cottages to mini huts, small digs. AgeMaps show the aging process by splicing two photos — one from childhood, one from adulthood — of the same person together. (via Coudal) Papua New Guinea, Congo Read More →

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