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Facebook Makes the World Smaller, Shrinks 6 Degrees of Separation to 4 [STUDY]A theory stemming from an experiment by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s claims every living person is connected to any other through only six friends. According to a recent study, Facebook reduces the six degrees of separation to only four, meaning the world’s largest socia... Apple on Track to Be the World’s No. 1 PC Vendor Next Year [STUDY]Apple‘s long climb back from the margins of the PC industry will culminate in world domination next year, according to one researcher — but only if you consider the iPad a PC. Canalys is projecting that Apple will overtake Hewlett-Packard as the leading global PC vendor sometime befor... 16 Sustainable Gifts for the Eco-Minded TechieThe Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by FedEx. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how. The holidays are upon us, which means it’s time to buy gifts for fam... BlackBerry PlayBook Price Slashed to $199 [VIDEO]RIM has slashed the price of the struggling BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to $199, the company announced on Monday. Although RIM says the deal will be for a limited time — perhaps to coincide with Black Friday — it’s not the first price cut for the device, which debuted a... Facebook Phone Rumors, BlackBerry PlayBook Price Cut, New Facebook Ads: Today’s Top StoriesWelcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on five particular stories of interest today. HTC Working on Facebook-Integrated Phone Facebook is working with HTC to dev... Did Police Smash Occupy Wall Street Laptops? [PICS]Isaac Wilder, an active member of the Occupy Wall Street movement, reportedly snapped photos of destroyed laptops confiscated from protesters during NYPD raids Nov. 17. Last week we wrote about Wilder’s Free Network Foundation, which is bringing Internet connectivity to the Occupy Wall St... Penguin Pulls Out of Ebook Lending Over Piracy ConcernsCiting unspecified concerns about the security of our digital editions, Penguin Group USA is pulling new e-books from libraries; in addition, it is not lending any e-books to libraries through Kindle. In a statement provided to Library Journal‘s Digital Shift blog, Penguin says that due to... Nook Teardown Reveals a Tablet Not Meant to be Torn DownMost users never open up their gadgets and fiddle with the innards, but some like to change the battery and repair the devices. Those belonging to the second camp won’t be too impressed with the Nook Tablet, which proved quite a tough nut to crack. iFixit’s detailed teardown of the N... UC Davis Pepper Spray Now Available in Stronger Dose, on AmazonA stronger version of the pepper spray made infamous by the UC Davis campus police officer who casually sprayed a row of seated, protesting students is available for purchase at Amazon.com. But don’t dally, shoppers; as of 8pm ET, the online retailer only had eight left in stock. According... Pay a Blogger Day Hopes You’ll Pay for the Content You LoveFlattr, a startup that seeks to motivate Internet users to pay for content they love, is launching the first Pay a Blogger Day Nov. 29. The team hopes inspired Internet users will send some monetary token of appreciation — by buying a song, ebook, t-shirt or giving them a “Flattr click&... |