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1) In study, 1 in 7 U.S. teens say they're recipients of 'sexting'

About 1 in 7 American teens with cellphones say they have received nude or nearly nude photos by text message, according to a new survey on the phenomenon known as "sexting."

2) Court to rule on privacy of texting

The Supreme Court will decide whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy for the text messages they send on devices owned by their employers.

3) Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex. Not Kidding.

When a man in the UK was asked to be the best man at his friend's wedding, he was touched. So touched, that he promised not to pull any pranks before or during the wedding. After the wedding though, that's another story.

4) Barnes and Noble Nook e-Book Reader Rooted

The recently released e-book reader from Barnes & Noble, the Nook , has been rooted by the community of enthusiasts at nookdevs.com . The complete instructions for hacking the device and obtaining root access are detailed on the site . The Nook went on sale in late November and aims to compete with...

5) Do you want the extended warranty? The smart answer is 'sometimes.'

HARTFORD, CONN. -- Lloyd Wimbish of West Hartford has refused many a cashier's offer to spring for the extended warranty on a product.

6) Australian government to introduce Internet filter

SYDNEY -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.

7)  The Wall Opens A Bit More: Facebook To Publish User Updates To Twitter This Week

A lot has been said recently about Facebook's decision to re-write its privacy rulebook to encourage users to be more open about what they share. Privacy implications aside, at least it appears that Facebook is eating its own dogfood. First CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a bunch of person images , and...

8) Microsoft Has No Answer To China Plurk Debacle

Early this morning we wrote about what appears to be a blatant rip off of Plurk by Microsoft China . Microsoft's Juku product looks almost exactly like Plurk, and the code appears to almost identical.

9) Facebook For Android Just Got A Big Upgrade, Is Catching Up To Its iPhone Cousin

For quite a while now now, one of the biggest problems with Android has been its app support. In particular, the Facebook application has been quite limited: you could read your News Feed, but many of the app's functions actually kicked you into a separate browser window and weren't done in the...

10) Bit.ly Just Got Fu.kd: Facebook And Google Get Into The Short URL Game

Moments after we heard reports of Facebook's new URL shortener, Google launched its own service, aptly called goo.gl.

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