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Re-activateFacebook Experimenting With Voice Calling (ReadWriteWeb)
...According to The Daily What, their tipster wrote them, saying "So I was just chatting on Facebook chat and I got the option to 'call' my friend. it swiftly disappeared."
Push It Good: A Page Of Buttons That Make It Super Easy To Use The Internet (Netted By the WEBBYS)
...We recommend Internet Buttons to make the Internet foolproof for anyone. Use the site to take charge of someone else's homepage with enormous (and we mean enormous) buttons linking directly to the most valuable sites.
A Transparent Lock for your Windows Computer (digital inspiration)
...This is tiny Windows utility that will also lock your computer but adds a transparent layer to your desktop screen. That means people can view what happening on the desktop but they can't use it unless they have a password.
AT&T secretly offering unlimited data to stop Verizon iPhone switchers? (TiPb)
Associated Press is reporting that AT&T is allowing some customers who previously had unlimited data plans for iPhone to switch back to unlimited in order to prevent their switching to the Verizon iPhone.
British Engineer Designs Own Heart Valve Implant, Saves Own Life (POPSCI)
...The final product is constructed of polyethylene terephthalate, a standard medical plastic, and weighs less than 5g. It can be sutured directly into place by a surgeon at relatively low cost.
Netflix Hits 20M Subscribers (PCMAG.COM)
Netflix has surpassed the 20 million subscriber mark, up from 16.9 million in October, the company announced Wednesday.
Check Out the Interactive Periodic Table of Google APIs (Erictric)
In order to make it easy for developers to keep track of its many different APIs, Google Inc. has created a pretty cool interactive periodic table, which includes dozens of its public APIs instead of elements.
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