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n a pivot away from the “voice of the crowd” philosophy central to Digg’s early culture, the social news site has launched a human curated feature called “Breaking News” which spotlights top stories selected by Digg staff.

The Federal Trade Commission appointed Edward Felten as FTC's first Chief Technologist. This might mean the FTC is about to dive deeper into digital privacy issues facing consumers. There is a great deal to like about the accomplished computer scientist, hacker, and security researcher. He's taken on some big names with some pretty impressive hacks, despite attempts to intimidate him.

Apple on Wednesday patched more than 130 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, smashing a record the company set last March when it fixed over 90 flaws. The update for OS X 10.6, a.k.a. Snow Leopard, and OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard, was Apple's first since September and the seventh for the year. Calling the update "huge," Mac vulnerability expert Charlie Miller pointed out that even with a staggering 134 patches, there were plenty of flaws still around.

It appears as though reason has won out at Amazon.com today as a how-to manual for pedophiles that sparked a furious protest yesterday has been pulled from company's virtual shelves. The self-published e-book -- "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure" - had been on Amazon since Oct. 28 without a ripple or significant sales. That changed dramatically yesterday when word of its availability raced across the Internet, generating boycott threats, and reportedly launching the title to number 80 on Amazon's bestseller list.

When a company or organization tries to shut out social media, it speaks volumes. It dismisses comments and concerns raised by people with opinions and tells them loudly and clearly that it won't put up with criticism,” he said. “For the Queen and her foray into Facebook, she might have been better off not even going there. But now that the site is up, her handlers could initiate a dialogue about the value and relevance of the monarchy,” he suggested.

Ask.com, the Internet search engine that media mogul Barry Diller acquired for $1.85 billion to compete with Google, is cutting 130 engineering jobs and conceding much of its search business to competitors.

But Emily Holmes, the study's lead researcher at Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry, said the image-driven nature of the game gives it a kind of anti-flashback property. Tetris, the classic puzzle game developed in the mid-1980s, challenges players to evenly stack blocks of different shapes and sizes. Emily Holmes, the study's lead researcher at Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry, said her team thinks that the image-driven nature of the game is what contributes to the flashback reduction effect.

Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it is hiring more than 15,500 people to fill temporary holiday jobs at shipping centers around the country, more than it hired last year. The online retail giant said in news releases that it will hire more than 5,000 people in Phoenix and Goodyear, Ariz., and 4,000 in Pennsylvania at locations including Allentown, Hazelton and Lewisberry. In Indiana, it will hire more than 2,500 people in Whitestown and Plainfield, and it will hired more than 2,000 each in Hebron, Ky. and Fernley, Nev.

Facebook's ceaseless march across the Internet likely will continue this Monday with the announcement of what is rumored to be a fully- functional e-mail that works not just within Facebook, but across the Web. Earlier this week, Facebook issued media invites to yet another announcement in San Francisco campus – and the design of the invite may very well give away what the technorati have been waiting for. Note the old-timey snail mail border and iconic text balloons inside. Not too subtle.