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A lot of noise is being made today about the fact that Hitwise is reporting that Facebook is now the most visited in the United States, beating out long-time top dog Google. The problem is that it isn’t even close to being correct. While third-part analytics companies numbers always vary wildly from one to the Article originally published by StarterTech.comSkewed Data Makes Facebook ... Full story

On March 15, 1985, Symbolics.com was registered as the first domain name, and the rest, as they say, was history. VeriSign, the first company to watch over domain names, has launched a site aptly named 25YearsOf.com to celebrate this historic event.  It is doubtful that at any other time in history have three letters and a punctuation mark Article originally published by StarterTech.comHappy Birthday, .com Full story

If you’ve ever wanted thought to yourself, “I wish I could watch high definition television programming on a bright yellow television set …”, your dreams have come true. Marvel Entertainment, formerly known as Marvel Comics, has teamed up with RTC23 to release a line of LCD and LED high definition television sets.  Each unit is themed Article originally published by StarterTech.comMarvel Comics Branded HDTVs ... Full story

Starbucks is trying to get a bit more hip on the social scene with the addition of a “Barista” badge to the popular location-based game Foursquare. Foursquare has been the big buzz word lately in location-based games.  By checking-in at locations you visit, you unlock badges and get to see who else is at the same Article originally published by StarterTech.comStarbucks And Foursquare Team ... Full story

If you are continuing to use Windows XP like a goodly number of people are, and you need a new hard drive after Jan. 2011, you may run into some new issues. According to the BBC, all hard drive manufacturers have agreed to change how their devices store information effective with January of next year.  Under Article originally published by StarterTech.comNew Hard Drives Coming ... Full story

During the 82nd Annual Academy Awards last night, Apple debuted its first commercial for the upcoming iPad tablet.  There is one thing you can never say about Apple, and that is that they have bad advertising. Lets just get the actual video out of the way. If you had any question about what this device would do, Article originally published by StarterTech.comApple’s First iPad Commercial ... Full story

No one is quite sure what is going on with Apple and its recent application bans, but something is definitely not right over there. Not too long ago we brought you the news that Apple had banned around 5,000 apps from the App Store for being too sexually suggestive.  Well, this past week, another round of Article originally published by StarterTech.comWi-Fi Locating Apps Banned ... Full story

When you’re an unemployed late night talk show host, what do you do with your time? Well, if you’re Conan O’Brien, you change the life of one Twitter user with the simple click of a button. On February 24th, Conan O’Brien launched a Twitter account that he has been posting to once a day ever Article originally published by StarterTech.comConan O’Brien Changes The ... Full story

While we already explained Chatroulette to you recently, The Daily Show did a video (mildly not safe for work due to some language) that not only demonstrates how odd the site is, but how potentially dangerous it could be for kids.  Yes, it is all done with humor, but in his effort to mock the site, Mr. Article originally published by StarterTech.comThe Daily Show With ... Full story

This video played last night at the Shorty Awards, and while it’s only funny to people in the tech world … its hilarious to us. Suze Orman, the financial guru receives a call from “Mark Z.”, an obvious nod to Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who wants to buy Twitter for $1.5 billion.  It really is hysterical Article originally published by StarterTech.comShorty Awards Presents: Can ... Full story