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Burger King’s Twitter hacked, companies fear for cybersecurity

Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo.The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, and Burger King said it had reached out to Twitter to suspend the account. A Twitter spokesman did not ...

Facebook hacked, gets unwelcome look at dark side

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates.Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than ...

Alone, together: Snowed in, in the age of hashtags

HAMDEN, Conn. -- The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated -- even if you're stuck ...

Cast out of Monopoly, the iron carries on

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When online voters nixed the clothes iron token from Hasbro's Monopoly game, the appliance was held up as passe, as something your grandmother once used to ease the wrinkles out of linens and handkerchiefs."Despite being an integral part of life when the token was added to ...

Research in Motion unveils new Blackberry, company name

NEW YORK -- Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys after excruciating delays allowed Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in an industry that is redefining society. But the first phone won't come out in the United States until March, and one with a physical ...