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Indie darling Fez drops onto XBLA 13 April
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Major Silicon Valley VC to deliver lecture in SA
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Google to go into third-party comments
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Angry Birds Space downloaded 10M times in 3 days
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Microsoft Messenger blocks Pirate Bay links
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Pinterest rolls out new terms and conditions, actually makes things better
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Facebook takes a stand against bosses requesting employee passwords
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One in 10 to pay bills via mobile by 2016
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