11 Celebrities who are real geeks
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Those are the days when celebrities were really gorgeous, having great fit, wealthy and also glamorous. But now there are a lot of changes happening including the return of witty jokes, cook books and films and also the TV shows about the aliens and supernatural. Lots of geeks are given really encouraging roles which has put the traditional celebs to the back. Let’s look at some celebs who are the upcoming geeks who seek fame and fortune.

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U.S. lawmakers asking FTC to look into Buzz privacy matter

Submitted by admin on Monday, 29 March 2010No Comment

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A group of lawmakers cutting across party lines from U.S. Houses of Representatives has asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into the matter related to launch of Google Buzz that threatens to security and safety of consumer privacy. This it the second instance when privacy advocates are going against Buzz. Last month privacy advocates filed a class action complained last month in San Jose federal court.

Now once again six Democrats have joined hands with five Republicans from the Houses of Energy and Commerce Committee in petitioning the FTC to look over Google’s handling of the launch that exposed user’s private information to outsiders. At the previous time Google was quite prompt in responding as it make changes to the working pattern of Buzz as on first launch the most frequent e-mail list of contacts was made public default. As the process is quite long for having investigation into issue, it is possible that before FTC hade decide into the matter things may calm down.

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