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Details of Facebook accounts leaked

NEW YORK: Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users account details could have been inadvertently leaked to third parties,in particular advertisers,over the years,according to data security solutions provider Symantec. We estimate that as of April,2011,close to 1,00,000 applications were enabling this leakage. Third parties could have seen photos,chats,profiles of users.

Burt Reinhardt,ex-CNN chief,dies

ATLANTA: Burt Reinhardt,one of CNNs first presidents and a television pioneer who is credited with helping build the news network in its formative years,died at his home near Atlanta on Tuesday. He was 91. Reinhardt suffered from a series of strokes before his death,said his daughter Cheryl Reinhardt.