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Twitvid, the popular video publishing and sharing platform for Twitter, has become something of social video sharing network where users can upload and share videos of interest from YouTube and Vimeo, the company announed today. For an overview on Twitvid and the new social functionality, we spoke with CEO Mo Adham.

Gracenote President Stephen White gives us a demo of the company's yet-to-be launched advanced content recognition platform.

Can't find the preferences to adjust what you're looking for in Firefox? Configuration Mania adds dozens of new tweaks to your browser, and Veronica walks you through it on today's Tekzilla Daily.

Wish there was one place where you could find all the information about your PC's components? Veronica shows you Hardware Freak, which brings you all those specs and details into one place on today's Tekzilla Daily.

In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Week In Health" for the week of September 2, 2011, Bailey Mosier talks about a study on how Facebook may be able to help prevent real world virus outbreak, how less is more when it comes to Medicare options, and how smoking can have twice as much of a negative affect on women than men.

Now that you're on Spotify, uncover some advanced playlist tricks, then discover and share them online.

The commercials you LOVE to watch, such as Volkswagon's Darth Vader, the Evian roller babies and, of-course, the man you wish your man would smell like.

Wal-Mart buys social media company Kosmix, Match.com will check for sex offenders, and HBO Go is expected to hit tablets and smartphones soon.

Make sure you're getting the updates you want--and hiding the ones you don't--with these handy Facebook tweaks.