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Just how much money are you willing to be paid to stop using Facebook altogether? Well, Paul Baier’s daughter was offered $200 (to be paid out in stages) to quit Facebook, and surprisingly, she said “Okay” to that deal, and will receive $50 this coming April, with the remaining $150 on June 26th. Why June 26th? Well, that particular date would mean the end of the school year, which translates to an entire five months of life without Facebook.

Just before you wonder whether Paul is being too harsh on his daughter, it was actually her idea to quit Facebook. Paul said, “She turns it on, she’ll have 30 to 40 — 50 little alerts things popping up too. She’s frustrated she can’t find babysitting jobs and she said, ‘Dad, would you pay me to get off Facebook?’ I thought she was joking.”

I guess this is where the wheat is separate from the chaff, considering how she’s an honors student. I’m also quite sure that there are other honors students out there who can still maintain a balance between Facebook and life, but to each his or her own, eh?

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At the end of last month, we did bring you word that Apple was informed to stop selling their current generation Mac Pro in Europe from the beginning of March, but that was not going to be an issue for the fruity company in the first place. After all, French site MacGeneration has reported that Apple did inform a French Apple reseller that it has plans for Europe – not exactly on the continent domination scale, but rather, to introduce a refreshed version of the Mac Pro later this spring.

It was just last week that Apple informed their European retailers via a letter that Cupertino will cease production of its current generation of Mac Pros, which resulted in a fair share of rumors arising, followed by speculation of a new generation Mac Pro arriving on the horizon. Just in case you were wondering, the new and upcoming Mac Pro will be the first overhaul for Apple’s professional desktop computer for the better part of the last three years.

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Back in September of 2012, a patent by Apple surfaced which suggested that perhaps Siri could be coming to Mac OS in the future, and rumors of OS X 10.9 also suggested that Siri and Maps could be integrated into the computer OS as well. As it stands there is no official word from Apple regarding that possibility, but a job listing spotted by Apple Insider has revealed possible plans as well, thus making the rumors and speculation a bit more believable.

The job calls for a Siri UI Engineer and according to some of the qualities the candidate should possess, it reads, “Familiarity with Unix, especially Mac OS X […] Passion for the Macintosh platform and writing simple, elegant software that is easy and fun to use.” Since Siri is currently limited to iOS, the requirement of familiarity with Mac OS X is rather interesting. Obviously no word on if this holds any merit, or when it will launch, but some believe Siri for Mac OS X could be announced for version 10.9. Either way we’ll take this with a grain of salt for now, but what do you guys think? Anyone looking forward to having Siri on your Mac?

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ASUS has dropped another Full HD monitor ‘MX279H’ into the market. Adopting an AH-IPS panel, this new 27-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles. In addition, it also comes with two built-in 3W stereo speakers and has D-Sub and 2x HDMI connectors. The MX279H is available now for 32,800 Yen (about $360). [ASUS]

Installing malware on your smartphone devices is something no one wants to do, but it does happen, especially for Android owners. A new Android malware has been uncovered that not only affects your Android device, but it’s also capable of targeting a user’s PC in order to spy on them.

The Android malware is called “DroidCleaner” and poses as an application to help free your Android device’s memory by “cleaning” the device. Researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab discovered the application and say the malware infects the user’s device and can even infect their computer if they plug the infected device into it.

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