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Google Canadians Nicolas Cage all a bunch of troublemakers in today's show I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update google may have to pay a record 22 and a half million dollar fine to the Federal Trade Commission Google is charged with exploiting a loophole around user privacy settings and Apple Safari web browser the wall street journal reports that it's the largest penalty the commission has demanded against a single company now six months ago it was brought to light that Google used a special code to get around privacy controls cookies were tracking safari users even if tracking was disabled now Google doesn't do this anymore but it just can't seem to keep out of trouble last year if they were in heat with the Commission over google buzz then it forked over 25 grand to the FCC for obstructing a street view investigation and there's the 500 million dollar settlement it paid to the Justice Department because of the promotion of drug ads so what point doesn't start hurting Google's credibility has it changed your feelings about Google or do you just shrug your shoulders over these things because all you care about is buying a glass headset share your thoughts with a 15 second video using tout or right to update at cnet com and this just in Canadians are way too nice because at the Research In Motion shareholders meeting all the board members were reelected that's right the leaders of the troubled blackberry brand get to keep their positions however there was talk of an ongoing search for more qualified board members xbox live users you can now download the connect play fit it's a new menu that will track your calories that you burn while playing games that require you to get off your keister like dance central 2 and kinect Star Wars that's right kids you can get fit and play Star Wars at the same time next issue is a netflix for magazines that's been available on some android tablets but now the app is available on the iPad pay a monthly fee and get unlimited reading access to about 40 magazines there's really nothing else like this for digital magazines if you're hunting for a job you better spruce up that LinkedIn profile because a recent survey says 93% of recruiters are using LinkedIn to find qualified candidate also be keen to double check what you attached in any emails you send to recruiters one mistake made by a young woman has become a viral lesson she meant to attach your resume and cover letter but accidentally attached Nicolas Cage yeah oh it's good to slow down on those important emails she was good humoured about it to post it on her tumblr see you know that's a good quality you want in any employee someone who downloads crazy Nick Cage headshots I can run a popular tumblr as well that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show you can always visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey