How many versions of Windows have there been to date. Too many, Windows 1, Windows 2, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 95a, Windows 95b, Windows 95c, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Server / Windows Home Server, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windoes 7. Are free anti virus programs as good as the paid versions? They perform the same function so they do protect you. Since you do not have to part with money they are probably better ..... you are protected but get to keep your money. Should I turn my computer off at night? Yes, you should. This will mean that you do not consume electricity so turning off makes a positive social contribution. Turning off also means that your computer will last longer but most people do not use a computer to the extent of its full life. How I can I see how long a web page is before I print? Use the Print Preview feature in your web browser. Click File and then click Print Preview. be sure to pay attention to the number of pages contained in the document where it says "page 1 of _______." What is a zip file? A computer file that contains one or more files are compressed for storage or transmission. The file extension for this type of file is "zip." What is a "Quickie"? A "Quickie" is a short question about General topics. Why does my computer clock lose time? The CMOS battery needs to be replaced. What does ASCII stand for? American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It is the current standard for text encoding used by computers. Is Windows Complete?? If you run sfc /scannow from a terminal it will check if your key system files are present. Remove a virus. A very good idea. Perhaps the free on-line scan from Trend called HouseCall could help you. Google will show you the way. For complete help go to http://www.protonic.com/index.php?page=ask Does Excel worksheet have to be open to quickly update link. Your question has a number of different facets depending on what is a link. The following article may help you though ... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327006 Hi, I have an Occigen monitor and want to use the intrgated speakers There should be no problem in doing this if you simply connect it to the Speaker output of the computer. If you already have speakers connected you can get a "Y" splitter at a local Radio Shack etc. How do I see the calendar in Windows? Right-click on the time on the task bar and then left click on "adjust Date/Time" options. How do I get a menu for Word 2007 that looks like the Word 2003 menu? Install and use a program named UBIT found here: http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/ What is a computer bug? It WAS actually a BUG that was found in a relay contact of an early computer causing a malfunction. However it has come to mean anything that causes a piece of hardware or software to malfunction. How does a computer virus spread? http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4579979_computer-virus-spread.html Int. Explorer will not play my .ppp files. -- I can save and the play. Details of ppp files are here http://filext.com/file-extension/ppp IE is not the right program to open them. What is an external hard drive? This is a normal hard drive but held in an enclosure which connects to the PC by a USB cable so the drive is always external to the computer. Is an Acer H243H LCD Monitor compatible with a Radeon 5570 video card? The monitor will work with just about any video card. My folders wont get smaller when I click.i am using Vista First step check for spyware infection. Use the free version of http://www.superantispyware.com/ If that does not help please open a detailed ticket ... How do I shut off the caps lock screen icon in windows 7? gateway pc The suggestions in this thread may assist you http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/caps-lock-notification-appears-on-the-screen-when/285a5edf-eb03-4e19-93c3-63e869486180 After upgrading IE i lost my tab for adding favorites You may need to open a ticket. Please try this first http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378 If I uninstall Itunes will my ipod classic still work? Yes. Your iPod will still work just fine. You just cannot sync or manipulate your music until iTunes has been reinstalled. How can I get my mic to work on my laptop it was working before? Check that it is not muted in the sound settings. Check the sound device drivers. Perhaps open a detailed ticket? Will Photoshop 7 work with Mac 10.5? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=603579 how do I give feedback? You will see a rating link on the ticket when it is closed. My hard disk --SATA 160GB -- is 5 year, do need to go for a new one? If it works and does not make any noises there is no need to get a new one. If you need further information please post a ticket at http://www.protonic.com/index.php?page=ask . How do I compress multiple files into one file? Use a file compression program to make an archive file. zip files are an example. A free program such as 7-zip will help http://7-zip.org/ How can I quickly increase or decrease the font size on a web page? This depends on the browser you are using. Holding the Windows key and moving the mouse wheel can quickly resize a page. See also http://www.ehow.com/how_4877692_adjust-browser-font-size.htm How do I fix the 2011 browser redirect virus? In the first instance use ComboFix http://download.cnet.com/Combofix/3000-8022_4-75221073.html Where is the internal antenna on my laptop? It is most likely internal to the screen near the top when it is unfolded. However depending on the brand and model it can be located elsewhere. When I am typing black line disappears have to use cursor to put it back Depending on the application you are using this may be caused by a setting called "Hide cursor (or pointer) while typing". This can be set in "Control Panel / Mouse" or as an application setting. Unable to Locate Component GDI32.Dll not found You may like to take a look at this thread .. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/7a771d00-d5e8-4422-8bda-1f78897c1023/ My 64-bit PC running 64-bit Win7 with 4GB mem shows 3.25GB usable, why? Please read this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610/ How to find PDF version of Advanced UNIX Programming 2nd edition try this link http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/alp-folder or google What does HTTP stand for? A detailed definition is at the following link http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/HTTP.html What does the term "pentium" refer to? A detailed description is found at this link http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/definition/Pentium Can anyone help with an Excel formula? Yes no problem - our techs are used to answering these questions but we may need to see the spreadsheet to be able to advise fully. Post the question and we will look at it for you. What are free trial cloud servers ??? Cloud - simply a storage space based on the Internet, It allows users to store data, files, pictures etc for use / retrieval later from the cloud. Many of the main companies offer so much space free What is Open Office.org? OpenOffice.org is the website of OpenOffice which is the free equivalent of Microsoft Office. In Corel Word Perfect - Keystroke options not working Have a look at http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321168236 for details - if that is not the answer post a question on our main site and one of our techs will investigate for you Do i need ms product code key to reinstall/repair Vista If you restore from a Factory Restore disk you probably do not need the CD Key. If you want to reinstall from a Setup / Install disk you need the key. If you want to repair it is usually not needed. I keep getting the wromg home page where did I go wrong? You probably have a spyware infection. You may want to run the free version of superantispyware just to check your machine is clean. http://www.superantispyware.com/ Windows Media Player windows 7 says insert blank disk even after I do. You may want to run a lens cleaning CD to check that your drive is working properly. If that does not work then open a detailed question ... How do I move forward and back in my browser using the keyboard? Go to the next page - ALT+RIGHT ARROW Go to the previous page - ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE Go to your Home page - ALT+HOME For Internet explorer should be the same for them all Is there a way of typing on a pre-printed Adobe (.pdf) form? The commercial "FormTyper" part of "PDF Converter" (http://www.nuance.com/) will do this. I am not aware of any free program that does this. Saving Email Attachments in Eudora Please follow the suggestion in this link http://email.about.com/od/eudoratips/qt/et051703.htm How do I find my Macs IP address? Go to http://www.whatismyip.com/ to see it.on the top of tha page. How come a shortcut (Google) wont pin to taskbar? Other shortcuts do. If you use Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9 you can do this. Otherwise you cannot. For more information please go to http://www.protonic.com/index.php?page=ask to post a more complete question. How to remove "Personal Shield Pro" from Windows XP computer? Use the free version of superantispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ How do I export Windows Live Mail address book to Thunderbirds address book Assuming you are running Windows 7 proceed as discussed at: http://www.timesnews.net/blogger.php?id=5&postid=7647 I have 2 copies of windows on my computer. how do I get rid of one of them The instructions in the following link should help you http://www.ehow.com/how_7248191_delete-second-copy-windows.html I can not start Windows Live Messenger and other Windows Live (Windows 7) If none of the Windows Live programs will start, you should reinstall them all. Somehow, they have experienced file corruption and need to be refreshed. Password Protect USB Drives Please see the discussion at: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=144508 you should find an answer therein. Some USB drives are available that are password protected in hardware, I need a backup program - free or otherwise. SecCopy not good. Please take a look here: http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/26/the-10-best-windows-backup-software-programs/ Turn on/off popup blocker Several different pop up blockers available common one is on google toolbar - switch it on or off, simply click it. If you want more control it does have a drop down box for more. If not this ask more May i hide my IP without proxy use? No. Even if you use a proxy your IP address is only partially hidden. It is often still possible to trace back to your connected IP. Your ISP always knows what you are doing ... in detail. Compaq nc6220 laptop - a couple of keys dont work can I repair myself? Yes, this is a relatively cheap and easy fix - see http://www.batterycentury.com/hp-business-notebook-nc6220-keyboard-p-76748.html for the method. You can buy a replacement keyboard online. How do I set up a shared network drive between windows 7 and Vista? Please read through the following guide http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15247/complete-guide-to-networking-windows-7-with-xp-and-vista/ If you need further assistance please open a detailed question. How do I put an icon on the desktop for protonic.com? Assuming you are using Internet Explorer or FireFox (you did not say) simply drag the icon that is to the left of our address in the address bar to your desktop. How come whenever I try to download, its says "error 1606", please help me! Microsoft offer a solution for "Error 1606" on the following http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886549 - run the Fix it program offered, if that fails post a question on our site for a tech to help you. Does MS NET Framework in Win XP have any function for home user? .NET is a library of functions that many developers use to write software. If it is not on a computer on which you choose to run the program it will not function. Therefore you MUST have it installed. Where to find online volunteering opportunities available for a newbie? A lot depends on what sort of volunteering opportunities you are looking for. Perhaps google would be a good place to start your search? Win XP & NET Framework: is it a browsing app? I want to eliminate it! .net framework is on your system to allow many Microsoft programs to run correctly. I have Fix It utilities, but computer still slow, Why? You probably have a virus or spyware infection. Check for that first.......... 2003 slow to load Check that you have a machine free of spyware infection. If you do ... open a detailed question. Outlook 2003 slow to load Check that you have a machine free of spyware infection. If you have a clean machine then open a detailed question. Computer wont run DVDs Try running a cleaning CD to clean the lenses. It may be that the drive is partially dead though. The JPG extension refers to what kind of file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG What is a print queue? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/View-the-print-queue In Office 2010 Excel, how can I make the home tab my default? Right click on the ribbon and de-select "minimise". Can you stack external hard drives on top of each other? As long as they are in an external disk carrier making them protected. Any easy way to install a router so it will work? If this article doesn't help, please fill in a ticket here on the site: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/organization/wirelesssetup.aspx I receive message: "CMOS ckecksum error". Replace the CMOS battery on motherboard. http://www.liverepair.com/encyclopedia/articles/cmosreplace.asp I am trying to download iTunes, but can't break out of a loop. Can you give me a valid link please? Please try the following link: http://www.officialdownloadstore.com/itunes10.htm Can I use two versions of Google at the same time on my monitor? Yes, if you switch to tabbed browsing. See this link: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Tabbed%20browsing What is 0×00000048? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331484 Upgrade ME to XP. I install over ME or new Hard Drive? Reformat the hard drive then install XP. How to delete sound from a video (.mov or MP4) file? Imtoo MPEG Encoder www.imtoo.com, import video files, Disable Audio option in the right setting area, just check True, audio removed but not free. Free ones - www.virtualdub.org or www.erightsoft.com Why does my monitor make screeching sounds when on a white screen? Your monitor is starting to die. Replace it. If I install a USB 3.0 card wil that give me a working USB 3.0 port? Not at this time. Windows 8 will support USB 3.0 when it comes out. There are rumors that Win 7 SP2 will carry the needed updates to allow Win7 to utilize USB 3.0. Save AVG updates? http://globalrecordings.net/docs/au/updating_avg_manually.pdf After how much times should i make program updates of an antivirus program? A week is good enough but if you change the settings to auto update then you will not have to worry and always have the latest definitions installed. Where to download a trial version of Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit? There is no trial version available for download at this time. Microsoft are the only legitimate source of such downloads. How to recover windows password? Use google for help. Due to password protected stolen laptops surfacing we cannot for legal reasons help you. Which is the best free antivirus software at present? http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/collection/5928/2011_free_av.html Does privacy software like easy-hide-ip do any good, or is a router better? At the end of the day neither will fully protect your privacy since your ISP will still have full information. Best to do only things you are happy to be seen doing. On privacy issue below-how do I otherwise stop ads/pop-ups on my computer? Scan for and remove all spyware and virus infections. Then regularly scan with and update the protection software. Fresh install Windows if problems remain. How do I start my PC w.o. it beeping once in the DOS mode (have 2 HDs) This is NOT DOS Mode, it is the BIOS. The ONLY way to do this is to disconnect the speaker. This is not recommended since the BIOS uses the speaker to signal BOOT errors as a sequence of beep I have Avast free and Comodo firewall installed.Am i safe as home user? Yes, as long as you update Avast regularly and stay away from questionable websites. No one is 100% safe, but you are as close to 100% as you can get. iIs Maftoox Antivirus a good antivirus? It has received fairly good reviews and is on a par with AVG Free. Does Microsoft Security Essentials remove all malware? No one scanner will remove all malware, use Anti-Malware in conjunction with MSE: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free New computer, password wont work, help to open laptop A laptop without a password is often stolen. Please go back to the person you bought it from and ask them. I hI ve Bitdefender 2011..How necessary is it to upgrade to 2012 ver Entirely up to you: http://www.bitdefender.com/support/How-to-Upgrade-from-BitDefender-2009-2010-2011-to-BitDefender-2012-711.html How to transfer Thunderbird emails, etc to Outlook 2010 quickly and easily? http://blog.nektra.com/main/2009/04/14/export-messages-and-folders-from-thunderbird-to-outlook-outlook-express/ A public computer has no security software.What precaution should i use? Use this public PC to look up items on the internet, view web pages, and check your favorite teams scores, but do NOT use this public PC for ANY transactions with ANY personal info. Can i use "Epson Stylus TX121 " printer to print digital photos? Yes you can. Product details at the following link http://www.epson.com.ph/epson_philippines/printers_and_all_in_ones/inkjet/product.page?product_name=Epson_Stylus_TX121 Can i print photos with "HP Photosmart C4388" printer? Yes you can but please note that HP have discontinued sales of this printer. What software is easy to use and can get data off an HDD. http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?language=1 ... but click on EN in the top right corner if the site loads in German. Disable Win Messenger in XP? See this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302089 Is it possible to sync Outlook (folders, etc) between 2 computers? http://www.outlookipedia.com/outlook/synchronize.aspx http://freelanceswitch.com/working/two-ways-to-sync-outlook-between-computers/ Are there any advantages to upgrading from Win XP to Win 7? Windows XP is about to be unsupported and except for security upgrades will not have support from Microsoft. IF YOUR COMPUTER HARDWARE WILL SUPPORT IT,Windows 7 it is an essential upgrade. Avast or AVG what is the best free AntiVirus I personally recommend AVGFree but it is down to personal preference as both have good reputations. This might help: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/free-anti-virus-software?gclid=CIKDuuPNg Is "soluto" a safe download and is it usefull The program has been rated good on CNET so it is certainly worth a try: http://download.cnet.com/Soluto/3000-18512_4-75446583.html What is error 1068 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827328 Will Microsoft LifeCam Cinema work with AOL AIM 5.9, or need update? See the MSKB article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969275 can my desktop pc be made to accept FAXES ? Please take a look here if you run Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Set-up-your-computer-to-send-and-receive-faxes If not, you will need to fill in a full ticket. How to Send an email in Thunderbird 11. http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/thunderbird/basics.html Does MacKeeper really work? Up till now my preferred choice has always been CleanMyMac but for the price this "new kid" looks very good and for the price has a lot of features I would change and go for it so YES Are the motherboards on all Dell C400 laptops compatible? They are compatible to a point. Since C400 computers can be ordered with multiple features, peripherals, and processors One may or may not be able to directly replace another. MS Word will not print on Canon780; other sources & test page normal Uninstall the printer & printing programs(s), reboot. Reinstall printer & program(s). What is the best FREE on line storage? Google or Dropbox work well. www.dropbox.com or www.google.com Both have the ability to store different kinds of files indefinitely and allow access from virtually anywhere. How do I get my menu back on my newly installed Google Chrome? While in Chrome press the "Alt" key on your keyboard and it will show up. Why does my laptop save a scanned document to my pictures? That is the default "save" location for Windows. You can tell the program to save them somewhere else if you so desire. Is it easy to scan a document and convert to PDF format to save? Yes, your manual that came with your scanner should have all the info needed to enable you to do this. What is the best website to buy custom pcs from? (ie ibuypower) Please review the items in this link: http://bit.ly/HP2PMU What is pre-BIOS failure ? If you have this post a question to us for one of our Techs to look at. Generally it is a fault with the system occurring before startup checks, the power supply or mother board main areas to look at. Is an administrator user account required on Windows 7 computer? The REAL Admin account is hidden by default. But, all others, can be restricted users. Do you help with virus removal from my computer? Yes, we can. You'll need to fill out a ticket with some specs and a few more details so we can better help you with this. My hp 5600 printer went offline. How can I get it online? When a printers starts acting up, the VERY first thing to do is uninstall the printer and ALL its programs from your PC, reboot, then reinstall like you did the first day you owned the printer. Besides the fasterfox addon is there a way to speedup firefox startup? Yes there is. Try Speedyfox. This program optimizes the SQL databases inside Firefox to make it start faster. http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox Chrome crashes(or at least fakes it) when downloading files, any help? Try uninstalling Chrome, rebooting, then reinstalling with a new installation file from Google. How do I get the program off my computer which is slowing it down? The EASIEST way is to run a system restore back to a day BEFORE this program showed up. In Windows 7, where is the "Run" command on the start menu, as in XP? The easiest way to the Run command is using the Win Key + R buttons. This opens up the Run command instantly. How do you "clean" out a system other than files, cookies, history? http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx How do I get rid of Babylon? http://deletemalware.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/remove-babylon-toolbar-and-search-web.html
Firefox gets a 'reset' button A new option in the latest Firefox beta will let you 'reset' Firefox without scrapping your personal data.

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Fiat pulls epic prank on Volkswagen rivals using Google Street View If there's one thing we can say about European car makers, it's that most of them seem to have a great sense of humor.

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Google+: No Comments? Google+ now has more than 100 million users, but data shows that once we’re signed up for Google's social networking site, we lose interest in it quickly.

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Emsisoft Emergency Kit 2.04 Beta Available If you are not in the know when it comes to the fifty or so different antivirus companies and their hundreds of products on the market, chance is the Emsisoft name has slipped by you unnoticed.

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Event Log Explorer 4.0 Released Back in 2008 we reviewed Event Log Explorer, a third party program to work with Windows Event logs, for the first time.

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Google Web History To Merge With Chrome History Google Web History is an automatically turned on service for Google account users who use Google search while being logged into that account. According to Google, it contains information about the searches users do, and the pages that get clicked on.

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Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Gets an Update to 12.04 When Canonical launched its Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix back in February, it was based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,” which was then the most current stable version of the free and open source operating system.

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Why You Should Block Facebook Access at the Office There's no doubt about it -- Facebook has people's attention this week. With an IPO going live and public stock trading due by Friday, it's no wonder everyone is getting ready for one of the most exciting public offerings to date.

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Privacy law and cloud storage How private is your cloud data from legal copying? The issues and concerns about the law, privacy and cloud storage.
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How to Surf Safely With a VPN-for-Hire "When your data passes through a public network--such as the Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or airport--it is at risk." I've been writing variations on that sentence for 10 years now, and I expect I'll be writing it for many more.

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10 Hacks That Made Headlines In our first Rogues Gallery, we looked at ten infamous social engineers -- con men who exploited human weaknesses rather than technical vulnerabilities.

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Remove Close Other Tabs and other Firefox Menus that you don’t need I accidentally clicked on the close other tabs menu, and now all open tabs in the browser are gone, but the active tab. While it is possible to recover the tabs one by one, it is not a pleasant user experience...

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Over half of all computer users admit to pirating software Have you ever downloaded software illegally online, or installed software on more than one computer when you didn't have the right to? If so, you're not alone: over half of people with computers admit to pirating software.

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Windows File Analyzer, Check Out What They Reveal About You If you are a regular reader of this blog you know that the Windows operating system is by default saving user-related information into special system files.

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Chrome now syncs tabs to Android The latest major update to Google Chrome brings tab syncing to multiple devices, including Chrome for Android.

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Zeus Variant Tricks Facebook, Webmail Users Into Exposing Card Details A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.

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Mozilla Releases Firefox for Android Beta Mozilla released a new beta version of its popular Firefox browser for Android on Tuesday.

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Dr.Web CureIt! 7.0 Beta, find out what’s new I maintain a list of a handful of security related programs that I like to run on my systems every now and then to make sure that everything is fine, and that malicious software has not had the chance to slip through unnoticed.

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Pirate Pay torrent 'blocker' backed by Microsoft A Russian company has developed software it says can disrupt and prevent people from downloading pirated content.

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Kaspersky: Apple needs to face up to Mac threats The security company says it analyzed Mac OS X vulnerabilities and new forms of malware on its own initiative, but that "Apple is open to collaborating with us."

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New wedding web app connects guests before the big day Planning a wedding? A new web app lets the bride and groom-to-be create a social website that connects guests with each other before the big day.

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Apple gets green light to seek Samsung tablet ban in U.S. A U.S. appeals court gives Apple a chance to get Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet banned from store shelves. If Apple proceeds, it could shape next week's settlement talks.

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Compare PDF Documents With DiffPDF DiffPDF is a free software program for Windows (portable there), Mac OS X and Linux that can be used to compare two pdf documents with each other.

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Rumor: Windows 8 Upgrade To Cost $14.99, Starts June 2 Good news for PC users who plan to purchase a PC with Windows 7 in the coming months. New details about Microsoft’s upcoming upgrade promotion have come to light.

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Kingsoft Office for Android Brings Free Document Editing to Your Mobile Devices A few months back I called Kingsoft Office the best Microsoft Office alternative you've never heard of. Now Kingsoft is making waves again with a mobile version of that impressive suite.

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FTC Shuts Down Website Marketing Business A U.S. court has shut down the operations of a company that allegedly promised it would build its customers websites that would generate income of up to US$20,000 per month, after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint about its business practices.

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Firefox 13 Gets a Triple Shot of Speed Through Mozilla's 'Project Snappy' When Mozilla launched the beta version of Firefox 13 late last month, it was already clear that faster speeds were on the way, thanks to the fact that the SPDY protocol had been enabled by default.

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Report: LightSquared Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing Negotiations between LightSquared and its lenders remained "far apart" over the weekend, leaving the beleaguered would-be data carrier likely to file for bankruptcy protection Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing anonymous sources involved in the negotiations.

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Join, Edit and Convert Media With FreeMediaConverter The sheer amount of different media formats out there in today’s connected world makes it difficulty for users to have access to these files in all situations.

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Mozilla Improves Firefox’s Certificates Visibility Mozilla back in Firefox 14 introduced a change to the browser’s address bar, or more precisely to the information displayed therein.

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Microsoft Pledges to Go Carbon Neutral in July Microsoft has made an ambitious pledge to be carbon neutral from July 1, the start of its next fiscal year.

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Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

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Android Trojan Mimics PC Drive-by Malware Attack Researchers have noticed one of the first examples of Android "drive-by" malware from an ordinary website, a dangerous type of automatic attack more commonly used to infect Windows PCs.

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Facebook billionaire stiffs US for possible $600M in taxes America saved Eduardo Saverin, but he will not repay the favor.

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Change Firefox Add-on Page Opacity Level For Incompatible Add-ons When you are visiting the official Mozilla Add-ons repository, you may have noticed that some, or even most, of the extensions listed there are not as readable as others. Mozilla some time ago made a change to the add-ons pages that changed the style of incompatible add-ons.

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Mozilla's Hypocrisy: Apple Can Block Firefox, But Microsoft Can't Analysis: Mozilla says that Apple banning Firefox from iPads and iPhones is OK, but Microsoft restricting the browser from using some features on Windows 8 tablets may be illegal.

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JavaScript Popup Blocker for Google Chrome Popups, I do not like them, at all. While they are sometimes used by sites to make part of the website’s functionality available, they are more often than not used for advertisement.

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Phony Flash Player Plants Malware on Android Phones Adobe Flash Player users beware: A website that promises visitors a free copy of the download for all versions of Android is reportedly planting malware on smartphones running Google's mobile operating system.

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Privacy Agent, Remove History Traces From All Browsers When it comes to clearing your browser’s history, you are likely using the built-in tool to do that, or a program like CCleaner if you are working with multiple browsers. Both methods work really well, and there is not really a reason to switch to another program to do that job.

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Facebook's Potential For Putting User Data to Work Off Network Stirs Debate Facebook's desire to further put its user data to work for the social network makes sense because advertising is a major profit driver, and the company is looking to impress investors ahead of its IPO

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Mozilla, Google, Blast IE-Only ARM Tablets Internet Explorer will be only Web browser to have access to core system functionality in Windows RT on ARM-based systems, rivals warn.

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Microsoft Bing goes social in search war with Google Microsoft's move to boost Bing's social networking feaures could finally give it an opportunity to truly take on Google's dominant search engine, analysts say.

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Remove Old Device Information To Speed Up Windows Every time you connect a new device to Windows, its information get added to the Registry. One of the ideas behind this is to improve device discovery on consecutive connects to the PC.

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Xbox 360 rules again in slumping video game market Microsoft's gaming platform is keeping up its hot streak as the best-selling console in the U.S., though the rest of the industry is still on a downslide.

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The next digital image revolution? It's hard to overstate the impact of digital photography. Over the last two decades, virtually every aspect of how we take, keep and share photos has been transformed.

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Facebook Proposes More Changes to Privacy Policy Facebook said on Friday that it intends to make further changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government, but privacy advocates saw the move as an inadequate attempt to quell privacy concerns prior to Facebook's planned initial public offering.

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Six Key Features Coming in Mageia Linux 2.0 Mandriva Linux is a venerable distribution with numerous advantages to recommend it, but it's no secret that the software's French publisher has been facing tough times.

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Why Your Wi-Fi is Slow (And How You Can Fix It) The first 801.11ac chipsets are coming soon, but 802.11n is likely to stick around for many years to come -- both in the business world and our homes.

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Adobe: Pay Upgrade Price to Patch Critical Bugs Adobe has told users of its Creative Suite, which includes the company's premier products like Photoshop and Illustrator, to spend $375 to upgrade if they want patches for eight critical vulnerabilities.

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Study: iOS Surpasses Android in Enterprise Usage Consumerization trends in the enterprise shifted dramatically in the first quarter of 2012, with mobile devices running Apple's iOS operating system showing more activity in the workplace than those running Google's Android, as well as end users migrating from Facebook and toward Twitter.

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Microsoft Bing Social vs. Google Search Plus Your World: Showdown The battle between Bing and Google is getting personal, with both search engines fighting to become more socially connected.

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OpenDNS DNSCrypt, Increase Security By Encrypting DNS Traffic Computer users face many dangers when they connect their computer to the Internet, from being attacked while visiting websites over malicious software to man in the middle attacks and traffic snooping.

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Amazon Web Services Helps Users Avoid Bill Shock Amazon Web Services users can now start receiving billing alerts that help them continuously monitor their cloud costs, the company said on Thursday.

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Why Mozilla believes Firefox on Windows RT is a bust Mozilla could bring Firefox to Windows Metro. But without access to system services that IE10 gets, it would be hobbled, and Mozilla would be shut out of a new PC segment.

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3D-Print This Cool Tilt Shift Camera Lens Adapter If you're a serious photographer, you're going to need all the right equipment--in addition to the camera itself, you'll need to carry a multitude of lenses or equipment like flashguns for different environments. Of course, a quick search for the kit you need will tell you that the price soon adds up.

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Seven iPad Keyboard Tricks If you use the iPad's keyboard, here are seven tricks--for entering special characters, ending sentences quickly, splitting the keyboard, and more--that you ought to know about.

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Computing Fossils: Old Tech Holds on for Dear Life You might think that flat files, VAXen, and punch card readers are things of the past -- and you're right, for the most part. But here and there, these fossilized technologies have found places where they can survive in production use.

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MailStore Home 7.0: Email Archiving Software The one and only program that I use for all my email archiving – or backup – needs is MailStore Home. The core reasons for this are that it is dead easy to use and able to tap into all my email accounts effortlessly.

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Six Ways to Use Multiple Displays With Your Laptop Here we highlight six ways to use multiple displays with a laptop, including a couple of portable solutions suited to traveling executives and alternatives for employees working from a laptop-based workstation.

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Amex Cards to Work With Isis Mobile Wallet merican Express will allow its credit cards to use the Isis Mobile Wallet once the technology is deployed in Salt Lake City and Austin this summer, Isis announced Thursday.

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Microsoft redesigns Bing, plays up Facebook link Microsoft Corp unveiled a new design on Thursday for its second-ranked Bing search engine, introducing elements from Facebook and other social networks, as it tries to claw market share from leader Google Inc.

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Opera 11.64 Update Is Out Opera Software has just released an update to Opera stable bringing the version of the desktop browser to 11.64.

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My Daily Wallpaper Fixes All Your Desktop Background Needs Do you still use the background image that Windows ships with, or have you already changed it to a custom one?

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Fix Windows Errors With This Error Lookup Tool Error messages can be quite the confusing experience in the Windows operating system, mostly because they often do not reveal what the error is all about.

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Mozilla Cracks Down on Memory Leaks in Firefox Add-Ons It was only a few short months ago that Mozilla put its Firefox browser on a memory “diet,” and this week it announced that it's doing much the same thing for Firefox add-ons as well.

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Wi-Fi-Blocking Wallpaper Keeps Your Signal In, Intruders Out French scientists have created a they of wallpaper that can block Wi-Fi signal, meaning you can boost your network security and redecorate all in one go.

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Microsoft bans Firefox on ARM-based Windows, Mozilla says Raising the specter of last-generation browser battles, Mozilla launches a publicity campaign to seek a place for browsers besides IE on Windows devices using ARM chips.

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Turn Your Instagram Photos Into Works of Art on Canvas Dreami of hanging your Instagram photos in your living room? A new service will allow you to do just that, printing your best snapshots on “museum-quality canvas.” The service is called Instacanv.as, and it officially launches Wednesday.

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OS X 10.7.4 fixes FileVault password snafu A debugging error that left some users' passwords stored in plain text in OS X 10.7.3 has been closed in OS X 10.7.4.

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Microsoft Outlines Remote Desktop Improvements in Windows Server The new version of Windows Server will feature improvements in its hosting capabilities that end users can tap into remotely from a variety of client devices.

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Behold! The Once and Future Most Inept Tech Company of All Time In the battle for the title of Most Inept Tech Company, the competition is fierce.

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Many users not keen on latest Microsoft Bing search test The company is testing a new way to display Bing results -- in a separate tab or window -- among a subset of users.

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Online sharing, how much is too much? Whether it is photos, personal status or unwanted comments, most Americans think people 'overshare' personal information online and a third admit not everything they post is true.

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GeekUninstaller, Revo Uninstaller Alternative? I think we can all agree that the default Windows way of uninstalling programs is not overly thorough. It happens quite often that you end with file, empty folder or Registry setting leftovers after the removal of a software in Windows.

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25 Link-Building Tips to Drive Traffic to Your Website You may have an amazing website, but not many people will see it if other sites aren't linking to it.

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Microsoft Security Bulletins For May 2012 Released It is patch Tuesday in Redmond, and Microsoft has just made available a new batch of security related patches for some of their software products. The majority of security bulletins fix issues in the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office, while some address issues in the Microsoft .Net Framework and Microsoft Silverlight.

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Man fired for using the Like button on Facebook Have you ever used Facebook's Like button to show your support for a political candidate? Even if you haven't, someone you know probably has. After all, President Obama's Facebook page has over 26.4 million Likes and counting. But have you ever considered whether or not you could be fired for Liking a candidate?

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U.S., China pledge cooperation on cyberwar The countries say they want to ensure that a "crisis" doesn't develop between them in the event important servers are accessed.

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The new Bing Maps, What’s Your Take? With the recent Bing redesign came a new design for Bing Maps which more or less slipped by unnoticed. The main idea behind the redesign was to improve search by removing features, links and design elements that were in the way of the searcher, or not used enough to justify keeping them on the page.

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Microsoft Security Patches Include Fixes for Word, Office, Windows Microsoft has fixed 23 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, the company said on Tuesday in its monthly security patch report.

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10 Up and Coming Firefox Add-ons [May 2012] Add-ons are one of the features that make the Firefox web browser great. Add-on developers update and create add-ons on a regular basis, and it has become quite time consuming to stay in the loop when it comes to new and exciting add-ons for the browser because of this.

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Apache OpenOffice 3.4, New Name, New Version Changing the name of an established product is something that companies do not do very often. There are a number of reasons for that, from losing part of the products visibility and brand, to causing customer and user confusion.

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Can Google Apps Unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange? In an IT environment of MacBook laptops, Windows PCs, iPhones, iPads and Droid devices, why would any enterprise stick with Microsoft Outlook for email and collaboration?

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Lenovo Expands Recall of ThinkCentre All-in-ones Lenovo has again expanded the recall of some ThinkCentre all-in-one desktops that could catch a fire due a component defect, which could cause a system to fail.

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New from Dell: an Ubuntu Linux Laptop Targeting Developers Dell has taken what you might call an on-again, off-again approach to offering Ubuntu-preloaded hardware over the years, but on Monday the company made an announcement that Linux fans are sure to cheer.

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SubDiv, Sort Files By Date Into Folders Do you have a large file folder on your computer, maybe a download folder where you move all your Internet downloads in? You may at one point notice that having lots of files in one folder is not ideal when it comes to accessibility.

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AT&T barges into home security and automation AT&T Inc. will start selling home automation and security services nationwide, taking on incumbents led by Tyco International Ltd.'s ADT.

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LG Electronics to launch Google TV in U.S. in late May: executive LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.2 TV maker, plans to launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google's platform in the United States in the week of May 21, as the South Korean firm seeks to gain a larger share of the emerging Internet TV market, a senior LG executive said on Monday.

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Apple Saving Liquidmetal for 'Breakthrough Product' One of the inventors of Liquidmetal, Atakan Peker, has said that Apple is "unlikely" to use the alloy in its next MacBook range, but he does expect the company to use the technology in a 'breakthrough product'.

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Adobe ships CS6 software; Creative Cloud imminent The Creative Suite 6 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and all their companion apps are now for sale. Adobe's subscription for them arrives Friday.

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Bloggers Lobby for Windows Live Writer A Windows developer, upset at the likely demise of Windows Live Writer as part of Microsoft's move to retire the Live brand, has launched an online petition drive to save the tool.

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Top 15 Cloud Storage Tips and Tasks We pinpoint the cloud storage services with the best attributes for accomplishing specific tasks, and offer advice on how to use the cloud most effectively.

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Apple Engineering Mistake Exposes Clear-text Passwords for Lion Apple's latest update to OS X contains a dangerous programming error that reveals the passwords for material stored in the first version of FileVault, the company's encryption technology, a software consultant said.

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Malware Demands Payment for Alleged Copyright Infringement A new wave of malware freezes a computer and demands payment to unlock it, this time falsely alleging victims have infringed copyright.

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4 Things You’ll Love About Ubuntu 12.04 The new version of Ubuntu–12.04, codename “Precise Pangolin”– is officially here, meaning two things: I get to be really happy about new features, and some people get to complain about Unity in the comments. Horray!

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Cloud-based storage options for Mac OS X Apple offers its iCloud service, but there's a variety of alternatives that might be more appealing to OS X users.

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Open Pinned Sites In The Default Windows Browser Are you using the site pinning feature of the Windows 7 operating system? When you are using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, you can drag and drop open websites, or more precisely the site’s favicons, to the desktop taskbar to pin websites to it.

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Malicious QR Codes: A Mobile Security Blind Spot It's hard to read in-store signage, magazine, or newspaper advertisements or product brochures these days without seeing a quick response Code (QR Code) -- the blocky, square two-dimensional barcodes that let smartphone users quickly jump to a Web address by simply taking a photo of the code block.

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Track Microsoft Support Requests With Fix It Center Pro Microsoft Fix It Center Pro is a web application for Windows Live users that is aiding users in the identification and troubleshooting of PC issues.

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Pirate Bay Rallies Users Notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is urging users in the UK to circumvent a block on its services, after the British High Court ruled that the site infringes copyright "on a massive scale".

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Facebook Users Share and 'Like' Too Much, Report Says Facebook has nearly 1 billion users, but a good chunk of them are clueless when it comes to using the social network safely, a new study conducted by Consumer Reports has found.

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How to Publish Your MobileMe iWeb Site on Dropbox If you're a MobileMe user, you've no doubt been put on notice that your files, folders, and MobileMe account data is about to disappear into the ether.

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Microsoft Slams Door on MAPP Leaks, Readies Patches Just hours after releasing the advance notification for May's Patch Tuesday release, which consists of seven bulletins, Microsoft brought some closure to its biggest security threat of the year.

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Facebook Spam Filter Catches Some By Surprise Facebook has gained its massive following in part by making everything you say relevant to someone. But apparently that doesn't extend to the social network's spam filter.

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Emergency Patches Pushed for Flash, PHP Adobe pushed an emergency patch Friday for its Flash Player to fix a flaw that's being actively exploited to attack computers running Windows. Meanwhile, software writers are still scrambling to fix a vulnerability, made public earlier this week, in PHP, a scripting language which is used widely to run servers on the Web, including those of Facebook.

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Will Yahoo CEO's Misstep Kill Company Momentum? All the momentum and vision that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has been building for the struggling company may have been thrown off course.

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PC Makers Mum on Windows 8 Upgrades The first wave of laptops with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors started shipping this week with Windows 7, but PC makers are quiet about what it would take to upgrade the PCs to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.

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FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory.

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Android Malware Used to Mask Online Fraud, Says Expert Android malware being automatically distributed from hacked websites looks like it's being used to mask online purchases, and could be part of a fraud gang's new push into mobile, researchers said today.

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NTFS Permissions Reporter, Display Windows User Access Rights If you are working as a standalone user on a system running one of the latest flavors of the Microsoft Windows operating system, you do not really have much need to assess and verify user permissions on the system.

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Beware: Facebook Messenger Reveals Locations, Introduces Read Confirmations Facebook is currently rolling out an update for its Facebook Messenger apps for iOS and Android, that is bringing new features to the clients that will surely cause some controversy.

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Microsoft angers users by cutting Media Center out of Windows 8 Microsoft's decision to charge extra for the Windows 8 Media Center and DVD playback is not sitting well with users judging from responses to the company's blog.

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Six Good Reasons to Try GIMP 2.8 Of all the many examples of excellent free and open source software out there, GIMP is surely among the best known examples for offering a no-cost and yet power-packed alternative to an extremely high-priced proprietary market leader.

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Adobe Patches New Flash Zero-day Bug With Emergency Update Adobe today warned that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in its popular Flash Player program, and issued an emergency update to patch the bug.

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Better URL Bar Improves Firefox’s Address Bar Visibility If you are working on a large computer monitor with standard font sizes you may have noticed that some screen elements are not as readable as they should be.

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Resize Windows Explorer Columns With A Hotkey When it comes to Windows Explorer, I prefer to see the files listed in detailed mode. The main reason for this is that I get all the information that I need on the screen.

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Dolby audio to be built into all Windows 8 versions after all Dolby Labs announces its Digital Plus technology will be built into Windows 8, Windows 8 Professional, and Windows RT on ARM tablets.

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Why Your Business Still Needs Newsletters Marketing gurus pushed email newsletters hard back in the days before social networking. If you believe everything you read online these days, you'd think that Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other Web 2.0 services have left such vehicles in the virtual dust.

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New V8 Tech Gives Chrome an Extra Shot of Speed Google's Chrome browser already enjoys something of a reputation for speed, and the most recent stable version to debut--Chrome 18--extended that further by improving graphics performance on both new and older hardware.

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Programming languages 'do not enjoy copyright protection,' EU court says The European Court of Justice rules that programming languages are not copyrightable in a case that closely parallels Oracle v. Google in the U.S.

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NASA Says No Sensitive Information Breached in Unknowns Hack NASA acknowledged Friday an attack on one of its websites by "The Unknowns," a group that has been publicly trickling information on websites it has hacked over the last few weeks.

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Email Product Looks to Reduce Spam False Positives A new product from TrustSphere is tackling the problem of email incorrectly flagged as spam, an irritating and potentially costly error for businesses.

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John McAfee, Antivirus Pioneer, Arrested by Belize Police McAfee antivirus founder John McAfee is reportedly taking legal advice after a raid on his Belize home by police resulted in the software entrepreneur's arrest and the death of his pet dog.

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SAP hands another jobs boost to Irish tech sector German business software group SAP AG will hire 250 more people at its Irish operations, the company said on Thursday, in the latest boost to an economy which has one of the worst jobless rates in Europe.

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AOL strikes back at Starboard Value over proxy fight The company says that Starboard is "misleading" investors and acting in a way that is not in the best interests of the online firm.

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Attack of the Expanding Smartphone Screens Smartphone screens are getting larger, although vendors will likely continue to offer many sizes to woo a wide variety of users.

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UK ISPs Begin To Block The Piratebay If you are living in the United Kingdom and try to access The Piratebay website, chance is that you are greeted by a message that the web page is not availably anymore.

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IBM to buy Tealeaf Technology IBM said it had agreed to buy privately held Tealeaf Technology, a maker of software that helps companies analyze and react faster to customer behavior.

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For the First Time, Hacked Websites Deliver Android Malware Analysts with Lookout Mobile Security have found websites that have been hacked to deliver malicious software to devices running Android, an apparent new attack vector crafted for the mobile operating system.

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How To Open CSV Files On Google Docs If you do not have Microsoft Excel, or an Open Source counterpart like Open Office or Libre Office installed, and you have a csv file that you need to open, you may have tried to get it opened on Google Docs.

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How To Open Winmail.dat Attachments If you are not using Microsoft Outlook as your mail email client on your computer system, you may have noticed that you sometimes receive winmail.dat attachments.

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Microsoft Opens New York Research Lab, Hires Mainly Yahoo Researchers Microsoft is opening Thursday a research lab in New York city that aims to benefit from interaction with the academic and tech communities in the metropolitan area.

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Hackers Blackmail Belgian Bank With Threats to Publish Customer Data Hackers claimed to have breached the systems of the Belgian credit provider Elantis and threatened to publish confidential customer information.

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How To Use Gmails Email Translate Feature Automatic email translations have been available on Google Mail for some time as parts of Gmail Labs.

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Import Wireless Network Keys With WirelessKeyView Setting up a wireless network connection is a breeze on modern operating systems.

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What's Coming Next for Ubuntu Linux? With the release of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” less than a week ago, there's still plenty of excitement and discussion about this latest iteration of Canonical's popular Linux distribution.

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VMware to Offer Enterprise Application Portal VMware will offer enterprise software that allows employees to access all their desktop Windows applications and online services from a single portal, the company announced Wednesday.

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German court rules against Microsoft in Motorola patent fight A court in Mannheim ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents and ordered Microsoft to remove its popular Xbox 360 gaming consoles and Windows 7 operating system software from the German market.

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Bing Cleans Up Its Search Results Page One of the core points of criticism that I have when it comes to Google Search, is the cluttered search results page.

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12 Email Marketing Tips for Professionals To find out what email marketing tips are trending and showing success with list subscribers, CIO.com spoke with leading email marketing vendors and analysts to come up with this best-of-breed email marketing tactics list.

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Google Makes BigQuery Available to All BigQuery, a cloud-based service from Google for analyzing very large sets of data, is now publicly available after a period of limited-availability testing, Google said on Tuesday.

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Microsoft Detects New Malware Targeting Apple Computers Microsoft has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly three years ago.

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Google Introducing Automatic Translation in Gmail to All Users Google plans to introduce in Gmail over the next few days a message translation facility that will enable users to get mail in other languages automatically translated into their own language.

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Google Street View's Wi-Fi Snooping Engineer is Outed The engineer who wrote the code causing Google's Street View cars to capture unencrypted Wi-Fi traffic in several countries has been identified, according to an online report. Marius Milner, currently a software engineer for Google's YouTube, was the person responsible for creating Street View's Wi-Fi traffic recording software, The New York Times is reporting.

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BitDefender USB Immunizer 3.0 Update Released USB Immunizer was launched by BitDefender exactly a year ago as a free complimentary security tool to protect the system against attacks using Windows’ autorun functionality.

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Apple Responds to Tax Dodging Allegations Apple has responded to a New York Time report that criticized its tax practices, claiming that it uses offices in states other than California, where it's headquartered, and countries outside the U.S. to help minimize its overall tax burden.

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Facebook Wants You to Donate Your Organs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to use the power of his 900 million member social networking platform and peer pressure to convince people to become registered organ donors.

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Improve Your Typing Skills With Rational Typist If you are using the one-finger hovering technique when you use a computer keyboard, you may have noticed that it is not the most effective method of getting things done.

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Microsoft Releases Windows Games Diagnose and Fix Software Back in the days when Windows 95 was king, I remember lots of different issues with games on the operating system.

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11 Firefox Hotkeys To Speed Up Web Browsing Firefox users have dozens of hotkeys at their disposal to use some of the browser’s functionality. Instead of having to use the mouse to click on elements, or navigate through menu structures to get there, pressing the hotkey is all that is needed to do that.

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Windows XP holding on as dominant OS XP's share dipped slightly in April, but the decade-old operating system still reigns over Windows 7 as the top desktop platform.

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Symantec: Flashback Malware Netted Upwards of $10,000 a Day Symantec said on Tuesday the Flashback malware that attacked Apple Mac computers could have netted its authors up to US$10,000 a day.

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IE Rides Windows 7 and 'Beauty of the Web' to Continue Rebound April was another good month for Internet Explorer. The Microsoft Web browser continued its upward trend riding on the success of IE9. Back to back months of growth have wiped out almost six months of decline in IE market share.

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Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA): A FAQ The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act despite opposition from privacy advocates, lawmakers and even the White House, which threatened to veto the bill if it lands on the president's desk in its current form.

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E-Book Publisher Drops DRM Science fiction publisher Tor UK has announced it is dropping digital rights management (DRM) from all of its e-books, in a move that could set a precedent for the rest of the industry.

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Religious Sites Carry More Malware Than Porn Sites, Security Firm Reports Religious and ideological websites can carry three times more malware threats than pornography sites, according to research from security firm Symantec.

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Nvidia GeForce Experience, Cloud Based Game Configuration Service One of the advantages that video game system players have is that they can play the games as they come, without having to change or tweak graphics settings to make the game run on their system. PC gamers on the other hand are not in such a comfortable position.

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Google Knew Street View Collected Private Data, FCC Says Over the weekend, Google released an updated version of a previously heavily redacted Federal Communication Commission (FCC) document that now reveals startling details about the company's Street View project.

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Attention, Thunderbird 12.0.1 Update Incoming With Thunderbird 12.0 having been released less than a week ago, it may come as a surprise to may that Mozilla Messaging is already preparing a follow up release to resolve several issues that became known after the release of Thunderbird 12.0 was already on its way out to the users.

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LG to Launch Cloud for Sharing Content Across Smartphones, TVs and PCs LG Electronics will launch a beta of its LG Cloud service on Tuesday, that will allow users to access content across various electronic devices, the company said on Monday.

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Barnes & Noble, Microsoft ink $300M deal on e-reading The software giant will invest $300 million in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary, giving it a 17.6 percent equity stake in the company. The Nook digital bookstore will be bundled with Windows 8.

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Yahoo Claims Facebook Bought Patents to Countersue It Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of ten patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Yahoo, and several were purchased after Yahoo filed the suit, the Internet portal claimed in a filing [PDF] on Friday before a federal court.

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Down but Not Out: Conficker Camouflages New Windows Infections Windows PCs infected with Conficker are more likely to be compromised by other malware because the worm masks those secondary infections and makes those machines easier to exploit, a security expert said.

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Skype Reveals Remote and Local IP Address Of All Online Users If you are a user of the messaging software Skype, you know that you can see the location of your contacts in the Skype interface. What you probably do not know is that there is currently a way to display a Skype user’s remote and local IP address as well.

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Facebook 'Likes' Could Get You Fired, and Legal Options are a Challenge Facebook "likes" can possibly get you fired, and if you take your employer to court over the punishment you may have an uphill legal battle.

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10 Fantastic Websites You Need Now What the Web offers consumers and technophiles evolves quickly, so keeping up with the latest and greatest sites can be a full-time job. Eye candy, slick utility, and superb shopping are a few themes designers and developers are getting better at serving up.

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X-Proxy, Proxy Server Management and Switching Tool for Windows Having one or multiple proxy servers at hand can be quite useful on the Internet these days. Even though the Internet itself is globally accessible from virtually any location, you will run into restrictions eventually.

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How To Open Multiple Program Windows It sometimes may make sense to open a program in Windows multiple times. Maybe you want two web browser windows open so that you can display them next to each other on the computer monitor.

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Mac Flashback Flaw Re-used by New Malware Campaign Malware criminals are on the hunt for Mac victims again, repurposing the Java-based vulnerability used by the Flashback bot to push a new drive-by web attack, security firm Sophos has reported.

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Microsoft Issues Swift Fix for Hotmail Bug Microsoft has fixed a flaw in Hotmail's password reset system that allowed hackers to take control of webmail accounts.

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Google Drive Privacy Policies Slammed Privacy advocates have been voicing strong concerns over how data stored on Google Drive may be used during and after customers are actively engaged in using the cloud service.

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Pirate party makes a raid on German politics Pirates are capturing Germany's political system. The party with the outlaw name started as a marginal club of computer nerds and hackers demanding online freedom, but its appeal as an antiestablishment movement has lured many young voters to the ballot boxes, catapulting it into two state parliaments in less than a year.

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Metascan Update, Scan Files For Viruses Online When it comes to scanning files for malicious code online, Virustotal is the go to address for many. The free service scans files with 43 different antivirus engines, giving you a much better assessment of a file’s malicious potential.

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CISPA Web-surveillance bill advances despite opposition A controversial Internet surveillance bill cleared its first hurdle to becoming law this week.

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MIT's Glare-Free Glass Doesn't Fog Up, Cleans Itself MIT scientists have found a new way of surfacing glass in such a way that it virtually eliminates its reflective properties--and that could mean glare-free screens!

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Google Drive comes to Chrome OS Chromebook previously suffered from storage systems that were small and isolated from the cloud. But now the browser-based operating system is integrated with Google's online file sync service.

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Google Posts FCC Report about Street View Google has made public a report of the Federal Communications Commission’s probe into the payload data its Street View cars had been collecting from unprotected Wi-Fi networks, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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Yahoo escalates patent battle with Facebook Yahoo is bringing out more artillery in its patent battle with Facebook. It is adding new allegations of intellectual property theft to its six-week-old lawsuit against Facebook. In court papers filed Friday, Yahoo Inc. now says Facebook's online social network infringes on 12 of its Internet patents, up from 10.

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Using Thunderbird’s New Filelink Feature For Large File Attachments If you are running the latest Thunderbird Beta, or one of the experimental versions of the desktop messaging client, then you may be interested that the new Filelink feature has been integrated into the version of the software.

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Kindle Fire Dominates U.S. Android Tablet Sales Never underestimate the power of a cheap, well-marketed tablet like Amazon's Kindle Fire. According to Comscore, the Kindle Fire accounts for 54.4 percent of Android tablets sold in the United States.

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Germany Misses EU Data Retention Deadline, Could Face Court Action Germany could face court action for failing to implement the European Union's Data Retention Directive, officials confirmed on Friday.

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5 Tips for Surviving a Cloud Outage "Everything fails, all the time," so says Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels. Amazon Web Services itself experienced a much publicized four-day service disruption last April, another outage in August and it had plenty of company from other cloud service companies last year

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Switch Between Windows Power Plans If you have to switch between different power plans regularly in the Windows operating system, you’d probably noticed that the switching options are not really that comfortable.

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EU Lawmakers Warn Six Countries They Must Implement E-money Rules The European Commission on Thursday asked six E.U. countries to explain their delay in enforcing the binding e-money directive.

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Seagate expands buyback plan by $2.5 billion Seagate Technology said its board approved a plan to buy back up to an additional $2.5 billion worth of common stock.

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Dropbox Boosts Free Storage Limit to 5GB to Match Google Drive Dropbox boosted its free storage limit from 2GB to 5GB with the introduction of a new digital image offering.

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How to Migrate From BlackBerry to Android Finally jumping ship, huh? For better or for worse, you’re not alone: If market reports are anything to go by, Android phones have carved out about three-quarters of BlackBerry’s market share in just a few years.

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NY, LA, SF to Be Among Clearwire's First LTE Cities Next Year Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results.

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House Passes CISPA Cyberthreat Sharing Bill, Despite Privacy Concerns The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a cyberthreat information-sharing bill that critics say will give U.S. government agencies access to the private communications of millions of Internet users.

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Can Dropbox, Other Cloud Providers Survive Google Drive? The 800-pound gorilla has landed and is leveraging its existing relationship with hundreds of millions of users to port them to their cloud storage and file sharing service Google Drive. Can smaller cloud storage players survive this assault?

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Which Linux Distro Is Fairest of Them All? Ubuntu, Survey Says With so many Linux distributions to choose from, beauty tends to be in the eye of the beholder, as they say, when it comes to deciding which are the best ones.

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How to Encrypt Your Email Data encryption is a complicated subject, but our top-level overview and general guide to email encryption will help you understand the basics. Learn to encrypt your Internet connection, sent and stored email with this basic tutorial.

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Your Printer Could Be a Security Sore Spot Your network printer or copier can be a serious security liability. After all, these machines often handle sensitive documents and information, and they could provide an access route to other computers on the network--so you don't want a hacker to get at yours. It's time to take printer security seriously.

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Free Tools to Wipe Your Drives Securely Properly clear off old data from a flash drive, hard-disk drive, solid-state drive, or hybrid hard drive--at no cost.

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Google Rolls Out Search Update To Combat Web Spam As a webmaster, I’m often affected by updates to Google’s search algorithm. Updates that try to resolve issues with low quality sites, web spam or sites that are tampering with the system have affected websites and thus also webmasters who should not have been affected.

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Opera 12 Beta Released, Preview Upcoming Features Opera Software is currently working on the next version of the Opera web browser. Today Opera 12.00 Beta has been released by the Opera team which can provide interested users with a preview of the upcoming new features and changes of that new version of the browser.

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House moves ahead with cybersecurity bill House Republicans are pushing ahead with legislation to protect the nation's critical infrastructure and corporations from electronic attacks despite Obama administration objections that the legislation fails to protect Americans' civil liberties.

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Hubbub over content rights greets Google Drive Google is already facing spasms of suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, photos and other digital content to the company's new online storage service.

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Ancestry.com acquiring Archives.com for $100M Ancestry.com Inc. will acquire rival family history website Archives.com for about $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities, the companies announced Wednesday.

The two companies said they're combining their strengths and key employees but will maintain separate websites.

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7 Things You Can Do With Your Cloud Storage Now that half of the world is talking about hosting files in the cloud, I thought it to be a good idea to take a look at what you can actually do with cloud storage space.

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Mozilla To Remove Favicons From Firefox URL Bar Jared Wein on behalf of Mozilla made an announcement two days ago that Mozilla had plans to remove the favicon from the Firefox browser’s address bar.

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Welcome to the TechHive Beta Blog! This summer we'll be launching an entirely new website, TechHive. This is not that site. At least, not yet. The TechHive Beta Blog is a small preview of what’s to come.

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Microsoft: Two Basic Security Steps Might Have Stopped Conficker If businesses and consumers stuck to security basics, they could have avoided all cases of Conficker worm infection detected on 1.7 million systems by Microsoft researchers in the last half of 2011.

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Google Drive for Linux Is on the Way The Google Drive launch has been one of the big announcements of the week, but it was a fairly unequivocal disappointment for one vocal category of users: Linux users are justifiably miffed that the new cloud storage service doesn't support the free and open source operating system.

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There's No 911 for Cybercrime, but Would Anyone Call if There Were? If you work for a large corporation, you hear lots of talk about corporate responsibility, and that's great. But I can't help but point out that, whether it is intentional, there is a massive and growing hypocrisy in the corporate world when it comes to prosecuting crime.

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What You Need to Know About Storing Your Content on Google Drive, Dropbox Before you choose to store your content in the cloud, you might want to peruse the terms of the service agreement you're forced to rubber stamp, as painful as that might be.

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How To Access Files Remotely With Microsoft SkyDrive With Microsoft’s release of SkyDrive apps for Windows and Macintosh PCs comes a new option to access all files on a computer via the SkyDrive web interface, provided that the feature is enabled on the PC, and that the computer is currently connected to the Internet.

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Thunderbird 12 Released, Find Out What Is New Mozilla Messaging has just released version 12.0 of the Thunderbird email and messaging client. The program update, available for all supported operating systems and languages, is available both at the official project website over at Mozilla, and through the internal update checker of the messaging client.

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Bing Versus Google: Search Engine Showdown We pit Google and Bing against each other in a quest to determine which one is better.

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Firefox 12 ushers in automatic updates With the latest version of Firefox out, User Account Control pop-ups will become less frequent on Windows, and tools for Web developers get some long-overdue TLC.

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Google Unveils Google Drive, Offers 5GB of Free Storage Google has officially unveiled Goggle Drive, its foray into free online storage.

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Cubby, Excellent Dropbox Alternative With P2P Syncing If you are not a fan of hosting your files in the cloud, a service that the majority of file synchronization services offer at this point in time, you may be interested in Cubby, a new contender by the developers of Log Me In.

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Internet Hall of Fame inducts first members The inaugural award ceremony for the Internet includes individuals from nine different countries and well-known leaders, such as Tim Berners-Lee, Phil Zimmerman, and even Al Gore.

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Google increases payout to friendly hackers Google has been offering up rewards to security researchers and hackers to find flaws or bugs in its programming for a while.

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Apple could lose iPad trademark, Chinese official warns Apple Inc. risks losing the right to use the iPad trademark in China, a senior official suggested Tuesday, as a Chinese court was seeking to mediate a settlement between the technology giant and a local company challenging its use of the iPad name.

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Map SkyDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive To Drive Letters In Windows If you look around in the cloud file hosting and synchronization, you will notice that things are heating up with new contenders like Cubby or Google Drive joining the market, and existing services like SkyDrive or Dropbox adding new features.

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Intel officially rolls out Ivy Bridge chip Ivy Bridge processor models are available starting today, aimed at high-end desktop, laptop, and all-in-one designs.

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India Overtakes U.S. as the World's Top Email Spam Source The volume of email spam that originated from India during the first three months of 2012 exceeded the volume coming from the U.S. and transformed the Asian country into the world's top spam source, security firm Sophos said on Monday.

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European Data Protection Official Criticizes ACTA Treaty Europe's top data privacy watchdog has strongly criticized the international anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA), warning that it could lead to widespread monitoring of the Internet and breaches of individuals' right to privacy.

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Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' Is Born Naming conventions are rarely dull in the world of Linux distributions, and Ubuntu Linux is no exception.

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WordPress Security Update Patches External Libraries, Several Vulnerabilities The WordPress development team released WordPress 3.3.2 on Friday in order to address several vulnerabilities in the popular blogging platform as well as in three external libraries that are bundled with it by default.

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Meet Google's secret weapon for fighting Apple and Microsoft TechRepublic editor Jason Hiner tells the back story of Motorola's Webtop software, which just may give Google a big advantage in the brave new world of post-PC devices.

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Torvalds receives 2012 Millennium Technology Prize Linux creator recognized for his creation and ongoing work on the open-source operating system.

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Office for Mac 2011 Upgrade Pulled Microsoft last Friday pulled an Office for Mac 2011 major update from its upgrade servers, acknowledging bugs that have corrupted the Outlook database on some machines.

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Microsoft to Yank XP in 2 Years Microsoft has kicked off what it calls a "two-year countdown" to the death of Windows XP and the Office 2003 productivity suite.

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Microsoft Updates Deployment Toolkit Utility Microsoft has released a new version of a tool designed to let enterprise IT staffers automate and manage large-scale deployments of Microsoft OSes, desktop applications and server software.

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Microsoft gets bad rap from former employee An ex-worker vents frustration with his old company over what he sees as numerous layers of management and non-stop, unproductive meetings.

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Adobe to launch new software suite for designers Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers.
Adobe Systems Inc. is set to announce CS6 on Monday at an event in San Francisco. Creative Suite 6 includes Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs aimed at designers.

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China Takes Tougher Stance on Online Pirated Content China's Internet firms will need to better screen their websites for unlicensed digital works or be held responsible for infringement, according to a proposed judicial interpretation from the country's supreme court.

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Apple Sued in California Over Touch Patent Apple products using touch technology infringe on a patent owned by the Pennsylvanian company FlatWorld Interactives, the company alleged in court documents filed on Friday.

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Oracle Tells Court About Patent Victory Oracle scored a victory in its battle with Google, as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) decided to uphold a Java patent it had previously rejected, according to a court filing.

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Symantec Revamps Website Trust Program Cyber security company Symantec plans to formally announce Monday a new trust program for websites under the name Norton Secured Seal.

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Google Didn't Steal Wi-Fi -- Here's Why The Federal Communications Commission cleared Google of wrongdoing in the so-called "WiSpy" case. It was the right decision.

Why? Because Google didn't do anything wrong.

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Google Drops Another Batch Of Services, Products Google has dropped a number of services in the past six month period. From Google Sky Map and Picnik, Google Buzz or Knol and Gears.

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A divided Congress confronts a rising cyberthreat The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren't falling for it.

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Firefox 12 What’s New You may have noticed that the usual suspects are already reporting that a new stable version of the Mozilla Firefox browser has been released by Mozilla.

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Mobile Malware Incidents on Rise, Says Smartphone Survey The cost-saving culture of 'bring your own device' smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, a survey by Goode Intelligence has suggested.

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Flashback Still Plagues Macs Contrary to reports by several security companies, the Flashback botnet is not shrinking, the Russian antivirus firm that first reported the massive infection three weeks ago claims.

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Hidden Dangers of CISPA Want to stop private companies from sharing your personal information with Uncle Sam? Better hope the U.S. Congress doesn't OK this ill-conceived legislation.

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Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

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YouTube Must Filter Content, Rules German Court YouTube must filter content uploaded by users, a German court ruled on Friday.

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Five Outlook Shortcuts You Should Know Outlook: Love it or hate it, there's room for improvement. Personally, I tend to view Microsoft's information manager as bloated, confusing, and frequently annoying, which is why I'm always on the lookout for ways to make it better.

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Nokia loses IPCom patent case in German court Nokia lost a court case on Friday after a regional court in Mannheim, Germany, found the Finnish mobile phone company had violated patents belonging to German patent firm IPCom.

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Clear Cache, Cookies For Specific Domain In Internet Explorer 9 Internet Explorer 9 is Microsoft’s attempt to get the web browser back on track in the browser game.

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Firefox 3.6 Will Be Automatically Updated, After All There are still Firefox users out there that are using the Firefox 3.6 branch of the browser. Motivation to do so differs, from disliking the design and interface of newer versions of the browser to using add-ons that are not compatible with never versions of Firefox.

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FBI Seizes Anonymizing Server in Bomb Threat Probe The FBI is unlikely to uncover from a seized server the identity of someone emailing bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh, according to groups who used the equipment.

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Apple, Google and Others to Face Former Employees' Antitrust Suit A federal court in California has ordered seven technology companies in the state including Apple, Intel, Adobe and Google to face a private antitrust suit from five former employees, who alleged that the companies conspired to eliminate competition between them for skilled labor to suppress compensation and mobility of employees.

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Sony to Launch 5GB Online Photo Sharing Service Next Week Sony said Friday it will launch its online photo sharing service, "PlayMemories Online," next week.

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Infected WordPress Blogs Blamed for Mac Flashback Trojan The source of the Apple Mac Flashback Trojan was probably a large clutch of compromised US-based WordPress blog websites hijacked to push visitors to malware hosts, Kaspersky Lab research has revealed.

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What to consider before signing up for Google Drive Think about where your data lives now and the apps you use.

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Just Show Me: How to read Microsoft Office files on your Kindle Fire In today's episode we'll show you how to read Microsoft Office documents on your Kindle Fire.

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HP to build printer factory in China: report Hewlett Packard Co, the largest U.S. technology company by revenue, agreed to build a printer factory in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, China Daily reported.

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Apple wants trial on e-book price-fixing: lawyer Apple Inc wants to go to trial to defend itself against U.S. government allegations that it conspired with publishers to raise prices of electronic books, a lawyer for the Silicon Valley giant said in court on Wednesday.

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Google Introduces New TV Like Metrics for Measuring Ads Google is introducing tools such as one that measures the percentage of an online advertisement that is viewed and for what duration, to help advertisers measure the effectiveness of their campaigns beyond impressions and clicks.

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Fix Steam Error Could Not Connect To Steam Network Today while I was starting Steam on my gaming rig I received a Steam error message that I had not seen before. It read: Could not connect to Steam network.

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Chrome now prints to FedEx Google unveils a new partnership with FedEx Office locations, while introducing support for Canon printers and a helpful Chrome for Android tweak.

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Apple Gives $29 Snow Leopard Upgrade Away for Free to Some If you still haven't upgraded to Snow Leopard, and you paid for Apple's cloud-based MobileMe service back when it still cost money, you can now snag the OS X upgrade for free.

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Google Warns 20,000 Websites That Could Be Infected With Malware Google has warned 20,000 websites that they might be hacked and injected with JavaScript redirect malware, Google said.

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Is it Time to Kick Flash Off Your Site? Robert Cunha, an iPad- and iPhone 4-toting systems administrator for the public school system in Burlington, Mass., has experienced his share of the duality of being an Apple fan.

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Mozilla Blocks Java in Firefox for Some Mac Users Mozilla this week began blocking outdated versions of a Java plug-in in Firefox for some Mac users after calling the threat posed by the Flashback malware "evident and imminent."

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Oracle considered buying RIM and/or Palm In another world, we might be talking about an Oracle-branded smartphone. The enterprise software giant apparently seriously considered buying a mobile company in an effort to develop a brand new hardware initiative.

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SkyDrive Gets ODF Support, More Features Ahead of Google Drive Launch Days before Google’s official entry in the cloud hosting space (see Google Drive announcement here) comes Microsoft’s announcement that they have improved their cloud hosting service SkyDrive.

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Microsoft Cuts Down On Windows 8 Editions When you look at the number of Windows 7 editions available you may have the feeling that a computer science degree would help you tremendously pick the right edition.

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Modify Ctrl-K In Firefox To Open Your Search Engine Of Choice If you do not have the search bar displayed in the Firefox web browser, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-K to load the default browser search engine directly in the active tab.

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SlimCleaner 3.0 Released, Cloud-Based PC Optimization and Cleaning Software The developers of SlimCleaner have just released version 3.0 of the popular PC cleaning and optimization software.

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Adware Cleaner, Remove Babyloon Toolbar, Other Unwanted Programs If you do not pay attention to software installation dialogs, you may end up with third party software installed on your system that you had no intention to install in first place.

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Enhance Firefox Multi-Monitor Support With Monitor Master Working with multiple monitors can be a blessing. You have got more room to display programs, windows and information on the computer without having to juggle around or use virtual desktops for that purpose.

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Yahoo's 1Q results show progress under new CEO Yahoo's first-quarter results showed signs of progress that may help boost the credibility of recently hired CEO Scott Thompson as he tries to turn around the long-sputtering Internet company.

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Google Says Snooping on Wi-Fi Networks Isn't Illegal Google claims that it did nothing illegal by snooping on people's private unencrypted Wi-Fi networks, including gathering emails, private passwords, and more.

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Google Fixes Gmail Outage That Affected Millions of Users An outage that prevented millions of users from accessing Gmail on Tuesday has been resolved, according to Google.

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YouTube, Google Play add 600 MGM movies for rent Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile devices.

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Privacy Advocates Frustrated By FCC's Decision on Google Street View Privacy advocates are unhappy about the FCC's decision to give Google a pass on Wi-Fi snooping. In addition to calling for a wider investigation, these groups point to the move as a reason to argue once again for stronger U.S. privacy laws to prevent others from getting away with similar activity.

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Hackers Ramping up Attacks Against Tibetan Activists Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro.

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Mac trojan SabPub concerns Apple users, spread through Java exploits Mac users have long prided themselves on the fact that their machines are less at risk for viruses than their Windows-using peers. Unfortunately, news of two new cases of Mac malware has been circling the web.

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Twitter Acquires Team at Analytics Firm Hotspots.io Twitter has acquired the team at Hotspots.io, a social media analytics company, according to a notice on the Hotspots.io website.

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Google Drive: How about 5GB for free? The storage service will reportedly be unveiled next week with 5GB of free cloud space for each user.

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Austrian Police Arrest 15-year-old Suspected of 259 Hack Attacks Austrian police have arrested a 15-year-old suspected of 259 hack attacks in three months, they said Monday. The youth has confessed, the Federal Criminal Police Office said.

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Toshiba to Buy IBM's Retail Point-of-Sale Business for US$850 Million Toshiba said Tuesday it will purchase IBM's retail point-of-sale (POS) business for US$850 million, with the Japanese company taking over the hardware business while IBM shifts its focus to back-end software solutions.

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Mozilla readies Firefox 3.6 for the grave Mozilla's updates to Firefox 3.6 come to an end next week, as the company also reveals that it's finally abandoning support for some older versions of Windows.

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FCC fines Google $25,000 over Street View probe The Federal Communications Commission has fined Google $25,000, saying the online search leader impeded an investigation into how it collected data while taking photos for its "Street View" mapping feature.

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Why Apple's eBook Pricing Defense Is Wrong Last week the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Apple and five publishers for alleged price fixing of ebooks.

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Windows Takes Too Long to Boot Jmdraft complained to the PCWorld.com Utilities forum that Windows boots too slowly and needs to be cleaned out.

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Opinion: FCC's Ruling that Google's WiFi Snooping is Legal Sets Horrible Precedent Anyone looking for assurance that the privacy of their home wireless networks would be protected from snoopers by government regulators won't find it in the Federal Communication Commission's recent action against Google.

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Reconsidering Prepaid Cell Phones Analysis: A prepaid phone may be simply a stopgap, or a way around the high costs, two-year contractual handcuffs, and other difficulties of most current postpaid carriers.

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An 'Eazy' Way to Guard Your Privacy A new site called Priveazy aims to make protecting your data on Facebook and everywhere else simple and effective. It might well succeed.

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LogMeIn Takes on Dropbox With 'Cubby' Cloud Storage Cloud storage leader Dropbox might have serious competition at last. LogMeIn has announced the beta of its rival 'Cubby' service, featuring higher data limits, a P2P data sync feature and the promise of user-managed encryption keys.

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Why one in five U.S. adults doesn't use the Internet Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, according to a new Pew report.

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Try Calligra 2.4 for a New Microsoft Office Alternative Microsoft Office may be the dominant productivity suite in much of the computing world, but it's not for a lack of alternatives.

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Why Switching OS Platforms Is Not a Security Fix It has been a rallying cry against Microsoft Windows for years: to avoid malware and security issues, just stop using Windows. The mantra has traditionally been embraced by both Mac and Linux users, but as Mac OS X users deal with the fallout from the Flashback malware attack, some Linux supporters are turning the tired attack even against the Apple OS.

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No use for your old CDs? Amazon will take them off your hands Score some store credit and throw out your wobbly CD rack in the process

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Would You Rather Share Your Password or Drive Without a Seatbelt? Unless you’re some sort of adrenaline junky like Jeb Corliss, you know better than to engage in certain risky behaviors like BASE jumping from the Empire State Building.

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IBM Acquires Varicent Software Adding to its already considerable line of analysis software and expertise, IBM announced Friday that it has acquired business intelligence software provider Varicent Software.

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First Intel Ivy Bridge launch expected on April 23 Though the first announcement is just around the corner, rollouts from Apple, HP, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, and others are expected to be staggered.

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Facebook Offers More Disclosure to Users Facebook, seeking to address concerns about the personal information it collects on its users, said Thursday that it would provide any user with more about the data it tracks and stores.

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Apple denies Justice charges, says they’re “not true” Apple is denying charges made by the Department of Justice that it colluded with publishers to fix the prices of e-books.

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Rovio warns against Android malware in fake versions of 'Angry Birds' Rovio Mobile is urging gamers to steer clear of fake versions of its blockbuster Angry Birds Space after security software firm Sophos identified malware-infected editions of the title available across some Android app storefronts.

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Apple Delivers Flashback Malware Hunter-killer Two days after Apple promised to decontaminate Macs infested with the Flashback malware, on Thursday the company delivered.

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Ransomware Prevents Windows From Starting by Replacing the Master Boot Record A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers from Trend Micro.

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'Flashback' Mac Malware: One More Reason to Switch to Linux Given the vast numbers of Macs that are apparently infected with the Flashback Trojan malware, it's not at all surprising to see that sales of Mac security software are now skyrocketing.

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PC shipments up nearly 2 percent in 1st quarter The number of personal computers shipped worldwide rose more than expected in the first quarter, but the bump did little to mask the larger challenges for the industry.

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Apple tries to kill domain of the firm that discovered Flashback One of the big stories in the computing world over the last week or so has been the huge number of Mac computers infected with Flashback malware. It was originally reported that about 500k Mac computers were infected with the malware.

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Google Plus social network tweaked for ease of use Google is tweaking its social network, Google Plus, to make it easier to use and to distinguish itself from rival Facebook.

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With CS6, Adobe tidies up Premiere Pro, speeds up After Effects Upcoming CS6 versions of Adobe's flagship video software change significantly, with a streamlined interface for Premiere Pro and performance improvements for After Effects.

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Intel's First Server Chips With 3D Transistors Coming This Quarter Intel said on Wednesday it will release its first Xeon server chips with 3D transistors this quarter, in a move that analysts said would intensify the cloud hardware battle with rival Advanced Micro Devices.

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Cisco Revamps Its Small Business Network Gear Offerings Cisco today announced a refresh of its small business networking line, including routers and access points that (finally) support the current generation of Wi-Fi. The products are available immediately.

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Intel Drives up SSD Storage Capacity to 800GB Intel on Thursday announced new solid-state drives with storage of up to 800GB, which is a new high in capacity for the company's SSD products.

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Amazon Web Services Launches CloudSearch Amazon Web Services has introduced CloudSearch, which allows users of its cloud to integrate fully managed and highly scalable search functionality into their applications, the company said on Thursday.

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Clock Is Ticking on XP--Time to Start OS Migration Tick, tick, tick, tick. That sound you hear is the clock winding down on the life of the Windows XP operating system. As of today, you have less than two years left until Microsoft will no longer support the OS. Two years may sound like a long time, but if you haven’t even begun to consider migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, the pressure is on.

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Google+ Gets a Complete Overhaul Thought Google+ was getting stale? Think again. Google announced a complete redesign for its social network, which now boasts more than 170 million users.

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Say Goodbye to Ubuntu Linux 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' They say that all good things must come to an end, and this week in the Linux world there's a perfect illustration.

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Nokia Offers $100 Credit for Lumia 900 Data Bug Nokia has confirmed data problems with its Lumia 900 phone that have prevented some users from connecting with AT&T's network. To make up for it, the company is offering a $100 credit to all users, regardless of whether they were affected.

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Apple market value hits $600B Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday.

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Yahoo CEO sketches out new plan to jump-start growth Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson outlined how the Internet pioneer will revive itself by putting in place a new structure to sharpen its focus on users, advertisers and overlooked areas such as commerce.

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Adobe Reader Update Patches Vulnerabilities, Removes Bundled Flash Player Adobe Systems released new versions of Adobe Reader 10.x and 9.x on Tuesday, addressing four arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and making several security-related changes to the product, including the removal of the bundled Flash Player component from the 9.x branch.

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DOJ Files E-book Price Fixing Lawsuit Against Apple The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers for alleged e-book price fixing the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

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Microsoft Patches Critical Windows Zero-day Bug That Hackers Are Now Exploiting Microsoft today delivered six security updates to patch 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and several other products, including one bug that attackers are already exploiting.

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Apple Developing Flashback Malware Removal Tool Apple is in the process of developing a tool that will detect and remove the Flashback virus from infected Macs, the company revealed Tuesday.

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iTunes: Time to Right the Syncing Ship Apple has packed almost everything involving media (and app) management, purchase, and playback into iTunes. It’s a complete mess. And it’s time for an overhaul.

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Google gives Chrome OS a less alienating interface The browser-based OS could show pages only in full-screen mode, but now Google adopts a more familiar resizable, movable windows and a task bar. But are full-screen views the future?

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Best Buy CEO steps down Brian Dunn resigns and director G. Mike Mikan will serve in the interim. Best Buy says it was "time for new leadership to address the challenges that face the company."

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Cybercriminals Use Zeus Malware to Target Cloud Payroll Services Cybercriminals are using the Zeus online banking malware to target companies that use cloud-based payroll services, researchers from security firm Trusteer said Monday.

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Twitter open-sources its MySQL tweaks Microblogging site reveals some of the enhancements it's made to the database technology it uses to store user-generated data.

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Carriers agree to disable stolen phones for good Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car.

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AOL patents could help Microsoft battle Google Maps If you connect the dots, AOL's patent sale to Microsoft may have a lot to do with hitting Google Maps via the trio of Bing Maps, Mapquest, and OpenStreetMap.

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NEC Launches Software to Quickly Find Video Clips in Large Archives NEC has begun sales of new software to quickly find video clips in large archives, which is well-suited for finding illegal content on video sharing websites, it said Tuesday.

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Free Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple's computers.

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Microsoft Starts Two-Year XP Retirement Countdown Clock Microsoft yesterday kicked off what it called a "two-year countdown" to the death of Windows XP, its longest-lived operating system.

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Google+ numbers show social network is growing Google+, the smaller rival to Facebook, shows signs of gaining traction by exceeding 100 million users, but when those users log on to the social networking service they are spending less time at the site than previously.

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Google Readying 7-Inch Tablet for Late Summer Release Two-and-a-half years after failing with its first connected smart device, Google is doing it again—this time with a tablet PC. This one will be a co-branded Android tablet with Asustek Computer of Taiwan.

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Selling You on Facebook Many popular Facebook apps are obtaining sensitive information about users—and users' friends—so don't be surprised if details about your religious, political and even sexual preferences start popping up in unexpected places.

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Hackers claim attack on UK Home Office website Britain's Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.

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Web Attacks Use Smart Redirection to Evade URL Security Scanners Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET have come across new Web-based malware attacks that try to evade URL security scanners by checking for the presence of mouse cursor movement.

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Flashback Trojan FAQ The success of the Flashback Trojan means a new era in Mac security. But don't panic -- here's what Flashback's spread means and what you need to know and do.

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AOL to Sell Patents to Microsoft in Over $1B Deal AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to Microsoft, it said Monday.

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Anonymous plans more attacks against China sites The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday.

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Do-Not-Track Tools: Hands-On Showdown Regulators are urging Internet companies to alert consumers about their data-gathering activities--but if you want to seize control now, some browser add-ons can help.

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Report: Sony to Cut 10,000 Jobs as Part of Restructuring Efforts Sony will cut 10,000 jobs globally, or about 6 percent of its workforce, this year as part of a restructuring plan under its new president, Japan's largest business paper reported Monday.

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YouDazzle Combines Social Collaboration, Cloud Storage There are plenty of collaboration software tools on the market, and a growing number of cloud storage options for businesses as well.

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Why Is Instagram So Popular? Seeing a lot of dingy, scratched-up photos in your social-network feeds? You can blame the Instagram app. We explore the trend, as well as the attraction--for both iOS and Android users.

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How to Adjust Lion's Recent Items Menu List Last week in Mac Basics we showed how to launch apps automatically at startup. On a related note, there's a way to quickly access apps, files, and servers you've recently used.

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Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker' An estimated 600,000 or more Macs are currently compromised and part of a massive botnet thanks to the Flashback Trojan. To put the size of the threat in some perspective, the Flashback Trojan botnet is even bigger than the massive Conficker botnet…relatively speaking.

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New Trojan Variant Can Install Without Password Flashback, a Mac Trojan horse that's been in the public eye since it was uncovered by security firm Intego last year, has a new trick up its sleeve: It can now infect your computer from little more than a visit to a website.

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Google+ Numbers Show Social Network is Growing Google+, the smaller rival to Facebook, shows signs of gaining traction by exceeding 100 million users, but when those users log on to the social networking service they are spending less time at the site than previously.

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Just Show Me: How to clear the browser history on your Kindle Fire Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to clear your browser history on your Kindle Fire. Keep your internet browsing private by removing websites from your history.

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Apple Hits Flashback Trojan With Second Java Update Apple has issued a second security update aimed at Flashback, the Mac malware that has reportedly infected 600,000 computers since last year.

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Google Patches Chrome for Second Time in Eight Days Google on Thursday patched 12 Chrome vulnerabilities, the second time in eight days that the search company has updated its browser.

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600,000 Infected Macs Found In Botnet A Mac trojan horse spotted by security analysts since last year has infected more than 600,000 Apple computers, says Dr. Web, a Russian antivirus vendor.

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Ubuntu Founder Pitches New Tool for Server Provisioning Ubuntu developer Canonical is working on a new provisioning platform called Metal as a Service (MAAS), which will be used to activate new servers, on top of which a cloud can be deployed, founder Mark Shuttleworth said in a blog post on Wednesday.

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Anonymous says it hacked Chinese government sites China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions.

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Samsung Starts Manufacturing Speedy MicroSD Card Samsung Electronics has started mass producing a microSD card that uses an Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface to improve data transfer speeds, the company said on Wednesday.

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A Quarter of the World's Households Now Have Wi-Fi, Survey Says A total of 439 million households around the world had installed a Wi-Fi-based home network at the end of 2011, equivalent to 25 percent of all households, according to market research company Strategy Analytics.

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Fast-growing Flashback Botnet Includes Over 600,000 Macs, Malware Experts Say More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java exploits, security researchers from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web said on Wednesday.

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BlackBerry maker RIM sued by NXP over patents A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry maker's troubles and sending its shares tumbling.

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Sophos Buys Mobile Device Management Vendor Dialogs Sophos has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Dialogs Software, a mobile device management vendor based in Dortmund, Germany, the security firm announced on Monday.

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OpenStack Essex Release Is Most Stable Yet, Supporters Say he latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage larger deployments.

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Tale of the tape: Google versus Facebook Google Inc. is taking the threat posed by Facebook Inc.'s Internet social network more seriously since co-founder Larry Page returned as CEO a year ago.

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Yahoo to lay off 2,000 workers to 'reshape' company future About 14 percent of Yahoo staffers will be hit by outright termination or phased transition. The company says the move will deliver about $375 million of annualized savings.

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Alleged Leaked Images of Apple's iOS 6.0 Show Google Maps Replaced Could Apple be about to ditch Google maps in the next iOS update? A supposedly leaked image of a map claimed to be from iOS 6 has appeared. The image is from the Watercolor tiles for OpenStreetMap.

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Activists Allege Facebook Dragging Its Feet on Privacy Changes Privacy activists are alleging Facebook hasn't met a deadline set by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to make changes to its privacy controls.

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McAfee Updates MOVE AV with Agentless Deployment McAfee has updated its MOVE (Management for Optimized Virtual Environments) AV with an agentless deployment option. In addition, McAfee announced MOVE AV now has tighter integration with VMware vShield Endpoint environments. These two updates expand the features and capabilities of MOVE AV for protecting virtual servers and endpoints.

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How to Tell if You’re Caught in the Giant Global Payments Credit Card Fraud Fallout from the Global Payments fiasco that could affect potentially millions of credit cardholders continues. First, Visa over the weekend dropped the Atlanta-based credit card processor from its ranks as a partner "compliant" in accepted industry data security standards.

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Facebook Fires Back at Yahoo, Says It Infringed 10 Patents Facebook has denied Yahoo's claims of patent infringement and shot back with counterclaims that Yahoo infringed 10 Facebook patents.

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Mac Users More Vulnerable Than Windows Users, Says Security Expert In the face of new threats aimed at OS X, a security expert has warned that Mac users may be even more vulnerable than Windows users.

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Microsoft Counted as Key Linux Contributor, for Now Anyway For the first time ever, and probably only temporarily, Microsoft can be counted as a key contributor to Linux.

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Mozilla Adds Vulnerable Java Plug-in Versions to Firefox Blocklist Mozilla has blacklisted unpatched versions of the Java plug-in from Firefox on Windows in order to protect its users from attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities in those versions.

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Microsoft ends German partnership over Motorola patent suits Software company was working with a firm named Arvato, but will now move logistics services to the Netherlands over concerns about Motorola Mobility patent suits.

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Adobe touts tools for Flash-to-HTML conversion The company is working closely with CreateJS to help Flash developers -- and Adobe itself -- move to Web standards. The technology dovetails with an upcoming Flash Pro CS6 feature, too.

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EU Releases Guide for Improving Security in Cloud Contracts Users need to become better at asking cloud providers questions about the finer points of availability and vulnerability management in contracts, according to a new guide from the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).

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Google Is Responsible for Misleading Ads, Australian Court Rules Google is responsible for misleading and deceptive ads that use the name of a company to direct traffic to a competitor's site, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday.

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Expedia, Tripadvisor File Antitrust Complaints Against Google in Europe TripAdvisor and Expedia are the two latest companies to complain to Europe's competition regulators about Google.

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Mozilla Teases Windows 8 Metro Firefox with Screenshots Mozilla is showing off some early glimpses of Metro-style Firefox, after announcing last month that it was bringing the browser to Windows 8.

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Data breach put 1.5M numbers at risk A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month.

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U.S. investigates possible Internet threat to NYC U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism officials are trying to figure out the significance of recent occurrences on websites believed to have close links to al Qaeda, including a graphic some fear could be an attack threat directed at New York City.

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How to Fight Check Fraud Thanks to increasingly sophisticated technology and ongoing economic uncertainty, all types of fraud are flourishing today, including check fraud.

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IT Must Change Security Strategies to Keep Up With Cybercriminals With an eye to the threat horizon several years out, organizations can no longer afford to leave responsibility for managing security risks at the door of the information security department. Instead, organizations must adopt a much more strategic and business-based approach to risk management, says Steve Durbin, global vice president of the Information Security Forum (ISF).

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Microsoft Probing Alleged Xbox Security Problem Microsoft is investigating findings by researchers that its Xbox 360 gaming console permanently stores credit card numbers on its hard drive creating a potential security vulnerability for card holders.

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Dell Buys Wyse to Continue Evolution to 'Not Really a PC Company' Last month Michael Dell let the world know that Dell is “not really a PC company.” Today, Dell announced that it has reached an agreement with Wyse that extends Dell’s portfolio of products and services even further beyond the traditional PC market.

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Microsoft's IE reclaims lost ground in browser battle Internet Explorer resumed growth in browser usage in March, reversing a years-long slide at least for now. IE9 in particular grew fast, but Microsoft is weak in mobile browsing.

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Who Uses Ubuntu Linux, and Why? Survey Offers New Insight. It's all too common to hear Linux portrayed by detractors as an operating system suitable only for longtime hackers and “hobbyists,” as it was put in one recent example.

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Windows XP won't give up top spot without a fight The decade-old OS scored a slight uptick in market share last month, showing that it may not relinquish its dominance so easily or so quickly.

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Unpatched Java Vulnerability Exploited to Infect Macs With Flashback Malware A Java vulnerability that hasn't yet been patched by Apple is being exploited by cybercriminals to infect Mac computers with a new variant of the Flashback malware, according to security researchers from antivirus firm F-Secure.

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Google Claims Latest Chrome is Speedier Google last week patched nine vulnerabilities in Chrome and boosted the speed and reach of the browser's hardware acceleration with the launch of version 18.

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Google’s Clever Move to Calm Privacy Fears Google is probably the best predictor of an individual’s online behavior and unique personal style than most web users are willing to admit.

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Warned of an Attack on the Internet, and Getting Ready On a quiet Sunday in mid-February, something curious attracted the attention of the behind-the-scenes engineers who scour the Internet for signs of trouble.

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Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California's child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children.

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Google's Go language turns one, wins a spot at YouTube The lower-level programming language has matured enough to sport the 1.0 version number. And it's being used for real work at Google.

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Turning in an old Xbox? Consider hard drive data, report says Speaking to gaming blog Kotaku, a host of researchers said Xbox 360 user data is not safeguarded from future access even after its hard drive is formatted.

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Dell Expands Virtual Desktops Into the Cloud Dell said this week it is expanding its virtual desktop offerings into the cloud through a partnership with another company.

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What the PayPal Here Mobile Payment System Promises The PayPal Here mobile payment service launched last week to a select group of retailers, and it will be available later in 2012 to all businesses.

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Firefox survives first round of surgery Mozilla's three months into an ambitious plan to bolt a long list of features into its browser. Competitors left it no choice.

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Expedia files Google complaint to EU regulators Online travel agency Expedia on Friday accused Google of breaching EU rules with a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators as it joined a dozen other firms that have taken their case to the European Commission in the last two years.

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Engineers rebuild HTTP as a faster Web foundation The formal process of speeding up Hypertext Transfer Protocol is under way with proposals from Google, Microsoft, and others. There are differences -- but common ground, too.

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Microsoft Battles the Bots Takedowns of Zeus botnet command and control servers like the one executed last week by Microsoft and others do reduce the criminal activity they spawn -- for a while -- but attackers learn from the experience and come back with more sophisticated techniques, a security expert says.

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Trend Micro Unearths More Links Between China and Hacker Group Security vendor Trend Micro has been tracking a hacking campaign called Luckycat that has been linked to 90 attacks, including some aimed at Tibetan activists, and has tied it to a group based in China, the company said in a report published on Thursday.

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Munich Mayor Says Switch to Linux Saved Money, Reduced Complaints By migrating to its own Linux distribution, LiMux, the German city of Munich reduced both IT costs and user complaints, according to figures provided by Mayor Christian Ude.

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Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Reaches Final Beta With just a few weeks remaining before the final release of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin,” Canonical on Thursday released the second and final beta version of the free and open source operating system.

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Kelihos Gang Is Building a New Botnet, Researchers Say The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert.

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Just Show Me: How to tweet from your iPad’s web browser How to tweet from your web browser on your iPad. You don't have to launch a separate, special app just to say hello to your friends. You can do it from inside mobile Safari!

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LinkedIn Updates Tool to Find New Connections LinkedIn this week updated a key feature that now produces personalized suggestions of people you might know and like to connect with.

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Ukraine Shuts Down Forum for Malware Writers Ukrainian authorities have shut down a long-running forum that was used to trade tips on writing malicious software, a sign the country's law enforcement may be watching hackers more closely.

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iPhone 4 Antenna Settlement: Some Can Collect $15 There are apparently two kinds of lotteries in the United States: state-owned ones like MegaMillions, and class-action lawsuits. Your chances of big payments from both of them are approximately the same: small.

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Apple, Foxconn vow wide revamp of worker conditions In a landmark development for the way Western companies do business in China, Apple Inc said Thursday it had agreed to work with partner Foxconn to substantially improve wages and working conditions at the factories that produce its wildly popular products.

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GNOME 3.4 Brings a Bevy of Big Changes Roughly a year after the launch of GNOME 3, the project's developers on Wednesday unveiled GNOME 3.4, the second major update to the controversial desktop environment.

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Faster graphics for older PCs in Chrome 18 Google updates the stable version of Chrome with innards that process graphics faster, a prelude to robust game-playing courtesy of its Native Client tech that waits in the wings.

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Best Buy feels Amazon squeeze, to close 50 big-box stores The retailer's fiscal fourth-quarter sales fall well below expectations. Is Best Buy becoming a showroom for online retailers like Amazon?

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Chrome 18 Arrives with Nine Security Fixes Google on Wednesday released Chrome 18 to its Stable channel complete with several new features and fixes for nine security vulnerabilities.

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Get More Out of Your Kindle Fire Tablet: Five Tips Here's how to rock your Kindle Fire with a new look, better apps, and awesome content--none of which will cost you a dime.

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Amazon Web Services Updates Linux Implementation Amazon Web Services has upgraded the Linux image that runs in its cloud to include newer versions of Tomcat, MySQL and Python, while at the same time allowing enterprises to stay on older versions, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.

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Chinese Leader Asks Apple's Tim Cook to Care for Workers Apple's supplier Foxconn has been criticized for alleged poor working conditions in its Chinese factories.

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Dell Ends Smartphone Sales in the US Dell has stopped selling smartphones in the U.S. as it tweaks its mobile strategy to focus more on emerging markets and higher-margin products.

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Wikipedia founder: Public needs online references The man who helped create the online reference Wikipedia said Tuesday that the end of Encyclopaedia Britannica's print run shows the world's growing reliance on the Internet as a base for knowledge.

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Best Buy's Website Down Through This Afternoon Retailer Best Buy's website was down Wednesday morning and won't be back up until 3 p.m. ET, according to a message on the site.

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Apple offers refund to Australian buyers of new iPad Apple Inc will email all buyers of its new iPad in Australia to offer them a refund, a lawyer for the company said on Wednesday, after the nation's consumer watchdog accused it of misleading advertising over one key aspect of the product.

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China nabbing 'great deal' of U.S. military secrets That's the word from National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander, who also said that China was responsible for last year's RSA attacks.

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Hasbro loses bid to block sales of Transformer Prime tablets Toymaker had sought a restraining order preventing Asus from selling its tablet computer under the Transformer name.

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How Tech Patent Lawsuits Hurt Real People Semantic Compaction Systems is suing a small augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) iPad app company called Speak for Yourself, alleging patent infringement. Another day, another lawsuit--right?

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Online File Locker Service Rapidshare Declared Legal by German Court Online file locker Rapidshare is legal in Germany, but has to adjust its policy regarding infringing content, the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg has ruled. Rapidshare plans to appeal.

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Box Unveils Cloud Service for Workplace Mobile Apps Box, a provider of cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software, will announce on Wednesday a new service designed to consolidate in a single repository companies' mobile applications and the data they generate.

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Adobe Streamlines Update Process with Flash 11.2 Adobe is releasing a new version of Flash Player today. The update addresses a couple critical vulnerabilities, but the real news from Flash 11.2 are the changes Adobe has made to the background updating mechanics.

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Flash Player 11.2 Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities, Adds Silent Updates Adobe released Flash Player 11.2 on Tuesday, addressing two critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and introducing a silent update option.

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Email Is More Popular Than Social Media [STUDY] Social media may be getting all the buzz, but email is still a more popular mode of Internet communication, according to a new survey.

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Microsoft's Secret Weapon Against Google Maps -- Open Source Microsoft is lending big support and big dollars to the open source map project OpenStreetMap, and it looks as if the tactic is starting to pay off.

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Senators seek probe of employers seeking Facebook info Move heats up debate over employers asking job seekers for passwords used for social networks like Facebook, Google+

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Microsoft Opens New Front In Battle Against Botnets Last week a U.S. District judge in Brooklyn granted a request by Microsoft and two industry groups to take control of Web servers and Internet addresses in Pennsylvania and Illinois that are used to run a botnet, an army of PCs infected with malicious code that steals personal information. The botnet, called Zeus, has allegedly stolen $100 million since 2007.

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Apple CEO in China mission to clear up problems Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook has jetted into China for talks with government officials as he seeks to clear up a pile of problems in the firm's biggest growth market, from its contested iPad trademark to treatment of local labour.

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Digital Mailbox Services off to the Races in Australia The soft launch of two digital mailbox services in Australia this month could finally signal consumer readiness for a secure alternative to e-mail for sending sensitive communications.

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Dutch Police Arrest 17-year-old Suspected of Breaching Hundreds of KPN Servers The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has arrested a 17-year-old suspected of compromising customer account data on hundreds of servers belonging to telecommunications operator KPN.

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New iPad Lasts 24 Hours as 4G LTE Hotspot Apple doesn’t market the new iPad as a $630 Wi-Fi 4G/LTE router, but tests have found the tablet can be used for up to 24 hours as a personal hotspot.

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Reborn LulzSec Claims Hack of Dating Site for Military Personnel A group of hackers claiming to be the reborn Lulz Security (LulzSec) took credit for an alleged compromise of MilitarySingles.com, a dating website for military personnel, and the leak of over 160,000 account details from its database.

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Why Linux on the Desktop Is Dead Linux is awesome. It’s a powerful, capable, flexible operating system with tremendous potential. But, it’s never going to be a factor on the desktop, so don’t even waste your time considering it.

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Mozilla Sets End of Firefox Windows XP Support Mozilla on Friday announced that next month's Firefox 12 will be the last version to run on early editions of Windows XP and the 12-year-old Windows 2000.

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Microsoft Raids Tackle Internet Crime Microsoft employees, accompanied by United States marshals, raided two nondescript office buildings in Pennsylvania and Illinois on Friday, aiming to disrupt one of the most pernicious forms of online crime today — botnets, or groups of computers that help harvest bank account passwords and other personal information from millions of other computers.

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Microsoft, Nokia Will Spend $24 Million on University Program to Boost App Development Microsoft and Nokia will invest up to $24 million in a new mobile application development program at Finland's Aalto University during the next three years, with the goal of helping create applications for Windows Phone, the two companies said on Monday.

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Windows 8 Release Candidate to surface by early June? New report suggests that the next iteration of Windows 8 will be out before the start of the summer.

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The Pirate Bay walks the plank on Windows Live Messenger? Windows Live Messenger users that try to send links from The Pirate Bay will find that they won't be sent.

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Intel etches highest market share in a decade The chip giant boosted its slice of the semiconductor market to 15.6 percent last year, its highest share since at least 2001.

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Apple Offers Olive Branch in Battle Over Nano-SIM Standard There is a vote looming for ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) related to the nano-SIM cards that will drive the next generation of mobile devices.

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Google Ordered to Remove Auto-complete Results for Japanese Man's Name Google has been ordered by a Tokyo court to remove auto-complete results that link a man to crimes he says he didn't commit.

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Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store Cybercriminals are uploading malicious Chrome browser extensions to the official Chrome Web Store and use them to hijack Facebook accounts, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab.

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Meet 802.11ac: The Next Wi-Fi Standard A question we're hearing with increasing frequency concerns the upcoming 802.11ac standard, which promises to do to 802.11n what .11n did to .11g.

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Mobli helps to share your moments with everyone Following celebrity trends can be a good way to waste time. But in the case of Mobli – Share the Moment, celebs aren’t just using the service, they’re investing in it.

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Will Teaching Kids How to Write Software Help Fix Young America? New York City is a hotbed of technological innovation, but many of its public school students aren’t graduating with the skills needed to be a part of “Silicon Alley,” as it’s known. Scott Schwaitzberg, vice president of Activate, is planning to fix that problem by helping to build a public high school designed to teach the city’s youth everything they need to know about writing software and the tech industry.

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Web address controversy deepens after U.S. warning A controversial attempt to expand Internet addresses far beyond the likes of .com, .org or .net has provoked a rare threat from the U.S. government to withdraw a key license from the body that runs the Internet's core functions.

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Facebook, lawmakers warn employers not to demand passwords Facebook and lawmakers have warned employers against requesting Facebook passwords while screening job applicants, a controversial practice that underscores the blurring distinction between personal and professional lives the era of social media.

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Tough times in the U.S.-China iPad smuggling game Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco.

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Dealing With Software Rebate Hassles A reader asks On Your Side for help after Serif representatives contradict a mail-in rebate offer's stated instructions. Plus: Konica Minolta recalls several printer models.

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Microsoft's Browser Humor Boosts IE9 Microsoft's recent campaigns touting Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), including a tongue-in-cheek promotion it unveiled last week, have moved IE's quality perception needle for U.S. adults, according to a brand quality measurement company.

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Facebook Password Requests from Employers Raise Ire of Lawmakers Facebook is getting attention in Washington again as two U.S. senators seek federal investigations of recent reports of employers demanding job applicants turn over the passwords they use to log in to the social networking site.

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Google Ends Chrome Search Rank Penalty Period Google this month released Chrome from the penalty box and reinstated the browser's PageRank after a 60-day self-imposed sentence over a rule-breaking marketing campaign.

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What's going on with Firefox for Android? More than three months after Mozilla unveiled the first stages of its Android browser reboot, the native version of Firefox for Android remains a work in progress.

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Lost Your Phone? Lookout's Latest Report Shows You're Not Alone Let's face it: We can all be a little absent-minded sometimes. But aside from constantly losing your keys, the other thing that everyone is always misplacing is their phone. On Thursday, Lookout launched a nifty interactive report that shows you where and when people are losing their smartphones.

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Paul Allen gives $300 million to expand brain research Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $300 million to a foundation aimed at expanding research into how the brain works and how best to treat brain-related disorders.

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Twitter handles 340 million messages a day The firm has changed much in six years, and no one there expected that it would hit the heady heights that it has. Now, it says in a post on the Twitter blog, it has 140 million active users who send 340 million messages a day.

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Data theft: Hacktivists 'steal more than criminals' Hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cybercriminals in 2011, according to a study of significant security incidents.

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Will Megaupload's 28 Petabytes of Data Be Deleted? The hosting provider for the defunct file-sharing site Megaupload wants to delete the data now that investigators have collected most of what they need for the criminal case against the company's operators.

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CA Wins Database Trade Secret Lawsuit in Australia Australia's Federal Court ruled a systems integration company infringed on a copyright held by CA Technologies and breached a confidentiality agreement, according to a judgement released on Wednesday.

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Why Hackers Set Their Sights on Small Businesses If you run a small business, and think that none of your data was of interest to a hacker, consider this: what if a hacker could take stolen bank account or credit card information from your computer and package it with the same information from a hundred or a thousand other small businesses? Would it be worth something then?

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Google Faces Class Action Lawsuits Against New Privacy Policy Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California which claim that its new privacy policy violates the company's earlier policies which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be used by another service without the consumer's consent.

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NEC to Acquire Convergys Data Management Business for US$449 Million NEC will acquire the information management business of Convergys for about US$449 million, to strengthen its telecommunications software products targeted at large carriers, it said Thursday.

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Digital skills shortage leaves EU youth a step behind European policy makers have identified a large shortfall in computing and IT skills among young people that threatens to dent Europe's ability to compete and could exacerbate youth unemployment in the coming decade.

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ITunes Appears to Change Colors of Images Sent to the New iPad When you sync an image to the new iPad, iTunes doesn't just optimize the resolution--it seems to change the colors, too.

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Buy Walmart Merch, Unlock Hidden Angry Birds Levels Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, is giving fans a reason to flock to Walmart: special merchandise with clues that unlock bonus levels of Angry Birds Space.

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Using new iPad’s 4G connectivity burns through data plans, users find Users who were able to snag the new iPad this weekend and enjoy its new and improved Retina display and blazing fast 4G LTE cellular capabilities might have had a rude awakening: that 4G LTE connection eats up data in a hurry.

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PC shipments to improve in 2012, but still modest Worldwide shipments of personal computers will pick up in the second half of the year with the debut of a new Windows operating system and the broader availability of notebooks that are thin like tablet computers, according to the research group IDC.

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Search for Amelia Earhart set to resume after 75 years In July of 1937, Amelia Earhart — one of the most famous pilots of all time and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic — vanished during an attempt to fly around the globe.

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Yahoo shareholder pushes for its board nominees One of Yahoo's major investors is urging shareholders to vote its four nominees on to the Internet company's board, launching a potentially nasty fight to transform its direction.

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Happy 6th Birthday, Twitter! On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey tweeted the first ever tweet on Twitter.

The sheer fact that you can understand that sentence shows you how far Twitter has gone since then. It has become the de facto short message system of the internet and the favorite social networking service of celebrities all around the world.

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Broadcom to pay $195 million for BroadLight Broadcom Corp said it would pay about $195 million to buy BroadLight, a maker of chips used in fiber optic networks carrying services such as television and high-speed Internet.

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Chrome wins weekend browser battle with IE: report Google Inc's Chrome web browser overtook Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer (IE) to become market leader globally for the first time last Sunday, web analytics firm StatCounter said on Wednesday.

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Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.

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French data watchdog questions Google on privacy France's data protection watchdog has given internet search group Google Inc three weeks to answer questions about its new privacy policy, as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator.

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Firefox is about to get SPDY Google's SPDY protocol for simultaneously faster and more secure Web site loading is turned on by default in the first Firefox 13 Aurora build.

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NY Times cuts number of free online articles A year after it began charging for full access to its website, The New York Times is cutting the number of articles available for free from 20 per month to 10.

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HP eyes combined PC-printer unit, report says It's unclear what consumers and corporate buyers would get from a mashed-up Hewlett-Packard printer and PC business.

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Wireless industry works on simplifying hot spot access The GSMA and Wireless Broadband Alliance say that they're working together to make it easier for smartphone and tablet owners to connect to and move between Wi-Fi networks.

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AMD unveils new chip for Web hosting The Opteron 3200 Series processor is said to offer better performance while using less power.

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Western Digital Puts 2TB of Storage in Palm of Your Hand for $250 Who needs the cloud when you can have two terabytes of storage in the palm of your hand?

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Apple Denies New IPad Overheating Concerns Apple Tuesday denied any overheating concerns on the new iPad, saying that the product operates well within its thermal specifications.

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Consumer Reports: New iPad Can Reach 116 Degrees While Gaming; Apple Responds Complaints about the temperature of Apple's new third-generation iPad are heating up, with Consumer Reports claiming that the tablet reaches temperatures of up to 116 degrees Fahrenheit while a user plays games

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Why the Demise of Print Media Is Bad for Humanity In case you haven’t heard--after 244 years as the foremost authority among printed reference material--Encyclopaedia Britannica is officially out of the encyclopedia printing business. The end of the print edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica is indicative of a larger trend from print to digital that yields a variety of tremendous benefits.

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How to Divorce Google Leave Google and restore your privacy in seven days (or at least get a start on the process) -- One man's tale of escape.

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New, High-End Laptop Offers Linux Preinstalled An attractive option for many reasons, though, is to buy the laptop with Linux preloaded, as I've noted before. You typically pay a little bit more, but you also avoid any headaches that may arise from getting everything to “just work.”

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Java-based Web Attack Installs Hard-to-detect Malware in RAM A hard-to-detect piece of malware that doesn't create any files on the affected systems was dropped onto the computers of visitors to popular news sites in Russia in a drive-by download attack, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.

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Apple to initiate dividend, share buyback Apple Inc, the world's most valuable company, said Monday it will initiate a regular quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share in July and will buy back up to $10 billion of its stock starting in fiscal 2013.

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Mozilla loses Web technology guru Chris Blizzard The director of Web platform work moves to an unnamed startup, so Mozilla needs a new executive to guide the arrival of standards crucial to Firefox and Web apps.

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PayPal Plans to Enter China, India Online Payment Markets EBay subsidiary PayPal plans to enter China and India's online payment markets, marking a major push by the U.S. company in the region.

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CIA Eager to Enlist Inanimate Internet Spies Internet of Things will let appliance-assisted spies snoop on anyone without ever leaving their desks.

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Which Smartphone Apps are the Biggest Data Hogs? Which classes of apps eat the most data? Which single apps in each category are the least data-efficient? We tested various popular Android apps to find out.

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Digital Displays Explained AMOLED, IPS, PenTile, TFT…is the alphabet soup of display technologies giving you a headache? Our guide tells you what it all means.

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IRS Tech Security Lax, Watchdog Agency Says The Internal Revenue Service isn't doing such a great job of protecting its key financial and tax-processing systems, according to the government's watchdog agency, the GAO.

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Wrong Paperwork Used to Seize Megaupload Property, Judge Says An order granted to law enforcement allowing them to seize luxury cars and other personal effects from the estate of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is invalid, a judge in New Zealand ruled on Friday.

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Patch Now: Microsoft RDP Exploit Code Is in the Wild When Microsoft released its March 2012 Patch Tuesday security bulletins last week, security experts were unanimous that MS12-020 needed to be patched urgently. A few days later, the threat got even more real when proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code was discovered online. Patching MS12-020 is no longer just urgent, it’s imperative.

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Android app developers criticise Google for late payment Android app developers have complained about a hold-up in payments from Google.

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Regulators probe Google privacy breach: report The Federal Trade Commission is examining whether Google deceived consumers by planting so-called Internet cookies in Apple's Web browser without users' consent, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

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Goldman person leaked Apple, Intel secrets: lawyer A person at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, who has not been identified or charged in a broad U.S. insider-trading probe, was caught on a wiretap leaking secrets about Intel Corp and Apple Inc, a lawyer for former Goldman board member Rajat Gupta said in court on Friday.

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Megaupload Founder Could Get His Property Returned Megaupload.com isn't going back online anytime soon, but the founder of the file-sharing site that was shuttered in January may get his computers, documents and trove of vehicles back.

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Microsoft Blames Security Info-sharing Program for Attack Code Leak Microsoft on Friday confirmed that sample attack code created by the company had likely leaked to hackers from a program it runs with antivirus vendors.

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Ten Apps Every iPad User Should Own There are many thousands of apps available. (As Apple's advertising campaign says, "There's an app for that.") But some apps are simply must-haves--whether for their functionality, interface brilliance, or sheer entertainment factor.

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Student Punished for Facebook Comments I recently wrote about I talked about a report by MSNBC’s Bob Sullivan on employers who insist on pawing through job candidates’ Facebook profiles before hiring them. If that ticks you off, you’ll love this next bit.

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Microsoft may have leaked attack code for critical Windows bug, says researcher Hackers who posted a barebones proof-of-concept attack for a critical Windows vulnerability may have obtained some of the code from Microsoft or one of its antivirus partners, the bug's finder said today.

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Mozilla launches Firefox 11 and Thunderbird 11 As Google, Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla continue jockeying for position in the browser market, Mozilla issued an update to Firefox this week to add a new feature.

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5 ways to control your privacy on Google Like it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate. The company recently expanded its ability to combine data from its various services to create a highly detailed profile on you.

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AT&T Won't Appeal Decision in Throttling Suit AT&T won't appeal after all a data throttling case it lost in small claims court to a customer, one of a growing number of lawsuits against companies for reneging on marketing claims.

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Get Genius and iTunes Match to Live Together in Harmony In a welcome move, Apple's iOS 5.1 update included, among other features, the return of Genius Mixes and Genius Playlist for subscribers to iTunes Match.

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A Laptop Battery Owner's Guide Does your laptop battery give out a lot sooner than it used to? Are you lucky to get an hour or two of work done before you need to start searching for an AC outlet? Sounds like it's time to think about replacing the battery.

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Nearly a Half Million Servers May Power Amazon Cloud Although most end users never get a clear view of the infrastructure underlying the services they consume via Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud, Accenture Research Manager Huan Liu recently estimated that a whopping 454,400 individual blade servers are currently being used to power that product.

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LibreOffice Gets a Fresh Update Just a month after the release of LibreOffice 3.5, the Document Foundation on Thursday announced an update to the software that's designed to increase the stability and security of the free office productivity suite.

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New iPad Sports Much Larger Battery, Teardown Reveals Apple packs a much larger battery into the new iPad, which becomes available for general sale today, in order to juice the tablet for up to ten hours of use, even with 4G LTE connectivity. iFixit took apart the new iPad , which is vastly improved on the inside, but looks almost identical to the iPad 2 on the outside.

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Apple cements tablet market dominance with new iPad Apple Inc's newest iPad was looking like another hot seller on Friday, with hundreds queuing at stores across Asia and Europe to get their hands on a gadget likely to dominate the tablet-computer market well into next year.

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Yahoo board battle may begin within the next week A potentially nasty battle to reshape Yahoo's board of directors will begin within the next week unless the troubled Internet company submits to the demands of a major shareholder.

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'Insatiable Demand' for Streaming Video Puts Pressure on Providers Just as enterprise network managers brace for the flood of bandwidth-consuming content stemming from the NCAA men's basketball tournament, content delivery providers put in a significant amount of time preparing to meet the meteoric rise in demand.

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It's True: iPads are Starting to Replace Business PCs Apple continues to clobber its competition in the tablet market, and the new iPad is only going to make matters worse for rivals like Samsung. But it's not just other tablet makers that are taking significant hits delivered by the iPad.

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PayPal Unveils Mobile Payment System for Small Businesses PayPal is targeting small businesses, service providers, and casual sellers on the move with its new PayPal Here service which allows vendors to process a variety of payments including checks and cards using their mobile phones.

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40% of U.S. Government Web Sites Fail Security Test Approximately 40% of federal government agencies are out of compliance with a regulation that requires them to deploy an extra layer of authentication on their Web sites to prevent hackers from hijacking Web traffic and redirecting it to bogus sites.

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Digitally Signed Malware Is Increasingly Prevalent, Researchers Say Security companies have recently identified multiple malware threats that use stolen digital certificates to sign their components in an attempt to avoid detection and bypass Windows defenses.

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Apple stock tops $600 day before new iPad release Apple Inc.'s stock touched $600 for the first time, the day before the company's latest iPad goes on sale.

The stock reached $600.01 just after the market opened and was up $3.76 at $593.34 after the half-hour of trading.

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Cisco to buy software developer NDS for $5 billion Cisco Systems has reached a $5 billion deal to buy NDS, which makes set-top box software for cable and satellite TV companies, a move the network equipment maker said would accelerate its expansion into the video communications market.

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Google Adds Google Docs Integration to Google+ Hangouts Google is letting you get a little work done while socializing online with a new feature that integrates Google Docs into Hangouts, the popular video chat feature available on Google+, the search giant's social network.

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Mozilla Offers Firefox Progress Report Mozilla has released an informal progress report on improvements made to Firefox this year, hailing such developments as add-on compatibility and synchronization improvements, silent updates, better organization of development tools and a number of planned Web platform updates.

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18 Firms Sued for Using Privacy-invading Mobile Apps Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Yelp and 14 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications.

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In India, 112 Government Websites Hacked in Three Months A total of 112 government websites in India were hacked from December to February, a federal minister said Wednesday, reflecting India's continuing problem with online security.

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What's the Best Linux Server for You? When it comes to clothes, I'm a normal guy. I just want to walk into a store, grab something that fits, buy it (What, try it on? Are you kidding!?), and head home. Well, that's what I want to do. I've learned over the years that just because something should fit doesn't mean that it will fit.

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Dell Plans Over 20 Data Centers in Asia, as Customers Look to Cloud Dell plans to set up over 20 data centers in Asia to meet growing demand from customers for a mix of private and public clouds, the head of the company's Asia Pacific and Japan region said.

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Google is Off Track, Ex-Exec Gripes A former Google executive has said the company is so focused on advertising and its increasing rivalry with Facebook that the search company is going off track.

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IDC: China to Pass US in Smartphone Shipments in 2012 China will surpass the U.S. in smartphone shipments this year, a title which the U.S. is never expected to regain, according to market figures released on Thursday by IDC.

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5 Big Security Mistakes You're Probably Making How vulnerable are most companies to hacking? So vulnerable that hackers claim they can point their systems at pretty much any target and be guaranteed of breaking in fairly quickly. Most run-of-the-mill vulnerability testers I know can break into a company in a few hours or less. It must be child's play for professional criminals.

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FTC questions tech companies on Google practices: Bloomberg Antitrust regulators investigating Google for potential antitrust violations have asked Apple Inc how it incorporates Google search on its iPad and iPhone, Bloomberg reported citing two people familiar with the matter.

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eBay Has Big Plans for New ‘Watch with eBay’ App At South by Southwest Monday, eBay announced the launch of a new iPad app called Watch With eBay. The app was originally a feature from the eBay for iPad app (launched last November), but the company spun it off into a separate product.

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IT guys don't know enough, bosses say A study by CompTIA concludes that businesses and IT managers believe that their IT guys are woefully underskilled. Now, why might that be?

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iPad and Kindle Fire both strong in recent quarter, says IDC Tablet shipments surged in the fourth quarter thanks to both Apple and Amazon.

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Add-on sync comes to Firefox 11 Firefox 11 debuts a little something for everyone. Developers will dig a new 3D tool for visualizing code on the live Web, while add-on sync has a broader, more apparent appeal

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Watch out Facebook, Twitter. Here comes Pinterest Christina Gomez has carefully displayed her dream cribs, rockers and mobiles on Pinterest, the increasingly popular online bulletin board. Never mind that she doesn't have a baby.

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We Saw Where You Went: App Traces Workers' Steps Abroad Apparently the news that people don’t like having their whereabouts known, tracked, and compiled hasn’t reached all corners.

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DuckDuckGo: Search Engine with an Eye for Privacy Fans of Linux Mint may recall the project's decision late last year to include the DuckDuckGo search engine among the default features of its latest release, also known as Linux Mint 12 “Lisa.”

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Encyclopaedia Britannica Drops Print Edition After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease publishing its flagship encyclopedia and concentrate on its digital offerings.

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Three Reasons the iPad Will Lead the Tablet Pack for Business The iPad seems unstoppable. Pre-orders for the new iPad sold out in less than a week. But it’s not just consumers that are interested; eighty-four percent of businesses prefer the iPad over its competitors, according to a survey by ChangeWave Research.

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Google Chrome to Get a Metro-Style Look for Windows 8 Windows 8 is shaping up to be a new battleground for the browser wars, with Google confirming plans for a Metro-style version of Chrome.

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Six Ways to Protect Your Apple iPad Are you one of the millions who have either pre-ordered the third-generation iPad, or plan to brave the crowds at the Apple Store and other retailers to pick one up first-hand this Friday? You’d better take some steps to protect that investment.

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Cybercriminals Bypass E-banking Protections With Fraudulent SIM Cards, Says Trusteer Cybercriminals are impersonating victims in order to obtain replacement SIM cards from their mobile carriers, which they then use to defeat phone-based Internet banking protections, security vendor Trusteer said in a blog post.

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Dell to Acquire Security Company SonicWall Dell announced on Tuesday that it is planning to acquire SonicWall, a security vendor that specializes in firewalls, network security and antispam systems.

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Tablets Users Dissappointed in Website Load Times Tablet owners are disappointed in the Web surfing aspects of their devices because sites aren’t opening as fast as they expect them to, according to a study from Compuware APM, a Web optimization company.

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Intel Backed Local Languages Interface Helps Indians Negotiate the Web Intel is supporting the development and promotion of a new local languages interface designed to help Indians access the Internet without having to discover and type in the URLs (uniform resource locators) of various websites

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Oracle Updates Its Linux Kernel With New Advanced File System Oracle has updated the kernel of its Linux distribution to take advantage of the latest Linux advances, the company announced Tuesday.

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Consumerization of IT: The Social Networking Problem Social tools debuting at the enterprise level face many pitfalls that can derail even the best laid plans. A few IT leaders speaking at the Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise Conference and Expo in San Francisco last week revealed some of these social danger zones.

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Yahoo sues Facebook for infringing 10 patents Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media.

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San Jose Tries Again With Free Downtown Wi-Fi San Jose is casting a vote of confidence in municipal Wi-Fi from the heart of Silicon Valley, planning a new, free network just a few years after such networks were declared all but dead.

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Twitter Acquires Blogging Platform Posterous Twitter has acquired blogging company Posterous, and said its engineers, product managers and others will join Twitter teams working on several key initiatives.

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GroupLogic Aims at Dropbox With Enterprise File-sharing App GroupLogic has released a file syncing and sharing application that offers the same convenience as Dropbox but with enterprise-level management and security features.

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Two Domain Name Registrars Behind Most Rogue Pharma Sites, Says Study Research done by LegitScript, a company that maintains a database with legitimate online pharmacies, suggests that two domain name registrars are responsible for more than half of all rogue pharmacy sites in the world.

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Firefox 11 Slips onto Stage Ahead of Schedule The final release version of Firefox 11 isn't scheduled to make its official debut until Tuesday, but--as so often happens--it's shown up early.

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Firefox for Windows 8 to run as single Metro and desktop app The in-development browser will work as both a Metro and a desktop app, presenting some challenges for the Mozilla team.

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Germany Wants Search Engines, Aggregators to Pay Publishers The ruling German coalition has agreed to start work on a law that will require Google and other search engines as well as content aggregators to pay publishers and journalists for reproducing even short snippets of articles.

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Google's Trap for Chrome Exploit Writers Leads to Crashes for Users A limitation built recently into Google Chrome to detect and block Flash Player exploits ended up breaking certain Flash-based applications and games for some users.

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UK teen wins Cyber Security competition A UK teenager has been crowned the winner in a cyber security competition, sponsored by government intelligence organisation GCHQ.

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Google inches up, Yahoo inches down Yahoo's share of the U.S. search engine market continued to slip last month as Google upped its lead.

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Dropbox's URL Shortener Abused by Spammers Spammers are abusing a Dropbox feature that lets users share a shortened link, directing people to websites selling questionable pharmaceuticals, according to security vendor Symantec.

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China's Mobile Browser Leader UCWeb Targets U.S. Market China's largest mobile browser provider, UCWeb, is preparing to enter the US market, as the company shifts from doing business on its home turf to becoming a global Internet firm.

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China's Top Video Sites, Youku and Tudou, Join Forces in Merger China's two leading video sites, Youku and Tudou, announced on Monday the companies would merge, creating the country's largest online video platform and dealing a blow to the companies' rivals.

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Linux Certificate Program Targets Newcomers to the OS Linux skills are in growing demand in today's IT hiring landscape, and there are many ways to bolster those skills both online and off.

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At hacking contest, Google Chrome falls to third zero-day attack Google's Chrome browser on Friday fell to a zero-day attack that pierced its vaunted security sandbox, the third such attack in as many days at a contest designed to test its resistance to real-world threats.

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Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

Now Google observers, including many longtime admirers of the search giant, say the Mountain View company is behaving more like something it vowed never to become: a conventional company where the bottom line drives decisions.

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Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will have to wait People pre-ordering Apple Inc's new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company's retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.

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Tablets Won't Kill the PC, Just Replace It I think the idea of the “post-PC era” needs some clarification. There is much hoopla and fanfare being dedicated to dwindling PC sales, and the idea that tablets--specifically the Apple iPad--are going to be the death knell for PCs. It’s not a “death”, it’s an “evolution” and the tablet is just the new PC.

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iPad Cases Abound With Launch of Apple's New Tablet Wednesday's release of the third-generation iPad spawned so many iPad-case announcements that yesterday's roundup simply wasn't enough to hold them all.

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SXSW Panelists: Mobile Payments Poised to Take off in US Mobile payments will become ubiquitous -- really, this time -- in the next few years, according to a panel discussion at the SXSW conference Saturday.

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New Key Technology Simplifies Data Encryption in the Cloud Data at rest has long been protected by technology called public key infrastructure (PKI), in which data is encrypted when it's created by a public key and only decrypted, in theory, by an authorized person holding the private key. But extending this type of data protection to the cloud can be complicated.

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Ransom Trojans Spreading Beyond Russian Heartland Ransom malware has moved out of its traditional Russian market and is starting to become a measurable problem in countries such as the US and Germany, figures from Trend Micro have confirmed.

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Google Rules Despite Privacy Concerns Although Google's new privacy policies have proven controversial, that hasn't stopped the company from cementing its position as America's favorite search engine.

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A Guide to Using Facebook's New 'Interest Lists' Facebook rolled out a new feature on Thursday called "Interest Lists," an aggregation tool that turns Facebook into a social, personalized feed for topics that you find interesting: tech news, sports, entertainment and more.

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iOS Update Puts 4G Label on AT&T iPhones The iOS 5.1 update, released last week amid a slew of product announcements from Apple includes a small slate of fixes and improvements, a handful of new features, and—for some AT&T subscribers, at least—a new 4G cellular service label in the status bar.

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Apple admits to two key allegations in ebook price fixing case While Apple and book publishers may find themselves on the precipice of an antitrust lawsuit from the Justice Department, filings in a concurrent civil class-action lawsuit obtained by BetaNews indicate that Apple has already admitted to two of the most damaging allegations in the case that the federal government is likely to include.

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Google Chrome Hacker Wins $60K at Pwnium Google has updated its Chrome browser, fixing an issue that was first uncovered at the Pwnium browser hacking contest, which took place at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver this week.

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Facebook co-founder buys New Republic magazine Chris Hughes, one of the co-founders of Facebook and a former online strategist for Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, has purchased a majority stake in The New Republic, the magazine said on Friday.

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Court Halts Apple's Kodak Patent Suit A US bankruptcy judge has stopped Apple from pursuing claims of patent infringement against Kodak, saying that allowing the action to continue would be 'inappropriate'.

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What Post-PC Era? PC Sales Growth Forecast With all Apple's talk about the "post-PC" world yesterday, new projections from market research firm Gartner suggest that there is life in the old dog yet.

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March Windows Patches includes One Critical Bug Microsoft yesterday said it would ship six security updates next week, only one critical, to patch seven vulnerabilities in Windows and a pair of for-developers-only programs.

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Will I Be Able to Activate XP after 2014? Microsoft has assured me that they will continue to activate XP. Their exact words: "The end of Windows XP support will not affect activation, but rather security updates and phone/online technical support."

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Apple to build $304 million campus in Texas, add 3,600 jobs Apple Inc is expanding its presence in Texas with a $304 million investment to build a new campus in Austin, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its workforce in the city.

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IPad Hotspot Feature Will Be Available on Verizon, Not AT&T Consumers trying to decide between Verizon and AT&T on their new 4G-enabled iPad have an additional consideration to take into account: Only one of those companies will be offering Apple's Personal Hotspot feature at launch.

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Hacker 'Sabu' worked tirelessly as FBI informant According to court documents revealed yesterday, Hector Xavier Monsegur, who was known as "Sabu" in hacking circles, would stay up all night to help the government catch alleged hackers.

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White House Names Park as New CTO U.S. President Barack Obama has appointed Todd Park as the new CTO for the U.S. government.

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Verizon call center closures to affect more than 3,000 jobs The carrier will shut down or consolidate several of its customer support centers, affecting the jobs of as many as 3,175 employees.

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Microsoft : OnLive, Cloud Provider of Windows and Office, Is Improperly Licensed OnLive, a company that recently began offering hosted Windows and Office software remotely from its servers to iPad and Android tablet users, is in violation of Microsoft licensing rules, according to a Microsoft official.

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Got Privacy? Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Will Help Ensure It. Say the word “privacy,” and most of us think of online privacy--along with the never-ending battle against spyware, tracking, and other opponents of the cause.

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Recall: Lenovo calls back two ThinkCentre models on fire risk After two fires, Lenovo recalls 160,000 ThinkCentre M90z and M70z all-in-one desktops worldwide.

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Lenovo's Fire-Hazard PC Recall FAQ Lenovo is recalling more than 50,000 all-in-one desktop PCs due to a fire hazard, the company announced today in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Here's a quick Q&A that Lenovo PC users should read.

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Senators to hear pitch for tougher cyber security Top U.S. officials are set to push for tougher cyber-security measures to protect the nation's water, electrical and telecommunications grid at a closed-door meeting with senators on Wednesday evening, congressional and White House staffers said.

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Report: China's Developing Cyber Skills Pose Threat to U.S. China's strengthening cyber capabilities will complicate U.S. efforts to defend itself against industrial espionage and possible military confrontations in places such as Taiwan, according to a new congressional report released on Thursday.

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Report: DOJ Warns Apple, Publishers on Collusion Over Book Pricing The U.S. Department of Justice has warned Apple and five U.S. book publishers that it is planning to file lawsuits against them for allegedly colluding to fix the prices of e-books, according to a media report.

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Former top Microsoft exec says world is over the PC Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp's tech visionary, believes the world has moved past the personal computer, potentially leaving behind the world's largest software company.

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Dropbox rival Space Monkey puts 'cloud' in your house An intriguing combination of concepts from Dropbox, BitTorrent, and CrashPlan makes up a new, inexpensive cloud-storage provider.

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New Apple iPad Kicks PC Industry While It's Down Tablets, and the iPad in particular, are part of the perfect storm hitting top PC makers; can Ultrabooks boost the competition?

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Flashback Malware for Mac Changes Infection Tactic A new variant of the password-stealing Flashback malware aimed at Apple computers has emerged, which tries to install itself after a user visits an infected website, according to new research.

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Facebook hit by technical problem across Europe Facebook was unavailable for a number of users mostly across Europe on Wednesday due to "technical difficulties".

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Biggest Solar Storm in Five Years to Hit Earth The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.

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iOS 5.1 arrives with battery bug fixes, will add Japanese Siri support Apple on Wednesday released iOS 5.1, an update to its mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. The update, which has been in testing for some time, includes a number of bug fixes and improvements, including fixes that address battery life issues and support for the Japanese language with Siri.

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The New iPad: Your Ultimate Remote Desktop? Businesses love Apple’s iPad. They use the tablets in myriad ways, from airline pilot flight manuals to hospital charts to point-of-sale terminals

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Spam Leads Google to Disable Interop of Its IM Network With AOL AIM AOL hopes to roll out a fix soon to a spam surge in its AIM service targeting Google IM users, a situation that prompted Google to temporarily shut down the interoperability between the two instant messaging networks.

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Apple Updates iMovie, GarageBand, iWork for iOS Apple shows off new features for GarageBand, iMovie, and the iWork productivity suite, all of which complement the newly-announced iPad.

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iTunes 10.6 Adds 1080p Support, iTunes Match Improvements On Wednesday, Apple released an updated version of iTunes to add support for 1080p video and address several issues with iTunes Match.

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ISPs: No New Cybersecurity Regulations Needed The U.S. Congress should resist any temptations to pass new cybersecurity rules affecting broadband and mobile service providers, a group of Internet service providers told lawmakers Wednesday.

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Google Improves Docs PDF Search Users of the Google Docs office productivity suite will be able to do full-text searches within more documents in PDF format, expanding on a recent improvement to the suite's PDF search capabilities.

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Wondering what the Third Generation iPad will hold Makes Wireless Operators Worry. All signs point to Apple’s (AAPL) unveiling its third-generation iPad on Wednesday, March 7, and while millions of consumers will follow Apple’s San Francisco event in anticipation, operators around the world will watch with trepidation. New reports emerge daily that the iPad 3 will be the first iOS device with LTE connectivity, but Apple hasn’t given any official confirmation.

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30,000 WordPress Blogs Infected to Distribute Rogue Antivirus Software Almost 30,000 WordPress blogs have been infected in a new wave of attacks orchestrated by a cybercriminal gang whose primary goal is to distribute rogue antivirus software, researchers from security firm Websense said in a blog post on Monday.

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Ubuntu Linux 12.04 One-Ups Windows and Mac, Shuttleworth Says The first beta version of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” was launched late last week, giving fans of the free and open source operating system an early glimpse at what to expect in the final release due next month.

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FBI arrests three suspected LulzSec hackers: source The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested three suspected members of the hacker group LulzSec and charges will be made public against two more, a law enforcement official told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Amazon Web Services Enacts 'significant' Price Cut Amazon Web Services has cut its prices for the 19th time in six years in a bid to fend off competition from the likes of Microsoft Azure and Rackspace.

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Malware and Spam Volume Down, Complexity on the Rise: Symantec The level of technical innovation and social engineering, as well as the targeting of business executives, are some of the new security trends that Symantec is warning people to be vigilant against.

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Google, Motorola Ordered to Provide Android Information to Apple A U.S. judge has ordered Motorola Mobility and Google to turn over information to Apple on Google's acquisition in 2005 of Android, its development of the Android OS and the proposed acquisition of Motorola.

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Yahoo preparing layoffs, could affect thousands: report Yahoo Inc's new chief executive is preparing a significant restructuring of the Internet company, including layoffs that could cut thousands of employees from its payroll, according to a technology blog.

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AMD Sheds Its Stake in GlobalFoundries Advanced Micro Devices is shedding its remaining manufacturing assets, giving up its stake in foundry company GlobalFoundries and setting the stage to fully focus on chip design.

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Diskeeper Shifts Aim and Name After 31 years of doing business as Diskeeper, the disk defragmentation company announced today that it has changed its name to Condusiv Technologies and is working to reshape its product image.

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Anonymous Backers Duped into Installing Password Stealer Hackers have duped supporters of the Anonymous group into installing the Zeus botnet, which steals confidential information from PCs, including banking usernames and passwords, security researchers said last week.

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Senator Schumer Puts Android and iPhone in His Privacy Crosshairs Worried that Apple or Google might grab your photos or contact info, in view of recent revelations that certain apps on the iPhone or Android-based mobiles can? So is Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

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Video game industry looks for new plan to reach players The $64 billion global video games industry, shaken up by the likes of Zynga in recent years, may be on the verge of another identity crisis.

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Seven Office Suites for Android Devices You can take your work with you, thanks to several office suites which let you view and edit your documents on an Android device. Most were originally designed for use on a smartphone, but here are seven that are compatible with most Android tablets that run Android 2.3 (codenamed "Gingerbread").

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In a Twist, Anonymous Supporters Hit by Cybercriminals New research from Symantec illustrates how cybercriminals rarely pass an opportunity to infect batches of computers with malicious software, even if it means targeting other would-be online lawbreakers.

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Yahoo Dropped From Objectionable Content Lawsuits in India Civil and criminal claims that Yahoo hosted objectionable content were dropped in India, after it was found that there was no such content on its websites, according to people close to the situation.

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Hackers Steal Michael Jackson Catalogue from Sony Sony’s PlayStation Network major outage last year was not the only damage done by hackers. Michael Jackson’s entire back catalogue of more than 50,000 music files, worth some $250 million, was stolen as well, it has been revealed.

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US Files Papers for Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom's Extradition U.S. prosecutors have filed papers seeking the extradition of Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload and three colleagues, who are charged in the U.S. with allegedly running a criminal enterprise responsible for online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works.

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FBI Enlists Gordon Gekko to Fight Cyberfraud The FBI has said it is closely watching social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, as well as the Skype chat service, in order to catch insider traders.

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'Password1' is the No. 1 Password Employed by Business Users The business world has a password problem—starting with the fact that the No. 1 computer password employed by business users is, wait for it: "Password1".

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New privacy policy lets Google watch you — everywhere Several weeks ago, I bought some exercise videos online. Then I noticed that whenever I did an Internet search about anything, an ad for that same video package and other similar workout videos kept popping up. It was spooky.

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Disabled Google Apps Account Deletion Mechanism Affecting Admins, Users Google Apps customers are finding it hard to delete and reactivate domains in their accounts, after Google unexpectedly disabled the automated mechanism for performing these tasks in mid-January.

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iPad Sales Forecast to Hit 55 Million in 2012 Apple will sell 55 million iPads this year, with sales driven by a "significant" upgrade in the shape of the iPad 3, an analyst has predicted.

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German court dismisses Apple, Samsung lawsuits A German court has dismissed patent lawsuits by technology giants Apple and Samsung against each other in the two companies' battle over the market for smartphones and tablet devices.

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Google 'Assistant' Reportedly Will Surpass Siri Google is said to be working on artificial intelligence technology that could surpass the capabilities of Apple's Siri voice assistant, a development that comes as Apple prepares for a media event at which it could launch the next iteration of its popular iPad tablet.

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Seven New Features in Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Beta 1 Exactly three months after the first alpha version of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 “Precise Pangolin” made its debut, the project's developers on Thursday launched the first beta release of the operating system.

The problem with beta testing Ubuntu is there are only 5 people on the planet that like this distro. Install Windows and be a happy PC owner again.

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FBI: Cyberattacks May Soon Be No. 1 Threat to U.S. The leaders of the Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week separately expressed concern over the increasing numbers of cyberattacks, with FBI Director Robert Mueller saying that while terrorism remains the FBI's top priority,

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NASA says was hacked 13 times last year NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security.

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IRS software glitch delays some tax refunds The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's new software system for handling electronic tax returns has experienced problems during the tax filing season, angering some taxpayers whose refunds have been delayed.

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Trade panel to review Microsoft, Motorola decision A U.S. trade panel, which hears patent infringement cases, said on Friday that it would undertake a wide-ranging review of its preliminary decision over whether Motorola Mobility violated Microsoft patents.

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Dropbox Works Because It's a Screwdriver, Not a Multi-Tool Some have called Dropbox's value and future into question. I say trust the service that does one thing very well.

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AT&T Sets New Limits for 'Unlimited' Data Plans AT&T Thursday clarified when and how it will slow down the connection speed of smartphone users who still have an unlimited data plan.

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Replacing an SSD Under Warranty A reader writes to On Your Side after solid-state drive maker OCZ fails to send a replacement. Plus: Apple offers to replace first-generation iPod Nanos.

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The Bright Future of LibreOffice February 2012 was a coming-of-age for the LibreOffice open source productivity suite. Multiple announcements show the project is well-supported and thriving. But what of the future?

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Hackers winning security war: executives Technology security professionals seeking wisdom from industry leaders in San Francisco this week saw more of the dark side than they had expected: a procession of CEO speakers whose companies have been hacked.

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Is Chrome Overtaking Firefox? Not So Fast. It's been predicted for many months now that Google's Chrome browser would soon overtake Firefox in terms of market share, but that still hasn't happened--at least not according to Net Applications.

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Facebook's Timeline Embraced by Obama Facebook's Timeline feature is getting a plug from President Barack Obama.

Obama converted his Facebook home page to Timeline on Thursday after Facebook extended the feature as an option for branded home pages.

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Windows 8 beta grabs 1 million downloads over one day Just one day after hitting the Web, the Windows 8 beta, aka the Consumer Preview, has reached a milestone, according to Microsoft.

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What you should know about Twitter's data sales Twitter users are about to become major marketing fodder, as two research companies get set to release information to clients who will pay for the privilege of mining the data.

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Google's new privacy policy begins. Does it break the law? The European Union's Justice Commission says that several agencies across the Eurozone have serious worries about the Internet titan's "simple" privacy experience.

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Microsoft Wooing Startups to Its Platforms With Free Software, Business Advice Jun Kim, the young co-founder of a Korean software house, was recently approached by a representative from Amazon, who offered him a US$200 credit to develop on its Web Services cloud platform.

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Best Motherboards for Budget and Performance PCs Selecting an appropriate motherboard for your tailor-made desktop is essential. Check out our picks for Intel- and AMD-based systems. Plus: RAM is extremely affordable these days, so don't forget to grab a generous amount.

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Select the Right Storage for Your Custom-Made PC Every computer needs a hard drive to store programs and data, and maybe an optical drive for playing movies. And solid-state drives are a great addition that will improve performance. Here are our choices for the best drives.

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Cyberterrorism Threat Shouldn't Be Underestimated, Some Security Experts Say Concern about cyberterrorism was evident this week among security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, who find that some people with extremist views have the technical knowledge that could be used to hack into systems.

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Kodak to sell on-line photo business to Shutterfly Eastman Kodak Co, which filed for bankruptcy in January, said it has agreed to sell its on-line photo services business to "stalking horse" bidder Shutterfly Inc for $23.8 million.

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XP loses ground to Windows 7 but still top OS Windows XP lost more users to Windows 7 last month, but the decade-old platform continues to hold on as the most popular operating system

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Telecoms groups fight back against free messaging Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," a small California company that offers free texting in the United States and Germany and has global expansion plans.

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How to erase your web history before Google’s new privacy policy hits You've likely heard that Google is instituting a new privacy policy on March 1. Under the policy, Google will create one massive hub of your personal web proclivities, culled from across more than 60 products that it owns.

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EU agencies say Google breaking data laws EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Thursday that data protection agencies in countries across the European Union had come to the conclusion that Google's new privacy policy was in breach of EU law.

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AMD to acquire microserver vendor SeaMicro--a user of Intel chips Advanced Micro Devices will acquire server vendor SeaMicro in an attempt to make a run at Intel in the microserver market.

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IE holds rival browsers at bay In February's usage reports, there was little change in the top three browsers' relative usage -- something of a victory for Microsoft. Also: a new IE10 preview.

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Facebook Acquires Staff Behind File-transfer Startup Facebook has acquired the team behind file-transfer startup Caffeinated Mind, which offered an on-demand peer-to-peer file sharing system.

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Apple Files Complaint Against Chinese Vendor for Using EPAD Trademark Apple, which already faces uncertainty over ownership of the iPad trademark in China, has filed a complaint demanding a local Chinese luggage vendor drop the EPAD trademark it uses on its products.

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Two Hours to Upgrade to Windows 8 Well it takes two hours to upgrade to Windows 8 and a lot of things are not quite as you would expect. The path to happiness may be to install Ubuntu 12.04 since that will only take 20 minutes for a fresh install.

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Facebook revamps pages for businesses Facebook revamped the pages businesses can set up on its online social network, providing a new way for brands to promote their goods to Facebook's 845 million users.

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Where to get the Windows 8 beta Microsoft unveiled the Windows 8 beta today in Barcelona, Spain. If you're excited about interactive tiles for your apps, the Windows Store, or the future of Windows, Microsoft has made this "Consumer Preview" available for free--just as they did with Windows 7.

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Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Serious Outage Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage on Wednesday, with the system's service management component going down worldwide starting at 1:45 a.m. GMT.

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Firefox Add-On Collusion Shows Who's Tracking You Online If you're concerned about advertisers tracking you across the Web, Mozilla can now help you see exactly who's following you online with a new experimental Firefox add-on called Collusion.

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iOS photo access glitch fix incoming tip sources The iOS loophole allowing developers to suck all of the photos stored on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with rogue applications to a remote server is set to be closed by the next iOS release, sources claim. The functionality is supposedly unintentional on Apple’s part, insiders familiar with the situation told The Verge, but the Cupertino company has been informed of the flaw and is working on a fix.

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Google tramples over Euro data protection law – French watchdog Google is hours away from changing its terms of service for its users, just as French data protection authority CNIL once again urged Larry Page's company to postpone its planned cut-and-shut tweak to its privacy policies.

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Apple Defends Claims to IPad Trademark in Chinese Court Hearing Apple's lawyers defended the company's claims to the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday during a high-stakes court hearing that could decide whether Chinese authorities ban the tablet for trademark infringement.

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Toshiba Claims 'world's Thinnest' Tablet With Excite LE Toshiba will start shipping its Excite LE tablet next week, which the company claims will be the thinnest tablet yet.

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Europe to investigate Google's new privacy policy France's data protection regulator will launch an official investigation into Google's new privacy policy and said that its preliminary view was that it did not conform with European laws on protecting individuals' privacy.

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Malware Increasingly Uses DNS as Command and Control Channel to Avoid Detection, Experts Say The number of malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to increase, and most companies are not currently scanning for such activity on their networks, security experts said at the RSA Conference 2012 on Tuesday.

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Toshiba to acquire Western Digital's 3.5-inch HDD manufacturing equipment Western Digital and Toshiba enter a deal in which Toshiba will take over WD's 3.5-inch HDD manufacturing equipment and intellectual property and WD will acquire Toshiba's 2.5-inch hard-drive facility in Thailand.

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Defeating Hackers and Malware With Disorder Entropy -- the measure of disorder or randomness -- isn't always desirable in the world of IT security. Kinda, sorta patching your IT systems sometimes, for example, would be a bad thing.

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Interpol Arrests 25 Alleged Anonymous Members Interpol said Tuesday that 25 people suspected of being affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group were arrested in four countries in South America and Europe, with authorities seizing IT equipment, payment cards and cash.

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Google users are not bothered about privacy DESPITE THE CONTROVERSY that Google's privacy policy changes have caused, just 12 per cent of Google users have checked on the firm's upcoming changes.

The privacy policy changes come into effect this week, but according to Big Brother Watch many of the people affected are unconcerned.

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Ex-Sun CEO McNealy Dives into Social Media with Old Friends Wayin, the new social media venture backed by Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, announced it has raised $14 million in Series B funding from U.S. Venture Partners.

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Malware Authors Expand Use of Domain Generation Algorithms to Evade Detection Malware authors are increasingly adopting flexible domain generation algorithms (DGAs) in order to evade detection and prevent their botnets from being shut down by security researchers or law enforcement agencies.

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AT&T 'Throttles' Heaviest Data Users Throttling is a way for the cell phone company to limit its unlimited customers. Bloomberg technology columnist Rich Jaroslovsky talks to David Greene about what AT&T has been doing to customers who use the most data.

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Yahoo, Facebook in Intellectual Property Dispute Yahoo is threatening action unless Facebook licenses some of its technologies, as other web and technology companies are said to have done.

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Microsoft India Warns Hackers May Have Compromised Customer Financial Data Microsoft has warned customers that their financial data such as credit card information may have been compromised by hackers who attacked the company's online store in India earlier this month.

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McAfee Unveils New Mobile Security Tools McAfee used the venue of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as an opportunity to announce new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, data, and apps. Mobile devices are a huge target for malware and cyber attackers, and McAfee wants to ensure organizations have the tools to use the mobile devices securely.

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AT&T's HTC One X Flashy Smartphone: Quad-Core Everywhere But the U.S. HTC's One X will be the company's first smartphone with a quad-core processor, but it won't be at full power in the United States, where it'll be choked back to dual-core to accommodate AT&T's 4G LTE network.

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Apple arch-nemesis Proview: We want to 'make a comeback' The company's chief executive, Yang Long-san, says he just wants to resolve "all the problems" his company is facing, ostensibly including its trademark battle with Apple.

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WikiLeaks publishes security think tank emails The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA.

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Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country.

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How Much Do They Know About Me In The 'Cloud'? What do Google's computers and Facebook's, and Amazon's, and Verizon's, and all the other Internet servers know about me?

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Mobile Network Operators Set Guidelines for App Privacy Amid growing concerns over the privacy policies of mobile phone apps, the GSMA has published a set of guidelines that aims to give users more transparency, choice and control over how apps use their personal information.

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Apple Wins Key Victory in Motorola Patent War A German court has ruled in favor of Apple and dealt a crucial blow to Motorola Mobility in the ongoing patent battle between the two. The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court decided today that Motorola Mobility can no longer enforce its standard-essential patent injunction against Apple in Germany during the ongoing appeal.

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Wage Hikes in China, Higher Tech Prices Here? For multinational corporations, China's appeal as the world's factory floor is obvious: dirt-cheap labor. But for consumers in the U.S. and the rest of the developed world, the benefits of Chinese manufacturing aren't as clear-cut.

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Google+ Workaround Found By Chinese Critical of Internet Censorship Internet censorship is infamous in China, but average citizens have apparently found a workaround and posted hundreds of comments on President Barack Obama's Google+ 2012 election campaign page.

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Hidden File Offers Suggestion for Pirates: Apply for A Job Game developers have tried any number of strategies to try and fight software piracy but Syndicate developers Starbreeze Studios appear to have hatched a new scheme: recruit the pirates. A Reddit user named MikkelManDK found the message hidden in an .nfo file included in a legal download of the game.

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Malware Surpasses 75 Million Unique Pests in a Year Despite McAfee predicting that unique malware samples would hit 75 million in 2011, the security vendor actually found that the real number actually surpassed that estimate.

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Is The 'Right To Be Forgotten' The 'Biggest Threat To Free Speech On The Internet'? Let's start with those who favor the law: Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission, argues that everything we do — our emails, our blog comments, our e-purchases, our porn watching, the tickets we buy, the photos we share — all of it is sitting in databases controlled in the great "cloud."

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Android bug opens devices to outside control: experts Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.

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That was quick: Nokia is world's largest Windows Phone 7 vendor Research firm Strategy Analytics announced today that fourth-quarter shipments of Windows Phone 7-based devices were up 36 percent compared with the third quarter, reaching 2.7 million units. Nokia, which entered the Windows Phone 7 fray in the fourth quarter, took the top spot among vendors, securing 33 percent market share on 900,000 units sold.

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Apple forced to suspend push email service in Germany Apple has been forced to stop push email for iCloud and MobileMe users on iOS devices while they are in Germany.

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Scrawl Lets You Store Text Notes and Sync Them Between Your Macs Although Apple's iCloud service debuted last fall, it's only recently that we've started to see applications take advantage of iCloud to keep data synchronized between your Macs

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Apple iPad sale ban case suspended for now in Shanghai Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights was suspended on Thursday.

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Apple Acquires App Search Company Chomp Apple has acquired apps search company Chomp for an undisclosed price, it said Friday.

Chomp, based in San Francisco, is the developer of a search engine that helps users find mobile apps based on their functions, and not just their name, according to its website.

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Hacker Billboard Pastebin Struggles With DDOS Attacks Pastebin, a website favored by hackers to publicly post sensitive stolen data, has been battling an ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack aimed at disabling the site, according to its administrators.

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Obama's Internet Bill Of Rights Will Be Hard to Enforce: Here's Why The real question about the new Internet "Bill of Rights" from the White House is how exactly will these rights be enforced and interpreted?

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Amazing Story of Lost Photos Returned: Websites Offer Recovery Hope When Montreal residents Shoshana and her husband Dez visited the New York City area in 2008 and lost a tiny 512MB SD card from their Canon PowerShot camera, they were heartbroken. Some 140 photo memories were gone in an instant. Little did they know that 3 years later, thanks to a determined network of good Samaritans and a few freaky coincidences, their vacation shots were saved from the abyss.

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Why Microsoft is More Afraid of Google Than Apple Microsoft has recently launched an all-out advertising assault against Google, attacking everything from the company's privacy policies to what Microsoft considers the inadequacy of Google Apps. Meanwhile, it's been mum about Apple, and some unconfirmed rumors say it might even be developing an Office app for the iPad. Here are three reasons Microsoft fears Google more than it does Apple.

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T-Mobile asks FCC to block spectrum sale to Verizon The company says, according to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, that Verizon would receive an "excessive concentration" of wireless spectrum in the deal.

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Routing Error Knocks 3 Million Telstra Customers Offline An Internet traffic routing error by a rival ISP is suspected of causing up to 3 million Telstra customers to be knocked offline for around 35 minutes on Thursday afternoon.

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Chrome to support Do Not Track privacy feature Google previously found Do Not Track "interesting" though too vague, but now says the technology for blocking behavioral ad targeting is mature enough to use.

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Toshiba and SanDisk Shrink 128Gbit Memory Chips Toshiba said Thursday it has shrunk the size of its 128Gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more and tinier storage to products like USB storage and memory cards.

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PCWorld Arrives on the iPad Today PCWorld took the wraps off its first iPad app, PCWorld Daily. The Daily aggregates all the latest technology news, reviews, and how-to tips into one easy-to-browse app.

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Huddle Launches Intelligent Sync Tool to Rival Sharepoint British cloud-based content collaboration firm Huddle has launched a private beta programme for its new intelligent file synchronisation tool, which the company describes as a Dropbox for the enterprise.

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Cyberattacks On The Rise U.S. utilities and industries face a rising number of cyber break-ins by attackers using extremely sophisticated methods, a senior Homeland Security Department official said during the government's first media tour of secretive defense labs intended to protect the nation's power grid, water systems and other vulnerable infrastructure.



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Under the hood: HTML5 or native? A guide The mobile technology landscape is incredibly confusing. There are numerous choices, ranging from new HTML5 technologies, native app development methods, and all sorts of content management systems.

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Foxconn's Pay Increase: Will Apple's Prices Go Up, Too? The shakeup in workplace conditions --- and especially pay levels --- at Apple Chinese partner Foxconn Technology is occurring far faster than most observers expected.

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Google's New Privacy Policy: How to Stay Off the Grid The Electronic Frontier Foundation is recommending that privacy conscious users delete their Google Web history before the search giant's new unified privacy policy kicks in

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EU suspends copyright treaty ratification The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratify a new international anti-counterfeiting agreement, and instead will refer it to Europe's highest court to see whether it violates any fundamental EU rights.

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Microsoft hits Motorola, Google with EU complaint Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

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9 Ways Google+ Can Help Your Business This month, Google+ passed 100 million users. And analyst Paul Allen (Google+ unofficial statistician) predicts that by the end of 2012 the number of Google+ users will exceed 400 million.

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UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook Legal authorities said Tuesday that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims. Lawyers in a commercial dispute were last week granted permission to serve a suit against a defendant via the popular social networking site.

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Study: Employers really can tell your future job performance based on your Facebook profile If you're in the market for a new job, you should already be aware that future employers are perusing your Facebook profile. Some employers are even demanding applicants supply their Facebook passwords.

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Three Ways I Want Apple to Improve iTunes I don't know about you, but the iTunes Store is feeling a bit staid lately, especially considering the competition that's been ramping up since Apple's last update to the store three years ago. No one, but Apple, knows when the next iTunes Store update will be rolled out for sure.

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Ubuntu Android Add-on Designed to Replace PCs Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

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BlackBerry PlayBook finally has native e-mail Research in Motion announced Tuesday that it has released an upgrade to its BlackBerry PlayBook operating system, finally bringing a native e-mail client to its 7-inch tablet after nearly a year on the market.

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Are Netbooks Dead? The Prognosis Is Grim Remember netbooks? Those inexpensive, highly portable, long-battery-life laptops made primarily for lightweight tasks like Web browsing? Netbook sales have declined. In the United States, sales have dropped precipitously since 2010, and the trend in the rest of the world is starting to follow.

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Researchers Defeat Video CAPTCHA Antispam Tests A team of researchers has devised a method to defeat NuCaptcha, one of the most popular video-based antispam tests on the Internet, and have proposed a solution to increase its resilience to attacks.

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Company suing Apple over iPad name open to talks The lawyer for a Chinese company suing Apple Inc. in China over its use of the iPad trademark indicated Tuesday that his client would be willing to discuss a settlement.

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Google Says IE Privacy Policy Is Impractical in Modern Web Microsoft's privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer, known as P3P, is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said Monday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer.

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Google Privacy Fiasco Lesson: There Is No Privacy Google is in some hot water for bypassing privacy controls on the Safari Web browser in iOS devices--and allegedly on Internet Explorer as well--to surreptitiously track users’ online activities.

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Microsoft Says Google Circumvents IE Privacy Policies Too Microsoft on Monday accused Google of bypassing privacy protections in Internet Explorer, following accusations last week that Google was doing so in Apple's Safari browser.

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Feds Yank Another Site -- Even Without SOPA Top execs at the SOPA-promoting RIAA said over and over that the process of addressing alleged copyright infringements would be open and fair, not the secret-accusations-in-a-back-room affair most SOPA opponents imagined it would be.

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LightSquared Defaults on $56M Payment to Spectrum Owner Inmarsat LightSquared has defaulted on a US$56.25 million payment due under a 2007 wireless spectrum cooperation agreement with Inmarsat, the U.K. satellite communications operator said Monday, adding that it could terminate the agreement if LightSquared doesn't make payment within 60 days.

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Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes under intensive scrutiny after a spate of suicides.

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Should The FTC Investigate Google's Safari Gaffe? Privacy advocates and now some members of Congress say Google should answer for its practice of bypassing the default privacy settings of potentially millions of users of Apple's Safari browser.

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When Is a Cybercrime an Act of Cyberwar? There is growing talk of cyberwar, as opposed to run-of-the-mill cybercrime. There are also terms that lies somewhere in the middle called cyber espionage, and cyber hacktivism--which is sort of like cyber terrorism for good guys.

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Mozilla Gives CAs a Chance to Come Clean About Certificate Policy Mozilla has asked all certificate authorities (CAs) to revoke subordinate CA certificates currently used for corporate SSL traffic management, offering an amnesty to any CAs that had breached Mozilla's conditions for having their root certificates ship with its products.

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Web Tracking: Is this a Big Deal? Web tracking companies say anonymous tracking is harmless. What's the real story? Here are two scenarios where online tracking can come back to bite you.

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Google Unlikely to Back Down at Privacy Lawsuits Google's privacy practices are under fire from lawmakers in Washington, civil liberties groups, and the average Joe mobile phone owner -- the latest attack is a lawsuit from an Illinois man worried about how his personal information is used -- but don't expect the Internet search leader to back down.

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Apple-Samsung Patent Fight 'Huge' Apple's latest lawsuit against Samsung focuses on 17 products and is going to be "huge," a patent expert claims.

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Bugs & Fixes: Poor Rich Text Format Support in iOS There's an item that's been near the top of my iOS wish list almost since the iPhone was released: RTF (rich text format) support. Before you start shouting that iOS already has such support, allow me to rewind to the beginning of the story.

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Shylock Malware Returns, Refreshed Trusteer, a Boston-based in-browser web security vendor, issued a warning this week about the return "with a vengeance" of "Shylock," a polymorphic financial malware variant the company discovered last September that is now showing up again in end-user machines.

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Cybersecurity Act Gives Feds Power to Protect Infrastructure The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 would give the Department of Homeland Security power to regulate the kind of company security protections government deems necessary to protect critical infrastructure -- such as power and phone companies, water and treatment plants, wireless providers and other companies based on DHS risk assessments.

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Google's Privacy Invasion: It's Your Fault Google stepped in it, again. The company was caught bypassing the privacy settings of those using Apple's Safari Web browser, which unlike other major browsers blocks third-party cookies by default.

Read more at: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/232601119
iPad 3 Latest Reports Say Screen Sharpness is Nearly as Good as Billed Apple's enhanced display on its yet-to-be-unveiled iPad 3 appears to be the worst kept secret judging by all the eyes that are reportedly able to see it.

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Mountain Lion: What You Need to Know Any time there's a new operating system, there's bound to be lots of questions about new features and capabilities. And when that operating system's unveiling is as surprising as this week's Mountain Lion announcement was, those questions take on a newfound urgency.

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Faster Chromebooks to leapfrog today's slowpokes Even for those who buy into cloud computing, the first-generation Chromebook can be painfully pokey. But faster next-gen models are on the way, Google tells CNET.

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10 Social Media Tips for Bloggers When it comes to building an audience and driving traffic, bloggers are turning to social media with record results. Instead of relying on organic search or (gasp) IRL friends, successful bloggers know they have to develop a following on key social networks as a way to promote their brands and ultimately get more clicks.

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ITC Rules in Apple's Favor in HTC Dispute The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday issued a final determination that Apple doesn't infringe certain HTC patents

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Does your browser feed the cookie monster--or starve it? Not all tracking cookies are created equal, and as Google just reminded us, neither are the ways in which your browser handles them. Here's what the five major browsers do for your cookie 'problem'.

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Apple Sold More iOS Devices in 2011 Than Macs Ever Apple sold more iOS devices in 2011 than it has sold Macs in the last 28 years.

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Oracle Drops One of Its Patent Claims Against Google Oracle has decided to give up on one of the patent claims it brought against Google in its lawsuit over alleged Java intellectual property violations in the Android mobile OS.

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China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China.

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Mozilla contemplates nuking McAfee The makers of Firefox say that a popular McAfee security add-on is causing enormous performance problems. Now Mozilla is strongly considering forcibly blocking it.

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Serious Facebook hack lands UK student in prison A British student who stole sensitive information from Facebook's internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of social media hacking ever brought before the country's courts.

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Google's Tracking of Safari Users Could Lead to FTC Investigation Google's alleged circumvention of do-not-track controls on Apple's Safari browser could lead to big fines from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission if the agency determines Google has violated a privacy settlement the company agreed to in March, some privacy advocates said Friday.

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Browser maker Opera acquires two mobile ad networks Buying Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising gives the browser maker ways to deliver ads to mobile devices. Opera also reported stronger quarterly revenue and profits.

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Chinese Officials Can Gloat Over Apple's IPad Woes A small company's trademark claim has forced iPads off China's store shelves, turning the tables on charges of technology theft

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Apple to Bring iPhone, iPad Features to Mac Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook wants to make its Mac more like an iPhone.

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Google Looks for Fix to Chromebook Wi-Fi 'disconnect Bugs' Google is making changes to its Chrome OS to reduce the number of times that Chromebooks drop their connections to Wi-Fi networks, an issue some users have complained about for months.

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Hacker Suspected in Pentagon, NASA Breaches is Arrested A 20-year-old hacker who goes by the Internet name TinKode was arrested recently by Romanian police after he bragged about hacking into Pentagon and NASA computer systems.

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Experts urge stronger cyber regulation bill Cybersecurity experts are urging senators to close loopholes in legislation to give the government more power to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure.

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DDoS Attackers Start Targeting IPv6 Networks Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks.

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Waledac Malware Returns After Two Years With Password-stealing Capabilities A new version of the Waledac malware has been spotted on the Internet, but unlike previous variants, which were mainly used for spamming purposes, this one steals various log-in credentials and BitCoins, a type of virtual currency.

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Google Working on Password Generator for Chrome Google is working on a new password manager for its Chrome browser that would also automatically create strong passwords for users.

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Microsoft advising users to apply latest critical security patches Microsoft is urging Windows users to apply yesterday's security updates to patch critical holes affecting Internet Explorer and Media Player.

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Ubuntu and Slackware Named Top Desktop Linux Distros The world of desktop Linux is often portrayed these days as a battle primarily between longstanding leader Ubuntu and up-and-coming challenger Linux Mint, frequently with the suggestion that Mint is winning.

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New Spotify app offers streamed music that sounds better than songs bought from iTunes The latest version of Spotify's mobile app offers hi-fi music that outperforms songs bought from Apple's iTunes Store.

Spotify's iPhone and iPad app now offers 'Extreme' streams at 320kbps resolution.

App users can search for and stream music at that resolution from anywhere via wi-fi or the phone network.

Music bought from iTunes Store is 256kbps.

It could mean an influx of hi-fi snobs to Spotify's service, as some music fans believe that the higher resolution delivers an experience much closer to CD quality.

Spotify is already the number two music service in Europe after iTunes.

Read more at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2100613/New-version-Spotify-app-offers-digital-music-sounds-better-iTunes.html#ixzz1mRHulpfh
Is Pinterest the Facebook for women? Fast-growing social site could be 97% female Picture-sharing social network Pinterest has become one of the fastest-growing social sites, increasing its market share by 68 per cent in January in the UK.

The site has hit 12 million unique visitors in the U.S - the fastest social network ever to hit the figure.

Techcrunch says that 97 per cent of Pinterest's one million Facebook likes are from women.

Earlier data from Experian Hitwise put the figure at 58 per cent female in December, driven by the photo-sharing site's focus on arts and crafts.

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Doctor, I’ve got iPad hand! Rise in RSI injuries from clutching and swiping tablet computers It started with 'Blackberry thumb' when users of the phones complained of muscle pain from repeated knob twiddling.

Now doctors say they are starting to treat Apple iPad owners for similar repetitive strain injuries.

Dubbed 'iPad hand', users have complained of aches and pains in the hand they hold the device with and in their fingers after typing on and swiping the screen.

Medics are also treating people for arm and neck problems associated with holding their iPad on their knees.

Experts in body posture have identified several risk factors in using iPads, which have sold in their thousands in Britain since their launch.

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It's back! Social media dinosaur MySpace gains a million users thanks to new free music player New music player offers 42 million tracks - Spotify only offers 15 million

Site now adding 40,000 users per day

'Comeback' for network that was once world's biggest

New users can now login with Facebook passwords

Myspace has staged a comeback, adding one million new users since December.

The site has gone from adding zero new users per day to adding 40,000 per day, according to new owners Specific Media.

The site says that a new music player offering 42 million songs has helped its 'revival', along with a closer tie-up with successful social networks such as Facebook.

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Putting greens, basketball courts and private gardens: Google offers rare glimpse inside its Californian 'Googleplex' HQ Google offered a glimpse of the interior of its Mountain View 'Googleplex' headquarters yesterday.

'You asked for it, you got it: here are behind-the-scenes pictures of the Googleplex,' said the company on its Life at Google blog.

The 500,000 square foot complex includes gardens, free restaurants and a basketball court.

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Black day for office productivity: Angry Birds arrives on Facebook The runaway app hit Angry Birds has finally arrived on Facebook, in a free version that can be played in internet browsers.

'Nothing says 'Happy Valentine's Day' like competitive pig-popping,' says game maker Rovio.

Naturally, the game allows users to pay for extra birds and other in-game extras, as well as sharing scores with friends via News Feed.

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Dungeons, dragons and divorce: World of Warcraft can seriously damage your marriage, warn scientists Online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft can seriously damage your marriage, a new study has warned.

Wives - or husbands - of fans of online 'world' games such as World of Warcraft find that the games cause arguments, as well as eating into time couples might spend together.

But there is hope for husbands hooked on online games such as Warcraft and Star Wars: The Old Republic - if you can just persuade your other half to join in, all will be well.

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Apple catches flak in China supply chain saga The maker of iPads and iPhones is hardly alone among tech companies that rely heavily on Chinese factories under scrutiny for labor practices. But it has become the flashpoint.

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Advisory firm scolds Facebook for Zuckerberg control Facebook is employing a dual-class stock structure when it goes public, and a corporate governance organization is not too happy about it.

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FBI Says Social Media Monitoring Won't Infringe Privacy Rights The FBI today said that its proposed plans to monitor social media sites as part of a broader strategy to improve real-time situation awareness will be fully vetted by the agency's Privacy and Civil Liberties Unit.

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IT Pay: Premiums for IT Skills Drop as IT Departments Reorganize While staffing firms report that IT salaries are growing, Foote Partners, a boutique IT benchmarking and research firm in Vero Beach, Fla., has been observing a different trend.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249879/it_pay_premiums_for_it_skills_drop_as_it_departments_reorganize.html#tk.rss_news Apple shares break the $500 barrier Apple's stock surpassed $500 a share today, reaching an all-time high and prompting many investors to wonder just how high the company's shares can go.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57376613-17/apple-shares-break-the-$500-barrier/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 US, EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/us-eu-clear-googles-12-5b-motorola-mobility-221644430.html Apple dethrones Google as most reputable company Apple has charged ahead of Google in brand reputation, jumping from fifth place last year to No. 1 this year, according to a U.S. consumer survey released today.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57376827-37/apple-dethrones-google-as-most-reputable-company/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Nortel hacked for years but failed to protect itself, report says Nortel Networks was the victim of a series of cyberattacks likely originating from China for almost 10 years, but the company ultimately failed to defend itself, says The Wall Street Journal.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57377280-83/nortel-hacked-for-years-but-failed-to-protect-itself-report-says/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Whistleblowing Site Cryptome.org Infected With Drive-by Exploits Cryptome.org, a website dedicated to disclosing confidential information, was compromised last week and was used to infect PCs running Internet Explorer through drive-by exploits.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249918/whistleblowing_site_cryptomeorg_infected_with_driveby_exploits.html#tk.rss_news Office 15 Public Beta Due This Summer Microsoft has kicked off a "technical preview" of the next version of its Office suite and promised that a public beta will ship this summer.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249845/office_15_public_beta_due_this_summer.html#tk.rss_news AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limit Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/t-customers-surprised-unlimited-data-limit-080906861.html Apple Files Complaint Against Motorola in the US to Prevent IPhone 4S Litigation Apple has asked a federal court in California for an order enjoining Motorola Mobility from suing the company in other courts for patent infringement in connection with its use of chips from Qualcomm in its products.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249841/apple_files_complaint_against_motorola_in_the_us_to_prevent_iphone_4s_litigation.html#tk.rss_news HP Readies Open-Source WebOS Release Hewlett-Packard announced plans to release the code behind webOS this September under the Apache License 2.0.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249846/hp_readies_opensource_webos_release.html#tk.rss_news End of an era: NASA shuts down its last mainframe There was a time when IBM's mainframes were cutting-edge machines for scientific and engineering calculations.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57376406-264/end-of-an-era-nasa-shuts-down-its-last-mainframe/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug For the third consecutive release of Firefox, Mozilla has pushed users a patch shortly after launching a new version of the browser

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249844/mozilla_patches_critical_firefox_bug.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft India Store Hacked, User Database Exposed Microsoft is investigating a "limited compromise" of the company's online store in India, the company said Monday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249843/microsoft_india_store_hacked_user_database_exposed.html#tk.rss_news Online Dating Sites: Seek Love, Find Privacy Violations As if dating – and meeting potential mates online – weren't tough enough, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports online dating sites come with big holes in security that compromise at least the privacy and possibly the financial security of their users.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249825/online_dating_sites_seek_love_find_privacy_violations.html#tk.rss_news Kill Web Trackers Dead Here’s fair warning to all social media data scavengers, ad tracking companies, and analytics snoops on the InterWebs: There’s a new anti-tracking sheriff in town.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249826/kill_web_trackers_dead.html#tk.rss_news Google Wallet Suspends Prepaid Credit Card Functions Google has suspended prepaid capabilities on credit cards linked to its mobile wallet after a security flaw was exposed.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249836/google_wallet_suspends_prepaid_credit_card_functions.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft has tablets on its mind Microsoft has tablet computers in mind for the next generation of its operating system. The software giant plans to release a flavor of Windows 8 on ARM chips at the same time it releases one for the so-called x86 chips that power traditional PCs.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57374442-92/microsoft-has-tablets-on-its-mind/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Hack Attacks Proliferate with CIA, State of Alabama Latest Victims Hackers are on a spree again with the latest infiltration of websites run by the CIA and the state of Alabama, an alarming trend that lays bare the ease and frequency with which they seem to be able to cause mischief.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249818/hack_attacks_proliferate_with_cia_state_of_alabama_latest_victims.html#tk.rss_news Mac OS Dwindles in Importance to Apple Analysis: iOS, already a larger share of Web traffic than Macs, will only grow as Apple builds on its strengths in mobile devices.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249823/mac_os_dwindles_in_importance_to_apple.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft Readies Valentine's Day Windows Patches Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249705/microsoft_readies_valentines_day_windows_patches.html#tk.rss_news Apple Files Another US Patent Suit Against Samsung Apple has filed another U.S. patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and is seeking a preliminary injunction asking a federal judge to halt sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone while the case makes its way through the court.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249824/apple_files_another_us_patent_suit_against_samsung.html#tk.rss_news Google Accused of Not Being Forthright in Report to Feds Google -- the Internet search leader and purveyor of social networking, a smartphone operating system, e-mail, maps, and other applications -- is being accused of being evasive about how it protects the personal information of its multitude of users.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249817/google_accused_of_not_being_forthright_in_report_to_feds.html#tk.rss_news Cybercrooks Sell Stolen Facebook, Twitter Log-ins Security company Trusteer has discovered a "factory outlet" selling user log-ins for Facebook and Twitter harvested as a sideline during attempts to steal online bank credentials.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249711/cybercrooks_sell_stolen_facebook_twitter_logins.html#tk.rss_news CIA website hacked in attack 'claimed' by shadowy cyber group Anonymous The Central Intelligence Agency website was brought down for several hours in what appeared to be a concerted attack by hackers.

Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9076314/CIA-website-hacked-in-attack-claimed-by-shadowy-cyber-group-Anonymous.html Four Ways Apple Could Improve the iOS Experience Clearly, iOS is a massive, continuing success. But a couple recent headlines got us thinking about improvements Apple could make to the overall iOS experience: Path was publicly harangued after it was discovered that its app uploaded the entirety of users' address books to Path's servers.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249815/four_ways_apple_could_improve_the_ios_experience.html#tk.rss_news Google 'entertainment device' in the works: report Google will reportedly soon jump into the consumer electronics market with a “home entertainment device,” according to the Wall Street Journal. The fabled device will first work as a wireless music streaming unit, but could later be updated for other purposes.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-entertainment-device-works-report-175932012.html Flash Lives--Thanks To Facebook and Games Don't count it out yet; one of the most popular sites on the web uses Flash in a big way.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249746/flash_livesthanks_to_facebook_and_games.html#tk.rss_news As the Worm Turns: Apple Exposed FBI disclosures about Steve Jobs and Occupy Apple protests take their toll on the tech giant's reputation -- though not its sales.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249810/as_the_worm_turns_apple_exposed.html#tk.rss_news More hardware acceleration in Chrome beta, dev gets latest JS The newly-minted Chrome 18 beta expands the scope of hardware acceleration in the browser to older computers, but it's still not available to all. Meanwhile, Chrome 19 dev goes bleeding edge with JavaScript.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57375098-12/more-hardware-acceleration-in-chrome-beta-dev-gets-latest-js/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Firefox finally enriches New Tab page Chrome's got it. Internet Explorer's got it. Safari's got it. And Opera was the first to debut it. Finally, and currently available in the developer's Aurora build, Firefox users will be able to get a personalized New Tab experience.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57374975-12/firefox-finally-enriches-new-tab-page/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Exclusive: Eyeing Yahoo deal, Alibaba may take HK unit private Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private, two sources familiar with the matter said, as part of a complex deal that would strengthen founder Jack Ma's control and give key stakeholder Yahoo cash and a direct stake in one of Alibaba's operating businesses.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/10/us-alibaba-yahoo-idUSTRE81902920120210?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Technology%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-file-steve-jobs-considered-govt-post-200626055.html Google working to patch Wallet security holes One of the big pushes Google is making for the future of its Android mobile platform is in Google Wallet, the near-field communication software that lets users make purchases in brick-and-mortar stores using only information stored and broadcast over short range by their smartphones.

Read more at: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11032-google-working-to-patch-wallet-security-holes Blogger Exposes Major Google Wallet Security Flaw If you took one look at Google Wallet and said to yourself, "There's no way that's completely secure," it turns out you were right.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249752/blogger_exposes_major_google_wallet_security_flaw.html#tk.rss_news Chrome 18 Beta Pumps Up Graphics, Even on Old PCs Between the official rollout of Chrome 17 and the launch of Chrome for Android, it's already been a busy week for Google's popular Web browser.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249721/chrome_18_beta_pumps_up_graphics_even_on_old_pcs.html#tk.rss_news Google Abandons Big, Black Drop-down Menu Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249747/google_abandons_big_black_dropdown_menu.html#tk.rss_news Google, Microsoft and Apple Letters Aim to Keep Regulators at Bay As patent infringement lawsuits continue to pile up in the mobile industry, Google, Apple and Microsoft appear to be trying individually to reassure regulators and standards bodies that they won't use their patents to build a monopoly, experts said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249680/google_microsoft_and_apple_letters_aim_to_keep_regulators_at_bay.html#tk.rss_news New York Attorney General Settles Case Against Intel The New York Attorney General settled an antitrust case it brought against Intel in 2009, the chip maker announced on Thursday

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249681/new_york_attorney_general_settles_case_against_intel.html#tk.rss_news Google Search's Screenwise vs. Bing Rewards: Which Pays More? Google's new Screenwise program has gotten a fair amount of media coverage in the past couple of days.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249683/google_searchs_screenwise_vs_bing_rewards_which_pays_more.html#tk.rss_news End of an era: Kodak discontinues camera business Eastman Kodak has shocked the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57373826-17/end-of-an-era-kodak-discontinues-camera-business/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Do Not Track Plus add-on stops the tracking paparazzi If ad-blocking is the hacksaw of Internet-protecting add-ons, the overhauled add-on Do Not Track Plus bows today as a finely honed scalpel, excising tracking behaviors embedded in sites without destroying the modern Web.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57373684-12/do-not-track-plus-add-on-stops-the-tracking-paparazzi/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249599/google_wallet_security_concerns_raised.html#tk.rss_news Google Wants a 2.25% Cut of Every iPhone Sale Looking to earn back some of the $12.5 billion it's spending to buy Motorola Mobility, Google sent a letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers looking for a maximum 2.25% cut of sales for phones that use Motorola's technology, including Apple's iPhone.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-wants-2-25-cut-every-iphone-sale-090612495.html Chrome 17 tweaks speed, download security Safer downloads and a cautious expansion of site pre-caching land in Chrome 17 today, continuing Google's two-tiered approach to browser speed and user safety.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57373517-12/chrome-17-tweaks-speed-download-security/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Web-based Counseling -- Telepsychiatry -- Is Taking off Dr. Avrim Fishkind, a psychiatrist in Houston, rarely sees any of his patients in person, and that's the way they like it. Fishkind is part of a fast growing movement in the mental healthcare field where therapists counsel patients via inexpensive, Web-based video conferencing technology.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249601/webbased_counseling_telepsychiatry_is_taking_off.html#tk.rss_news Oracle Buying Taleo for US$1.9 Billion in Direct Hit at SAP Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249604/oracle_buying_taleo_for_us19_billion_in_direct_hit_at_sap.html#tk.rss_news

EU to Stengthen Its Cybersecurity Watchdog A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cybersecurity watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249521/eu_to_stengthen_its_cybersecurity_watchdog.html#tk.rss_news Sprint Losses Hit $1.3B over iPhone Costs, Subscribers Fewer than Expected Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses to $1.3 billion (43 cents a share), compared with $929 million (31 cents a share) year-on-year.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/249512/sprint_losses_hit_13b_over_iphone_costs_subscribers_fewer_than_expected.html#tk.rss_news Why Metro now rules at Microsoft Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told you all you really need to know about the importance of the company's Metro user interface at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57370910-75/why-metro-now-rules-at-microsoft/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Trustwave Admits Issuing Man-in-the-middle Digital Certificate, Mozilla Debates Punishment Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249510/trustwave_admits_issuing_maninthemiddle_digital_certificate_mozilla_debates_punishment.html#tk.rss_news Angry Birds part of flock of first Windows Store games Windows users can grab some Angry Birds and a host of other games when Microsoft's Windows Store opens for business later this month.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57373139-75/angry-birds-part-of-flock-of-first-windows-store-games/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mobile Social Network Caught Uploading Users' Address Books Users and critics are upset with Path, the smartphone-based social network, after a developer discovered that Path was uploading users’ entire address books to its servers without explicit consent.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249513/mobile_social_network_caught_uploading_users_address_books.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft OneNote Now Available for Android Word, Excel, and PowerPoint may get all the attention, but OneNote has quickly become the gem of the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft is now extending the reach of OneNote with an app for Android smartphones and tablets.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249514/microsoft_onenote_now_available_for_android.html#tk.rss_news New Facebook Photo Viewer Mimics Google+ Counterpart Facebook tweaked its photo viewer interface, making it look a lot like its counterpart on Google+. The new widescreen photo viewer is now live for most Facebook users, who don’t have scroll down anymore to see the comments for a certain photo.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249511/new_facebook_photo_viewer_mimics_google_counterpart.html#tk.rss_news Nokia Will Lay off 4,000 and Move More Manufacturing to Asia Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249507/nokia_will_lay_off_4000_and_move_more_manufacturing_to_asia.html#tk.rss_news After Infection: New Schemes to Restore Your Systems Antimalware software can detect infections, but fixing those problems still means wiping and rebuilding your hardware.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249488/after_infection_new_schemes_to_restore_your_systems.html#tk.rss_news Looking for work? There may be an app for that Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/looking-may-app-050847293.html Apple supplier Foxconn employee describes working conditions Apple and Foxconn have both been on the hot seat over reports of the supplier's poor factory conditions. But the story of a single worker profiled by CNN brings a personal touch to the controversy.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57372516-37/apple-supplier-foxconn-employee-describes-working-conditions/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Windows 8: Your Chance To Preview Coming Soon? Microsoft appears to be getting set to launch a preview of the Windows 8 operating system that will allow average computer users to check out the forthcoming OS several months after IT pros got their first look.

Read more at: http://informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/232600346 Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/verizon-redbox-deal-adds-online-video-choices-210607343.html Anonymous Claims to Have Released Source Code of Symantec's PcAnywhere Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249428/anonymous_claims_to_have_released_source_code_of_symantecs_pcanywhere.html#tk.rss_news Deleted Facebook Photos Still Accessible Online, Years Later Photos deleted from Facebook have remained on the social network’s servers for nearly three years, according to an investigation by Ars Technica.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249433/deleted_facebook_photos_still_accessible_online_years_later.html#tk.rss_news IPad 3: Predictions and Challenges From iFixit Kyle Wiens of iFixit, a Web site that provides free repair manuals and advice forums, has been a reliable prognosticator of everything Apple. With the next iPad expected to come out in March, Wiens recently gazed into his crystal ball.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249375/ipad_3_predictions_and_challenges_from_ifixit.html#tk.rss_news Apple knocks IBM off top of Davis brands list Apple emerged as the top brand of 2011, according to an annual list put together by marketing strategy firm Davis Brand Capital.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57372102-248/apple-knocks-ibm-off-top-of-davis-brands-list/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google, Facebook remove content on India's order Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-facebook-remove-content-indias-order-132203936.html Appeals Court Denies Google Bid to Keep Email out of Oracle Trial Google has failed in its latest attempt to keep a potentially damaging email out of the lawsuit Oracle filed against it over alleged Java intellectual-property violations in the Android mobile OS.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249376/appeals_court_denies_google_bid_to_keep_email_out_of_oracle_trial.html#tk.rss_news 4 Keys for IP Protection Do you think data breaches are up or down in 2011 compared to 2007 or 2008? The official answer may surprise you.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249365/4_keys_for_ip_protection.html#tk.rss_news Google Privacy Issues Let Microsoft Tout IE9's Safeguards Microsoft is taking advantage of all the hullabaloo surrounding Google’s privacy policy changes, by buying ads last week in major newspapers that called out how its products and practices are different than Google’s and touting its Internet Explorer 9 and Bing products in company blogs.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249323/google_privacy_issues_let_microsoft_tout_ie9s_safeguards.html#tk.rss_news 5 Ways Social Media Could Be Hurting Your Job Search Social media is awesome, isn’t it? It does so much and asks so little. And using social media the right way can hook you up with the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/5-ways-social-media-could-hurting-job-search-150932037.html Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/super-bowl-bust-u-government-seizes-307-domains-230823821.html Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-apparently-hit-swedish-government-141455578.html How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads Facebook calls them "sponsored stories" and LinkedIn calls them "social ads." And you've likely seen them: small modules in the margin of your screen that promote a company or product with information on which of your friends or connections "like" or "follow" that brand.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249101/how_to_opt_out_of_linkedins_social_ads.html#tk.rss_news When Email Duplication Gets Unruly Cassius would have made an excellent tech support guru. When struck with a computer problem, we often assume the cause must lie with faulty software or hardware. Only later do we discover that the true cause is our own misunderstanding.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249307/when_email_duplication_gets_unruly.html#tk.rss_news Censored: Apple Content Filtering Needs Work Censorship is a bad word in the United States. We enjoy our freedoms, and don’t like the idea of someone choosing what we can or can’t see.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249309/censored_apple_content_filtering_needs_work.html#tk.rss_news Mac Basics: How to Set up Time Machine One of the most important things to stay on top of is a regular system backup. If you're new to Mac usage-or just never bothered to backup before-you'll want to get familiar with a built-in Mac program called Time Machine.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249308/mac_basics_how_to_set_up_time_machine.html#tk.rss_news Kelihos botnet remains very much dead after all A spam botnet brought down four months ago, which was once capable of pumping out almost four billion spam messages a day, remains very much dead, two of the companies behind the takedown said.

Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/kelihos-botnet-remains-dead-after-all.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Motorola Tablet Goof: 4 Security Lessons For Users Motorola accidentally shipped 100 refurbished tablets with old customer data still intact. Here's what you can do to ensure your information isn't sold by mistake.

Read more at: http://informationweek.com/news/security/mobile/232600260 Microsoft withdraws one patent claim against Barnes & Noble Microsoft withdrew a patent from the list of ones that it claims Barnes & Noble violates with its Nook e-readers in the software giant's case against the bookseller before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57371351-75/microsoft-withdraws-one-patent-claim-against-barnes-noble/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mozilla preps the Web to push Mozilla engineers have begun work on a new API for Web sites that will allow them to notify you when they update, similar to how a mobile app notifies you that it has new content for you to check out.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57371517-12/mozilla-preps-the-web-to-push/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Firefox 11 to get add-on sync Following the update to Firefox stable earlier this week, Mozilla released today updates to its Aurora and Beta versions that introduce some pretty hefty changes for the Firefox on PCs.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57371548-12/firefox-11-to-get-add-on-sync/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer. Many flaws in this mode of operation are obvious, but I recently ran across a flaw that isn't so obvious.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249291/how_to_scrub_email_out_of_a_windows_computer.html#tk.rss_news Anonymous hack an anti-hacking FBI call; takes down the Boston PD Whether you agree with the tactics of hacker group Anonymous or not, you have to admit they have a good sense of irony. Earlier today, the group hacked an FBI conference call about ... the threat posed by Anonymous.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/anonymous-hack-anti-hacking-fbi-call-takes-down-182139135.html Google's New 'Bouncer' Targets Android Market Malware Hard on the heels of the controversy that arose recently around Symantec and its claims that numerous apps on the Android Market were actually malware in disguise, Google on Thursday unveiled a new tool to help it identify malicious apps.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249271/googles_new_bouncer_targets_android_market_malware.html#tk.rss_news Relax, Facebook Timeline Paranoia Is Misguided The Facebook Timeline is coming whether you like it or not. I have been using it on my personal Facebook profile since it was offered as an option, and I like it. But, with the mandatory switch to the Timeline coming imminently for all Facebook users, a survey from Sodahead.com finds an overwhelming majority are opposed to the new layout.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249279/relax_facebook_timeline_paranoia_is_misguided.html#tk.rss_news Micron CEO Dies in Plane Crash Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249282/micron_ceo_dies_in_plane_crash.html#tk.rss_news VeriSign Hack: Few Details Seep Out Internet giant VeriSign suffered a series of data breaches in 2010 and even now senior executives are not sure exactly what was compromised, the company has admitted in a filing made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249252/verisign_hack_few_details_seep_out.html#tk.rss_news Security Slackers Risk Internet Blackout on March 8 If feds pull down temporary network as planned, machines infected with DNSChanger Trojan won't be able to access the Web.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249238/security_slackers_risk_internet_blackout_on_march_8.html#tk.rss_news EU probes new Google privacy policy The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-probes-google-privacy-policy-125443799.html VeriSign Admits Multiple Hacks in 2010, Keeps Details Under Wraps The admission was disclosed last fall in a VeriSign filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but did not come to light until today when Reuters reported on its investigation of new SEC guidelines on such disclosures.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249232/verisign_admits_multiple_hacks_in_2010_keeps_details_under_wraps.html#tk.rss_news VeriSign Hacked: What We Don't Know Might Hurt Us VeriSign – the company behind the root DNS servers that provide the foundation for the Web, and formerly the largest encryption certificate authority – has revealed that it was repeatedly hacked in 2010. Details are sparse thus far, but the revelation calls into question the security of the Internet itself.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249242/verisign_hacked_what_we_dont_know_might_hurt_us.html#tk.rss_news Symantec Warns of Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249244/symantec_warns_of_android_trojans_that_mutate_with_every_download.html#tk.rss_news Dell taps former CA chief to head new software group Dell has hired John Swainson, former CEO of CA, as president of its new software group.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57370398-92/dell-taps-former-ca-chief-to-head-new-software-group/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Ice IX Banking Trojan Steals Info That Enables Fraudsters to Hijack Phone Calls New variants of the Ice IX online banking Trojan program are tricking victims into exposing their telephone account numbers so that fraudsters can divert post-transaction verification phone calls made by banks to phone numbers under their control, researchers from security vendor Trusteer warned.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249203/ice_ix_banking_trojan_steals_info_that_enables_fraudsters_to_hijack_phone_calls.html#tk.rss_news Google Ordered to Pay Fine for Making Google Maps Free Google has been ordered to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping company after a court ruled that the search giant was guilty of unfair competition and "undercutting competitors" by making its Google Maps program free.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249198/google_ordered_to_pay_fine_for_making_google_maps_free.html#tk.rss_news Google Docs for Android Gets Offline Access Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets, Google said in a blog post on Wednesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249196/google_docs_for_android_gets_offline_access.html#tk.rss_news Google fights back, says Microsoft has same data-sharing policy A few hours after Microsoft took out ads playing off fears over Google's new privacy policies, the Web giant responded with a blog post noting that Microsoft has a similar policy regarding sharing customer data.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57369984-93/google-fights-back-says-microsoft-has-same-data-sharing-policy/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Apple Surpasses LG as World's Third-Largest Phone Maker Apple is now the world’s third-largest phone maker by shipments and market share, according to a study from the International Data Corporation (IDC). Only behind Nokia and Samsung, Apple took the third spot globally from LG, up from the fifth spot last quarter.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249197/apple_surpasses_lg_as_worlds_thirdlargest_phone_maker.html#tk.rss_news Cocoon now sheathes you in IE, too The Cocoon add-on for Firefox rounded up a bunch of highly useful security features and presented them to you in one tight package. Cocoon has come to Internet Explorer, and it's available exclusively on Download.com today.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57370093-12/cocoon-now-sheathes-you-in-ie-too/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Ukraine shuts down leading file-sharing site Ukrainian authorities have shut down a popular file-sharing website saying it violates copyright laws, officials said Wednesday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-shuts-down-leading-file-sharing-102048297.html BlackBerry OS Achieves Coveted Government Security Clearance Don’t nail the coffin shut on RIM just yet. Following a shakeup of executive leadership, and the launch of BlackBerry Cloud Service and Office 365 integration, RIM announced today that the BlackBerry 7 OS has received FIPS 140-2 certification.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249140/blackberry_os_achieves_coveted_government_security_clearance.html#tk.rss_news Romanian Authorities Arrest Man Suspected of Hacking Into NASA and Pentagon Servers Romanian authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man from the city of Timisoara on Monday under accusations that he hacked into computer systems belonging to NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249136/romanian_authorities_arrest_man_suspected_of_hacking_into_nasa_and_pentagon_servers.html#tk.rss_news Google Privacy Creeping You Out? Microsoft Says it Has Alternatives If you've been thinking Google's privacy changes have gone too far, you're not alone -- Microsoft is with you.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-privacy-creeping-microsoft-says-alternatives-132229993.html Symantec Clears pcAnywhere for Use Symantec has retracted its don't-use-pcAnywhere recommendation to owners of the remote access software.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/249099/symantec_clears_pcanywhere_for_use.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft: The Web is better without plug-ins Microsoft began distancing itself from browser plug-ins last year starting with Internet Explorer on Windows 8's Metro interface, but it spoke more definitively today: plug-ins are bad for the Web.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57366703-264/microsoft-the-web-is-better-without-plug-ins/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Barnes & Noble defense narrows against Microsoft patent claims An administrative law judge has apparently eliminated one possible defense for Barnes & Noble, a week before the giant bookseller squares off against Microsoft in a hearing over a patent dispute.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57369275-75/barnes-noble-defense-narrows-against-microsoft-patent-claims/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Microsoft Turns the Tables on Google with Ad Campaign Google started with one nemesis and a simple mantra. It set out to knock Microsoft off its pedestal, and to “do no evil”. Google has grown into the same type of tech giant it set out to destroy, though, and changes in its privacy policies and practices are giving Microsoft an opportunity to turn the tables with a new ad campaign.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249098/microsoft_turns_the_tables_on_google_with_ad_campaign.html#tk.rss_news IE fends off rivals, but absent from mobile battlefield Internet Explorer staved off rival browsers on personal computers in the first month of 2012, but a new battlefield is emerging where Microsoft has virtually no presence today: mobile.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57369393-264/ie-fends-off-rivals-but-absent-from-mobile-battlefield/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Windows XP still hanging on as dominant OS Windows XP refuses to give up its top spot without a fight. The decade-old OS has slowly been losing more users to Windows 7, but January marked a small resurgence in its grip on the market, according to stats out today from NetApplications.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57369463-75/windows-xp-still-hanging-on-as-dominant-os/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Seagate: Shortage of Disk Drives to Continue Through 2012 Seagate Technology said Tuesday that supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) this year will continue to fall short of demand, leading large customers to look to long-term agreements to ensure supply after devastating floods in Thailand.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249093/seagate_shortage_of_disk_drives_to_continue_through_2012.html#tk.rss_news IBM Buys Worklight for Mobile Software Platform IBM on Tuesday announced plans to buy Worklight, a move that will give it a range of cross-platform mobile application development technologies. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249026/ibm_buys_worklight_for_mobile_software_platform.html#tk.rss_news Tech companies team up to combat email scams Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing.

Read more at: European Commission turns antitrust lens on Samsung The patent battle between Apple and Samsung has just taken a very interesting turn.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57368705-17/european-commission-turns-antitrust-lens-on-samsung/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Ion seeks to save IE6 users from themselves While many are cheering the impending death of Internet Explorer 6, including Microsoft itself, large businesses aren't. Replacing corporate apps built for IE6 could cost tens of millions of dollars, and that's where Browsium's new Ion browser comes in.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57368636-12/ion-seeks-to-save-ie6-users-from-themselves/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Hackers Infect WordPress 3.2.1 Blogs to Distribute TDSS Rootkit Hackers are compromising WordPress 3.2.1 blogs in order to infect their visitors with the notorious TDSS rootkit, according to researchers from Web security firm Websense.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249024/hackers_infect_wordpress_321_blogs_to_distribute_tdss_rootkit.html#tk.rss_news How We Test Antivirus Software and Security Suites Want to choose the most effective security software for your PC? Learn more about how we evaluate antivirus utilities and security suites.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248974/how_we_test_antivirus_software_and_security_suites.html#tk.rss_news Linux: A Getting-Started Guide Are you fed up with Microsoft Windows and ready to give Linux a try? Here's how to get started. This guide for Linux discusses who the Linux OS is right for, what you need to get started, and how to turn your Windows PC into a dual-boot computer so you can have the best of both worlds--Linux and Windows.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248989/linux_a_gettingstarted_guide.html#tk.rss_news Buyer Beware: 6 Dead Giveaways that a Review Is Fake Last week the New York Times revealed information suggesting that one vendor is literally buying 5-star reviews on Amazon.com. With customers relying more on star ratings and customer reviews than vendor marketing hype, this revelation poses a problem for consumers.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248982/buyer_beware_6_dead_giveaways_that_a_review_is_fake.html#tk.rss_news Timeline Launch Nears, But Few Users Like it, Survey Finds Every Facebook change prompts a backlash, and this time it’s about the impending arrival of Timeline for all users of the social network. More than half of Facebook users say in a survey that they are worried about the change, while a minority said they like the Timeline feature, or are resigned with the fact that they’ll grow to like it.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248935/timeline_launch_nears_but_few_users_like_it_survey_finds.html#tk.rss_news Macworld | iWorld 2012 Best of Show The annual expo for Mac and iOS users has evolved to focus on the user community, but the Macworld | iWorld exhibit hall where companies show off their wares is still a huge part of the show -- you might even say it’s the most important part.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248943/macworld_iworld_2012_best_of_show.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.

Notes from a Mozilla meeting last week said that the upgrade was on for Jan. 31, the next ship date in the every-six-week schedule that the company adopted last year.

Read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223796/Mozilla_OKs_Firefox_10_launch_this_week?taxonomyId=18 McAfee Mobile 2.0 Moves Beyond Virus Protection Intel-owned McAfee has released Mobile Security 2.0, which allows users of Android-based smartphones and tablets to keep better track of what applications are up to, the company said on Monday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248933/mcafee_mobile_20_moves_beyond_virus_protection.html#tk.rss_news How to Ditch Your CDs and DVDs and Go Digital Switching from CDs and DVDs to digital equivalents is a great way to unclutter your life, but what do you do with all your outmoded discs once you've transferred their contents to your computer?

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248874/how_to_ditch_your_cds_and_dvds_and_go_digital.html#tk.rss_news Megaupload User Data Could Be Wiped Out Thursday Fifty million MegaUpload customers stand a good chance of being ticked off Thursday when two hosting companies will likely begin deleting user data -- including legitimate, non-copyright-infringing files -- from MegaUpload's leased servers, according to court documents.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248932/megaupload_user_data_could_be_wiped_out_thursday.html#tk.rss_news Industry Group Makes Fresh Push to Eliminate Phishing Companies such as Facebook, Google and PayPal are pushing for widespread use of a new technical specification, DMARC, that could make it harder for phishers to reach their victims.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248931/industry_group_makes_fresh_push_to_eliminate_phishing.html#tk.rss_news Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/twitters-censorship-plan-rouses-global-furor-214238786.html Music Business Tunes for Next Copyright Fight After the SOPA defeat, the music industry assembles a wish list to boost legal protection, despite soaring digital revenues.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248915/music_business_tunes_for_next_copyright_fight.html#tk.rss_news FTC Evauates Mobile Payment Tools Will mobile payments become common, and what will the impact of that technology be?

Those are but a couple of the burning questions the Federal Trade Commission hopes to glean answers to at a workshop the agency said it will hold in April where consumers, industry experts and technologists will convene to discuss a wide range of mobile payment issues.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248907/ftc_evauates_mobile_payment_tools.html#tk.rss_news Adobe shows the raw, dark side of Photoshop CS6 Adobe Systems has published a glimpse of the forthcoming Photoshop CS6, an update that brings the dark workspace and raw-image editing tools from the new beta of its sister program, Lightroom 4.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57367862-264/adobe-shows-the-raw-dark-side-of-photoshop-cs6/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google Privacy Policy Claims Challenged by Watchdog Google's privacy policy changes have caught the attention of an independent watchdog of the federal cloud that is worried about security risks for government workers.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248916/google_privacy_policy_claims_challenged_by_watchdog.html#tk.rss_news Beware of Malicious QR Codes Cyber criminals have taken advantage of the proliferation of quick response (QR) codes on posters and marketing material by putting their own malicious stickers over the top of legitimate ones, warns security vendor AVG Australia and New Zealand.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248843/beware_of_malicious_qr_codes.html#tk.rss_news FBI to Build Social Network Spy App The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to develop an application that can track the public's postings to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, in order to aid how it predicts and reacts to criminal behavior, including public disorder and terrorism.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248908/fbi_to_build_social_network_spy_app.html#tk.rss_news Google Defends Privacy Changes as Questions Mount Following a flurry of criticism over its privacy policy revamp, Google is attempting to clear up misconceptions about its actions

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248845/google_defends_privacy_changes_as_questions_mount.html#tk.rss_news Apple Number One Smartphone Vendor Again, Say Research Firms Apple has emerged as the number one smartphone vendor worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2011, by a small margin, after losing ground to Samsung in the previous quarter, research firms Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248833/apple_number_one_smartphone_vendor_again_say_research_firms.html#tk.rss_news Just Show Me: How to clear your browser history in Safari Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to clear your history in the Safari web browser.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/just-show-clear-browser-history-safari-031554046.html Apple catches flak in China supply chain saga The maker of iPads and iPhones is hardly alone among tech companies that rely heavily on Chinese factories under scrutiny for labor practices. But it has become the flashpoint.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57367366-37/apple-catches-flak-in-china-supply-chain-saga/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Facebook, Washington state target online spam Facebook is partnering with Washington state to combat a type of spam called "clickjacking" that is plaguing the social networking site, company and state officials announced Thursday.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-washington-state-target-online-spam-231529628.html US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil liberties.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/us-cybersecurity-efforts-trigger-privacy-concerns-094548804.html Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/twitter-may-censor-tweets-individual-countries-024228484.html First 'Super Wi-Fi' Network Goes Live in North Carolina Lucky residents of Wilmington, N.C., will be the first in the nation to have access to a "Super Wi-Fi" network.

Officials from New Hanover County, N.C., announced today that they had become the first in the United States to deploy a mobile data network on so-called "white spaces" spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission first authorized for unlicensed use in 2008.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248835/first_super_wifi_network_goes_live_in_north_carolina.html#tk.rss_news Google+ Opens Its Doors to Teens Google+ is perhaps a unique social network in that it didn't initially market itself to the younger crowd--in fact, until yesterday, Google+ was technically only open to users over the age of 18. (I say "technically" because, let's be serious, it's not like teens ever really follow the rules.)

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248836/google_opens_its_doors_to_teens.html#tk.rss_news Google Earth Update Smooths Over Patchwork Landscapes Google upgraded Google Earth to version 6.2 displays the Earth's surface in smooth, natural textures. Previous versions of Google Earth rendered maps in patchy long-range imagery that were stitched together one square at a time. The Google Earth update is available now for download for both the mobile and desktop versions of the software.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248837/google_earth_update_smooths_over_patchwork_landscapes.html#tk.rss_news Intel pays $120M for RealNetworks video patents, software Intel is buying video patents and software from RealNetworks for $120 million, giving the chipmaker new muscle in a market that's increasingly important but filled with intellectual-property obstacles.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57366469-264/intel-pays-$120m-for-realnetworks-video-patents-software/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Apple Employees to Get $500 Off Macs, $250 Off iPads Apple workers will soon get a whopping $500 off new Macs and $250 off new iPads as part of their employee benefits, according to 9to5Mac. The benefits were announced by CEO Tim Cook at the company’s town hall meeting this week, the site says.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248781/apple_employees_to_get_500_off_macs_250_off_ipads.html#tk.rss_news Chrome lets Web pages use smarter autofill technology Google hopes to cut down on Web browsers' autofill confusion.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57366717-264/chrome-lets-web-pages-use-smarter-autofill-technology/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 SquareTrade snags $238 million growth equity investment Extended warranty service SquareTrade announced today it has secured a $238 million growth equity investment lead by Bain Capital.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57365333-92/squaretrade-snags-$238-million-growth-equity-investment/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Web sites are getting faster--but not enough Many Web developers have gotten the message: a faster site means people buy more, read more, interact more, and return more.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57366479-264/web-sites-are-getting-faster-but-not-enough/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 What Would You Ask Jimmy Wales About SOPA? Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore will moderate a panel with leaders who have taken an active role in the debate on the now stalled Stop Online Privacy Act.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/ask-jimmy-wales-sopa-083622049.html Open WebOS committed to fall 2012 Hewlett-Packard kicked the first open source component to WebOS out the door today, along with a calendar for when its source code will be completely open.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57366306-12/open-webos-committed-to-fall-2012/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 NEC to Cut 10,000 Workers, Forecasts $1.3 Billion Loss in Year Through March NEC said Thursday it will cut 10,000 jobs, including 3,000 outside of Japan, and it now forecasts a US$1.3 billion loss in the current fiscal year through March.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248775/nec_to_cut_10000_workers_forecasts_13_billion_loss_in_year_through_march.html#tk.rss_news Rhapsody Acquires Napster Operations in UK, Germany Rhapsody has acquired the Napster service in the U.K. and Germany, following up on its acquisition last year of Napster's U.S. operations from Best Buy.

The Napster brand will be retained in Europe, unlike in the U.S., where Rhapsody decided to fold up the streaming music service under its own brand.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248773/rhapsody_acquires_napster_operations_in_uk_germany.html#tk.rss_news 7 Things I Learned From Building My First Desktop PC My mission to buy a desktop PC started out simple: I wanted a powerful work computer with support for three monitors. Getting a PC within my budget seemed reasonable. But then, temptation set in.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248737/7_things_i_learned_from_building_my_first_desktop_pc.html#tk.rss_news Symantec: Anonymous stole source code, users should disable pcAnywhere Symantec has confirmed that the hacker group Anonymous stole source code from the 2006 versions of several Norton security products and the pcAnywhere remote access tool.

Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/symantec-says-anonymous-stole-source-code-tells-customers-to-disable-security-product.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Good News: Tech Salaries Are on the Rise Again After two straight years of nearly flat salaries, tech professionals have begun to see significant pay increases at last.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248727/good_news_tech_salaries_are_on_the_rise_again.html 27,000 Google Chromebooks headed to U.S. schools Google has won over three school districts with its Chromebook vision, bringing more than 27,000 of the browser-based laptops to Iowa, Illinois, and South Carolina.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57365703-264/27000-google-chromebooks-headed-to-u.s-schools/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Hotmail hops onto Kindle Fire Microsoft is carving out a new niche for itself on the Amazon Kindle Fire. A free mobile app for the company's Hotmail service is now available in the Kindle store for all Fire tablet owners.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57365799-75/hotmail-hops-onto-kindle-fire/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Apple shares soar following historic earnings announcement After seeing Apple post a hugely successful fiscal first quarter yesterday, investors are on a spending spree.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57365652-17/apple-shares-soar-following-historic-earnings-announcement/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google's SPDY accelerator gets new wind in its sails Has a slow Web been getting you down lately? Just imagine if your multibillion-dollar business depended on it, as Google's does. Then imagine the glee in Google's corridors at a significant new victory in the company's attempt to build a Web-accelerating technology it calls SPDY into the Internet.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57364563-264/googles-spdy-accelerator-gets-new-wind-in-its-sails/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Heads up, Linux fans, Ubuntu's ditching menus Ubuntu has announced a change to their version of Linux that ought to get hot key junkies and voice control enthusiasts alike to raise their heads with glee.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57365340-12/heads-up-linux-fans-ubuntus-ditching-menus/?part=rss&subj=software&tag=title Google to merge user data across more services Google announced a plan Tuesday to link user data across its email, video, social-networking and other services that it says will create a "beautifully simple and intuitive" user experience. But critics raised privacy concerns like those that helped kill the search giant's Buzz social networking service.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-merge-user-data-across-more-services-213322111.html HP Recallls Laptops Over Faulty Batteries Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay out $425,000 to settle claims regarding hazardous laptop incidents after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission charged the company for not issuing a recall quickly enough for knowingly selling laptops with batteries that could catch fire or overheat.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248713/hp_recallls_laptops_over_faulty_batteries.html#tk.rss_news Online Tool Converts JavaScript Bookmarklets into Chrome Extensions Google Chrome users can now turn JavaScript bookmarklets into Chrome extensions in just a few clicks thanks to a new tool created by U.K.-based Web developer Peter Legierski.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248653/online_tool_converts_javascript_bookmarklets_into_chrome_extensions.html#tk.rss_news SITA Hopes to Test NFC at Airports This Summer SITA has demonstrated a proof-of-concept that shows how smartphones equipped with NFC (Near Field Communications) can be used by passengers to check in and board airplanes. It now hopes to test the technology this summer, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248652/sita_hopes_to_test_nfc_at_airports_this_summer.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft Names Alleged Kelihos Botnet Creator Microsoft has named a Russian man as the alleged creator of Kelihos, a spammy botnet that abused the company's Hotmail service until the botnet was shutdown last September.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248648/microsoft_names_alleged_kelihos_botnet_creator.html#tk.rss_news U.S. Government Online Security Website Hacked Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248644/us_government_online_security_website_hacked.html#tk.rss_news Google Looks to Speed Up the Internet Google technicians want an overhaul of the Web's TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) transport layer and are suggesting ways to reduce latency and make the Web faster.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248650/google_looks_to_speed_up_the_internet.html#tk.rss_news Hacker Releases 100,000 Facebook Log-in Credentials A hacker who claims to act in defense of Israel has released 100,000 credentials of allegedly Arab users of Facebook in an ongoing row between Israeli and Arab hackers.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248573/hacker_releases_100000_facebook_login_credentials.html#tk.rss_news Police need warrant for GPS tracking, high court rules The Supreme Court struck down the U.S. government's argument that it can use GPS to track a suspect's vehicle without a warrant.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57363925-17/police-need-warrant-for-gps-tracking-high-court-rules/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 EU's Data Protection Proposals Likely to Include 24-hour Breach Notification After weeks of controversy, lobbying and concessions, the European Commission looks set to unveil its new data-protection proposals on Wednesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248566/eus_data_protection_proposals_likely_to_include_24hour_breach_notification.html#tk.rss_news INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/influence-game-online-companies-win-piracy-fight-172037329.html Poland reviews stance on treaty after web attacks Poland's government went into defense mode on Monday after a network of online activists paralyzed some of its websites in opposition to Warsaw's plans to sign an international copyright treaty.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/poland-reviews-stance-treaty-attacks-100634481.html
Megaupload Story Filled With Drama File-sharing website Megaupload has been swept up in so much drama lately it is beginning to rival a soap opera. The frequent developments in the online piracy case may be hard to keep up with. So, here's a roundup.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248549/megaupload_story_filled_with_drama.html#tk.rss_news Mac OS X's Software Update -- a Rundown Apple distributes updates to Mac OS X and some of its applications (such as iLife and Safari) through a feature in the operating system called Software Update.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248547/mac_os_xs_software_update_a_rundown.html#tk.rss_news Google Teams with World Bank to Help Africa's Disaster Response By providing access to a Web-based community mapping tool and data, World Bank and Google are aiming to improve the ability of African and other developing countries to monitor public services and respond to disasters.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248457/google_teams_with_world_bank_to_help_africas_disaster_response.html#tk.rss_news PC Sales Drop in Europe European consumers are rapidly losing interest in PCs according to new figures from IDC which show heavy sales falls during 2011.

The numbers suggest that the death of the PC (including on operating systems other than Windows) has not after all been greatly exaggerated.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248531/pc_sales_drop_in_europe.html#tk.rss_news Things get real at Yahoo: Hiring freeze, job cuts may loom Yahoo has frozen new hiring and may be forced to lay off existing employees, according to AllThingsD.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57362014-92/things-get-real-at-yahoo-hiring-freeze-job-cuts-may-loom/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mac Malware Threats Increase Security firm F-Secure has spotted 58 separate threats targeting OS X in the past nine months.

F-Secure has published a report looking at Mac threats between April and December 2011 which showed June and October as being particularly busy months for Mac malware while only one threat was spotted in August.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248459/mac_malware_threats_increase.html#tk.rss_news Getting Gmail? Now you get Google+, too It is fairly likely that if you're signing up for a new Google account these days, it is because you would like a Gmail account. Or perhaps you just want to keep track of favorite videos and subscriptions on YouTube.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57362998-92/getting-gmail-now-you-get-google-too/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 SOPA/PIPA: Down But Not Out (Yet) Despite some serious setbacks, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are still alive and still contain several controversial provisions.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248495/sopapipa_down_but_not_out_yet.html#tk.rss_news After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and stifle Internet innovation.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/protest-congress-puts-off-movie-piracy-bill-202927971.html Google Kills More Services Google is continuing to weed out its services and on Friday announced it will shut down Picnik, Google Message Continuity and Needlebase and make changes to some other services.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248515/google_kills_more_services.html#tk.rss_news IE URI Encoding Behavior Facilitates XSS Attacks, Researchers Say An inconsistency in how Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) encodes double quotes in URIs (uniform resource identifiers) can facilitate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, researchers from security firm Imperva claim.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248408/ie_uri_encoding_behavior_facilitates_xss_attacks_researchers_say.html#tk.rss_news Amazon Dynamo DB: Big Data's Big Cloud Moment Amazon's DynamoDB promises a database service fit even for Internet-scale companies with huge data sets. Whether big data players will give up servers comes down to economics and flexibility.

Read more at: http://informationweek.com/news/software/info_management/232500104 SOPA is dead. Are you happy now? It was a bad bill, but world needs IP incentive to keep producing. Open ... and Shut In response to internet technology companies leading a rousing protest against SOPA and PIPA, these bills appear to be doomed to ignominious defeat.

Read more at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/19/sopa_is_gone_are_you_happy_now/

McAfee tackles 'spam hijack' flaw in anti-malware code A leading anti-virus software firm says a flaw in one of its programs has exposed its customers' computers to the risk of being hijacked by spammers.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16627713 Apple rolls out digital textbook service iBooks 2 Apple Inc unveiled a new digital textbook service called iBooks 2 on Thursday, aiming to revitalize the U.S. education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/19/us-apple-education-idUSTRE80I1EX20120119 Mozilla, Firefox Join Anti-SOPA Strike Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation by blackening the browser's home page.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248328/mozilla_firefox_join_antisopa_strike.html#tk.rss_news Why Jerry Yang's resignation is a great, if belated, move The resignation of Jerry Yang from Yahoo's board--as well as Yahoo Japan and Alibaba--removes an obstacle that could set the company up for a more dramatic restructuring. Shame Yang didn't split earlier.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57360646-92/why-jerry-yangs-resignation-is-a-great-if-belated-move/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang leaving company Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is leaving the struggling Internet company, as it tries to revive its revenue growth and win over disgruntled shareholders under a new leader.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-co-founder-jerry-yang-leaving-company-220652426.html SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248298/sopa_and_pipa_just_the_facts.html#tk.rss_news Wikipedia, Craigslist, Other Sites Black out Against SOPA at Midnight Wikipedia and some other Internet companies blacked out their websites in one way or the other early Wednesday in protest against controversial legislation in the U.S.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248324/wikipedia_craigslist_other_sites_black_out_against_sopa_at_midnight.html#tk.rss_news Suspects Behind Facebook Koobface Hack Named The alleged masterminds behind Koobface, a malicious program that targets Facebook members, have been identified by security investigators.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248277/suspects_behind_facebook_koobface_hack_named.html#tk.rss_news EU Takes Action on Hungary's Poor Data Protection The European Commission has launched infringement measures against Hungary over concerns that binding data protection rules are being undermined.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248278/eu_takes_action_on_hungarys_poor_data_protection.html#tk.rss_news Google uncloaks Chrome's top security goals Google's Chrome security team unveiled yesterday its guiding principles on how they build a safer browser.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57359066-12/google-uncloaks-chromes-top-security-goals/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Corel acquiring Roxio line as old guard consolidates Corel has agreed to acquire Roxio from Rovi, consolidating companies from an earlier era in the software industry.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57358721-264/corel-acquiring-roxio-line-as-old-guard-consolidates/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Wikipedia to be blacked out over anti-piracy bill Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-blacked-over-anti-piracy-bill-033057102.html Protect Your Facebook Account from the Latest Hack Want to prevent criminals from hacking your Timeline? Ignore those alarmist Facebook status updates and follow these steps instead. Concerned about the security of your Facebook account? You should be. As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, “social spam” is the new black among the black hats. But that doesn’t mean you should believe every silly rumor and/or status update you see about it.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248246/protect_your_facebook_account_from_the_latest_hack.html#tk.rss_news Web Users in China Pass 500 Million: Report More Chinese are using the Internet than ever before, with more than 500 million users in China accessing the Web, according to a report by the state-run China Internet Network Information Center.

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Web-Users-in-China-Pass-500-Million-Report-481052/ Hackers disrupt websites of Israel’s stock exchange, national air carrier Hackers disrupted the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national air carrier El Al on Monday in a deepening cyber war launched earlier this month by a group claiming to be Saudis.

Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/hackers-disrupt-websites-of-israels-stock-exchange-national-air-carrier/2012/01/16/gIQAdq8f2P_story.html Amazon-owned Zappos warns users after cyber-attack Cyber-attackers have struck Zappos, the Amazon-owned fashion e-retailer. The company has reset the passwords of 24 million customers and asked them to choose new ones.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16574987 Expect Windows 8 in October Microsoft is aiming for October to release the commercial version of Windows 8, based on comments attributed to a Microsoft spokeswoman at CES.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248226/expect_windows_8_in_october.html#tk.rss_news Facebook, Google, others face charges in India For the first time, Indian prosecutors are taking Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other networking sites to court for refusing to remove material considered insulting to Indian leaders and major religious figures.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-google-others-face-charges-india-093911006.html Microsoft eclipses Yahoo in US search for 1st time Microsoft Corp. has finally reached a long-sought and expensive goal — its Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet's most lucrative market.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-eclipses-yahoo-us-search-1st-time-231349386.html Canonical CEO: Ubuntu Tablet OS Will Battle Android, iOS Jane Silber is on a mission to get the Ubuntu Linux distribution onto mobile devices and TVs, rather than be stuck on desktop PCs. The CEO of Canonical (which makes Ubuntu) took over from the previous CEO, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, in March 2010, but has been with the company since shortly after its 2004 founding

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247859/canonical_ceo_ubuntu_tablet_os_will_battle_android_ios.html#tk.rss_news NY man suing Facebook fined $5,000 by court A man who is suing for part ownership of Facebook has been fined $5,000 for failing to fully comply with a court order to give experts access to his email accounts.

Paul Ceglia also was ordered to pay Facebook's court costs in trying to obtain the material, which Facebook said would help expose Ceglia's case as a fraud.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/ny-man-suing-facebook-fined-5-000-court-163830117.html Mozilla to build slow-paced Firefox for conservative users Mozilla has embarked on its plan to build its Extended Support Release (ESR) version of Firefox, an edition that stands comparatively still while the ordinary version of the browser changes every six weeks.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57356321-264/mozilla-to-build-slow-paced-firefox-for-conservative-users/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Pirate Bay Block Prompts Anonymous to Launch DDOS Attack Anonymous has struck the websites of two anti-piracy organizations, a day after Finnish ISP Elisa blocked access to The Pirate Bay search engine in response to an injunction requested by one of the organizations.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247718/pirate_bay_block_prompts_anonymous_to_launch_ddos_attack.html#tk.rss_news Google gets more personal with search results Google is sifting through the photos and commentary on its blossoming social network so its Internet search results can include more personal information.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-gets-more-personal-search-results-144024212.html FBI Warns of Malware Phishing Scam So long as people click on unsolicited attachments in e-mail, scammers will invent new ways to take their money, identities and more.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247450/fbi_warns_of_malware_phishing_scam.html#tk.rss_news 6 Tech Bargains for 2012 Procrastination is not often a virtue but when it comes to electronics, it often is.

Gadget buyers can be fickle souls. What's hot today can be gazpacho tomorrow. Moreover, refresh cycles for high tech gizmos can be so quick that older product models can suddenly start selling at deep discounts.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247464/6_tech_bargains_for_2012.html#tk.rss_news Chrome preps psychic powers, security changes Google is preparing some important changes to Chrome's browsing behavior, with predictive powers and better download scanning protocol landing in the latest beta update.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57353342-12/chrome-preps-psychic-powers-security-changes/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Extreme Networks Prepares to Ship 'World's Fastest Ethernet Switch' Extreme Networks' latest switch, the BlackDiamond X8, billed as the "fastest Ethernet switch in the world", went on general release this week with shipments expected to go out during the first half of February.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247478/extreme_networks_prepares_to_ship_worlds_fastest_ethernet_switch.html#tk.rss_news Solving a Strange File Sharing Error ecently, I tried to connect my Mac Pro to my MacBook Air via OS X Lion's file sharing capabilities. On most days, this would be no problem. This was not one of those days.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247459/solving_a_strange_file_sharing_error.html#tk.rss_news PayPal tests in-store payment system at Home Depot EBay's PayPal service is testing out a payments system in brick-and-mortar Home Depot stores.

PayPal spokesman Anuj Nayar said Friday that the system is being tested in just five stores and involves a small number of PayPal employees. That means it's not available to the general public and likely won't be for some time.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/paypal-tests-store-payment-system-home-depot-223259799.html Symantec: parts of antivirus source code exposed Symantec Corp, the top maker of security software, said hackers had exposed a chunk of its source code, which is essentially the blueprint for its products, potentially giving rivals some insight into the company's technology.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/06/us-symantec-code-idUSTRE80523W20120106 Apple’s Siri Feature Doubles IPhone Data Usage Apple Inc.’s voice recognition software Siri has prompted owners of the iPhone 4S to use almost twice as much data compared with the handset’s predecessor, placing greater pressure on operators, network firm Arieso said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-06/apple-s-voice-recognition-siri-doubles-iphone-data-volumes.html Windows Defender Offline — old name, new use Microsoft's newly released beta version of Windows Defender Offline, a rootkit-sniffing and Windows-rehabilitation tool, should be the latest addition to your bag of Windows-repair tricks.

WDO should be able to catch a wide variety of nasties that evade detection by more traditional antivirus methods.

Although the name's been around for years, don't confuse this new version of WDO with previous incarnations — it's a whole new animal and helps PC users in two very different situations:

1. Windows won't boot: You can boot your machine with a WDO CD or USB drive, and WDO will perform a detailed malware scan.

2. You suspect you have a rootkit: WDO can scan your system and remove many different kinds of rootkits.

Oddly, Microsoft has been uncharacteristically mum about Windows Defender Offline. If there are any published technical details about the program —
what it does or how it works — I haven't found them. With a bit of reading between the lines, here's what I can say:

WDO is almost identical to an earlier product called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper. Microsoft released the beta version of MSSS in May. (Susan Bradley's July 28 Top Story talked about MSSS.) The size of the program hasn't changed. The format of the signature files appears to be identical.

The earlier product doesn't mention Windows 8, but WDO most definitely does run on Win8 Developer Preview.

As best I can tell, WDO uses the same signature files used by Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). However, I know of one instance where a piece of malware was not caught by MSE but did trigger a WDO response. I have no idea why.

I've seen no published statistics about WDO's ability to identify or clean rootkits. But one possible reason WDO found malware that MSE could not find lies in the way WDO works.

Unlike MSE, WDO doesn't depend on the Windows OS installed on your computer. It's completely self-contained — boot the afflicted PC from a WDO CD or USB drive, and the tool examines the system without any interference from the installed copy of Windows.

That's critical for finding rootkits, which are very good at hiding on your system. Here's an analogy: To make a watermelon smoothie, you've sliced the melon, removed the seeds, and mixed the cleaned pulp in a
blender. Now imagine trying to pull a wayward seed (a missed rootkit) out of the blender while it's running. That's what rootkit extractors are up against: they need to find, isolate, and remove the rootkit while the
Windows system is whirring away. Extracting malware is far easier when Windows is off.

Get a copy of Windows Defender Offline beta

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline

As best I can tell — Microsoft hasn't published the details — WDO will work on Windows XP SP3 systems (and possibly SP2); Vista RTM, SP1, and SP2; Windows 7 RTM and SP1; and Windows 8 Developer view. Also, your system must be bootable from a USB drive or a CD drive.

There are separate versions of WDO for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, so you need to know the bittedness of the system to be scanned. (If you need help, see the Microsoft Help & How-to page, "Is my PC running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows?")

You can download WDO and create the bootable CD or USB drive on any handy computer, as long as it's connected to the Internet. Here's how:

1. Go to the Windows Defender Offline Beta site and, at the bottom of the page, click the link for either the 32-bit or 64-bit version. (Note, that the version needs to match the bittedness of the machine you're fixing — the bittedness of the machine you're using to download WDO and create a bootable disc or drive doesn't matter.)

2. Run the downloaded file to start the WDO installer — you'll see an initial splash screen with general DO information. Click Next, and a new window appears that lets you choose where to install WDO, (Caution: Select the bootable USB drive option, and the installer wipes out everything currently on the USB drive.)

3. Make your media selection and click Next. The installer downloads the latest version of the software and signature files (about 210MB for the 32-bit version or 230MB for the 64-bit version) and then creates the boot drive or the ISO file.

If you have problems creating a bootable drive, Microsoft's WDO FAQ might have the answer.

Check your PC with Windows Defender Offline

t's now time to boot your suspect system with the newly created WDO CD, DVD, or USB drive. If you need help with this step — or your system won't recognize the boot media (due, for example, to incorrect BIOS settings) — the WDO FAQ page has some possible solutions (although the suggestion for disabling DEP is completely unnecessary).

If you have a multiboot system, you must choose which operating system to scan — WDO will check only one at a time. With the OS selected, WDO next displays its command screen.

If it's been a while since you created the WDO boot drive and the PC being scanned is connected to the Internet, you'll most likely want to click the Update tab and download the latest definition files.

Before clicking the Scan now button, select from the Quick, Full, or Custom scan options. A full scan is very thorough — it looks inside all the files on the system, including ancient backed-up e-mails — and can
take up to eight hours to complete. (In tests on a relatively fresh Windows 8 Developer Preview virtual machine, a full scan took only 20 minutes.) The Custom option lets you select specific drives and folders to
scan. A Quick scan looks in the most commonly used locations on your PC.

If WDO finds potential threats, it displays warnings identical to those in Microsoft Security Essentials — and, like MSE, it lets you remove, quarantine, or ignore each threat.

source:-
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/143307-Windows-Defender-Offline-%E2%80%94-old-name-new-use

Google Chrome Beta Released, Now Even Faster and More Secure Google Chrome has announced a new beta that speeds up the world's second-favorite browser even more, as well as enhances its security.

read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-chrome-beta-released-now-even-faster-more-194128875.html 5 Major Changes Facing the Internet in 2012 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247213/5_major_changes_facing_the_internet_in_2012.html#tk.rss_news Google, Facebook Rivalry to Heat up in 2012 As Google works to make its Google+ social network a major competitor to market leader Facebook, the battle between the two could reach a critical point in 2012, analysts say.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247214/google_facebook_rivalry_to_heat_up_in_2012.html#tk.rss_news Mobile browsing reaches all-time high If you haven't whipped your Web site into shape for easy viewing on small-screen devices, you'd better get cracking.

That's because the use of mobile devices reached an all-time high in December, accounting for 7.7 percent of browser usage according to Net Applications' measurements of daily visits to its network of 40,000 Web sites.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57350968-264/mobile-browsing-reaches-all-time-high/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Android, iOS App Downloads Top 1 Billion Over Christmas Week Mobile app downloads skyrocketed during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, totaling 1.2 billion cumulative downloads from the iOS App Store and Android Market, a mobile analytics firm estimates.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247197/android_ios_app_downloads_top_1_billion_over_christmas_week.html#tk.rss_news Scareware Distributors Start Targeting Smartphone Users, Experts Warn Scareware distributors are targeting smartphone users who search the Web for popular mobile apps, experts from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab warn.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247194/scareware_distributors_start_targeting_smartphone_users_experts_warn.html#tk.rss_news XP still top OS but Windows 7 hot on its trail Windows XP is still the dominant OS after more than ten years, but Windows 7 continues to narrow the gap.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57351192-75/xp-still-top-os-but-windows-7-hot-on-its-trail/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Chrome Nears 20% Share, IE Resumes Slide After a one-month pause, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) resumed its usage share slide in December, dropping to a new low and setting the stage for a fall below 50% as early as March.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247159/chrome_nears_20_share_ie_resumes_slide.html#tk.rss_news Google Plus 'will have more than 400m users by the end of 2012' - will it overtake Facebook? Here’s some news Mark Zuckerberg won’t ‘like’ - Google’s social networking site Google Plus will have more than 400million users by the end of 2012, according to a researcher.

The prediction comes from U.S. analyst Paul Allen, who said that Google Plus, which went public in September, has just passed the 62million mark, with a quarter of those signing up in December.

He said 625,000 members are signing up every day and expects that number to rapidly increase – partly because over 700,000 Android devices are bought every day, which makes signing up to Google Plus easier, and partly through integration with other products and the power of word of mouth.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2080207/Google-Plus-hit-400m-users--overtake-Facebook.html#ixzz1iITylW2c
The TV of the future arrives early: Incredible pictures of 55-inch flatscreen that's just 4mm thick. This week, LG will unveil the first 55-inch OLED television - a technology that offers razor-thin screens, sharper colours and faster-moving screens than any previous television.

Organic LED - OLED - is used widely in high-end smartphones such as Samsung's Galaxy S2, but up until now, manufacturing large screens using the technology has been too expensive.

The set is just 4mm thick and weighs 7.5kg. It will launch at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2081183/The-TV-future-arrives-early-LG-unveils-new-kind-55-inch-flatscreen-thats-just-4mm-thick.html#ixzz1iITiTYQG
eBook pirates cash in on Kindle sales boom as thousands turn to rogue sites for cheap downloads. They have been one of the retail sensations of the Christmas season. Sales of eReaders, the handheld devices on to which electronic books can be downloaded, rocketed through December.

It is good news for makers such as Amazon, which produces the best- selling Kindle and collects 30 per cent of the price of downloaded books.

But there are fears that their profits could be hit by a the sheer number of pirate eBooks available to download for free.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2081072/Online-pirates-threaten-Kindle-profits-thousands-turn-sites-download-free-eBooks.html#ixzz1iITAVxf1
HTML 5 Upgrade Brings Changes To The Internet in 2012 An HTML 5 upgrade will change the Internet in 2012 because it will be the foundation that all new websites will be built upon. By bringing XHTML under the same umbrella as HTML, and by allowing Web programmers to use new video and audio commands to integrate media into sites seamlessly, HTML 5 will become the key tool for making sites act a lot more like native apps on your phone. All the major mobile operating systems have adopted the new Web standard. HTML 5 promises to make it easier and more affordable for developers to introduce interactivity in browsers because they no longer need to buy and install proprietary plug-ins to create click-responsive graphics or to embed video.

There's even an Occupy Flash movement intended to encourage developers to stop using Flash and start using HTML 5.

Click here to learn more.



Apple and the Year Ahead Assuming apocalyptic doomsday predictions from South America don't come to fruition, 2012 is poised to be a different kind of year for Apple. In 2011, the company rolled out significant updates to most of its products--including two major new operating system versions--and also introduced a new Web platform to glue all of its devices and platforms together.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247143/apple_and_the_year_ahead.html#tk.rss_news Google, Facebook, Twitter Help Revelers Ring in New Year Google, Facebook and Twitter are getting attention as revelers say goodbye to 2011 and hello to 2012.

The Internet search leader has a new Doodle that celebrates the holiday, social networking site Facebook is preparing for an onslaught of photo uploads, and so you don't miss any of the action Twitter has a way for you to keep up with the news and quips about the ball dropping in New York City.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247142/google_facebook_twitter_help_revelers_ring_in_new_year.html#tk.rss_news Stuxnet and Duqu Part of Larger Cybermalware Campaign The Stuxnet worm was built on the same platform used from 2007 onwards to create a family of cyber-weapon-like malware including the recently-discovered Duqu worm, a forensic analysis by Kaspersky Lab researchers has concluded.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247145/stuxnet_and_duqu_part_of_larger_cybermalware_campaign.html#tk.rss_news Netbooks get faster but less popular, at least in the U.S. Netbooks will get a boost from faster Intel silicon. The question is, does anybody still care?

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57349750-64/netbooks-get-faster-but-less-popular-at-least-in-the-u.s/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 2011: The Year Facebook Killed Google I used to discover new content via Google. Now I find it using Facebook and Twitter. And millions of others are doing it too.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247140/2011_the_year_facebook_killed_google.html#tk.rss_news Amazon reports selling 4 million Kindle devices in December Despite some early speculation that Amazon’s Kindle Fire Android tablet might be a runaway success, it appears the new contender in the tablet market is doing well, but not that well.

Read more at: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10622-amazon-reports-selling-4-million-kindle-devices-in-december IPv6 Doomsday Won't Hit in 2012, Experts Say Next year will see one more regional Internet registry run out of IPv4 addresses, but 2012 will be more of a year to prepare for the inevitable shift to IPv6 than an Internet doomsday, according to networking experts.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247091/ipv6_doomsday_wont_hit_in_2012_experts_say.html#tk.rss_news Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone 7: A mobile showdown If you’re a first-time smartphone shopper or a current smartphone shopper approaching an upgrade, you may be curious about the mobile platforms that are available.

Read more at: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/android-vs-ios-vs-windows-phone-a-mobile-showdown-20111228/ China Activates Homegrown GPS System China has switched on its own satellite navigation system, marking a big step forward for a nation eager to reduce its reliance on the West for key strategic technologies.

Read more at: http://www.space.com/14063-china-gps-system-beidou-operational.html Google+ Passes 62 Million Users, On Track for 400 Million There are more than 62 million users of Google’s Google+ social networking service, according to an unofficial statistician’s analysis.

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Google-Passes-62-Million-Users-On-Track-for-400-Million-394975/ Android phone activations soar over Christmas weekend Andy Rubin continues to use his Twitter account as the broadcasting platform for Android's latest statistical achievements. This time, he's letting us know that a magnificent 3.7 million new Android devices were activated over the holiday weekend.

Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/android-phone-activations-soar-over-christmas-weekend/2011/12/28/gIQAoPMgMP_story.html 10 things you need to know about Anonymous’ Stratfor hack On Dec. 24th, hacker collective Anonymous stole credit card info and other sensitive data from U.S. security firm Stratfor, but keeping track of who and what are affected by the scandal can be difficult.

Read more at: http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/28/anonymous-stratfor-hack-10-things-to-know/ Use a 64-Bit PC? Instead of Firefox, Try Waterfox 9.0 Earlier this year I wrote about Pale Moon, a version of Mozilla's popular Firefox browser that's optimized for extra speed on Windows.

Besides its focus on speed, another interesting difference in Pale Moon is that it's available in a 64-bit version, where Firefox is not--at least not with an officially supported release.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246758/use_a_64bit_pc_instead_of_firefox_try_waterfox_90.html#tk.rss_news Apple Fined €900,000 in Italy The Italian Antitrust Authority has fined Apple €900,000 (US$1.2 million) for not giving consumers enough information about its guarantees, the authority said on Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247049/apple_fined_and8364900000_in_italy.html#tk.rss_news Intel Antitrust Case May Be Headed to New York Court A federal judge in Delaware has cancelled a Feb. 14 trial of an antitrust case filed against Intel in 2009, after plaintiff New York state asked the court to allow its transfer to a New York state court.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247042/intel_antitrust_case_may_be_headed_to_new_york_court.html#tk.rss_news 10 Things to Do With Your New Mac Perhaps you lucked out this holiday season, and instead of unwrapping an itchy sweater or a Dunkin' Donuts gift card, you tore the wrapping paper off a brand new Mac. And perhaps this is the very first Mac that you've owned. Don't be afraid of your new computer; you're leaving behind a world of headaches, and this new Mac is your Excedrin.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247038/10_things_to_do_with_your_new_mac.html#tk.rss_news Google, Microsoft Square off for Search Supremacy While Google and Microsoft waged "trench warfare" in the search business this year, both are hoping to come up with a market game changer for 2012.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247007/google_microsoft_square_off_for_search_supremacy.html#tk.rss_news 2012 Will See Rise in Cyber-Espionage and Malware, Experts Say The security industry expects the number of cyber-espionage attacks to increase in 2012 and the malware used for this purpose to become increasingly sophisticated.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/247008/2012_will_see_rise_in_cyberespionage_and_malware_experts_say.html#tk.rss_news What to Expect in Printers in 2012 No matter how clearly our world of online photo albums, Google Docs, and e-cards may seem--yet again--to ring the death knell for anything on paper, sometimes you still want to print.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245827/what_to_expect_in_printers_in_2012.html#tk.rss_news Hackers Abuse PHP Setting to Inject Malicious Code Into Websites Attackers have begun to abuse a special PHP configuration directive in order to insert malicious code into websites hosted on dedicated and virtual private servers (VPS) that have been compromised.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246948/hackers_abuse_php_setting_to_inject_malicious_code_into_websites.html#tk.rss_news Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Will Power New PC Line The vast majority of Linux users may get the operating system by downloading and installing it themselves, but there's no denying that there are distinct advantages to buying hardware with Linux preloaded instead.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246944/ubuntu_1110_oneiric_ocelot_will_power_new_pc_line.html#tk.rss_news Grid Computing A businessman accesses his company's network through a PDA in order to forecast the future of a particular stock. A scientist studying proteins logs into a computer and uses a network of computers to analyze data. An Army official accesses and coordinates computer resources on military networks to formulate battle strategies. This is known as grid computing......which is a computer network where each computer's resources are shared with every other computer in the system. Processing power, memory and data storage are all resources that authorized users can tap into and leverage for specific tasks. In distributed computing, different computers within the same network share one or more resources. In the ideal grid computing system, every resource is shared, turning a computer network into a powerful supercomputer.

Computer scientists and programmers are working on creating, establishing and implementing standards and protocols. A grid computing system uses that same concept: share the load across multiple computers to complete tasks more efficiently and quickly.

The following is a list of computer's resources:

Central processing unit (CPU): A CPU is a microprocessor that performs mathematical operations and directs data to different memory locations. Computers can have more than one CPU.

Memory: A computer's memory is a kind of temporary electronic storage. Memory keeps relevant data close at hand for the microprocessor. Without memory, the microprocessor would have to search and retrieve data from a more permanent storage device such as a hard disk drive.
Storage: In grid computing terms, storage refers to permanent data storage devices like hard disk drives or databases.

Grid computing systems link computer resources together in a way that allows one computer to access and leverage the collected power of all the computers in the system. The computer is then transformed into a supercomputer.

At least one computer, usually a server, which handles all the administrative duties for the system. Many people refer to this kind of computer as a control node. Other application and Web servers (both physical and virtual) provide specific services to the system.
A network of computers running special grid computing network software. These computers act both as a point of interface for the user and as the resources the system will tap into for different applications. Grid computing systems can either include several computers of the same make running on the same operating system (called a homogeneous system) or a hodgepodge of different computers running on every operating system imaginable (a heterogeneous system). The network can be anything from a hardwired system where every computer connects to the system with physical wires to an open system where computers connect with each other over the Internet.

Stay tuned for an Industry News Item about the concerns that some people have about grid computing.
What's Firefox worth to Google? Nearly $1 billion Don't let the StatCounters and the NetApplications of the world fool you: despite stagnant and even slightly negative market share growth, Firefox and its default search box is still extremely valuable to Google.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57347309-12/whats-firefox-worth-to-google-nearly-$1-billion/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Report: Google to Pay Mozilla $300M Annually in Search Deal What's Firefox worth to Google? A cool $300 million a year, according to a Thursday report by AllThingsD.

Two days ago, Google and Mozilla announced that they had reached an agreement to keep Google as the default search engine in the Firefox browser. The pact was crucial to keeping the lights on at Mozilla, which in 2010 earned 84 percent of its $123 million in annual revenue from its Google search contract.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246917/report_google_to_pay_mozilla_300m_annually_in_search_deal.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla Re-Releases Firefox 9, Backs Out Fix Causing Crashes A day after it shipped Firefox 9, Mozilla quickly released an update after backing out a bug fix that was causing some Mac, Linux and Windows browsers to crash.

Mozilla issued Firefox 9.0.1 Wednesday, making one user wondering if it was bogus because it appeared hard on the heels of version 9.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246909/mozilla_rereleases_firefox_9_backs_out_fix_causing_crashes.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla Launches Firefox 9, Speeds Up JavaScript Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 9, claiming that the new browser processes JavaScript up to 36 percent faster than its predecessor.

Mozilla Launches Firefox 9, Speeds Up JavaScriptThe company also patched six Firefox vulnerabilities, and released a security update to the nearly-two-year-old Firefox 3.6 to quash a single bug there. Amazon Updates Kindle Fire Software: Fixes Some Nagging Issues Amazon is pushing out a free over-the-air software update for the Kindle Fire, that fixes a batch of problems with the tablet. The update comes just over a week after Amazon vowed to address users' complaints with the $200 low-cost iPad alternative.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246763/amazon_updates_kindle_fire_software_fixes_some_nagging_issues.html Mozilla: We're more than just Firefox, you know Although Mozilla has never limited its stated goals to merely building an open-source browser, there's no doubt that Firefox has been the highest-profile project from the Mozilla Foundation.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57346765-12/mozilla-were-more-than-just-firefox-you-know/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Facebook Commits to Changes Following Critical Irish Audit Facebook plans to change how it retains data and revamp some privacy controls following the release Wednesday of a critical audit from Ireland's data protection authority.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246776/facebook_commits_to_changes_following_critical_irish_audit.html#tk.rss_news LibreOffice Backers Want Community to Join 'bug Hunt' The organization behind LibreOffice is hoping community members will help it uncover problems with an upcoming release of the open-source office suite via an international "bug hunt" next week.

Chinese hackers target U.S. Chamber of Commerce, report says The United States Chamber of Commerce, the country's largest business-lobbying organization, was hacked by Chinese hackers, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing sources.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57346035-17/chinese-hackers-target-u.s-chamber-of-commerce-report-says/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Mozilla Extends Search Partnership With Google Mozilla has extended its search partnership with Google for at least three additional years, the company has announced.

Under the terms of the agreement, Google will continue to be the default search provider for Mozilla's web browser, Firefox.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-extends-search-partnership-google-044921873.html Firefox 9: Faster on PCs, all-new on tablets Mozilla is laying claim to big performance improvements for Firefox 9, while Firefox for Android goes in for a shave and a haircut as it gets an entirely different look. Both desktop and Android updates are being released today.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57345392-12/firefox-9-faster-on-pcs-all-new-on-tablets/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 New Ransomware Displays Bogus Police Alerts, Requests Payment of a Fine Ransomware Trojans detected recently in the wild display bogus messages from law enforcement agencies in Europe and ask users to pay nonexistent fines, Microsoft warned.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246643/new_ransomware_displays_bogus_police_alerts_requests_payment_of_a_fine.html#tk.rss_news AT&T's 4G Network Edges Verizon in Speed Test Data downloads and Web browsing on new LTE-ready smartphones were slightly faster on AT&T's new 4G LTE network than on the far more widely spread 4G LTE network of rival Verizon, according to a study released Tuesday by Metrico Wireless.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246645/atandts_4g_network_edges_verizon_in_speed_test.html#tk.rss_news Internet Explorer Silent Updates Are Not a Miracle Cure Microsoft made waves this week by announcing that it plans to implement automatic, silent updates to push the latest version(s) of Internet Explorer. If you were hoping that silent updates will finally nail the coffin on IE6 and IE7, though, don’t hold your breath.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246496/internet_explorer_silent_updates_are_not_a_miracle_cure.html#tk.rss_news How to set up multiple profiles in Chrome There's a ton of reasons to love Chrome, but syncing isn't one of them--yet. Google has just built a new feature into Chrome 16 that could make multiple account management much better.

Read more at: http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57344541-285/how-to-set-up-multiple-profiles-in-chrome/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do Privacy Tweaks Get ready for your Facebook past to come back with a vengeance; the social network is now rolling out its new profile layout, Timeline, to all users worldwide. Timeline is basically an online scrapbook that displays your Facebook activity in reverse chronological order going back to when you first joined the social network.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246371/prep_for_facebooks_timeline_layout_6_mustdo_privacy_tweaks.html#tk.rss_news EU Police Agency Arrests 112 Over Online Child Porn Europe's police force has arrested more than 100 people in a major crackdown on online child porn, but warned that the Internet is making it easier for offenders to share images.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246383/eu_police_agency_arrests_112_over_online_child_porn.html#tk.rss_news FTC Compensates 320,000 Victims of Fake Antivirus Scams The tale of notorious malware multinational Innovative Marketing has taken another extraordinary turn with the news that it is to fund refunds to hundreds of thousands of US consumers duped into buying its bogus antivirus products.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/246366/ftc_compensates_320000_victims_of_fake_antivirus_scams.html#tk.rss_news Juror’s tweets become grounds to overturn death sentence In 2010, Erickson Dimas-Martinez became a death row convict after he was found guilty of robbing and shooting a teen. Now, his sentence has been overturned because the Arkansas Supreme Court judges decided it was inappropriate for juror Randy Franco to have posted some of his thoughts about the case on Twitter while the case was ongoing.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/juror-tweets-become-grounds-overturn-death-sentence-022827104.html Why Amazon's current cloud domination helps us all Recently, I've noticed a meme spreading through Silicon Valley that questions whether Amazon Web Services' (AWS) current dominant position will hinder the cloud. The short answer: not at all.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-57341023-62/why-amazons-current-cloud-domination-helps-us-all/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 FTC Mails out Refund Checks for Buyers of Scareware The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun to mail refund checks to computer owners who purchased so-called scareware from vendors who allegedly used deceptive advertising to trick customers into buying the software to fix their supposedly infected computers.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246021/ftc_mails_out_refund_checks_for_buyers_of_scareware.html#tk.rss_news Spot the difference? Twitter's 'new look' seems rather familiar to rival Facebook. Twitter launches a new-look today that it hopes will encourage more people to flock to the site – but the new, picture-heavy feel takes the site even further from its text-only roots, and it feel a lot more like Facebook.

One of the major new features is a discovery tab that lets you tap into search results based on your personal interests.

There are also three other new navigation tabs – home, connect and me - along with a new Tweet button and a simplified way of embedding users’ photos and videos. The whole thing is served up in columns - again, like Facebook.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2072004/Twitter-redesign-New-look-familiar-rival-Facebook.html#ixzz1g9QHisth
New 'super-Photoshop' lets fakers add anything to photos in minutes - and you can't tell the difference. A new, simple approach to 'adding' objects to photos could mark a new era for doctored photographs - letting amateurs add any object to photos without special equipment, training, or access to anything bar one original still.

The technique, invented by programmer Kevin Karsch, will be shown off at the Siggraph conference in Hong Kong this month. Karsch says that even 'novice' users can achieve 'professional results'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2072075/New-super-Photoshop-lets-fakers-add-photos-minutes--tell-difference.html#ixzz1g9OZ9Wsu
Google debuts digital magazine for mobile devices Google is joining a crowd of companies packaging digital content in a magazine-like format for mobile devices.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-debuts-digital-magazine-mobile-devices-234915514.html Folding@home Biological Research Vijay Pande recently used Folding@home simulations to investigate new therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer's.

Other researchers will be able to take advantage of the computing technology that Pande's group has developed over the last decade. The new distributed framework for supercomputers, called Copernicus, was presented this week at SC11, an international supercomputing conference, in Seattle.

Additional information can be found here: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-stanford-software-foldinghome-biological-supercomputers.html Two Zero-day Vulnerabilities Found in Flash Player Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/245843/two_zeroday_vulnerabilities_found_in_flash_player.html#tk.rss_news Native Client turns Chrome into high-end gaming platform Google's new technology to secure the Web and make browsers significantly more powerful got its first public demo tonight at the company's headquarters south of San Francisco after three years under wraps.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57340015-12/native-client-turns-chrome-into-high-end-gaming-platform/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More drivers texting at wheel, despite state bans For all the criticism and new legal bans, texting by drivers just keeps increasing, especially among younger motorists.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/more-drivers-texting-wheel-despite-state-bans-212236723.html Microsoft's new Windows Defender tool runs outside Windows Microsoft is launching a new version of its Windows Defender antivirus tool that will run before Windows even boots up.

Making its debut as a publicly available beta, the new Windows Defender is designed to run directly off a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive to scan your PC outside of Windows. As such, its aim is to detect rootkit viruses and other malware that can infect your computer during the boot process.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57339370-75/microsofts-new-windows-defender-tool-runs-outside-windows/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Microsoft's Answer Desk Offers Live Free and Fee Tech Support Microsoft upped its tech support offerings Wednesday with the debut of Answer Desk, a dedicated Website for live technical support for Windows OS and Microsoft Office software, PC tune-ups, virus removal, and software training. It will offer support 24/7 and 365 days a year.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245772/microsofts_answer_desk_offers_live_free_and_fee_tech_support.html#tk.rss_news LCD makers fined $388 million for alleged price fixing Sharp, Samsung, and a handful of other LCD makers have settled a price-fixing case that has set them back nearly $400 million.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57338749-17/lcd-makers-fined-$388-million-for-alleged-price-fixing/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Netflix sharing on Facebook may be coming to US It may not be much longer before there's an easier way for Netflix's U.S. subscribers to share their tastes in movies on Facebook.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/netflix-sharing-facebook-may-coming-us-224947826.html Apple MacBook Component Factory in China Still Shut Down Chinese authorities continue to inspect a factory that produces aluminum casings for Apple's MacBook laptops, following residents' complaints of unbearable odors coming from the facility.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/245759/apple_macbook_component_factory_in_china_still_shut_down.html#tk.rss_news Online uproar as India seeks social media screening India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users complaining of censorship in the world's largest democracy.

Read more at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-india-internettre7b50cv-20111205,0,4058692.story New Opera tweaks its threads, mail client Hardware acceleration is currently one of the major features missing from Opera that its competitors offer. It allows the browser to leverage a computer's graphics processor to cut down on page rendering times, including the rendering of complicated in-site graphics such as found in games.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57337148-12/new-opera-tweaks-its-threads-mail-client/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Apple's E-books Hit With EU Antitrust Probe The European Union's antitrust regulator said Tuesday that it is investigating whether Apple has operated a cartel with five other e-book publishers and engaged in other restrictive business practices banned under E.U. law.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245560/apples_ebooks_hit_with_eu_antitrust_probe.html#tk.rss_news European Regulators Start Investigating Carrier IQ Organizations and regulators across Europe, including Germany, have started looking into the use of Carrier IQ's tracking software, to ensure that mobile phone vendors and operators are not violating users' privacy.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245481/european_regulators_start_investigating_carrier_iq.html#tk.rss_news Western Digital restarts hard disk production Hard disk giant Western Digital said today that it has partially restored production at a facility that had been shut down because of the flooding in Thailand.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57335859-64/western-digital-restarts-hard-disk-production/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Sneaky Mobile Ads Invade Android Phones Are you wondering how that mysterious icon ended up on your Android phone's start screen? Annoyed at the ads clogging your notification bar? You aren't alone.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245305/sneaky_mobile_ads_invade_android_phones.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla Declines to Say If It's Renewed Lucrative Google Deal Mozilla last week declined to say whether it has renewed its contract with Google, a major revenue stream that keeps its Firefox browser in business.

The contract between Mozilla and Google was set to expire in November.


See more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245479/mozilla_declines_to_say_if_its_renewed_lucrative_google_deal.html#tk.rss_news Windows smashed: Could your next PC run Android instead? Could your next laptop or netbook - or even desktop PC - run Android instead of Windows?

A new version of Google's software is now compatible with Intel and AMD chips which would in theory allow the operating system to work on full-sized PCs.

Up until now, Android has been confined to phones and touchscreen tablets.

There are already 200 million Android devices worldwide.

Google, of course, does already have its own 'light' operating system, Chrome OS, which runs on netbooks such as Samsung's, and is based largely on an internet browser, with 'apps' added.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068986/Windows-smashed-Could-PC-run-Android-instead.html#ixzz1fYvtEdyw
Kindle, Sony or Apple: Which e-reader do you want for Christmas? To anyone predicting the future a decade ago, the fact books exist at all in the 21st century would be a surprise.

It would seem a form of entertainment in which you have to imagine the scenery, the characters’ appearances and the special effects wouldn’t stand a chance in this age of high-definition 50-inch 3D TVs.

But instead of books dying out, use of e-readers such as the Kindle is booming.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2069356/Kindle-Sony-Apple-Which-e-reader-want-Christmas.html#ixzz1fYvGNWRE
Code cracked in search for next generation of cyber spies (but they might be disappointed with the Ł25k salary). It was a code-cracking puzzle designed to attract the brightest young minds in the country.

But those who successfully worked out the UK intelligence agency's secret message could have been forgiven for struggling to get their head around the point of the whole process.

After cracking the complex code they were redirected to a job application they could have found far more easily using a simple Google search.

And furthermore, the salary for the role at GCHQ is a mere Ł25,000 - less than half of what candidates could earn in the private sector, a former employee told the Daily Telegraph.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068452/GCHQ-launches-online-code-cracking-puzzle-recruit-cyber-savvy-spies-future.html#ixzz1fMqLiHMT
Second iPhone explodes: Device emits smoke and sparks while charging - a foot from its owner's face. A second iPhone 4 has exploded without warning just days after another device blew up on a flight sparking fears over the safety of the phone.

Reports from Brazil say that the iPhone 4 was plugged in to charge overnight when it began to emit smoke and sparks as its owner slept nearby.

This is the second high-profile explosion of an iPhone in a week, in the first incident the handheld device spontaneously combusted during landing on a flight in Australia two days ago.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068638/Ayla-Motas-iPhone-explodes-Device-emits-smoke-sparks-charging.html#ixzz1fMpscmd6
StatCounter: Chrome overtakes Firefox globally. Chrome has managed to overtake Firefox as the world’s second most used browser, beating predictions with a month to spare.

As predicted, while Chrome could have overtaken Firefox by 2012, Google managed it with a month to spare.

According to web analytics firm StatCounter, Chrome took 25.69 percent of the worldwide market, up from 4.66 percent in November 2009, compared to Firefox’s share of 25.23 percent.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer remains the most used browser. But the battle of the titans begins once again: Microsoft versus Google in the browser marketshare space.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/statcounter-chrome-overtakes-firefox-globally/64429?tag=nl.e539 Word, Excel and PowerPoint on your Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet? (Android Office app showdown). Android is a very popular mobile platform and with devices like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet bringing in more users it is time to take a look at the available Office applications.

Last June I posted my iPad Office app showdown article that I later updated in 2011 with more Office apps. Android is now the leading smartphone operating system and now with tablets like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet dropping down to $250 and below more and more people are looking to do more with these devices. In this article, I detail my experiences with six applications that give you the ability to view, edit and/or create Office documents.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/word-excel-and-powerpoint-on-your-kindle-fire-or-nook-tablet-android-office-app-showdown/5310?tag=nl.e539 HP launches Hybrid Cloud product and services barrage. HP launches a long list of products and both professional and training services in the hopes of positioning itself as a go-to Cloud solution provider. Better design and more openness are HP’s rallying points.

HP LogoHP launched a dizzying array of products and services in the hope of positioning itself as a premier supplier for the Cloud. As with other HP launches, the list of products is too extensive to really understand what’s being offered in any detail.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/hp-launches-hybrid-cloud-product-and-services-barrage/4250?tag=nl.e539 New Facebook worm spreading. Researchers from the Danish security firm CSIS, have intercepted a currently spreading Facebook worm.

The worm spreads by sending direct messages using the privileges of the already logged in user. The message looks like an image file, whereas in reality it has an executable .scr screensaver extension.

Upon execution, the sample drops a ZeuS crimeware variant on the infected host. The malware is hosted on compromised web servers across the globe.

The sample — very limited detection rate — is currently detected as Win32.HLLW.Autoruner.52856 and Heure: Trojan.Win32.Generic.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/new-facebook-worm-spreading/9825?tag=nl.e550 Microsoft delivers new IE 10 preview for Windows 8. Microsoft has released a new test build of Internet Explorer 10 that works on Windows 8 only. It adds support for even more HTML5 technologies.

Microsoft made available for download its fourth “platform preview” test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 10 on November 29.

The Platform Preview 4 (PP4) release is for IE10 on the Developer Preview pre-beta build of Windows 8 only. This is not an update to the Platform Preview of IE 10 on Windows 7. (The IE 10 on Windows 7 is still at Platform Preview 2, as it has been since June of this year, with no word as to when it will be updated next.)

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-delivers-new-ie-10-preview-for-windows-8/11280?tag=nl.e539 Samsung's Galaxy Tab sales ban lifted in rare Apple patent defeat. Samsung has won a rare patent battle with Apple in Australia, in an ongoing global legal war between the two tablet and smartphone giants.

Samsung is set to resume selling its Galaxy Tab tablets in Australia after a rare win against Apple in an ongoing, global patent dispute.

An Australian federal appeals court unanimously chose to lift the preliminary sales injunction that banned the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/samsungs-galaxy-tab-sales-ban-lifted-in-rare-apple-patent-defeat/64385?tag=nl.e539 Impending crisis for Microsoft: Office tablet pricing. If Microsoft is readying a version of Office for the iPad, it better be prepared for the ripple effect in its other business.

ZDNet reported yesterday that Microsoft is getting a version of Office ready for the iPad. The new versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint will be aimed at bringing a “real” office suite to the iPad, to compete with Apple’s iWorks suite. The interesting rumor has Microsoft pricing the Office apps at $10 to compete directly with the apps from Apple. This leads to the realization that Microsoft faces a dilemma when it comes time to price the Office apps for its own Windows 8 tablets coming down the pike.

Read More at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/impending-crisis-for-microsoft-office-tablet-pricing/5769?tag=nl.e539 'Cleverest Facebook scam yet' accuses users of violating site policy and threatens to delete their account. 'Phishing' scams range from the hilariously inept up to sophisticated attacks that can fool even computer experts.

But a new email Facebook scam is among the cleverer attacks directed at users of the social network - now a commercial hub used to trade music, video and films.

A recent assault designed to steal users' Facebook details is among the most sophisticated yet, say experts - because it mimics the security procedures that sites such as Facebook or Google use to defend against 'internet trolls' and other 'bad behaviour' online.

The scam comes in the form of an email accusing the user of a violation for insulting or annoying another Facebook users - and saying that their account will be deleted in 24 hours.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2066083/Cleverest-Facebook-scam-threatens-DELETE-account---unless-hand-details.html#ixzz1f5HkA7G8
Flexible circuits made from 'wonder material' graphene printed from ordinary ink-jet machine. ‘Wonder material’ graphene is so tough a sheet as thin as cling film can support an elephant and there’s nothing that can match its conductivity – now scientists have found a way of printing it.

The researchers, from Cambridge University, made flexible electronics from graphene using a humble home printer, bringing devices such as wearable computers a step closer.

The scientists created a graphene-based ink and used a modified Epson printer to produce the thin-film circuits.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067118/Flexible-circuits-wonder-material-graphene-printed-ordinary-ink-jet-machine.html#ixzz1f5H1L7u5
The snowboarding game that really makes a splash - the 'controller' is a urinal. The idea appeared in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport - painted on the inside of the men's urinals are little bluebottles.

The airport designers found that simply giving men something to 'aim' at meant that there was less mess on the floor for the cleaners to deal with.

Now a British company has gone one step further: and created a urinal equipped with a video screen, so 'aiming' left and right steers a snowboarder down a slope.

More expert marksmen can also answer quiz questions.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067283/The-snowboarding-game-really-makes-splash--controller-urinal.html#ixzz1f5GBSfHd
'Anti-virus' apps for infected Androids are from 'scammers' says Google - and may harm your phone. Worried about viruses on your Android phone after the recent spate of attacks on the popular handsets?

It turns out the WORST thing you can do is try to protect yourself - as many of the anti-virus apps on offer are from 'charlatans and scammers', Google says.

In the past four months, malicious software attacks on Google Android phones have risen by 472 per cent.

The attacks usually take the form of 'rogue' apps which 'suck' data out of your phone - sending information such as emails to potential attackers

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064686/Google-Anti-virus-apps-infected-Androids-charlatans-scammers.html#ixzz1eWYKY0a0
The new Apple iPhone 5 will have a bigger four-inch screen - AGAINST Steve Jobs' wishes. The conservative lines of iPhone 4S - basically a remodel of the previous year's iPhone 4 - will be radically redrawn for next year's iPhone 5.

Website iLounge has spoken to sources within Apple who say that the late CEO's Steve Jobs refusal to upgrade to a bigger screen is going to be the first thing to go - the new iPhone 5 will have a four-inch screen, putting it on a par with many Android rivals.

Our most reliable source has spoken: expect body changes for the next iPhone,' said the site.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064841/iPhone-5-release-Apple-feature-bigger-4-inch-screen-AGAINST-Steve-Jobs-wishes.html#ixzz1eWY7tK7D
HP chairman photographed using MacBook Air Hewlett-Packard Executive Chairman Ray Lane uses a MacBook Air at home. At the very least an indication that when given a choice, he opts for a rival's product.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57328904-64/hp-chairman-photographed-using-macbook-air/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google admits its secret 'Google X' lab - where engineers design talking fridges and lifts to space. Google has admitted to the existence of a secret laboratory - described as 'Google X' - where scientists work on wild, out-there ideas.

Most Google employees are not even aware the lab exists.

'Google has always invested in speculative R&D projects - it's part of our DNA,' said a spokesperson.

'While the possibilities are incredibly exciting, the sums involved are very small by comparison to the investments we make in our core businesses. In terms of details, we don't comment on speculation.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2061823/Google-X-lab-Where-engineers-design-talking-fridges-lifts-space.html#ixzz1eRCqY5pn
'Russian' hackers seize control of U.S. public water system by remotely destroying pump. Russian cyber criminals have destroyed a pump used to supply water to thousands of homes in Illinois, according to an infrastructure control systems expert.

Hackers accessed the public water facility in the city of Springfield and are believed to have then broken the pump by remotely turning it on and off in quick succession.

The incident, which took place on November 8, sets a worrying precedent for security officials - particularly after another hacker has since claimed to have taken control of a second U.S. facility.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064283/Hackers-control-U-S-public-water-treatment-facilities.html#ixzz1eRCKdbrs
Super-sized Kindle Fire to take on new hi-def iPad 3 next spring? Next Spring could see a head-to-head battle between two of the giants of the internet - Amazon and Apple.

Amazon looks set to launch an iPad-sized tablet at almost exactly the same time as Apple is expected to launch its new HD iPad 3.

A new expanded Kindle Fire was rumoured before Amazon's media-playing seven-inch iPad rival even leapt off the drawing board.

Now it looks likely that the tablet will launch next spring - dangerously close to another high-profile competitor, iPad 3.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064670/Amazon-Kindle-Fire-Super-sized-model-Apples-hi-def-iPad-3-spring.html#ixzz1eRC1rr4g
This year's easiest-to-guess passwords... as discovered by hackers that worked them out. Despite widely publicised mass hacking attacks computer and smartphone users still leave themselves vulnerable by choosing passwords that are incredibly easy to guess.

Password management app maker SplashData has revealed this year’s worst passwords, with ‘password’ and ‘123456’ taking the top two slots.

The online security firm didn’t have to hack anything to get them – they were left online by hackers who had broken into major servers such as Sony’s Playstation Network and the CIA’s.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2063203/This-years-easiest-guess-passwords--discovered-hackers-worked-out.html#ixzz1eLi75gfQ
Kindles 'scrambled' by airport X-ray machines, say travellers. Airport security X-ray machines sometimes scramble Kindle displays according to reports from travellers.

Baffled users have taken to internet forums to recount horror stories of their electronic readers, made by retail giant Amazon, apparently being ruined by baggage checks, which expose items to radiation.

One American customer, posting on a Kindle forum as ‘dwaszak’, complained that her son’s Kindle ‘looked like a magic eye etch-a-sketch’ after passing through airport security in New York.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2063587/Amazon-Kindle-scrambled-airport-X-ray-machines-say-travellers.html#ixzz1eLhsAOJx
Faster than a speeding iPhone: Samsung Galaxies hit warp speed! Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, launched today, has instantly become THE phone to beat - outpacing rival iPhone 4S in computer benchmark tests.

The browser in the Galaxy Nexus - a flagship phone launched in collaboration with Google - outpaces anything else on the market, according to testing experts Anandtech.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2064264/Faster-speeding-Apple-Samung-Galaxies-hit-warp-speed.html#ixzz1eLhccHq5
Samsung unveils Ł7,500 40-inch Full HD touchscreen
The multi-touch technology that Apple pioneered with its iPhone is now everywhere in the modern world - but Microsoft is about to pump up the technology to a new level.

The next generation of its 'Surface' table is a 40-inch touchscreen that can feel 50 'touches' at once - and can also 'feel' pens, pointers or anything else placed on the table. Screens on gizmos such as iPhone can only feel fingers.

The Full HD screen has a high-powered Windows PC built in - and is just four inches thick.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2063300/Surface-table-Samsung-unveils-40-inch-touchscreen-feel-50-hands-once.html#ixzz1eEbUYAbw
Amazon's answer to iPads started shipping this week. Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet device that started shipping this week is reportedly selling for almost three dollars less than it costs to manufacture.

The online retailer is initially selling the tablet at a loss that it hopes to cover through sales of books and films for the device, research suggests.

The Kindle Fire costs $201.70 to make, research firm IHS said, but it has attracted a warm industry reception after being priced at only $199.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2063345/Kindle-Fire-tablet-selling-3-costs-Amazon-manufacture.html#ixzz1eEbCb9UG
The world's lightest material. Scientists claim to have created the world’s lightest solid material, a metal which can sit atop a dandelion without even crushing its seeds.

The substance is made of tiny hollow metallic tubes – the walls of which are 1,000 times thinner than those of a human hair – arranged into a criss-crossing diagonal pattern with small open spaces between them.

The researchers say the material, which consists of 99.99 per cent air, is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and has ‘extraordinarily high energy absorption’ properties.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2063370/Scientists-create-worlds-lightest-material-1-000-times-thinner-human-hair.html#ixzz1eEZsm5ey
Like Twitter, Google+ Now Has Trending Topics Google quietly added a trending topics section to Google+ last night which now shows up when you perform a search on the social network. The new “Trends” section appears on the right-hand side of the page, and currently lists the top 10 items under heavy discussion like “Natalie Wood” and “Breaking Dawn,” for example.

Read more at: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/like-twitter-google-now-has-trending-topics/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo Google Chrome Update Addresses High-Severity Flaw Google has released an update for Chrome 15 which addresses a high-risk vulnerability. The security issue is the result of an out-of-bounds memory write in the browser's JavaScript engine.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244217/google_chrome_update_addresses_highseverity_flaw.html#tk.rss_news iOS 5.0.2 May Fix Battery Life Problems Apple plans to issue iOS 5.0.2 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch very soon to address battery life issues, a report has claimed.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244223/ios_502_may_fix_battery_life_problems.html#tk.rss_news Coming Soon to Firefox: Quick Background Updates It's been predicted for some time now that Google's Chrome browser would catch up with Firefox in market share before year's end, and it looks like that may finally be happening.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/244108/coming_soon_to_firefox_quick_background_updates.html#tk.rss_news Modern Warfare 3 Has Best 5-Day Sales in History of Known Universe The season's most popular first-person shooter is now the bestselling slice of entertainment in the history of the world: Modern Warfare 3 grossed $775 million worldwide in five days time, claims Activision, roundly making it the bestselling video game of all time.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244084/modern_warfare_3_has_best_5day_sales_in_history_of_known_universe.html#tk.rss_news AOL Revamps AIM with Facebook, Google Chat Apps AIM, AOL's seminal instant messenger app, just received a preview update to pull it out of obscurity and compete with other more popular chat apps like Facebook Chat, Google Talk, Skype and a slew of others that aggregate disparate clients and boast features like video and picture-sharing.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244087/aol_revamps_aim_with_facebook_google_chat_apps.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft's 'Secret' Social Network Not So Secret Any More Redmond seems to be cooking up a social network/search hybrid after all. Welcome to its Google+ killer. It appears that Microsoft is cooking up its own -- wait for it -- Facebook killer.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/244088/microsofts_secret_social_network_not_so_secret_any_more.html#tk.rss_news

Yahoo Revs Up Recipe and Shopping Search Features for the Holidays Yahoo has introduced interactive search results for shopping, recipes and entertainment that will appear at the top of search result pages starting Tuesday evening.The new features integrate Yahoo.com content into the top of web search results.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-revs-recipe-shopping-search-features-holidays-230200215.html 40 Years Ago Today: The Intel 4004 Launches Digital Era Love your smartphone? How about your laptop, your GPS, your car, even? Well, then this should be a noteworthy day for you.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243932/40_years_ago_today_the_intel_4004_launches_digital_era.html#tk.rss_news FAQ: What's the big deal about Duqu? The recently discovered Duqu Trojan has received considerable attention from the security research community. Here's why.

read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221817/FAQ_What_s_the_big_deal_about_Duqu_?taxonomyId=17 Google+ Will Gain Enterprise Social Collaboration Features Google plans to release to customers in the future a version of Google+, already in use internally at the company, that has features designed specifically for workplace collaboration.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243854/google_will_gain_enterprise_social_collaboration_features.html#tk.rss_news Western Digital's New NAS Box Touts Easy Setup WD has returned to the consumer and small-business NAS market with its Sentinel DX4000, a 4-bay box that leverages Microsoft's Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243855/western_digitals_new_nas_box_touts_easy_setup.html#tk.rss_news Buffett's firm buys about $10.7B in IBM shares Investor Warren Buffett says his company bought about $10.7 billion of IBM stock this year, giving it a stake of more than 5 percent in the technology company.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/buffetts-firm-buys-10-7b-ibm-shares-162337941.html Japanese supercomputer first to clear 10 petaflops The rankings of the 10 fastest machines didn't change at all on today's new version of the Top 500 supercomputer list, but the top dog cleared the notable performance hurdle of 10 petaflops.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57324194-264/japanese-supercomputer-first-to-clear-10-petaflops/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Get an Early Taste of Linux Mint 12 Just a week or so after revealing that Linux Mint 12 would be taking a hybrid approach to introducing GNOME 3, the project behind the free operating system on Saturday announced the debut of a release candidate of the software.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243793/get_an_early_taste_of_linux_mint_12.html#tk.rss_news Hackers May Have Spent Years Crafting Duqu The hacker group behind Duqu may have been working on its attack code for more than four years, new analysis of the Trojan revealed Friday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243710/hackers_may_have_spent_years_crafting_duqu.html#tk.rss_news Will Google Roll Out its Music Store Next Week? Google is planning a mystery event next Wednesday--could it be the announcement of Google's entry into the online music business?

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243716/will_google_roll_out_its_music_store_next_week.html#tk.rss_news New iOS 5.0.1 Glitches: Is Apple Entirely to Blame? Are things really as bad as they seem with iOS 5.0.1? The update, released Thursday on a surprisingly quick schedule, primarily addresses battery issues caused by iOS 5--a sore spot for many iPhone 4S owners.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243722/new_ios_501_glitches_is_apple_entirely_to_blame.html#tk.rss_news Hard-disk shortage hits consumer outlets The fallout of the hard-disk drive shortage is now raining down on consumers, according to analysts and resellers.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57322023-64/hard-disk-shortage-hits-consumer-outlets/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 German Court Rules That Free Software Can Be Modified as Users Wish A major challenge to the principles of free software was thrown out of a German district court on Tuesday.

German DSL router vendor AVM had attempted to stop Cybits, which produces children's Web-filtering software, from modifying any part of the firmware used in its routers, including a key piece of Linux-based free software.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243607/german_court_rules_that_free_software_can_be_modified_as_users_wish.html#tk.rss_news Report: Facebook nears privacy settlement with FTC Facebook is nearing a settlement with federal regulators that would require the world's most popular online hangout to obtain approval from its users before making changes that expose their profiles and activities to a wider audience, according to a report published Thursday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/report-facebook-nears-privacy-settlement-ftc-224437464.html Apple releases iOS 5 battery life fix to cure what ails your iPhone We knew it was en route, but Apple has just released a minor software fix for devices running on the company's latest mobile software, iOS 5. After iOS 5's somewhat rocky launch, many iPhone owners saw their normally top-notch battery life take a plunge.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-releases-ios-5-battery-life-fix-cure-215713933.html Adobe Systems just crippled Flash Player, but it hasn't put the browser plug-in out of its misery. Today, Adobe confirmed that it's extinguishing the Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. The move came as a surprise, given how hard Adobe worked to develop and promote the software and given that a key benefit of Flash is its promise to help programmers create software that spans many different computing devices.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57321494-264/flash-crippled-but-alive...for-now/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google to Discontinue Gmail App for BlackBerry Google, which last week bungled the launch of a Gmail application for Apple iOS devices, has decided to put out to pasture its Gmail application for the BlackBerry.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243472/google_to_discontinue_gmail_app_for_blackberry.html#tk.rss_news Firefox 8 Arrives with Twitter Search Integration Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 8, adding Twitter search to the browser and patching eight vulnerabilities.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243462/firefox_8_arrives_with_twitter_search_integration.html#tk.rss_news World of Warcraft Loses 2 Million Subscribers in a Year World of Warcraft's eventual demise, at least as we currently know it, was probably inevitable. Even the most storied massively-multiplayer games have shelf lives. So to hear that Activision Blizzard lost around 800,000 subscribers in its latest quarter—a drop from 11.1 million to 10.3 million subs worldwide—shouldn't be a jaw-dropper.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243465/world_of_warcraft_loses_2_million_subscribers_in_a_year.html#tk.rss_news How Google+ Could One-Up Facebook’s Brand Pages Google today launched the first iteration of its brand Pages product for Google+. The company has some big choices to make about how it will flesh out this skeleton to challenge the Pages product Facebook has had years to work on.

Read more at: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/07/google-facebook-pages/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo Modern Warfare 3 Thieves Crash Into Van Carrying 6,000 Copies Remember when a pair of robbers with semi-automatic handguns stole over 100 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops at gunpoint? Here we go again, only extreme style: Up to 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's were reportedly stolen by thieves in France on Saturday morning.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243279/modern_warfare_3_thieves_crash_into_van_carrying_6000_copies.html#tk.rss_news Google calls out Microsoft on patent warfare, says system is broken The rise of Android’s open platform, plus Google’s stance on the patent system, makes the company a prime target for patent warfare. Google’s attracted the wrong sort of attention from every major rival including Apple, Microsoft and Oracle.

Read more at: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10135-google-calls-out-microsoft-on-patent-warfare-says-system-is-broken Sri Lanka blocks 5 news websites over 'insults' Sri Lanka has blocked five news websites because they committed character assassination and insulted people including key political leaders, officials said Monday.

Rad more at: http://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-blocks-5-news-websites-over-insults-094158881.html Microsoft Lures New IE9 Users With Freebies Microsoft on Friday launched a promotion to convince more Windows 7 users to adopt Internet Explorer 9 (IE9).

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243282/microsoft_lures_new_ie9_users_with_freebies.html#tk.rss_news Apple gives devs second beta of iOS 5 battery fix Less than two days after issuing its first crack at a fix for iOS 5's battery draining issue, Apple has issued a new version of the software to developers, suggesting its public release may come sooner than expected.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57318797-248/apple-gives-devs-second-beta-of-ios-5-battery-fix/ Time Warner bids 1B euros to acquire Endemol Time Warner Inc. has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Endemol, the Dutch entertainment giant behind hit reality TV shows like "Big Brother" and "Deal or No Deal."

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/time-warner-bids-1b-euros-acquire-endemol-213808170.html Yahoo investor demands board ouster of co-founder A major Yahoo shareholder believes the slumping Internet company would be better off without Jerry Yang on its board as it mulls a possible sale.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-investor-demands-board-ouster-co-founder-195333580.html Bugs & Fixes: When OS X Lion Slows to a Crawl Today's column is another episode in my occasional series of "detective stories." These show how I tracked down, identified and ultimately eradicated a mysterious bug for which there seemed no immediately obvious cause.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243257/bugs_and_fixes_when_os_x_lion_slows_to_a_crawl.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft Posts a Fix for Duqu Zero-Day Trojan Microsoft has released a Fix-it tool to allow Windows users to manually patch their systems to thwart the Duqu Trojan: Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658).

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243249/microsoft_posts_a_fix_for_duqu_zeroday_trojan.html#tk.rss_news Ubuntu Linux eyes tablet territory Canonical wants to get its Ubuntu Linux operating system onto tablets and smartphones.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20127838-92/ubuntu-linux-eyes-tablet-territory/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Amtrak Adds WiFi To 12 New East Coast Routes, California’s Up Next Attention workaholics: your business trip a la rail was just made more efficient, if you’re using Amtrak, of course. The nation’s intercity railway has just added Wi-Fi service to 12 new East Coast routes, bringing the interwebs to almost 60 percent of all Amtrak passengers.

Read more at: http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/31/amtrak-adds-wifi-to-12-new-east-coast-routes-californias-up-next/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo Large Scale Hacks: U.S. satellites infiltrated for 12 minutes It's one thing for hackers to target a video game network or newspaper website, but setting sights on United States government satellites is an entirely different situation. A new report released by Congress shows that's exactly what has been happening, as two separate orbiters have seen a total of 4 attacks since 2007. Some breaches managed to interfere with the NASA's hardware for up to 12 minutes.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/large-scale-hacks-u-satellites-infiltrated-12-minutes-031227530.html 38 Incredibly Useful Sites If you haven’t tried underappreciated online services such as Earndit, PageOnce, and Rdio, you’re missing out on some of the Web’s handiest sites for managing your money, your health, your music, and more.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242819/38_incredibly_useful_sites.html#tk.rss_news South Korea Fines Flat-panel LCD Display Makers South Korea's competition watchdog has fined 10 LCD makers a total of 195 billion won ($176 million) for allegedly holding secret meetings to keep the prices for flat screen displays artificially high.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242848/south_korea_fines_flatpanel_lcd_display_makers.html#tk.rss_news How Google Was Tripped up by a Bad Search In the end it was a search that let Google down. The company suffered a setback in its patent dispute with Oracle last week when a U.S. judge denied Google's request to keep an internal Google email out of the case record. The email, written by a Google engineer, could suggest to a jury that Google knew it needed a license to use Sun's -- now Oracle's -- Java technology in Android.

read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242818/how_google_was_tripped_up_by_a_bad_search.html#tk.rss_news Why Would Anyone Use Windows XP Today? As the world celebrates–or at least acknowledges–the tenth anniversary of Windows XP, I wondered why so many people continue to use an operating system that dates from an utterly different era in the history of personal technology.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242809/why_would_anyone_use_windows_xp_today.html#tk.rss_news New Tsunami Trojan Variant Discovered Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Tsunami Trojan targeting Mac OS, which can be used to turn your Mac into a 'bot' that participates in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242814/new_tsunami_trojan_variant_discovered.html#tk.rss_news Arctic chill brings Facebook data center to Sweden Facebook is to build a new server farm on the edge of the Arctic Circle — its first outside the United States — to improve performance for European users, officials of the social networking site said Thursday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/arctic-chill-brings-facebook-data-center-sweden-110538804.html Firefox and Bing--together at last? Mozilla wants to diversify its search revenue base from Google. Microsoft's Bing wants more market share. Enter some integration that may move the needle for both parties.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20125995-92/firefox-and-bing-together-at-last/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 New Security Flaws Found in BlackBerry 6 OS, IM Apps It's been more than two months since Research In Motion (RIM) reported a BlackBerry smartphone or BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) security flaw, but the Canadian company has announced a handful of recently discovered vulnerabilities in its BlackBerry 6 handheld OS and BES for IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242446/new_security_flaws_found_in_blackberry_6_os_im_apps.html#tk.rss_news Oracle to acquire RightNow for $1.5 billion Oracle's rivalry with Salesforce.com is about to get more interesting. Oracle said Monday that it will acquire RightNow, which is a customer service-as-a-service company, for $1.5 billion, or $43 a share.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20124595-92/oracle-to-acquire-rightnow-for-$1.5-billion/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Siri co-founder Kittlaus leaves Apple, report says Now that the iPhone 4S is on store shelves, Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, who headed up Apple's development of the service, has left the Cupertino, Calif.-based company, a new report claims.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20124589-17/siri-co-founder-kittlaus-leaves-apple-report-says/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Linux Kernel Now Supports OpenRISC, Nested Virtualization Linus Torvalds has released the next version of the Linux kernel, and with it come virtualization enhancements and support for the emerging OpenRISC processor architecture.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242460/linux_kernel_now_supports_openrisc_nested_virtualization.html#tk.rss_news Google: Bidding for Yahoo or Driving up Cost for Microsoft? The pursuit of Yahoo seems to be heating up as a report Monday added Google to a list of interested suitors that is already said to include Microsoft.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242463/google_bidding_for_yahoo_or_driving_up_cost_for_microsoft.html#tk.rss_news Steve Jobs Biography Reveals Reflections On Apple, Contempt For Android Last night at least two news outlets —The AP and The Huffington Post— revealed that they had obtained copies of the Steve Jobs biography penned by Walter Isaacson. Jobs gave Isaacson unprecedented access, making time for over 40 interviews spanning everything from his early life to his final weeks.

Read more at: http://www.protonic.com/purl/?id=201&rid=2apfnzl6 World's Most Sophisticated Rootkit Is Being Overhauled Experts from security vendor ESET warn that TDL4, one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware in the world, is being rewritten and improved for increased resilience to antivirus detection.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242286/worlds_most_sophisticated_rootkit_is_being_overhauled.html#tk.rss_news What Does Microsoft Really Want from Yahoo? The will-they-or-won't-they questions are heating up again.

For weeks now, the blogosphere has been awash with speculation that Microsoft may make a new play to acquire Yahoo, which has seen significant upheaval since the firing of CEO Carol Bartz early last month.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242281/what_does_microsoft_really_want_from_yahoo.html#tk.rss_news Gmail Redesign Fixes Annoyances, But Adds a Pesky Ad Although the Gmail redesign hasn't gone live yet, and things could change before it does, the new ad placement looks like the latest attempt by Google to squeeze more advertising dollars out of its e-mail service.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242290/gmail_redesign_fixes_annoyances_but_adds_a_pesky_ad.html#tk.rss_news NGINX: 40 Million Websites Can't Be Wrong After almost 10 years of development, the second leading open source web server is going commercial. NGINX (pronounced like EnigneX), the brainchild of Igor Sysoev has announced the opening of their US based commercial entity and a three million dollar round of funding.

Read more at: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/78896 Google+: Users Want More Features Google+ has great potential, but users of the social network are frustrated with Google's method of rolling out features that they want.

Read more at: http://www.informationweek.com/thebrainyard/news/social_networking_consumer/231901305/google-users-want-more-features Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day As one might expect, following the death of Steve Jobs, many rumors and legends have taken on a life of their own. The most recent whispers are related to the notion, proffered by Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar in a recent research note, that Jobs worked on next year's iPhone 5.

Read more at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395041,00.asp#fbid=HTxgeNIr67g Google Docs Revamps Presentations, Adds 50 New Features Google on Tuesday introduced a new version of its Googlde Docs presentations Web app. The app has more than 50 new features.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242121/google_docs_revamps_presentations_adds_50_new_features.html#tk.rss_news Router Tips to Make Your Wireless Faster Most everyone has a router, but not everyone knows how to make it work better. Here are some tips and tricks to get a little extra oomph out of the least sexy piece of tech you own.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242112/router_tips_to_make_your_wireless_faster.html#tk.rss_news Mac Notebooks May Get Scarce After Plant Shutdown The shutdown of production at a Chinese manufacturer may affect inventories of Apple's popular MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks, an analyst said Monday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242066/mac_notebooks_may_get_scarce_after_plant_shutdown.html#tk.rss_news HP's New Virtualization Servers Provide Path to Cloud Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualized workloads more quickly.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242070/hps_new_virtualization_servers_provide_path_to_cloud.html#tk.rss_news Levinsohn: Yahoo Is Doing Fine Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's executive vice president for the Americas, on Monday downplayed the notion that the recent firing of CEO Carol Bartz has the company in an upheaval.

He made his remarks even as news emerged that Yahoo's chief technology officer, Raymie Stata, has just been replaced.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/242069/levinsohn_yahoo_is_doing_fine.html#tk.rss_news Google Prepping iTunes Competitor Google plans to take on Apple and Amazon with its own MP3 store that will open in the next several weeks and accompany its Google Music Beta service, according to a report.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-prepping-itunes-competitor-report-101329274.html Microsoft closes $8.5 billion Skype acquisition Microsoft has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype Global, giving the software company a major foothold in the growing market for Internet telephony services.


Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20120355-264/microsoft-closes-$8.5-billion-skype-acquisition/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Customers Sue Frontier Over Broadband Surcharge Four customers of Frontier Communications have filed a class action lawsuit against the broadband and digital voice provider over a US$1 to $1.50 mystery charge on their monthly bills.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241929/customers_sue_frontier_over_broadband_surcharge.html#tk.rss_news Bing and Yahoo Sponsored Results Lead to Hard-to-remove Rootkit Searching for Flash Player on Bing and Yahoo can lead to rogue pages distributing a hard-to-remove rootkit, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor GFI Software.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241930/bing_and_yahoo_sponsored_results_lead_to_hardtoremove_rootkit.html#tk.rss_news Dennis Ritchie, father of C programming language, dies Dennis Ritchie, an internationally renowned computer scientist who created the C programming language, has died at age 70.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20119811-92/dennis-ritchie-father-of-c-programming-language-dies/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Microsoft patches IE9 with new security update Microsoft has released a new update for Internet Explorer 9 that aims to patch several outstanding security holes.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20119909-75/microsoft-patches-ie9-with-new-security-update/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Microsoft and Mozilla Browser Security Fight: They're Both Wrong Microsoft and Mozilla have been squabbling over whose browser is more secure--but both companies are likely wrong.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241899/microsoft_and_mozilla_browser_security_fight_theyre_both_wrong.html#tk.rss_news Page: Google+ to Broadly Impact Other Google Products Google Co-Founder and CEO Larry Page made clear on Thursday the lofty expectations the company has for its new social networking site Google+.

During a conference call to discuss the company's third quarter financial results, Page outlined the significant effect he foresees Google+ having on the company's business.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241908/page_google_to_broadly_impact_other_google_products.html#tk.rss_news Verizon will soon begin spying on your web habits, here’s how to opt out f you're a Verizon wireless customer, your online identity is about to take another privacy hit. The company just revealed that its new service agreement will include language that allows the monitoring of your web habits, including websites you visit and even the location data of when and where you use your wireless browser.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/verizon-soon-begin-spying-habits-opt-231705272.html Patch Internet Explorer Now Yesterday was Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for the month of October. There were a total of eight new security bulletins--not too many, but enough to keep IT admins busy for a while. While most of the vulnerabilities addressed are not imminent threats, security experts are virtually unanimous that patching Internet Explorer should be priority one.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/241739/patch_internet_explorer_now.html AMD's New Eight-core Bulldozer FX Chips Touch 4.2GHz Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday released the first eight-core desktop chips based on the new Bulldozer architecture, in which cores can run at clock speeds of up to 4.2GHz.

The chips will belong to the re-launched FX series, which are targeted at enthusiasts like gamers. The chips are "unclocked and customizable," AMD said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241762/amds_new_eightcore_bulldozer_fx_chips_touch_42ghz.html Which Browser Has Your Back? That Would Be Firefox Hard on the heels of recent reports that Google's Chrome browser may overtake Firefox by year's end, Mozilla on Monday released its annual “State of Mozilla” report including rosy financial results and a discussion of its efforts moving forward.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/241661/which_browser_has_your_back_that_would_be_firefox.html#tk.hp_new iTunes 10.5 is Out: 3 Reasons to Get It Now Version 10.5 of Apple's iTunes software is available now, just in time for the launch of iOS 5 on Wednesday. The latest version includes the first taste of iCloud and is required before downloading iOS 5.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241699/itunes_105_is_out_3_reasons_to_get_it_now.html#tk.hp_new Microsoft plugs critical IE, .Net holes Microsoft today issued eight security bulletins plugging 23 holes, including a critical patch for vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer, if someone visited a malicious Web page using Internet Explorer.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20118766-245/microsoft-plugs-critical-ie-.net-holes/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Ubuntu Linux heads to the clouds Last week, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company Canonical CEO Jane Silber announced at the OpenStack cloud software conference that HP has chosen Ubuntu as the lead host and guest operating system for its Public Cloud. That’s impressive. It’s Canonical’s biggest enterprise win to date, but that’s only a hint of what Canonical is up to with the cloud.

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-linux-heads-to-the-clouds/9722 Hackers say German officials used backdoor Trojan A German hacker group says it has found a Trojan backdoor program designed for spying on Skype communications that it alleges was used for surveillance by German law enforcement officials but which also has flaws that put the infected computer at risk of serious attack by others.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20118194-245/hackers-say-german-officials-used-backdoor-trojan/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver Opera 12 to get graphics-hardware boost The next version of Opera Software's browser will get a major graphics-hardware boost, an approach that's been spreading to browsers keen to increase battery life, improve performance, and enable new features.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20118416-264/opera-12-to-get-graphics-hardware-boost/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Google debuts Dart, a JavaScript alternative Google today launched an "early preview" of Dart, a programming language the company hopes will help Web application programmers overcome shortcomings of JavaScript that Google itself feels acutely.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20117924-264/google-debuts-dart-a-javascript-alternative/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Microsoft Patch Tuesday to target Windows, IE In its regular series of monthly security fixes, the company tomorrow is launching eight separate bulletins to patch 23 different holes in a small but key range of products. Marked as "critical," two of the bulletins are aimed at stopping hackers from remotely running code in Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, and Silverlight.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20118106-75/microsoft-patch-tuesday-to-target-windows-ie/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability or security problems."

SriptScan ships with McAfee's VirusScan antivirus program. It's designed to keep Web surfer's safe by scanning for any malicious scripting code that might be running in the browser. But according to Mozilla it has an unintended side-effect: It can cause Firefox to crash... a lot.

In a note posted to its website, Mozilla said that the add-on "causes a high volume of crashes," and is "strongly encouraging" users to disable the software. The warning applies to all users of version 14.4.0 and below of the plugin, Mozilla said.

The Firefox browser started popping up warning messages Monday, advising that users disable the software

http://www.itworld.com/software/210093/firefox-advises-users-disable-mcafee-plugin This is how Windows get infected with malware When a Microsoft Windows machine gets infected by viruses/malware it does so mainly because users forget to update the Java JRE, Adobe Reader/Acrobat and Adobe Flash. This is revealed by a survey conducted by CSIS Security Group A/S.

Basis of the study

CSIS has over a period of almost three months actively collected real time data from various so-called exploit kits. An exploit kit is a commercial hacker toolbox that is actively exploited by computer criminals who take advantage of vulnerabilities in popular software. Up to 85 % of all virus infections occur as a result of drive-by attacks automated via commercial exploit kits.

The purpose of this study is to reveal precisely how Microsoft Windows machines are infected with malware and which browsers, versions of Windows and third party software that are at risk.

http://net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1863 Apple co-founder Steve Jobs: tributes pour in Apple's corporate statement announcing the death of 56-year old co-founder Steve Jobs was brief: "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

Many technology experts, industry peers and other admirers have been quick to add their own tributes.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15194370 Apple Chairman Steve Jobs Dead at 56 Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade later to make Apple one of the most successful technology companies in the world, has died.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241234/apple_chairman_steve_jobs_dead_at_56.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft explains reason for Windows 8 Start menu Windows 8's new Metro-based Start menu has already aroused concerns and questions among users, but Microsoft sees the feature as a natural evolution.

In the latest Building Windows 8 blog, Chaitanya Sareen, program manager lead on Microsoft's Core Experience Evolved team, acknowledged some of the questions about the new Start menu from worrisome users.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20115356-75/microsoft-explains-reason-for-windows-8-start-menu/#ixzz1ZuwU5cem
Amazon Adds Free Encryption to Storage Service Using Amazon Web Services' new Server Side Encryption feature, enterprises will at no extra cost be able to encrypt data stored on the company's Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon said on Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241154/amazon_adds_free_encryption_to_storage_service.html#tk.rss_news Online Banking Fraud Losses Decline in the UK Online banking fraud losses in the U.K. fell 32 percent in the first half of the year, according to figures from U.K. banks released on Wednesday. The decline is due to the increased use of fraud detection software by banks, an industry group said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241155/online_banking_fraud_losses_decline_in_the_uk.html#tk.rss_news Obama got presidential iPad 2 from Steve Jobs ahead of public launch US President Barack Obama revealed Monday that he received his iPad directly from Apple founder Steve Jobs ahead of the release of the hot-selling tablet computer, AFP reports.

Read more at: http://macdailynews.com/2011/10/03/obama-got-presidential-ipad-2-from-steve-jobs-ahead-of-public-launch/ Yahoo, ABC joining forces in news partnership ABC News and Yahoo Inc. are joining to deliver more online news to their audiences. With the deal, ABC News content will be prominently featured on Yahoo News, the most visited news website in the world. It will also show up on Yahoo's popular front page.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-abc-joining-forces-news-partnership-132921148.html Microsoft Officially Kills Zune Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company will no longer be making Zune players, and that it will instead focus on Windows Phone 7 for users' music and video needs. Microsoft's official statement went up on the Zune website Monday night, assuring current Zune users that the discontinuation of the product does not mean their devices will be defunct.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/241059/microsoft_officially_kills_zune.html#tk.rss_news Hackers Crack Internet Encryption: Should You Be Worried? Data encryption is the cornerstone of Internet security. Every time you log into your email account or sign into an online retailer like Amazon, chances are that your browser is establishing a secure connection to the server using an encryption technology called TLS (Transport Layer Security).

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240933/hackers_crack_internet_encryption_should_you_be_worried.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft aiming to clean up Hotmail user's inboxes Microsoft is aiming to make its Hotmail e-mail service better than ever--and confronting what it admits is a subpar perception of the brand--with a series of new features designed to help users easily clean up their inboxes.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20114975-52/microsoft-aiming-to-clean-up-hotmail-users-inboxes/#ixzz1Zp6uRIoS
Excited for Ubuntu Linux 11.10? The Official Countdown Has Begun It may not compare with the hype that comes out of Cupertino or Redmond, but there's no denying that the new “This Is the Countdown” website launched in the past few days adds a considerable dose of excitement to the upcoming launch of Ubuntu 11.10, or “Oneiric Ocelot.”


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240999/excited_for_ubuntu_linux_1110_the_official_countdown_has_begun.html#tk.rss_news Chrome could unseat Firefox as No. 2 browser Google's browsers edged closer to second place in both desktop and mobile markets, a gradual trend that helps Google's profitability and its long-term plans for the Web.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20114278-264/chrome-could-unseat-firefox-as-no-2-browser/#ixzz1Zje8xgka
Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsoft's antivirus software flagged the browser as malware and removed it from about 3,000 people's computers on Friday.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20114600-264/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/#ixzz1ZjdfEaVS
Mac market share continues to inch up The Mac still owns a tiny market share compared with Windows but one that's slowly been inching up.


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20114776-37/mac-market-share-continues-to-inch-up/#ixzz1ZjczlYBA
Microsoft's IE9-first Strategy Fails to Stem Browser Slide Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) last month continued to shed users, losing the largest chunk of share since December 2010, Web measurement firm Net Applications reported Saturday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240971/microsofts_ie9first_strategy_fails_to_stem_browser_slide.html#tk.rss_news Facebook Turns to Websense for Malicious URL Detection Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, the companies said on Monday.

Facebook has been plagued by malware distribution campaigns, survey scams and other types of threats for years now and despite the company's best efforts the attacks continue.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240979/facebook_turns_to_websense_for_malicious_url_detection.html#tk.rss_news The Million Song Free Download The Million Song Dataset is a freely-available collection of audio features and metadata for a million contemporary popular music tracks.

The full download is 288GB so you may want to select a subset instead.

http://labrosa.ee.columbia.edu/millionsong/ Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying The cloud never forgets. That's the logic behind a new application developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College and Google that's designed to take a photograph of a total stranger and, using the facial recognition software PittPatt, track down their real identity in a matter of minutes. Facial recognition isn't that new -- the rudimentary technology has been around since the late 1960s -- but this system is faster, more efficient, and more thorough than any other system ever used. Why? Because it's powered by the cloud.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/cloud-powered-facial-recognition-is-terrifying/245867/ T-Mobile: Apple won't let us have the iPhone T-Mobile thinks the iPhone is cool. It would love to add it to its network. But it's not happening anytime soon.

Read more at: http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/9615-t-mobile-apple-wont-let-us-have-the-iphone Memory comes to the fore in Firefox 7 Performance and improved memory use were the goals of Firefox 7, which arrived on schedule today from Mozilla. Firefox 7 is available to download for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20112253-12/memory-comes-to-the-fore-in-firefox-7/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 FAQ: Which Social Networks Fight for Your Rights? Can social networks censor your speech? Will they give the government information on who you are and where you’ve been? Know your rights with our handy guide to tech activism.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240605/faq_which_social_networks_fight_for_your_rights.html#tk.rss_news Google Buys Land to Build Three Data Centers in Asia Google has acquired land in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore to build data centers in these three locations, it said Wednesday.

The data centers will be the "first Google proprietary data centers in Asia," and will be fully owned and operated by the company, said Taj Meadows, the company's policy communications manager for Asia Pacific.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240728/google_buys_land_to_build_three_data_centers_in_asia.html#tk.rss_news A Bundle of Updates Give 10 Linux Distributions a Boost With so many Linux distributions to choose from, it can be difficult to keep tabs on them all. Over the past few weeks I've written about Bodhi Linux--a lesser-known but nice (and increasingly popular) flavor of Linux--as well as Arch Linux and Mandriva.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240611/a_bundle_of_updates_give_10_linux_distributions_a_boost.html Facebook Vows to Fix Major Privacy Breach Social networking giant Facebook promised Tuesday to fix a major privacy breach that allowed it to collect users' browsing information after they had logged out, The Australian reported.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/27/facebook-vows-to-fix-major-privacy-breach/?test=faces#ixzz1ZAXkEYUQ
Just Show Me: How to use AirPrint on your iPad AirPrint lets you use your iPad to print to any AirPrint-enabled printer on your network without needing to install software or drivers, or use any cables.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/just-show-airprint-ipad-004627204.html Microsoft addresses Windows 8 secure boot issue Microsoft is trying to shed light on the new secure boot process in Windows 8 to address concerns from people who may want to dual-boot a non-Windows OS, such as Linux.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20111545-75/microsoft-addresses-windows-8-secure-boot-issue/#ixzz1ZAVSFJY8
Android Doubles iPhone in New Smartphone Sales Android devices have outsold the iPhone by a 2-to-1 margin in the past three months, according to a new Nielsen survey.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240650/android_doubles_iphone_in_new_smartphone_sales.html#tk.rss_news Google+ Climbs Up Social Networking Ladder Traffic exploded on Google+ after the social networking site opened to the public, shooting up 1,269 percent in one week, making the site the eighth largest social network on the Internet, according to Web analytics firm Hitwise.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240652/google_climbs_up_social_networking_ladder.html#tk.rss_news Iran blocks Tor; Tor releases same-day fix Yesterday morning (in our timezones — that evening, in Iran), Iran added a filter rule to their border routers that recognized Tor traffic and blocked it. Thanks to help from a variety of friends around the world, we quickly discovered how they were blocking it and released a new version of Tor that isn't blocked. Fortunately, the fix is on the relay side: that means once enough relays and bridges upgrade, the many tens of thousands of Tor users in Iran will resume being able to reach the Tor network, without needing to change their software.

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/iran-blocks-tor-tor-releases-same-day-fix Swedish Daycare Tests GPS Tracking for Kids A parent’s worst fear is having their children go missing. A daycare in Sweden is conducting an experiment to alleviate this fear- by placing GPS tracking devices on kids while they are outside of the confines of the nursery walls. The transmitters will report to a synced mobile phone, alarming teachers if a child moves out of a certain distance.

http://www.inhabitots.com/swedish-daycare-tests-gps-tracking-devices-for-kids/ Trash Bag Aircraft Project T-B.A.C is a "aircraft" launched by using trash bags on August 24th 2011. The project was designed and created by Manuja Gunaratne - a high school senior. The aircraft was launched in the Las Vegas valley area and managed to capture stunning pictures of the Earth.

http://www.projecttbac.org/ Software upgrades could produce self-tuning wireless access points, researchers say Researchers say wireless access points could double as analysis tools that detect radio-frequency interference and automatically adjust to preserve the quality of Wi-Fi connections.

Such upgraded devices could eliminate the need for separate, costly spectrum analyzers that discover interfering devices but do nothing to counter interference, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/092311-wifi-airshark-251193.html Microsoft explains Windows 8 boot to quell Linux fears Microsoft has become locked in a dispute over whether the boot process in Windows 8 will block Linux from running on hardware designed for the next version of its flagship platform.

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/desktop-os/2011/09/23/microsoft-explains-windows-8-boot-to-quell-linux-fears-40094017/ Cellphone service coming to 6 NYC subway stations The long-delayed project to wire New York City subway stations for cellphone service is finally bearing fruit. A person close to the matter said six stations will go live with the service on Tuesday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/cellphone-coming-6-nyc-subway-stations-121422129.html 'Lurid' Malware Hits Russia, CIS Countries The latest espionage-related hacking campaign detailed by security vendor Trend Micro is most notable for the country it does not implicate: China.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240466/lurid_malware_hits_russia_cis_countries.html#tk.rss_news Discovery of faster-than-light particles would leave Einstein scratching his head The rate at which light travels has been considered the universal speed limit for many decades, but a new discovery made by researchers at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland could throw that notion right out the window.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/discovery-faster-light-particles-leave-einstein-scratching-head-012537944.html Facebook Announces Timeline, Other Major Changes Facebook has announced two major new features for its social network: Timeline and real-time media sharing. These features will allow you to share "everything" including game activity, music, movies, and things you read online.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240444/facebook_announces_timeline_other_major_changes.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla Answers Business Users with a Slower Firefox Schedule Even as Firefox developers were mulling over the idea of speeding up the browser's rapid, six-week release cycle even further recently, a separate Mozilla working group was putting together a proposal to slow down that upgrade pace for enterprise users.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/240441/mozilla_answers_business_users_with_a_slower_firefox_schedule.html#tk.rss_news Will Facebook Deliver a Knockout Punch to Google+ this Week? Can Facebook rest on its 750 million user-base laurels? We'll find out this week at the social network's F8 Developer Conference, which takes place in San Francisco on September 22. Buzz on what's expected ranges from new Read, Listened, Watched, And Want Facebook Buttons to a first-ever Facebook iPad app.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/240275/will_facebook_deliver_a_knockout_punch_to_google_this_week.html#tk.rss_news Apple tops in customer satisfaction for 8th year For the eighth year in a row, Apple's Macs have satisfied more customers than any other vendor's PCs.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20108336-17/apple-tops-in-customer-satisfaction-for-8th-year/#ixzz1YVqEe2l6
What is Google Wallet and how can I use it? Picture a world without paper money or credit cards. You've got your smartphone in your pocket, and that's it. Want to pay for something?

Walk up to the register, have the clerk check you out, and then tap your phone to the front of the register. The register picks up some data on your phone, and you're automatically paid for. No sliding card, no pulling out cash; just tapping your phone to the register.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/google-wallet-000902785.html Gamers succeed where scientists fail Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. The gamers achieved their discovery by playing Foldit, an online game that allows players to collaborate and compete in predicting the structure of protein molecules.

After scientists repeatedly failed to piece together the structure of a protein-cutting enzyme from an AIDS-like virus, they called in the Foldit players. The scientists challenged the gamers to produce an accurate model of the enzyme. They did it in only three weeks.

http://scienceblog.com/47894/gamers-succeed-where-scientists-fail/ The (Big) Problem with RIM Research in Motion, by all accounts, had a terrible week. But things might get even worse.

The Canadian technology company posted dismal quarterly earnings numbers, missing revenue and sales targets, while margins continued to shrink. The numbers earned RIM several downgrades while shedding nearly a quarter of its value on Friday -- this after the company even undershot a previously issued warning.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/215536/20110917/the-big-problem-with-rim.htm Amazing Timelapse Video from the Space Station Science educator James Drake built this amazing timelapse video from the perspective of the International Space Station as it flew over North and South America. He created this video by downloading a series of 600 photographs that were available online at the Gateway to Astronomy Photograph of Earth, and then stitching them together into a complete video.

http://www.universetoday.com/88998/amazing-timelapse-video-from-the-space-station/ Thin Film Transforms Any Surface Into a Massive Multitouch Screen Open up a cardboard tube, roll out a transparent film just millimeters thick, apply it on a flat object and *tada* you’ve got an interactive touch surface. Cambridge-based Visual Planet just launched its new massive-sized multitouch thin film drivers so you can create touchscreens from 30 to 167 inches in size!

http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/18/thin-film-transforms-any-surface-into-a-massive-multitouch-screen/ McAfee introduces anti-rootkit security beyond the OS Cybercriminals know how to evade current operating systems-based security, demanding a new paradigm – security beyond the operating system.

On that note, McAfee demonstrated the workings of its new McAfee DeepSAFE technology at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday. Co-developed with Intel, it allows McAfee to develop hardware-assisted security products to take advantage of a “deeper” security footprint.

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11619 Guilt Through Algorithmic Association You’re a 16-year-old Muslim kid in America. Say your name is Mohammad Abdullah. Your schoolmates are convinced that you’re a terrorist. They keep typing in Google queries likes “is Mohammad Abdullah a terrorist?” and “Mohammad Abdullah al Qaeda.” Google’s search engine learns. All of a sudden, auto-complete starts suggesting terms like “Al Qaeda” as the next term in relation to your name. You know that colleges are looking up your name and you’re afraid of the impression that they might get based on that auto-complete. You are already getting hostile comments in your hometown, a decidedly anti-Muslim environment. You know that you have nothing to do with Al Qaeda, but Google gives the impression that you do. And people are drawing that conclusion. You write to Google but nothing comes of it. What do you do?

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2011/09/12/guilt-through-algorithmic-association.html Meg Whitman Testifies As EBay and Craigslist Square Off In Court Former eBay chief exec Meg Whitman took the stand today to kick off the battle that has been brewing between Craigslist and eBay. The waters are further clouded by Whitman's upcoming bid for governor of California. "eBay wants to shed light on the 'coercive plan' that it has said Newmark hatched with Craigslist Chief Executive Jim Buckmaster to dilute eBay's ownership stake, ultimately stripping eBay of its seat on the Craigslist board. Craigslist has hit back that eBay used its board seat to glean information to launch its own classified site, Kijiji. Craigslist also claims that eBay used deceptive tactics to direct traffic away from its site."

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/12/meg-whitman-testifies-as-ebay-and-craigslist-square-off-in-court/ BIOS Threat is Showing up Again! There are more and more known viruses that infect the MBR (Master Boot Record). Symantec Security Response has published a blog to demonstrate this trend last month. However, we seldom confront with one that infects the BIOS. One of them is the notorious CIH appeared in 1999, which infected the computer BIOS and thus harmed a huge number of computers at that time.

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/bios-threat-showing-again Robotic Labor Taking Over the World? You Bet – Here Are the Details Let’s not be silly here, robots don’t want to kill all humans…they just want to take all their jobs. The accelerating rise in robot labor of the past decade, and its expansion into all areas of production, have led many to worry about the future of human workers. Yet how extensive is the robotic take over of labor?

http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/12/robotic-labor-taking-over-the-world-you-bet-here-are-the-details/ Blue Screen of Death gets a new look in Windows 8 While there had been hints of a new look earlier, the Windows 8 code delivered to developers at Microsoft's Build conference in Anaheim yesterday includes a Blue Screen of Death the likes of which users have not seen before.

Nothing seems to change, a new version of Windows but the same expectation of failure.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/blue-screen-death-gets-new-life-windows-8 Google's new airfare search section takes off Google Inc.'s search results for airline tickets are finally getting a lift from a key piece of technology that it bought earlier this year.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/googles-airfare-search-section-takes-off-211200512.html Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL to sell one another's ads Hoping to grab more of the ad dollars now spent at Google and on online advertising networks, the three companies will start selling ad inventory on one another's sites, according to AllThingsD's Peter Kafka. Specifically, the three will sell one another's "Class 2 display" ad inventory, or graphic ads that they either can't sell on their own or typically turn over to ad networks to handle.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20105994-93/microsoft-yahoo-aol-to-sell-one-anothers-ads/#ixzz1XwXR4arr
IE10 wakes to the Web--and to Windows E9 left no doubt that Microsoft understood the importance of supporting modern Web standards. But IE10, updated yesterday with the third platform preview, is the vehicle delivering much of that support.

Microsoft fleshed out IE10's impressive list of new technologies at Microsoft's Build conference for developers. New items on the list such as Web Workers, Web Sockets, 3D Transforms, Application Cache, and IndexedDB are music to the ears of many Web developers who want to make rich, interactive Web sites.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20105980-264/ie10-wakes-to-the-web-and-to-windows/#ixzz1XwWqENih
Facebook to organize friends in 'smart lists' It's a modern-day dilemma: You really want your Facebook friends to see that wild party photo of you wearing bunny ears. But you're not so keen on explaining it to your mother-in-law.

Well, Facebook aims to make life easier.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-organize-friends-smart-lists-170317511.html Microsoft's bold new look and feel for Windows Microsoft has characterized just about every Windows launch since Windows 95 as the biggest change to computer operating systems since that product debuted 16 years ago.

This time, it might actually be true.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20105203-75/microsofts-bold-new-look-and-feel-for-windows/#ixzz1XsDOW9bF
Windows 8 Features for Laptop Users Microsoft showed off many tablet-centric features from its radical redesign of Windows 8 at its BUILD developers' conference on Thursday, but still promised to support desktop and laptop users who own interact with their computers using traditional keyboards and mice. All the swiping and pinching aside, the BUILD conference gave us a peek at some advantages the upcoming operating system might have for laptop users.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239966/windows_8_features_for_laptop_users.html#tk.rss_news Google Lets Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Opt out of Location Service Bowing to pressure from European privacy regulators, Google will soon allow owners of Wi-Fi access points to opt out of a Google service that allows smartphone owners to identify their location without using GPS (Global Positioning System), it said Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239884/google_lets_wifi_hotspot_owners_opt_out_of_location_service.html#tk.rss_news Battery Storage Could Get a Huge Boost from Seaweed A binding agent found in everything from ice cream to cosmetics could let lithium-ion cells hold much more energy.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38531/?p1=MstRcnt TechCrunch founder leaving AOL-owned blog Michael Arrington, founder of the popular technology blog TechCrunch, is leaving the blog and its owner, AOL, to work on the venture capital fund he recently started.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/techcrunch-founder-leaving-aol-owned-blog-200810041.html Comodohacker: I can issue fake Windows updates Following his recent attack against Dutch security company DigiNotar, the hacker known as Comodohacker is now threatening to exploit Microsoft's Windows Update service.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20104883-83/comodohacker-i-can-issue-fake-windows-updates/#ixzz1Xme12aBt
Lady who sold fake Cisco gear sentenced to jail We all know not to buy routers and servers from the guy in the trench coat hawking networking equipment on the street corner, but it turns out hardware-counterfeiting operations have become a bit more complicated in recent years.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20105065-92/lady-who-sold-fake-cisco-gear-sentenced-to-jail/#ixzz1XmbghRku
How to Hire the Linux Talent You Need Hiring good help is never easy, but the difficulty is compounded considerably when demand for the skills you're seeking exceeds supply.

That, in fact, is just the situation being faced by companies in search of Linux skills today.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239860/how_to_hire_the_linux_talent_you_need.html#tk.rss_news GlobalSign Plans to Reopen Tuesday Despite Web Server Hack GlobalSign expects to bring its certificate-issuing systems back online on Monday, and resume business Tuesday, it said over the weekend. The U.S. certificate authority (CA) stopped issuing new SSL certificates last Tuesday in order to audit its security, after being named as a target by the hacker who claimed to have attacked Dutch CA DigiNotar.

The server hosting GlobalSign's website was breached, the company said Friday. The server was isolated from other infrastructure related to certificates, the company said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239841/globalsign_plans_to_reopen_tuesday_despite_web_server_hack.html#tk.rss_news Broadcom to acquire NetLogic for $3.7 billion Another blockbuster acquisition has hit the tech industry.

Semiconductor company Broadcom announced today that it has agreed to acquire NetLogic Microsystems for $50 per share, or about $3.7 billion. The $50 per share represents a nearly 57 percent premium on NetLogic's closing stock price on Friday of $31.91.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20104722-17/broadcom-to-acquire-netlogic-for-$3.7-billion/#ixzz1Xkdn7vfw
Cleverbot Passes Turing Test, Sits Down for Interview It seems that Cleverbot, the chatbot so ready to admit that it was a unicorn during a discussion with itself, has passed the Turing test. This past Sunday, the 1334 votes from a Turing test held at the Techniche festival in Guwahati, India were released. They revealed that Cleverbot was voted to be human 59.3% of the time. Real humans did only slightly better and were assumed to be humans 63.3% of the time.

http://www.geekosystem.com/cleverbot-passes-turing-test/ Windows 8: What Microsoft needs to prove this week For better or worse, the upcoming week is shaping up as one of the most pivotal in Microsoft’s history.

Over the span of a few days, the company’s top executives will try to persuade some of their toughest and most important audiences — consumers, businesses, software developers and investors — that it has what it takes to remain at the center of the technology world for years and perhaps decades to come.

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/windows-8-microsoft-prove-week Woman sentenced for selling counterfeit Cisco equipment A Virginia woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for leading a "sophisticated" conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit Cisco Systems networking equipment, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

In addition to the prison time, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia also ordered Chun-Yu Zhao, 43, of Chantilly, Virginia, to pay US$2.7 million restitution and a $17,500 fine.

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/400379/woman_sentenced_selling_counterfeit_cisco_equipment/?fp=16&fpid=1 Jelly batteries: Safer, cheaper, smaller, more powerful A new polymer jelly could be the next big step forward for lithium batteries.

The jelly replaces the volatile and hazardous liquid electrolyte currently used in most lithium batteries.

Researchers from the University of Leeds hope their development leads to smaller, cheaper and safer gadgets.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14852073 USB adaptors & DIY antenna = "Poor Man's WiFi" ? Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor! The largest so called "WIFRY","WOKFI" or "WOKTENNA" (12"= 300mm diam) shows 12-15dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km),costs ~US$5 & comes with a user friendly bamboo handle that suits WLAN fieldwork- if you can handle the curious stares!

http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/ Boost Your WiFi Signal Using Only a Beer Can I love a good hack, especially one that requires me to throw back a cold one before hand (or during). This simple wifi boost has actually been shown to increase signal strength by at least 2 to 4 bars. And, well, I will drink to that.

http://dsc.discovery.com/gear-gadgets/boost-your-wifi-signal-using-only-a-beer-can.html High-Speed Videos Show How Hummingbirds Hum A Yale University zoologist has used a laser vibrometer and high speed videos from a wind tunnel to work out how the hummingbird makes its famous hum, and found that the males of each species have their own signature sound.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/hummingbirds-hum-sound-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 Innovative Superconductor Fibers Carry 40 Times More Electricity Wiring systems powered by highly-efficient superconductors have long been a dream of science, but researchers have faced such practical challenges such as finding pliable and cost-effective materials. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have found a way to make an old idea new with the next generation of superconductors.

http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=15181 Super Space: Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photo Winners Breathtaking images of the Vela supernova remnant, Saturn's Dragon Storm, and an aurora borealis over Norway won their photographers top honors at this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/royal-observatory-astro-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted diets for medical reasons.

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110908BoutinMenutranslate.html Will Ubuntu Linux Switch to a Monthly Release Cycle? There seems to be no end to the major changes being tossed around for Ubuntu this year.

Fans of the leading Linux distribution are already well-acquainted with Unity, the new desktop interface that was introduced in version 11.04, or “Natty Narwhal,” back in May. Some have loved that change, but plenty of others haven't, causing no end of debate over the distribution's current course.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239804/will_ubuntu_linux_switch_to_a_monthly_release_cycle.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft's online services hit by outage Several of Microsoft's online services suffered an outage last night but are reportedly all back up at this point.

The company's Office 365, Hotmail, SkyDrive, and various Windows Live services were down throughout the world for a period of around three hours. Microsoft acknowledged the outage late yesterday in its Inside Windows Live blog and on its Office 365 Twitter feed and said that it was working to resolve the issue.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20103848-75/microsofts-online-services-hit-by-outage/#ixzz1XUfVmJud
How to Protect Yourself From Certificate Bandits There have been two major Certificate Authority (CA) attacks this year. In March, a hacker successfully penetrated one of the largest CA's on the Web--Comodo--and managed to issue bogus certificates to himself (including one for Yahoo). The second incident took place this week when a Dutch CA, Diginotar, was compromised and a number of fake certificates were issued.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239766/how_to_protect_yourself_from_certificate_bandits.html#tk.rss_news Apple Patches OS X for DigiNotar Threat Apple is rolling out an OS X patch to deal with the DigiNotar threat. DigiNotar will be removed from the list of trusted root certificates.

Apple announced the patch in a security update bulletin. "Fraudulent certificates were issued by multiple certificate authorities operated by DigiNotar. This issue is addressed by removing DigiNotar from the list of trusted root certificates, from the list of Extended Validation (EV) certificate authorities, and by configuring default system trust settings so that DigiNotar's certificates, including those issued by other authorities, are not trusted," stated the bulletin published on Friday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239761/apple_patches_os_x_for_diginotar_threat.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft to Overhaul Hotmail Microsoft will unveil next month a major revamping of its Hotmail webmail service, with upgrades across the board, including in areas like spam, security and performance.

"We listened. We learned. We reinvented Hotmail from the ground up," reads an invitation sent on Friday to journalists for press events to be held on Oct. 3 simultaneously in New York and San Francisco.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239764/microsoft_to_overhaul_hotmail.html#tk.rss_news Will HP Leave PC Users Out in the Cold? The future of Hewlett-Packard's PC business may be a bit cloudy, but that's not stopping the industry leader from forging ahead with new consumer products. The world's largest computer-maker has announced an upgrade and price drop to the very popular Pavilion DM1 laptop.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239689/will_hp_leave_pc_users_out_in_the_cold.html#tk.rss_news Google Buys Zagat to Boost Business Reviews Google has acquired venerable restaurant ratings publisher Zagat to boost its online maps and local business listings with trustworthy reviews and recommendations, which Web surfers increasingly seek and value.

"Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering -- delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people everywhere to find extraordinary (and ordinary) experiences around the corner and around the world," wrote Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of local, maps and location services, in a blog post.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239687/google_buys_zagat_to_boost_business_reviews.html#tk.rss_news Symantec Responds to 'panic' Around DigiNotar Hack Citing "panic" resulting from a hack on Dutch SSL certificate provider DigiNotar, Symantec has confirmed that its SSL Certificate Authorities VeriSign, Thawte, GeoTrust and RapidSSL roots remain secure."Yesterday a Dutch government agency erroneously made a statement that Thawte had been breached," said Fran Rosch, vice president of Trust Services at Symantec in a blog post.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239685/symantec_responds_to_panic_around_diginotar_hack.html#tk.rss_news Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is fired by US search engine firm Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the search engine company after two-and-a-half-years in the top job.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14816077 U.S. Postal Service nearing bankruptcy as email asserts its dominance If you're a regular computer user, you've probably checked your email at least once or twice today, and in doing so you are assisting in the decline of one of the oldest government agencies — the United States Postal Service. In a time where instant messaging, texting, and email allow us to communicate across the globe in a matter of seconds, the idea of sitting down to write a letter seems foreign to many. And the USPS is feeling the heat, so much so that it is headed for default later this year unless Congress lends a helping hand.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/u-postal-nearing-bankruptcy-email-asserts-dominance-203443476.html Microsoft Patches SSL Security Threat Microsoft is rolling out a worldwide patch that deems all DigiNotar SSL certificates to be untrustworthy except for OSes in the Netherlands, as requested by the Dutch government.

All certificates issued by DigiNotar, a Dutch provider of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates, are untrustworthy Microsoft concluded after an investigation into the matter. The certificates are to be moved to the Untrusted Certificate List Tuesday.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239579/microsoft_patches_ssl_security_threat.html#tk.rss_news Don't like Windows 8's ribbon? Sorry, Sinofsky says Microsoft's choice to add the ribbon interface to Windows 8's Explorer has triggered some complaints, but the company is sticking by its decision.

Posting another installment of the "Building Windows 8" blog last Friday, Windows and Windows Live Division President Steven Sinofsky responded to user feedback over some recent blogs, including one from August 29 in which the company revealed that Windows Explorer would sport a ribbon interface.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20102069-75/dont-like-windows-8s-ribbon-sorry-sinofsky-says/#ixzz1XDZlE917
Will Skype stay this popular under Microsoft? The team at Skype recently published an infographic that shows the vast usage numbers associated with its free calling services.

According to the infographic, based on daily stats gathered in July, Skype usage represents more than 255 billion minutes (or 4.25 billion hours) of calls annually, which is roughly four times more than the service saw in 2008.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20102086-62/will-skype-stay-this-popular-under-microsoft/#ixzz1XDY7RLya
Hummingbird Brings Your Bricked Phone Back to Life Bricking a gadget--that is, rendering it unusable--is a risk that all gadget hackers and tinkerers take. Bringing a bricked phone back to life can be a pain too, but a pair of XDA Developers may have found a quicker solution to the issue.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239580/hummingbird_brings_your_bricked_phone_back_to_life.html#tk.rss_news Hacking in the Netherlands Took Aim at Internet Giants Attackers who hacked into a Dutch Web security firm have issued hundreds of fraudulent security certificates for intelligence agency Web sites, including the C.I.A., as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the Dutch government said on Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/technology/hacking-in-the-netherlands-broadens-in-scope.html?_r=1 Free Security Tool Detects Banking Malware A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online banking credentials.

The tool, called Debank, was built by Finnish penetration testing company Fitsec, which has used the tool to scan its customers' machines, said company founder Toni Koivunen.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239520/free_security_tool_detects_banking_malware.html#tk.rss_news Seventh Circuit Awards e360 a Whopping $3 in Damages Against Spamhaus -- e360 v. Spamhaus The lawsuit between e360 and Spamhaus was a long-running, tortured affair, and it looks like it finally came to a close. With e360 being awarded a whopping $3 in damages against Spamhaus. (Here's a link to Ars Technica's recap of the oral argument, where Judge Posner blasted e360's counsel: "This is just totally irresponsible litigation . . . .You can't just come into a court with a fly-by-night, nothing company and say 'I've lost $130 million.'")

http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/09/seventh_circuit_2.htm A Fall Spring Clean Over the next few months Google will be shutting down a number of products and merging others into existing products as features.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-spring-clean.html Weak typing - the lost art of the keyboard Learn to type - it's not too late. Even if you have developed an advanced hunt and peck technique you can retrain your finger muscles and make use of physical memory in a very short time.

http://www.i-programmer.info/professional-programmer/i-programmer/2983-weak-typing-the-lost-art-of-the-keyboard.html Bid to block AT&T deal reflects telecom industry The Obama administration has explained its effort to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA by saying it will fight mergers that would reduce competition and hurt consumers.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/bid-block-t-deal-reflects-telecom-industry-071439224.html Supercookies: What You Need to Know About the Web's Latest Tracking Device Recently, online properties like Hulu, MSN and Flixster have been caught using a tougher version of the common cookie. These “supercookies” (aka "Flash cookies" and “zombie cookies”) serve the same purpose as regular cookies by tracking user preferences and browsing histories. Unlike their popular cousins, however, this breed is difficult to detect and subsequently remove. These cookies secretly collect user data beyond the limitations of common industry practice, and thus raise serious privacy concerns.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/supercookies-know-webs-latest-tracking-device-105153603.html Microsoft hit with class action suit over phone tracking A security researcher says that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 software can transmit your location without your explicit permission.


Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/news/microsoft-hit-with-class-action-suit-over-phone-tracking/6289242 AT&T gearing up for rare antitrust fight with DOJ The Justice Department's rejection of AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA will test new federal guidelines on challenging mergers and the companies' resolve in forming the nation's largest wireless carrier.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/t-gearing-rare-antitrust-fight-doj-225348203.html IBM to Buy Risk Analysis Company Algorithmics for $387M IBM plans to acquire risk analytics company Algorithmics for US$387 million, a deal that IBM said on Thursday will bolster its risk management offerings in light of increasing regulation in the financial markets.

Algorithmics, founded in 1989, is owned by the Paris-based holding company Fimalac and is a member of the Fitch Group. It provides analytics software and advisory services to 25 of the top 30 banks, including HSBC, Societe Generale and Nedbank, as well as insurance and investment companies, according to a news release. It has more than 350 clients


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239310/ibm_to_buy_risk_analysis_company_algorithmics_for_387m.html#tk.rss_news Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype in a Bar Remember the iPhone 4 scandal of 2010? Well apparently Apple didn't learn its lesson the first time, and it's misplaced yet another top-secret iPhone prototype. This time, however, it was (supposedly) an iPhone 5.


http://www.pcworld.com/article/239313/apple_loses_another_iphone_prototype_in_a_bar.html#tk.rss_news Hackers Break Into Linux Source Code Site As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into computers.

The bad guys paid the good guys an unwelcome visit earlier this month, breaking into the Kernel.org website that is home to the Linux project. They gained root access to a server known as Hera and ultimately compromised "a number of servers in the kernel.org infrastructure," according to a note on the kernel.org website Wednesday.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239302/hackers_break_into_linux_source_code_site.html#tk.rss_news Video of Two Chatbots Talking to Each Other What happens when you let two bots have a conversation? Not two people but two computer chatbots. AI has come a long way and it still racing forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY Toshiba, Hitachi and Sony to form LCD display company They will use money from the Japanese government to help them compete with rivals from Taiwan and South Korea. They have hesitated to invest in the LCD business because of expectations that prices are likely to fall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14727594 New iPad joystick promises more precise gaming actions The joystick attaches to the iPad screen with suction cups, letting the user move it around depending on the game. A coiled spring keeps the stick centered.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/30/ipad.joystick/index.html HP resurrects TouchPad tablet to pacify rabid customers HP has plans to produce another round of its TouchPad tablets before the year is out, despite its earlier decision to discontinue its mobile hardware products.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/08/31/tech/gaming-gadgets/hp-touchpad-resurrected/index.html Graphene 'could help boost broadband internet speeds' Graphene, the strongest material on Earth, could help boost broadband internet speed, say UK researchers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14730689 Financial Times pulls its apps from Apple store The Financial Times has pulled its iPad and iPhone apps from Apple's App Store after losing a battle to keep control of customer data obtained through subscriptions.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_708004.html SSL Certificates: What's Left to Trust? Tuesday morning, Chicago-based authentication services provider Vasco Data Security announced its DigiNotar subsidiary, which issues certificates for SSL used to secure financial and other discrete transactions online, detected a security breach that forced it to issue improper certificates. One of those certificates, it admitted, was for Google.com.

Read more at: http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/08/ssl-certificates-whats-left-to.php Hack may have hit Google users in Iran Experts say the Iranian government may have been behind a hacking attack, allowing it to read Google email from dissidents who thought they were using secure connections.

Chicago-based Internet security firm Vasco said Wednesday its Dutch subsidiary, DigiNotar, detected the hack on July 19, compromising its security guarantees for "a number of domains, including Google.com." The company then quietly tried to fix the damage, but was alerted by the Dutch government Monday that it had missed Google, and perhaps others.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/hack-may-hit-google-users-iran-125351814.html Windows 8 to directly support ISO and VHD files Windows 8 will let you open and view ISO and VHD files all on its own, according to the latest "Building Windows 8" blog from Microsoft.

Posted yesterday by Microsoft engineer Rajeev Nagar, the new blog post, titled "Accessing data in ISO and VHD files," revealed that native support for ISO and VHD files was one feature often requested by users, prompting the company to add it to its upcoming OS.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20099717-75/windows-8-to-directly-support-iso-and-vhd-files/#ixzz1WcOGExoK
Mozilla Brings Firefox to Android 3.0 Tablets: Sneak Peek An upcoming version of Firefox Mobile is being designed to have a more native feel on Android 3.0 tablets, while maintaining Firefox's distinctive look and feel such as the browser's large back button. Giving Firefox users a sneak peek, Mozilla mobile device user experience designer Ian Barlow recently posted some mock-ups for the new Firefox version on his blog.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239202/mozilla_brings_firefox_to_android_30_tablets_sneak_peek.html#tk.rss_news Java founder Gosling leaves Google for startup After just a few months at search giant, Gosling is taking a chief software architect position at Liquid Robotics

http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/java-founder-gosling-leaves-google-startup-171199 Now You Can Order Domino's on Your iPad in the UK Pizza delivery chain Domino's has launched an iPad app in the UK App Store that lets you order a pizza directly from your tablet.

Besides ordering dinner, you can also use the app to find the nearest Domino's outlet or to track the pizza's voyage to your home.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/now-order-dominos-ipad-uk-095132316.html Apple's iCloud Supports Streaming of Your iTunes Library to iPhone, Other Devices Surprise, surprise: Apple’s upcoming iCloud service will support the streaming of your iTunes music library stored online to your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. The news comes as developers signed up to the iOS 5 beta program received, late on Monday, access to what is called iTunes Match beta - Apple’s paid cloud music service.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239113/apples_icloud_supports_streaming_of_your_itunes_library_to_iphone_other_devices.html#tk.rss_news Google, OpenDNS add geo speed boost to Net OpenDNS, Google, and a few others have built a new technology into their Internet operations that's designed to speed up the delivery of data around the globe.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20098994-264/google-opendns-add-geo-speed-boost-to-net/#ixzz1WWkytNGU
USB 3.0 Flash Drive Has 2 TB of Storage Taiwan's ITRI and Transcend has teamed up to create a USB 3.0 thumb stick featuring 2 TB of storage.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ITRI-Display-Taiwan-USB-3.0-2TB-Thin-Card,13320.html Software tracking could turn Chinese piracy into revenue China has long been a major hotspot for software piracy. Efforts to track unlicensed software use, however, are giving companies a chance to find the offenders and turn them into customers. Or in some cases, targets for lawsuits.

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/197955/software-tracking-could-turn-chinese-piracy-revenue Linux Now Runs on iPad; Tuxedo Optional Everyone loves a good tablet hack--after all, look at all the interest in hacking the Nook Color and the HP Touchpad. So it's no surprise that iOS devices have been successfully hacked to run Linux.

A hack by Patrick Wildt and Ricky Taylor from the iDroid project makes it so that Linux will run on an iPad, iPhone or fourth-generation iPod Touch. While there isn't a lot of detail just yet on how the hack was done, it's an exciting step for developers because of the difficulty of rooting devices built around Apple's A4 chip--according to iJailbreak, it was orginially quite tricky to get a good root on anything after the iPhone 3G.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239059/linux_now_runs_on_ipad_tuxedo_optional.html#tk.rss_news Linux at 20: New Challenges, New Opportunities Twenty years ago, when Linus Torvalds first announced his new operating system project to a Usenet discussion group, he had no way of knowing that his creation would one day conquer the world.

"Just a hobby, [it] won't be big and professional," Torvalds wrote on Aug. 25, 1991. In a follow-up post, he added, "Simply, I'd say that porting [the OS to a different CPU] is impossible." Torvalds had begun the project as a fun way to teach himself about the Intel 80386 processor and nothing more. His greatest ambition was merely to see it work.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239093/linux_at_20_new_challenges_new_opportunities.html#tk.rss_news Why Google+ Really Wants You to Use Your Real Name Did Google really just get into the social networking game to amass more information about you?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/239091/why_google_really_wants_you_to_use_your_real_name.html Mozilla puts mobile Firefox on the front burner Mozilla is expanding development of Firefox for Android with new efforts to improve its performance, lower its power consumption, adapt it for tablets--and keep the browser maker relevant in the hottest area of computing.

Firefox is the second-most widely used browser on computers, but things are different in the mobile arena. There, Firefox is at a serious disadvantage compared to mobile browsers such as Apple's Safari and Google's unbranded Android browser that are built into the operating systems.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20096375-264/mozilla-puts-mobile-firefox-on-the-front-burner/#ixzz1WSnOyZL6
Microsoft details Explorer layout for Windows 8 Windows 8 will usher in yet another revision to the file management system used by millions of people.

A blog post today by Microsoft Director of Program Management Alex Simons details at great length the future of the new Explorer interface, and lessons learned from previous versions.


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20098807-1/microsoft-details-explorer-layout-for-windows-8/#ixzz1WSmMGk00


Why Employees Should Surf the Web at Work A small business owner might frown on the idea that employees are surfing the Web on work time to read about the state of the NBA lockout. But, when done in moderation, giving employees the freedom to roam the Internet can actually help them work better.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239054/why_employees_should_surf_the_web_at_work.html#tk.rss_news In Just Three Weeks, Facebook Pays Out $40K to Hackers Three weeks after launching a bug bounty program that pays Web hackers cash for finding flaws with its website, Facebook said it has paid out more than $40,000 in rewards.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239072/in_just_three_weeks_facebook_pays_out_40k_to_hackers.html#tk.rss_news Amazon Tablet Will Be First True iPad Challenger, Research Firm Predicts Within a year, Amazon will be a major player in the tablet market, second only to Apple's iPad, a major research firm predicts. Not only will Amazon ship millions of its still-unannounced Android-based slate, but third-party manufacturers will sell a variety of "Amazon tablets" that feature the online retailer's software and services.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/239080/amazon_tablet_will_be_first_true_ipad_challenger_research_firm_predicts.html#tk.rss_news SignalGuru uses network of dashboard-mounted smartphones to help drivers avoid red traffic lights Researchers at MIT and Princeton have now devised a system that gathers visual data from the cameras of a network of dashboard-mounted smartphones and tells drivers the optimal speed to drive at to avoid waiting at the next set of lights.

http://www.gizmag.com/signalguru/19643/ New Worm Morto Using RDP to Infect Windows PCs A new worm called Morto has begun making the rounds on the Internet in the last couple of days, infecting machines via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). The worm is generating a large amount of outbound RDP traffic on networks that have infected machines, and Morto is capable of compromising both servers and workstations running Windows. The worm is infecting machines that are completely patched and are running clean installations of Windows.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-worm-morto-using-rdp-infect-windows-pcs-082811 Just Show Me: How to change your inbox view in Gmail Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to customize your inbox view in Gmail.


Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/just-show-change-inbox-view-gmail-015625387.html Want a Faster Firefox? Pale Moon 6.0 Can Help It's been almost two weeks now since the release of Firefox 6, and there's no doubt it has a number of compelling advantages to recommend it.

Users can now enjoy faster startup times while using Panorama, for instance, and even more significant speed enhancements have been delivered to those of us running Firefox 6 on Linux.


Read more yet: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238968/want_a_faster_firefox_pale_moon_60_can_help.html#tk.rss_news Verizon acquires CloudSwitch for business services Verizon said today it acquired CloudSwitch, a company whose software eases the transition between using software that runs on a company's own servers and running it on a cloud-computing infrastructure.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20097396-264/verizon-acquires-cloudswitch-for-business-services/#ixzz1W92gc0hu
AOL hires bankers; preparing for sale? AOL is seemingly inching closer to putting itself up for a sale, a new report from AdWeek claims.

According to the publication, citing anonymous sources, AOL met with law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and investment bank Allen & Company this week in what could have been a discussion about putting the online company up for sale.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20097699-17/aol-hires-bankers-preparing-for-sale/#ixzz1W91qwRSd
Mozilla Defends "rapid Release" of Firefox Versions The release of a version of the Firefox browser every six weeks is found to be disconcerting, and at times potentially unmanageable by enterprises, the chair of Mozilla Foundation, which maintains the browser, said in a blog post on Thursday.

The compatibility of add-ons with new versions is also another issue, said Mitchell Baker, chair of the nonprofit organization.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238877/mozilla_defends_rapid_release_of_firefox_versions.html#tk.rss_news Orbital Debris - Time to Remove An interesting presentation on how the problem of debris in low earth orbit and what to do about it. Sounds like an improbable subject but a very relevant and informative presentation.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks#p/u/2/ZtdRG7gAL_4 Best Buy: That Laptop Isn't "Open," It's Just "Optimized" When I looked, though, the laptop had been opened and a sticker placed on it saying Geek Squad had "optimized" the laptop

http://consumerist.com/2009/09/best-buy-that-laptop-isnt-open-its-just-optimized.html RealNetworks crushes Dutch webmaster for hyperlink RealNetworks has sued the owner of a website in The Netherlands for displaying a hyperlink to a competing freeware package. Is this really good practice?

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3299285/realnetworks-crushes-dutch-webmaster-for-hyperlink/ Why Developers Shouldn't Abandon WebOS Yet Hewlett-Packard's surprise announcement that it would end production of its WebOS smartphones and tablets left a lot of developers in a lurch (although exact numbers are hard to come by). As of now, the WebOS development community is effectively an ecosystem in search of a platform.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238853/why_developers_shouldnt_abandon_webos_yet.html#tk.rss_news Samsung to Be Banned From Selling iPad Rival in Germany A judge in Düsseldorf said Thursday that Apple’s intellectual property rights are probably strong enough to ban sales of Samsung Electronics’ rival Galaxy 10.1 tablet computers in Germany.

The court is unlikely, however, to expand the ban beyond Germany to other European Union countries as Apple had sought, the presiding judge, Johanna Brückner-Hofmann, said in a preliminary assessment. A ruling is scheduled for Sept. 9.

Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/business/global/samsung-to-be-banned-from-selling-ipad-rival-in-germany.html Facebook Has Officially Hit 1 Trillion Page Views Facebook has officially hit 1 trillion page views, according to figures released for web traffic in June, Time magazine’s TechLand column reports.

According to Time, those 870 million visitors are around 120 million greater than Facebook's reported total number of registered users. The discrepancy may be due to non-Facebook members visiting the site from other social media links or through search engine traffic.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/25/facebook-has-officially-hit-1-trillion-page-views/#ixzz1W5p70CIZ
Google Maps Adds Voice Search to Chrome Desktop If you talk to your desktop PC, it's probably for all the wrong reasons--usually to hurl expletives at the machine for not working properly. Well, users of the desktop version of Google Chrome now have a more productive reason to get chatty with their computers. Google has added voice search for Google Maps to Chrome, offering users a (sometimes) faster way to get directions.

The main Google Maps interface in Chrome now includes a microphone icon. When you click it, a "Speak Now" dialog appears.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238852/google_maps_adds_voice_search_to_chrome_desktop.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla chair defends rapid-release Firefox The Firefox rapid-release program has caused some corporate indigestion, but Mozilla Chair Mitchell Baker believes it's worth it.

She acknowledged that companies can have problems with the approach, in which new browser versions arrive every six weeks, but those problems are secondary compared to the alternative of holding up new features for a year, Baker said in a blog post today:

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20096034-264/mozilla-chair-defends-rapid-release-firefox/#ixzz1W5n59qsZ
Photographer Recovers $9K Stolen Camera & Equipment Professional photographer recovers stolen Nikon D3 camera using GadgetTrak Camera Serial Search. The stolen camera was tracked down through images posted on Flickr after the device was stolen that were scanned and indexed by GadgetTrak. Police acted on evidence provided and recovered the camera a year after it was stolen.

http://www.gadgettrak.com/blog/2011/08/24/photographer-recovers-9k-stolen-camera-equipment-thanks-to-gadgettrak

Researchers Report Massive Increase in Boot Time Malware In the August 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report, the company noted there have already been as many new boot time malware threats detected in the first seven months of 2011 as there were in the previous three years.
http://www.securityweek.com/researchers-report-massive-increase-boot-time-malware Windows 8 Explorer: improved copy, delete, and conflict resolution The Windows Explorer progress dialog............ for years it has been struggling to figure out how to calculate how long our copy and delete operations would take, sliding the progress bar back and forth in a seemingly random, haphazard way, the laws of time all but ceasing to exist — five seconds remaining one moment and 13 minutes the next. That’s (almost) all going to change.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/93822-windows-8-explorer-to-feature-improved-copy-move-delete-and-conflict-resolution United pilots to use iPad for navigation United Airlines said Tuesday it was replacing the hefty flight manuals and chart books its pilots have long used with 11,000 iPads carrying the same data.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.28a184296dda6208bfa99078cd9b334d.f1&show_article=1 Stanford Gets Blessed With High-Speed Fiber, How About The Rest of Us? Can Google save us all from crappy internet? And more importantly, is it a good idea to let them?
http://motherboard.tv/2011/8/24/stanford-gets-blessed-with-high-speed-fiber-how-about-the-rest-of-us Feds Crack Down on Illegally Streamed Sporting Events A 19-year-old New York man was arrested yesterday by agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Engorcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) directorate for allegedly streaming live sporting events over the Internet illegally.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238732/feds_crack_down_on_illegally_streamed_sporting_events.html#tk.rss_news Sorry, You Can't Blame Social Networks for Teens' Drinking and Drugging ongratulations, Facebook. You're the new Rock 'n' Roll: Corruptor of America's Youth.

According to the latest back-to-school survey by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA Columbia), American teens who spend any time on social networking sites are more likely to drink, smoke, and take drugs.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238733/sorry_you_cant_blame_social_networks_for_teens_drinking_and_drugging.html#tk.rss_news Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the driving force behind some of Apple's most iconic products, has resigned as CEO of the company, effective immediately.

Jobs made the announcement in a press release to the Apple Board of Directors Wednesday afternoon saying he could "no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO."

Read more at: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=8325175&rss=rss-wtvd-article-8325175 MyBART Hack by Anonymous Could Have Been Worse The disclosure of 2,000 usernames and passwords by the hacking collective Anonymous against a San Francisco transportation website could have been more damaging, according to a doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge.

Joseph Bonneau, who is working on a thesis on password security, analyzed the disclosed passwords and found that more than 1,300 were randomly generated when users signed up for accounts at myBART, a marketing site for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238711/mybart_hack_by_anonymous_could_have_been_worse.html#tk.rss_news Windows 8 to offer easier file management Ever find it frustrating trying to copy or move files in Windows? Then some long-overdue improvements in Windows 8 should be welcome news.

Admitting that file management or the "copy jobs" feature now in Windows can be confusing, Alex Simons, a program management director on Microsoft's Windows engineering team, yesterday revealed four enhancements destined to surface in Windows 8.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20096595-75/windows-8-to-offer-easier-file-management/#ixzz1VyQO2S4g
India Exempts Outsourcers From New Privacy Rules Personal data sent to India by customers outsourcing work to companies in the country will not be covered under new rules governing the collection of such information, the government said on Wednesday, providing relief to India's large outsourcing industry.

The Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules 2011 introduced in April require companies or their intermediaries to take consent in writing from individuals about the use of the sensitive personal information they collect.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238706/india_exempts_outsourcers_from_new_privacy_rules.html#tk.rss_news Facebook Revamps Location-Sharing Feature in Places Facebook isn't just rolling out new sharing features similar to Googe+, the company is altering its location-based check-in service, Places.

Facebook is still going to let you check in from your mobile phone, but checking in will be just one way to share your location on Facebook. The new location changes will also let you share your location from your PC and you can add location data to your status updates, photos and wall posts.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238708/facebook_revamps_locationsharing_feature_in_places.html#tk.rss_news China official tells Web firms to control content A Communist Party leader has told China's Internet companies to tighten control over material online as Beijing cracks down on dissent and tries to block the rise of Middle East-style protests.

The party secretary for Beijing, Liu Qi, issued the warning following a visit this week to Sina Corp., which operates a popular microblogging site, according to the party-published newspaper Beijing Daily.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/china-official-tells-firms-control-content-092204578.html Google settles pharmacy ad probe for $500 million Google Inc. has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription and non-prescription drugs to American consumers, a U.S. attorney said Wednesday.

The settlement means the Internet search leader will not face criminal prosecution for accusations that it improperly profited from ads promoting Canadian pharmacies that illegally imported drugs into the United States, U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha said.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-settles-pharmacy-ad-probe-500-million-145045978.html China takes quarterly lead in PC market, says IDC PC shipments in China recently topped those in the United States, new research from the International Data Corporation has found.

As part of the final tally of its second-quarter 2011 Worldwide PC Tracker study, the research firm said today that China had shipments of 18.5 million units compared with 17.7 million units in the U.S. That equates to a $200 million difference between the two markets, the firm said.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20096121-92/china-takes-quarterly-lead-in-pc-market-says-idc/#ixzz1Vt2efA2W
Sweeping changes don't halt HP all-in-one PC launch Who said Hewlett-Packard has turned its back on the PC?

Just days after the company said that it's planning to spin off its PC business, HP has launched a new all-in-one desktop for business customers. Dubbed the HP Compaq 8200 Elite, the computer comes with a 23-inch HD LED display and the customer's choice of Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, or Home Premium.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20095573-17/sweeping-changes-dont-halt-hp-all-in-one-pc-launch/#ixzz1Vt0ykXmQ
4 Reasons to Use GroupMe for Work Skype, which Microsoft bought in May, said Monday it will buy the group messaging service GroupMe. GroupMe, created last year at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon, went for a rumored $85 million, according to AllthingsD. For now, GroupMe will remain a standalone application, according to the company, but expect changes.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238652/4_reasons_to_use_groupme_for_work.html#tk.rss_news Windows 8 to fully support USB 3.0 Microsoft is promising full support for USB 3.0 in Windows 8.

In the latest installment of the company's new "Building Windows 8" blog, Dennis Flanagan, the director of program management for the Devices and Networking group, discussed the need to support the latest high-speed flavor of USB despite certain difficulties in getting there.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20095913-75/windows-8-to-fully-support-usb-3.0/#ixzz1VsyjgSX7
In a financial pinch? Try mining your old computer for gold As the economy rides the stock market roller coaster, investing in gold is a popular choice. Gold holds its value much better than paper currency, and these days, there is no shortage of gold buying firms ready to take the shiny stuff off your hands. But if your personal gold reserves are running on empty, you can embark on the complicated and somewhat dangerous adventure of mining gold bits from your old computers and electronic devices.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/financial-pinch-try-mining-old-computer-gold-160214239.html Facebook to let users pre-approve photo tags Drunken revelers rejoice: Facebook will now let you decide whether your friends can attach your name to a photo before it is circulated.

Currently, your friends can add your name to a photo on Facebook without your consent or knowledge. You can remove it later, but only after lots of others may have seen the embarrassing shots. Now, you can insist on pre-approval.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-let-users-pre-approve-photo-tags-180149961.html Facebook Tweaks Site to Clarify Who Can See What Facebook is making a series of design changes to the site to make it clearer to users who can see the content that they post, an issue Google has been criticizing Facebook about since it launched its own social network, Google+, in June.

"You have told us that 'who can see this?' could be clearer across Facebook, so we have made changes to make this more visual and straightforward," Facebook said in a blog post on Tuesday.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238657/facebook_tweaks_site_to_clarify_who_can_see_what.html#tk.rss_news Where did webOS go wrong? When the Palm Pre smartphone first introduced us to the webOS operating system in June of 2009, many felt that it had a bright future ahead of it. Apple's iPhone was selling hand over fist, and Google's Android platform was just getting its legs under it, but Palm's take on the mobile computing scene was still met with plenty of enthusiasm. Fast forward to yesterday, August 18, 2011, when HP officially killed production of the entire line of webOS devices. It's plain to see that the mobile scene is a fickle one.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/where-did-webos-wrong-235750946.html HP's greatest hits: These PCs were good Hewlett-Packard has been in the PC business for more than 25 years. And, needless to say, it had some good designs. It's worth a quick look at select models that stood the test of time in the wake of the disclosure today that the company is trying to unload its PC business.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20094392-64/hps-greatest-hits-these-pcs-were-good/#ixzz1VWbsDEH5
Facebook's 'Like' Button Banned by German State The German State of Schleswig-Holstein has ordered all state sites to remove Facebook's "like" button. Sites that fail to comply could face fines of up to 50,000 euros, or about $72,000.

Schleswig-Holstein's data protection commissioner, Thilo Weicher, ordered the shutdown after an analysis by his office showed that Facebook builds profiles of users and non-users alike with the "like" button's data. Because such data collection violates Germany's data protection laws, Weicher has given websites operated in Schleswig-Holstein until September 30th to remove all "like" buttons.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238526/facebooks_like_button_banned_by_german_state.html#tk.rss_news AES encryption not so secure after all Researchers from Microsoft and the Dutch Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered a way to break the widely used Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the encryption algorithm used to secure most all online transactions and wireless communications.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219297/AES_proved_vulnerable_by_Microsoft_researchers PS3 Sales on Amazon Jump 400% on Price Cut The 320GB PS3 bundle with PlayStation Move is (as of this writing) up by 450% and the 160GB standalone PS3 is now up 366%.

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/ps3-sales-on-amazon-jump-400-on-price-cut/ Apple unwilling to explain their mega prices in Australia Federal Labor MP Ed Husic has widened his complaint about price markups on Apple products in Australia to include other vendors such as Adobe, Microsoft and Lenovo, raising the possibility that an enquiry could be held into the matter by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/08/18/labor-mp-wants-accc-enquiry-into-aussie-tech-tax/ Possible rejection of software patents as mental processes Court Ruling Opens The Door To Rejecting Many Software Patents As Being Mere 'Mental Processes'

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110817/03120415557/court-ruling-opens-door-to-rejecting-many-software-patents-as-being-mere-mental-processes.shtml Google adds weather layer to Maps The new feature seamlessly integrates forecasts into the Maps experience.

Google Maps just got a little more useful. The company announced this morning that it added a weather layer to Maps that adds a grid of icons showing current conditions across a city, region or the globe.

Read more at: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/google-adds-weather-layer-to-maps/ Palm largely dead as HP shuts phone, tablet unit When Hewlett-Packard Co. snapped up Palm Inc. last year for $1.8 billion, it looked like the smartphone pioneer's last chance.

Palm was a year into a major turnaround effort but gaining little traction despite a hip, new CEO known for making the iPod a household name.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/palm-largely-dead-hp-shuts-phone-tablet-unit-234202196.html Major performance changes mark Firefox 7 beta Two days after Mozilla delivered Firefox 6 to its wide-release stable channel, Firefox 7 and its much-anticipated spate of better memory management and reduced load times got promoted from the developer's Aurora build to the Beta channel. You can download Firefox 7 Beta for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20094353-12/major-performance-changes-mark-firefox-7-beta/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 HP to Acquire Info Management Software Firm Autonomy After half a day of frenzied speculation from the IT industry, Hewlett-Packard has confirmed that it is acquiring information management software vendor Autonomy, for US$42.11 per share, or about $10.3 billion.

The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2011.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238446/hp_to_acquire_info_management_software_firm_autonomy.html#tk.rss_news Facebook Issues Security Guide for Teens, Parents, Teachers Facebook has published a free, 20-page guide aimed at teens, their parents and teachers that explains best practices for protecting their safety and privacy on the site.

Titled "A Guide to Facebook Security," the pamphlet is available on the site and was co-written by security experts Linda McCarthy and Keith Watson, and editor and teacher Denise Weldon-Siviy.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238444/facebook_issues_security_guide_for_teens_parents_teachers.html#tk.rss_news Firefox 6: 4 Reasons to Upgrade Mozilla has more than a thousand changes under the hood of the latest version of Firefox, but only few provide worthwhile reasons for upgrading to the newest release of the browser.
All about the speed

The first reason is speed, although that point is debatable. According to Mozilla, startup times with Firefox 6 are better than its predecessor, especially if a user is using Firefox's Panorama feature. Panorama allows users to organize tabs into groups. Having Firefox launch several groups on startup has been a sure-fire way to bog down that process in the past.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238315/firefox_6_4_reasons_to_upgrade.html New Firefox 6 belies rapid-release complaints Mozilla pushed Firefox 6 out the door today, updating the vast majority of its users to the browser's latest stable build.

Firefox 6 is available to download for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is the second stable version of the browser to arrive under the new rapid-release cycle, which promises a new stable build of Firefox every 6 weeks.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20093070-12/new-firefox-6-belies-rapid-release-complaints/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 27,000 South Koreans sue Apple over iOS privacy As expected, Apple has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in South Korea.

About 27,000 South Koreans filed their class-action suit against Apple today, charging the Cupertino, Calif.-based company with privacy violations in its iOS-based devices, the Associated Press is reporting. The plaintiffs are requesting about 27 billion won ($25.3 million) in damages, which translates to about $936 per person.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20093436-17/27000-south-koreans-sue-apple-over-ios-privacy/#ixzz1VLfSwavw
On Linux's 20th Anniversary, Recounting Past Slights From Microsoft The mythical "year of the Linux desktop" still hasn't come, and may never, but on the 20th anniversary of Linux the free operating system's proponents threw a party to celebrate its success and scoff at past attacks launched by Microsoft, its biggest rival.

Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin - known among Network World readers for saying that bashing Microsoft is "like kicking a puppy" - used his keynote at the LinuxCon conference in Vancouver to recount past slights from Microsoft and explain how wrong they were, one by one.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238347/on_linuxs_20th_anniversary_recounting_past_slights_from_microsoft.html#tk.rss_news Ubuntu's Next Unity Begins to Take Shape With the possible exception of GNOME 3, few recent innovations in the Linux world have proven as controversial as the Unity desktop included in Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal.”

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth may have argued that Unity was designed to put users first, but many users--particularly the experienced ones--didn't seem to see it that way. My own take is that Unity is a great desktop for newcomers to Linux, who will surely see something familiar and reassuring in its smartphone-style interface.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238352/ubuntus_next_unity_begins_to_take_shape.html#tk.rss_news Time Warner Cable buying Insight Communications Time Warner Cable will acquire cable operator Insight Communications, the larger cable company announced today.

According to Time Warner Cable, it will pay $3 billion in cash for Insight Communications, which currently offers television, Internet, and phone service to more than 750,000 customers across Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20092359-17/time-warner-cable-buying-insight-communications/#ixzz1VA8vvnKg
Study: Internet Explorer 9 Defends Best Against Malware Links Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 offers Web surfers the best protection against social engineering malware, according to test results released today by an independent research firm.

With its new Application Reputation feature, IE9 blocks malicious URLs more than 99 percent of the time, according to NSS Labs, of Carlsbad, Ca.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238104/study_internet_explorer_9_defends_best_against_malware_links.html#tk.rss_news 6 Tips for Smart Back-to-School Spending on Tech School is just about to start, and if you have a kid heading for college you're probably grimacing at the thought of all those bills. You're on your own when it comes to soaring tuition and housing costs, but there are ways to spend less on your student's technology needs while still giving them what they need to succeed.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238116/6_tips_for_smart_backtoschool_spending_on_tech.html#tk.rss_news This Day in Tech: Google acquires Motorola for $12.5B, buys patent protection Google is acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion to buy itself patent protection. Motorola Mobility has 17,000 patents and 7,500 patent applications. "Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google's patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies," CEO Larry Page said in explaining the acquisition. Here's a roundup of the deal, but the acquisition is likely to set off some regulatory red flags.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20092653-92/this-day-in-tech-google-acquires-motorola-for-$12.5b-buys-patent-protection/#ixzz1VA3JZCV7
Cops Use Device to Find Child Porn on Wireless Networks Police are using a "one-button interface" device to detect child porn on wireless networks. The AirCheck gadget helps law enforcement locate and track down suspected child predators or suspects engaging in other "illegal Internet activity."

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238107/cops_use_device_to_find_child_porn_on_wireless_networks.html#tk.rss_news 5 News Personalization Tools Bring You Only The Stories You Want So much information, so little time. How can you organize and stay on top of news? Below you’ll find five methods to help aggregate the news that’s important to you.

Some have been around for a while, such as Techmeme, but newer apps are also finding ways to leverage our social networks, focus on personalized and curated content, and enable DIY digital papers. I’ve organized the sections under the method by which news is aggregated.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/5-news-personalization-tools-bring-only-stories-want-144333737.html Firefox 8 to tell aggressive add-ons to back off Mozilla is taking steps to protect users from programs that install add-ons in Firefox without user permission, citing numerous reasons including security concerns and the desire to make sure that the person using Firefox has ultimate control of the add-ons installed.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20091858-12/firefox-8-to-tell-aggressive-add-ons-to-back-off/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Merchants Consider New Security Standards The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council Friday published guidelines aimed at helping merchants and others processing payment cards make effective use of what's known as "tokenization" technologies to conceal sensitive account information.

In its "Information Supplement: PCI DSS Tokenization Guidelines," the council points out that there are various types of token products on the market today, and though not naming them, offers a description of how many might be expected to work to hide payment-card account information by concealing it behind a substitute "token" as a surrogate value. The "token" could then be converted back to its original account information.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238005/merchants_consider_new_security_standards.html#tk.rss_news Spear-phishing Attacks Keep Hitting Gmail onths after Google said that Chinese hackers were targeting the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. government officials, attempts to hijack Gmail inboxes continue, a researcher said last week.

"Once compromises happen and are covered in the news, they do not disappear and attackers don't give up or stop. They continue their business as usual," said Mila Parkour, an independent security researcher based in Washington, D.C., on her Contagio Malware Dump website.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238034/spearphishing_attacks_keep_hitting_gmail.html#tk.rss_news Windows Security Praised Conventional wisdom has it that Windows and products from Microsoft are extremely unsafe, easy targets for hackers. That conventional wisdom is wrong, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab's recent quarterly malware report, which found not a single Microsoft-related threat in the top ten.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238009/windows_security_praised.html#tk.rss_news Computers that start instantly Computers these days can go from completely off to working within 30 seconds, and in some cases much faster. Apple's MacBook Air loads up in 16 seconds, and machines based on Google's cloud-based Chrome OS boast boot times of under 10 seconds. Even Windows computers are fast—with the right set-up

http://www.slate.com/id/2301414/ Cars to use Thorium instead of Gasoline A U.S. company says it is getting closer to putting prototype electric cars on the road that will be powered by the heavy-metal thorium.

http://wardsauto.com/ar/thorium_power_car_110811/ Parliament at risk of fines for using Internet Parliament is at risk of fines or possibly even having its internet disconnected due to the Government's new file-sharing law which comes into force tomorrow, the Green Party said today.

http://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/parliament-risk-fines China Competitor to Google Driverless Car While Google makes headlines with its driverless car and even manages to lobby Nevada to legalize driverless cars on the public road - China quietly pushes ahead on its own.

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/2876-china-and-the-rise-of-the-driverless-car.html How IBM's 5150 PC shaped the computer industry Most people in the Western world walk around with a powerful computer in their pocket or purse, otherwise known as a smartphone. It's not unusual to see someone clutching a legal pad-size gadget on airplane flights, such as an iPad, to read books. It's nearly impossible to walk into a coffee shop without finding someone pecking away at a trim notebook computer, checking e-mail and surfing the Web.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20090728-92/how-ibms-5150-pc-shaped-the-computer-industry/#ixzz1UmZRTKgG
LinkedIn Hurries to Address Privacy Spat LinkedIn will make changes to a "social advertising" feature that sparked criticism for using members' names and photographs in advertisements on its website.

After a day of mounting criticism, the social networking service said in a blog post Thursday that it had been "listening" to its users and "could have communicated" its intentions with the new ad feature more clearly. As a result, it said, it will change how the advertisements appear.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237949/linkedin_hurries_to_address_privacy_spat.html#tk.rss_news Facial recognition in use after London riots Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told The Associated Press, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program.

Chief Constable Andy Trotter of the British Transport Police said Thursday the sophisticated software was being used to help find those suspected of being involved in the worst unrest London has seen in a generation.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-facial-recognition-riots-134919385.html Groupon's net loss rises to over $100 million With its steady stream of daily deals, Groupon has seen an increase in both subscribers and sales, but the company continues to rack up a string of net losses, reporting a second-quarter deficit of more than $100 million, according to a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commisson.

Compared with a net loss of just $35.9 million a year ago, the latest downturn comes as the company has spent a lot of cash to increase staff and venture into new markets, notes The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20091100-92/groupons-net-loss-rises-to-over-$100-million/#ixzz1UmWTIpzt
Amazon UK's riot gear sales soar: Aluminum bats up 6,000% Aluminum bats, police nightsticks and other weapons dominated the "movers and shakers" list of hot-selling items in Amazon.uk's Sports shop on Tuesday as riots spread across Britain for the third day.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/09/technology/amazon_riot/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2 Apple Is Emptying Some UK Stores In Case Of Riots Apple is reportedly removing all merchandise from riot areas in the UK -- probably a very good idea.

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-is-emptying-some-uk-stores-in-case-of-riots/108247 SKA telescope to generate more data than entire Internet in 2020 The forthcoming $2.1 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope could generate more data per day than the entire internet when it comes online in 2020, according to the director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Professor Peter Quinn.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/392735/ska_telescope_generate_more_data_than_entire_internet_2020/ After 30 years, IBM says PC going way of vacuum tube and typewriter Thirty years ago, IBM created the first personal computer running Microsoft's MS-DOS. Today, IBM and Microsoft seem to have very different views on the future of the PC.

IBM CTO Mark Dean of the company's Middle East and Africa division, one of a dozen IBM engineers who designed that first machine unveiled Aug. 12, 1981, says PCs are "going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT and incandescent light bulbs."

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/081011-ibm-pc.html?hpg1=bn A Little Exercise = Big Results Little Exercise, Big Effects: Reversing Aging and Infection-Induced Memory Deficits, and Underlying Processes

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/31/32/11578.short?rss=1 Why Anonymous Won't Destroy Facebook Reports are swirling that the hacktivist group Anonymous plans to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5, but something seems a little fishy about the claims.

First off, there's the video announcing the operation, embedded below, which sports the same logo and robotic voice as previous Anonymous video releases, but the production value overall is far lower than others from the group.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237669/why_anonymous_wont_destroy_facebook.html Anonymous Allegedly Threatens to 'Kill' Facebook The hacking group Anonymous is allegedly threatening to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5, accusing the social networking site of spying on users, cooperating with authoritarian governments and abusing people's privacy.

The threat is contained in a video that was posted on YouTube on July 16, which has now been viewed more than 700,000 times and has been getting more comments by the minute.

But the threat has not been posted on Anonymous' prolific Twitter feed or its blog, anonops.blogspot.com, leading some experts to wonder if it really originates with the group or is a fake.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237668/anonymous_allegedly_threatens_to_kill_facebook.html#tk.rss_news Indonesian tech frenzy tantalizes venture capital Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to New York all have the same question about Indonesia's come-from-nowhere tech frenzy: Are the young entrepreneurs that have piqued their interest smart bets or just surfing a hype that will soon burn out.

A few years ago, Internet connections were so slow in Indonesia that trying to download a clip off YouTube could take 20 minutes on a good day.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/indonesian-tech-frenzy-tantalizes-venture-capital-101417171.html Pay TV industry loses record number of subscribers The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set.

They're canceling or forgoing cable and satellite TV subscriptions in record numbers, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of the companies' quarterly earnings reports.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/pay-tv-industry-loses-record-number-subscribers-090422571.html China Hit by 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 China said it saw close to 480,000 Trojan horse attacks in 2010, with almost half originating from outside the country, according to a government security agency.

China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) released some of the figures on Tuesday from an upcoming annual report. Of the 221,000 attacks that originated outside of China, 14.7 percent came from the U.S., while another 8.8 percent came from India.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237662/china_hit_by_480000_trojan_horse_attacks_in_2010.html#tk.rss_news Gartner: Windows 7 on 42 percent of PCs by year's end Two years after its official debut, Windows 7 will finally become the leading operating system around the world by the end of 2011, says a report out today from Gartner.

Before the year is over, the current flavor of Windows is expected to show up on 42 percent of all PCs globally. Further, Gartner's latest research shows that 94 percent of all new computers shipped this year will come with Windows 7, leading to almost 635 million new Windows 7 PCs in 2011 alone.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20090110-75/gartner-windows-7-on-42-percent-of-pcs-by-years-end/#ixzz1UdLeciJS
New IE9 update fixes several security flaws Microsoft has rolled out a new update for Internet Explorer 9 that fixes a host of different security holes.

Launched yesterday on Microsoft's familiar "Patch Tuesday," the August 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is a critical one that resolves issues not just in IE9 but in versions 6, 7, and 8 as well, according to a Microsoft blog. The update is available through Windows Update, so IE users who have Windows automatic updates turned on should have already received it.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20090541-75/new-ie9-update-fixes-several-security-flaws/#ixzz1UdKsjSZG
Coders choosing Mac OS over Linux environment Apple's Mac operating system has surpassed Linux in popularity as a development environment in North America, according to an Evans Data survey.

Windows remains at the top of the development environment heap, used by 80 percent of the survey's more than 400 professional software developer respondents in June; Mac OS was used by 7.9 percent of those surveyed, displacing Linux, used by 5.6 percent.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20090145-62/coders-choosing-mac-os-over-linux-environment/#ixzz1UaoOE4pC
Microsoft Security Patch Fixes 20-Year-Old Flaw Microsoft today issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death."

Of Tuesday's 13 updates, called "bulletins" by Microsoft, two were labeled "critical" -- the most-serious rating in the company's four-step score -- nine were marked "important," the next-most-dangerous category, and two were pegged as "moderate."

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237652/microsoft_security_patch_fixes_20yearold_flaw.html#tk.rss_news Disabling Windows Access Tool Invites Malware, Microsoft Warns An alarming number of Windows users are needlessly opening themselves up to attacks by rootkit and worm malware by turning off the User Access Control (UAC) that comes with Windows 7 and Vista, Microsoft has reported.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237462/disabling_windows_access_tool_invites_malware_microsoft_warns.html#tk.rss_news Comcast Offers $10 a Month Internet Option For Low-Income Families Families that can’t afford to pay from $30 per month for Comcast’s Internet access services now have a less expensive alternative. The cable provider launched a new plan dubbed Internet Essentials, which will cost low-income families only $10 per month for Web access.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237477/comcast_offers_10_a_month_internet_option_for_lowincome_families.html#tk.rss_news Facebook Can Make Teens Sick, Study Says Facebook may be great for reconnecting with old school friends, but for teens still in school, it can often do more harm than good. That's according to study findings presented over the weekend at the American Psychological Association convention by Dr. Larry Rosen, a professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, whose research focuses on children and technology.


Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237479/facebook_can_make_teens_sick_study_says.html#tk.rss_news Are Google's Best Days Behind It? Few companies have made a splash in the tech industry as big as Google has. Launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin from Page's Stanford University dorm room in 1998, the company became a $27 billion titan overnight when it went public six years later. Soon it was the darling of Silicon Valley, sweeping competitors aside and taking Microsoft head on. For a while, at least, it seemed Google could do no wrong.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237483/are_googles_best_days_behind_it.html#tk.rss_news Apple tech support satisfaction plummets Apple customers are increasingly dissatisfied with the company's technical support, which could affect the firm's bottom line down the road, a researcher said today.

Read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218872/Apple_tech_support_satisfaction_plummets Microsoft slates 22 patches for Windows, IE next week Aging XP escapes majority of updates planned for Windows

Microsoft today said it will ship 13 security updates next week to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Visio and Visual Studio.

Next Tuesday's patch lineup is larger than July's on the update count, but matches that month's vulnerability total. That's unusual, since the company usually delivers a heavier load in even-numbered months.

Read more at: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218877/Microsoft_slates_22_patches_for_Windows_IE_next_week Speedy Malware Infects More than 6 Million Web Pages In less than two weeks, a malware injection that targets e-commerce Web pages has ballooned from 90,000 infected pages to more than 6 million.

The malware, called willysy, exploits a vulnerability in a popular online merchant platform, osCommerce, according to Web application security provider Armorize, of San Francisco.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237457/speedy_malware_infects_more_than_6_million_web_pages.html#tk.rss_news The Undetectable Malware That Real Hackers Don't Seem to Want Remember the Blue Pill? That was the undetectable rootkit that was all the talk at Black Hat five years ago. It seemed scary. The Blue Pill was one of a new breed of malicious programs that would slip themselves underneath the operating system in a virtual machine hypervisor and silently tamper with the computer's kernel in order to do their bad stuff.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237437/the_undetectable_malware_that_real_hackers_dont_seem_to_want.html#tk.rss_news FBI Releases Free Smartphone App for Quick Response to Child Emergencies A child goes missing in the United States every 40 seconds. Many are never heard from again. When a child does disappear, it's critical that parents get basic information to law enforcement authorities as soon as possible. That's why the FBI Friday announced a free iPhone application that will allow parents to keep this kind of info close at hand.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237426/fbi_releases_free_smartphone_app_for_quick_response_to_child_emergencies.html#tk.rss_news Wikipedia says it's losing contributors Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that is written entirely by volunteers and allows anyone to edit its entries, is losing contributors, its founder complained Thursday.

Speaking with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the website's annual conference, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said the nonprofit company that runs the site is scrambling to simplify editing procedures in an attempt to retain volunteers.

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-says-losing-contributors-161022713.html Chinese Hackers Blamed for Database Theft Hackers have stolen the personal data of 35 million users of the South Korean social network Cyworld and search engine Nate, the company that runs them, SK Communications, has admitted.

The country's regulator, the Korea Communications Commission, said in an official statement that SK Telecom had traced the attack to IP addresses in China, and involved the theft of phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and encrypted data such as passwords and 'resident registration' numbers of users of the service.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237362/chinese_hackers_blamed_for_database_theft.html#tk.rss_news HTTPS Everywhere opens to all The security add-on for Firefox called HTTPS Everywhere (download) that forces HTTPS encryption on numerous popular Web sites has graduated to its first stable release, about a year after it was released into public beta.

Read more at: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20088435-12/https-everywhere-opens-to-all/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Spam King Sanford Wallace Indicted for Facebook Spam Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.

Wallace, 43, allegedly used a phishing attack to steal usernames and passwords from victims and then used the stolen credentials to post spam to victims walls, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237364/spam_king_sanford_wallace_indicted_for_facebook_spam.html#tk.rss_news Finally Declining? World of Warcraft Loses 300,000 Subscribers t looks like World of Warcraft, Blizzard's nigh indefatigable roleplaying behemoth, may finally be experiencing some serious attrition. The number of paying subscribers for the online game dropped to 11.1 million between May and July, down from 11.4 million in May and 12 million back in October, 2010.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237300/finally_declining_world_of_warcraft_loses_300000_subscribers.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft fires back, releases e-mail to refute Google Rather than ignore an attack by Google's legal boss that it has conspired against the company in patent wars, Microsoft is ratcheting up the nastiness.

The software giant's top public relations executive took to Twitter last night to refute claims laid out by Google chief legal officer David Drummond that Microsoft is conspiring with Apple and others to keep patents away from the Web giant. Frank X. Shaw released an October email from Google general counsel Kent Walker to his counterpart at Microsoft, Brad Smith, cordially declining Microsoft's offer to jointly bid on patents from Novell.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20088119-93/microsoft-fires-back-releases-e-mail-to-refute-google/#ixzz1U4zqU6Ae
Microsoft Announces "BlueHat" Contest for Better Security Solutions As any Jedi knight knows, the temptation to turn to the Dark Side is difficult to resist. The same can be true for White Hat hackers--malware fighters who discover vulnerabilities in software.

The black market prices for those kinds of security flaws are as tantalizing to ethical hackers as the malevolent side of The Force was to Luke Skywalker. Microsoft wants to temper those temptations, though, and has announced a contest that offers more than $250,000 in prizes for developing better solutions to counter security threats.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237301/microsoft_announces_bluehat_contest_for_better_security_solutions.html#tk.rss_news Google accuses Microsoft, Apple of banding together to destroy Android with patents According to a blog post by Google Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, Google is facing a concentrated effort by several tech companies, Microsoft and Apple among them, to destroy Android one patent at a time.

Read more at: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/8977-google-accuses-microsoft-apple-of-banding-together-to-destroy-android-with-patents Top 5 Potential Cyber-enemies for the United States Details of "Operation Shady RAT"--a years-long campaign of hacking and cyber-espionage that's targeted the U.S. government, the U.N., the International Olympic Committee, and numerous other agencies and corporations worldwide--were released by security firm McAfee this week.

So far, most of the evidence gathered seems to point to China as the likely perpetrator behind Shady RAT, which is McAfee’s name for the operation. But the U.S. and the West also have other potential cyber-enemies to be wary of. Here's a breakdown of the five most likely parties with the resources and the will to carry out similar campaigns.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237298/top_5_potential_cyberenemies_for_the_united_states.html#tk.rss_news RSA Hacking Trail Traced to China Malware used in the attack against RSA Security earlier this year was controlled from China, a well-known botnet researcher said Wednesday.

Joe Stewart, director of malware research for Dell SecureWorks, traced the command-and-control (C&C) servers used to oversee the RSA attack to networks in Beijing and Shanghai.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237290/rsa_hacking_trail_traced_to_china.html#tk.rss_news Best Free Software for Protecting Your PC and Your Privacy Worried about security, but unwilling to spend a bundle? No problem. With these 11 free programs, you'll keep your computer--and your wallet--safe.

Want to ensure that your PC and all of your files and data stay safe, secure, and private--without breaking the bank? We've rounded up 11 free security and privacy utilities that shield you against malware, protect your data at Wi-Fi hotspots, encrypt your hard drive, and do everything in between.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237027/best_free_software_for_protecting_your_pc_and_your_privacy.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft offers $250,000 for security defense research Microsoft today announced that it will give out $250,000 in BlueHat Prize rewards for innovative research on computer security defense.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20087589-245/microsoft-offers-$250000-for-security-defense-research/#ixzz1TzsIaxeF
The Zune is Dead? Then Why These New Apps From Microsoft? Microsoft's Zune HD is supposed to be on its way out, but that's not stopping the portable media player from getting a small batch of new apps.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237212/the_zune_is_dead_then_why_these_new_apps_from_microsoft.html#tk.rss_news 10 Linux rescue tools for recovering Linux, Windows, or Mac machines When you’re dealing with a system that won’t boot, you need a robust and dependable recovery tool. Here are a few Linux tools that might save the day.

From corrupt partition tables to severely infected machines, Linux tools come in handy when the host system won’t boot. But because of the plethora of tools available, it’s sometimes tough to sift through the cruft and find the ones that are usable.

Read more at: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-linux-rescue-tools-for-recovering-linux-windows-or-mac-machines/1458?tag=content;siu-container 10 ways to keep hard drives from failing With a little proactive care, you can extend hard drive life, squeezing more value from your company’s equipment investments, reducing user downtime, and preventing catastrophic loss of data.

Hardware prices have dropped considerably over the last decade, but it’s irresponsible not to care for the hardware installed on machines.

Read more at: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-ways-to-keep-hard-drives-from-failing/2063?tag=content;siu-container Five tips for restoring an unbootable hard drive Takeaway: When you’re dealing with a system that won’t boot, you need to fall back on some diagnostic skills and recovery strategies. Jack Wallen shares his field-tested approach.

Have you ever tried to restart a machine only to find it won’t boot? For whatever reason, you get a warning message informing you that disaster might well have struck… and you’re staring in the face of what could be a very bad day. Well, don’t panic yet. There are a few tricks you can try that may get that machine booted.

Read more at: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-tips/five-tips-for-restoring-an-unbootable-hard-drive/955?tag=nl.e101 Save CD to Hard Drive will soon be Legal in UK The Government is set to announce plans to legalise format shifting and ditch web-blocking plans.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/369064/format-shifting-may-finally-be-legalised AOL launches personalized magazine app for iPad Internet company AOL is trying to snatch a larger portion of the tablet computer audience by launching free iPad software that presents a customized, daily e-magazine that draws in content from all over the Web.

Called Editions, the software is similar to news-aggregating mobile apps such as Flipboard and Pulse, but more focused on bringing users a finite, tailored amount of content that updates once per day. AOL's app is being released Wednesday.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/aol-launches-personalized-magazine-app-ipad-193833262.html Google strikes deal to acquire daily deal service In its latest acquisition of talent and technology, Google has bought Dealmap. It's a 15-month-old startup that compiles discount offers from local merchants scattered in markets across the nation.

Financial terms of the acquisition announced Tuesday weren't disclosed. It's the latest in a flurry of acquisitions that Google has made to expand its Internet empire into promising new markets. Since the end of 2009, Google has spent more than $2.7 billion buying more than 70 companies.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/google-strikes-deal-acquire-daily-deal-174202126.html Firefox could get even more Chrome style Early design concepts for Mozilla Firefox indicate that the browser continues to bend toward the light emanating from Google Chrome. Designs released for the interface-focused branch of the nightly version of Firefox reveal a look that brings the browser even closer to looking like its Google competitor, although it definitely has its own approach. Google Chrome Adds Instant Pages, Print Preview The latest build of Google's Chrome browser is available now and has two noteworthy upgrades: Instant Pages, which loads Web pages faster; and print preview, a feature that many Chrome users (including me) have sought for a long time.

Instant Pages, which Google made available to Chrome beta users last month, shaves a few seconds off page-loading times by prerendering the top search result. When you click the link, the page loads instantly.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237127/google_chrome_adds_instant_pages_print_preview.html#tk.rss_news Windows XP market share dips below 50 percent After a healthy 10-year run, Windows XP may finally be losing its overwhelming grip on computer users.

Though it's still the most heavily used version of the Windows operating system, XP's market share among all operating systems finally dipped just below the 50 percent mark last month, according to stats out today from Net Applications.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20086776-75/windows-xp-market-share-dips-below-50-percent/#ixzz1TvPZjWxp
Home Made Nuclear Reactor Swedish police have detained a 31-year-old man in Ängelholm in western Sweden who was discovered after he sought advice from authorities on the legality of building a nuclear reactor in a domestic kitchen.

http://www.thelocal.se/35306/20110802/ Ultrafast Affordable Wireless Network Developed German scientists working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (Heinrich Hertz Institute) in Berlin have succeeded in developing an 800Mbps (Megabits per second) capable wireless network (WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network) by using nothing more than normal red, blue, green and white LED (Light-Emitting Diode) light bulbs.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/08/02/scientists-use-led-light-bulbs-to-make-800mbps-capable-wireless-network.html Chrome Nibbles at IE, Microsoft Finds Silver Lining It is the first day of the month, and that means new browser market share numbers from Net Applications. Internet Explorer and Firefox continue to slide as Chrome and Safari gain ground--but Microsoft focuses on its own silver lining.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237015/chrome_nibbles_at_ie_microsoft_finds_silver_lining.html#tk.rss_news Rootkit Malware Roosts on Windows XP Systems Machines running the decade-old Windows XP make up a huge reservoir of infected PCs that can spread malware to other systems, a Czech antivirus company says.

Windows XP computers are infected with rootkits out of proportion to the operating system's market share, according to data released last week by Avast Software, which surveyed more than 600,000 Windows PCs.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236889/rootkit_malware_roosts_on_windows_xp_systems.html#tk.rss_news Microsoft Adds RAW Photo File Support to Windows The decision is good news for serious photographers who use Windows. Some welcome news for serious photographers running Windows: Microsoft has added support for the RAW file format from within Windows Explorer as well as Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011.

"Dealing with raw images on Windows hasn't always been easy," admitted Brad Weed, group program manager for Microsoft's Windows Live in a blog post emailed to me in advance of its posting.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236800/microsoft_adds_raw_photo_file_support_to_windows.html#tk.rss_news
Google just announced their Page Speed Service "Google has introduced their Page Speed Service which 'is the latest tool in Google's arsenal to help speed up the web. When you sign up and point your site's DNS entry to Google, they'll enable the tool which will fetch your content from your servers, rewrite your webpages, and serve them up from Google's own servers around the world.'"

http://code.google.com/speed/pss/ IPv6 is coming. Very late of course but it is coming. Soon. More than 70% of IT departments plan to upgrade their websites to support IPv6 within the next 24 months, according to a recent survey of more than 200 IT professionals conducted by Network World. Plus, 65% say they will have IPv6 running on their internal networks by then, too.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072611-ipv6-survey.html Facebook is being used as a Tool to Catch Criminals Facebook is doing more than keeping people connected. In Conroe, it's helping police to fight crime.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8271766 Google+ Claims 20 Million Members in First Month Does the world really need a new social networking site?

Maybe it does, and maybe that helps explain the success of Google+. It only turns a month old on Thursday, but it already claims up to 20 million members. And since the service went live, Google Inc. stock has gone up nearly 30 percent, raising the value of the company (the "market cap" in Wall Street jargon) by $45 billion.

Read more at: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-social-network-adds-45-billion-google-stock/story?id=14170153 Apple iOS Bug Worse Than Advertised Off-the-shelf sniffing tools can exploit the threat, but users of older iPhones and iPod Touches won't see a fix.

Security experts have warned that a recently disclosed bug in Apple's iOS mobile operating system, patched by the vendor on Monday, is easier to exploit than it first appeared. In particular, attackers can now use a freely available tool to eavesdrop on an iOS device's data stream, without the user knowing.

Read more at: http://informationweek.com/news/231002761 Celebrating 30 years of MS-DOS C:\happy-birthday.exe! MS-DOS, the cornerstone of Microsoft's software empire, is 30 years old today--so let's boot into the command line for a celebration of the OS with the mostest.

On this day in 1981, Microsoft bought what was to become MS-DOS from Seattle Computer Products. SCP has developed the system under the name QDOS. Everybody knows MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System, but that's actually a neat bit of corporate whitewashing from Bill Gates and co.--QDOS originally stood for Quick and Dirty Operating System.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20084309-1/celebrating-30-years-of-ms-dos/#ixzz1TL9aDXs3
'War Texting' Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors via SMS Software that lets drivers unlock car doors and even start their vehicles using a mobile phone could let car thieves do the very same things, according to computer security researchers at iSec Partners.

Don Bailey and fellow iSec researcher Mathew Solnik say they've figured out the protocols that some of these software makers use to remote control the cars, and they've produced a video showing how they can unlock a car and turn the engine on via a laptop. According to Bailey, it took them about two hours to figure out how to intercept wireless messages between the car and the network and then recreate them from his laptop.

Read more here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236678/war_texting_lets_hackers_unlock_car_doors_via_sms.html#tk.rss_news This Day in Tech: Street View grabbed location data from millions Google's Street View collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices. CNET's Declan McCullagh reports: "The French data protection authority, known as the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, recently contacted CNET and said its investigation confirmed that Street View cars collected these unique hardware IDs."

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20083132-92/this-day-in-tech-street-view-grabbed-location-data-from-millions/#ixzz1TJtsjmNg




Should Microsoft unload Bing? Microsoft should consider selling Bing, says a Reuters opinion piece that's gained attention in the last day or so, after being published last Friday.

Though the search engine has grown in market share and popularity since its debut in 2009, it's still a money-losing proposition and a distraction for its parent, claims Reuters columnist Robert Cyran. Despite the flush of cash that Microsoft has poured into Bing, the search's engine's online services division lost $2.6 billion in the company's latest fiscal year, he says.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20083412-75/should-microsoft-unload-bing/#ixzz1TJt6z4az
Internet privacy controls challenge tech industry WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has put Google, Microsoft, Apple and other technology companies on notice: Give consumers a way prevent advertisers from tracking their movements across the Web — or face regulation.

Yet for all its innovative know-how and entrepreneurial spirit, the technology industry has yet to agree on a simple, meaningful solution to protect consumer privacy on the Internet.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/internet-privacy-controls-challenge-tech-industry-211251825.html Help translate ancient Egyption texts (yes ... you help) Researchers at Oxford University are asking the public for help in translating ancient texts. What they want you to do is to match up these ancient Egyption texts with the Greek alphabet. They provide the texts and the alphabet, all you need do is work out the match.

http://www.ancientlives.org/tutorial/transcribe Walmart challenges Netflix with video streaming new service Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has added streaming movies to its website as the world's largest retailer attempts to grab a bigger share of the online movie market from rival service Netflix Inc.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/07/walmart-adds-streaming-video-to-its-site.html Will Google+ mean the end of Twitter? Google+ will soon do all the things Twitter does, Twitter can't support a long list of the things Google+ supports. Conversations, for example. Each post on Google+ can be followed by comments where users can hold a detailed and satisfying conversation about the post. On Twitter, commenting is awkward because when you comment, your comments are not generally seen by the poster's other followers, but by your own followers, who probably did not see the post.

Twitter has 200 million users. Google+ has about 20 million users at the time of posting.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218605/Elgan_Why_Twitter_is_obsolete Don't be afraid to do dumb things "Speaking at the CA Expo in Sydney, Australia, former Google CIO Douglas Merrill shared some management tips he learned during his tenure at the search giant. At the top of the list: 'Don't be afraid to do dumb things.' Merrill recalls that 'most of the early Google hardware was stolen from trash and as the stuff they stole broke all the time they built a reliable software system. Everyone knew we shouldn't build our own hardware as it was 'dumb', but everyone was wrong. Sometimes being dumb changes the game.' Another pearl of wisdom from Merrill: 'the more project management you do the less likely your project is to succeed.'"

http://www.itworld.com/software/186241/former-google-cio-says-business-misses-key-people-marks Who's Tracking Your Cell Phone? s your cell phone being tracked? The odds are quite good there's a spy in your pocket. The only real question is, who's doing it?

Earlier this week Wired's Spencer Ackerman profiled what he calls the "Keyzer Soze" of geo-location tracking, a company called TruePosition. TP uses cell tower triangulation to locate the geo position of any cell phone within 50 meters.

Read the rest of the story at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236456/whos_tracking_your_cell_phone.html#tk.rss_news Malware is a Disease; Let's Treat it that Way Botnets and botnet kits are flourishing. They're now a commodity, as are the use of controlled machines. Just about daily, a new and frightening major system crack is revealed, data released, embarrassed IT security people called on the carpet. Were these a human virus, the CDC would be subjecting it to observation, protocols, all while someone was racing to invent (perhaps too many) vaccinations for the world to use. It would be an effort that had procedure, and a plan. The U.S. lacks a cohesive national plan to control malware, and the costs of exposure might be calculable to motivate organization of an authority to deal with the problem.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236455/malware_is_a_disease_lets_treat_it_that_way.html#tk.rss_news Apple considering Hulu bid Apple Inc. is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, according to a person close to the situation.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk about the matter.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-apple-considering-hulu-bid-172733153.html A complete guide to Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts One of the best ways to increase your computing productivity doesn’t cost a cent: learn the keyboard shortcuts for your most-used commands.

To help you stop mousing around and become a keyboard maestro, I rounded up the best resources for finding, using, and creating shortcuts.

Read more here: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/a-complete-guide-to-windows-7-keyboard-shortcuts/ Make the most of Windows 7′s Libraries Libraries — special-purpose virtual folders — can be confusing at first. But they are extremely handy, once you get the hang of them.

How to use Libraries is hard to describe but easier to understand when you see them in action — and that’s what this article will show you.

Read more here: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/make-the-most-of-windows-7s-libraries/ It’s time to move up to Internet Explorer 9 For Vista and Win7 users, upgrading to IE 9 requires a bit more consideration and planning than updating Firefox or Chrome — but the time has come.

As a member of the Center for Internet Security (info page), I participate in that organization’s online security discussions. Recently, one of the participants asked whether you should always update to the latest version of Internet Explorer that your workstations support. The consensus was “yes.” IE 9, for example, adds major security enhancements for Windows 7. Vista also benefits from IE 9. (Unfortunately, Windows XP users are out of luck.)

Read more here: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/its-time-to-move-up-to-internet-explorer-9/ Free Windows utilities you should download right now Takeaway: From defragmentation utilities to password reset tools, Bill Detwiler lists free Windows utilities that you should download right now.

Everyone who works on a Windows computer has his or her favorite system utilities. But, there are a handful of must-have tools that no Windows user or IT support pro should be without. During this week’s episode of TR Dojo, I give you a list of free Windows utilities that you should download right now.

Read more at: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itdojo/free-windows-utilities-you-should-download-right-now/2769?tag=nl.e101 10 reasons not to buy an iPad for your college student Takeaway: If your child is trying to convince you that an iPad is essential for an effective, productive college experience, this list will help you stand your ground.

Dear parents: With summer slowly coming to a close, back-to-school shopping is in full swing. Your college-bound child is probably in the midst of asking for more and more money to buy the “essentials” for class and dorm life. And it’s likely that your kid has also mentioned needing an iPad. Perhaps you’re wondering whether to consider an iPad instead of a laptop for kids heading off to school.

Read more here: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-reasons-not-to-buy-an-ipad-for-your-college-student/2599?tag=nl.e101 3D Hurts Your Eyes "After experimenting on 24 adults, a research team at the University of California, Berkeley has determined that viewing content on a stereo 3D display hurts your eyes and your brain. This can supposedly cause visual discomfort, fatigue, and headaches According to the article, 3D content viewed over a short distance (like with desktops and smartphones) is more visually uncomfortable when the stereo content is placed in front of the screen. In a movie theater, it's the opposite: Stereo content that is placed behind the screen causes more discomfort than scenes that jump out at you. With the explosion of 3D-capable gadgetry such as televisions and mobile phones, understanding just what this kind of technology is doing to our bodies may help us better use it in the future. The only problem is that technology tends to far outpace research, and until we get a better handle on its effects, we're more or less walking blindly into a 3D world."

http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/22/who-could-have-guessed-3d-hurts-your-eyes/ Apple MacBook Batteries Vulnerable to Malware, Destruction After studying the batteries in several MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, security researcher Charlie Miller found that Apple laptop microcontroller chips are shipped with default passwords that, once discovered, can be used as a hiding spot for malware as well as a conduit for disabling the battery and even blowing it up.

"These batteries just aren't designed with the idea that people will mess with them," Miller told Forbes. "What I'm showing is that it's possible to use them to do something really bad."

Using passwords associated with a 2009 Apple software update, Miller was able to permanently disable several batteries, manipulate readings sent to the operating system and charger, and completely rewrite the chip's firmware.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236440/apple_macbook_batteries_vulnerable_to_malware_destruction.html#tk.rss_news Win7′s no-reformat, nondestructive reinstall Microsoft won’t tell you this, but you can do a fast, nondestructive, in-place, total reinstall of Windows 7 without damaging your user accounts, data, installed programs, or system drivers.

That means you may never have to do a full, from-scratch reinstall again, even when your system is misbehaving so badly that a full reformat-and-reinstall seems the only answer!

As I’m sure you know all too well, from-scratch reinstalls are ordeals. They take hours. And when a reinstall is done, you still have to recreate all your settings, reinstall all your software, and so on. It can take days to fully recover from a total reformat/reinstall.

Read more at: http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/win7s-no-reformat-nondestructive-reinstall/ FBI strikes back at alleged hackers The FBI escalated its war on hackers, serving dozens of warrants across the U.S. and making more than a dozen arrests.

Sixteen people were arrested in the United States in connection with hacking attacks by the Anonymous group of online activists, as well as one person in the U.K. and four people in the Netherlands, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20081655-92/fbi-strikes-back-at-alleged-hackers-week-in-review/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Facebook Scams Popping Up that Exploit Norway Tragedy Facebook scams are popping up from people looking to exploit Friday's bombing and shootings in Norway. Users should be careful not to click on links they are not familiar with.

The issue was raised in a blog post by security software provider Websense. The viral exploit currently appears to be infecting one user every second.

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/236444/facebook_scams_popping_up_that_exploit_norway_tragedy.html#tk.rss_news Mozilla jumps to deal with Google Toolbar demise Google has canceled its toolbar for the current and future versions of Firefox, and Mozilla is scrambling to help users who might be left in the lurch and postponing their browser upgrades.

The toolbar offers a variety of services, including a search box, a way to use bookmarks stored on a server, and a measurement of a Web site's PageRank--a score Google gives that measures its influence in Google search results. But Google has chosen to do in the Firefox version.

Read more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20082056-264/mozilla-jumps-to-deal-with-google-toolbar-demise/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
How to view malware http://www.itworld.com/data-centerservers/185719/us-lacks-cohesive-plan-malware-control-can-cdc-model-work Fighting viruses, defending the net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf3zxHuSM2Y&feature=feedu Textbook rental for students http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/education/368722/amazon-lets-students-rent-digital-textbooks An analysis of common passwords .... your password is here http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/07/science-of-password-selection.html

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