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Julian Assange: Facebook is an 'Appalling Spying Machine'
May 2, 2011 at 5:32 PM
 
Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange thinks Facebook is working with the government to spy on you.

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Who Owns Your Location?
May 2, 2011 at 5:28 PM
 
Enough! We, the smartphone-using people of the United States, are being taken advantage of, stolen from and blackmailed. It's got to stop.

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Home Wi-Fi Security: 4 Steps to Avoid Trouble
May 2, 2011 at 5:21 PM
 
The risks of not properly securing your home wireless network continue to increase.

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VMware Causes Second Outage While Recovering From First
May 2, 2011 at 5:15 PM
 
VMware accidentally caused a second outage in its Cloud Foundry service after recovering from a previous issue.

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Glu Partners With James Frey
May 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM
 
Glu Mobile has announced a two year transmedia partnership with bestselling author James Frey's publishing company Full Fathom Five.

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RIM Unveils Video Chat App for PlayBook
May 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM
 
BlackBerry PlayBook tablet owners will soon be able to put that front-facing camera to use with the upcoming Video Chat app from RIM.

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How to Be an Effective Security Buyer
May 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM
 
How to tell the difference between security hype...and security reality.

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Sn0wbreeze Releases Untethered Verizon iPhone Jailbreak for Windows
May 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM
 
Hacker iH8sn0w brings you an unteathered jailbreak that you won't want to miss; it works for Verizon iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Apple TV.

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AT&T Broadband Caps Begin
May 2, 2011 at 3:49 PM
 
AT&T is now capping its broadband at 150GB for DSL users and 250GB for U-Verse users.

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Couchbase Offers NoSQL for IPhone
May 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM
 
Couchbase has released a beta version of the CouchDB for the Apple iPhone

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Twitter Hits Record on News of Bin Laden's Death
May 2, 2011 at 3:37 PM
 
Before President Barack Obama officially informed the country and the world that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed, Facebook and Twitter were lit with news.

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Coming Soon: A Faster Firefox for Linux Users
May 2, 2011 at 3:16 PM
 
Starting with Firefox 6, Mozilla's browser for the open source operating system will feature performance on par with the Windows version.

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Sony Apologizes for PlayStation Network Attack and Outage
May 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM
 
Ten days after the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services were taken offline, Sony executives apologized on Sunday for the potential loss of personal information on millions of customers.

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Site-specific Browser Tool Fluid Hits 1.0
May 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM
 
Fluid is now solid. Developer Todd Ditchendorf has, after three and a half years, released Fluid 1.0, the first non-beta release of his software for creating...

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Internet Explorer and Firefox Continue to Slide
May 2, 2011 at 2:48 PM
 
While Microsoft and Mozilla wage war against each other over IE9 and Firefox 4, both browsers are losing ground to Chrome and Safari.

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Fake "MacDefender" Brings Malware to Macs
May 2, 2011 at 2:20 PM
 
Fake anti-virus software moves to attack the Apple platform. Here's how to avoid it.

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New Mac Trojan Horse Masquerades as Virus Scanner
May 2, 2011 at 2:10 PM
 
By and large, Mac users have been able to escape the onslaught of malware that their Windows counterparts suffer from. But every once in a while, a piece of...

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Fake AV Makers, Scammers Exploit Bin Laden News
May 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM
 
The death of Osama Bin Laden is the latest event that spurs malware makers and scammers into action.

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Clearing up IPhone Sync Confusion
May 2, 2011 at 1:30 PM
 
Reader Simon Tanner was caught unaware by the not-entirely-clandestine relationship between his iPhone and Yahoo. He writes:

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SAP Hopes Software Test-drives Lead to ERP Success
May 2, 2011 at 1:20 PM
 
SAP is hoping to make customers' ERP (enterprise resource planning) projects more successful with a tool that can visualize the application's ultimate look and...

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Bin Laden's Villa Lacked Internet, Phone Service
May 2, 2011 at 1:18 PM
 
Intelligence officials say a lack of Internet and telephone service at a Pakistani compound was a key reason to suspect Osama bin Laden was hiding there.

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109-Terabit Broadband Test Breaks Records, Engages Geek Envy
May 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM
 
There's fast, then there's ridiculous. Two groups of researchers managed to achieve broadband data transfer speeds of over 100 terabits per second in the last month.

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RIM Pulls a Zombie out of the Hat
May 2, 2011 at 12:54 PM
 
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook could have been good but, well, it just isn't.

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Kissing Machine Is Real, Lets You Make Out via a Gadget
May 2, 2011 at 12:17 PM
 
The Kiss Transmission Device transmits kisses through a rotary tube. Ewwww.

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BES to Get IOS, Android Management Features
May 2, 2011 at 11:51 AM
 
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has extended its reach in the mobile-device-management (MDM) space.

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RIM's Blackberry Fights for Relevance
May 2, 2011 at 11:12 AM
 
RIM refreshes the Bold smartphone and unveils the Blackberry 7 OS and a couple of key apps for the Blackberry Playbook tablet.

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Tweeting Osama Bin Laden Takedown Pushes Techie into Spotlight
May 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM
 
A Pakistani IT consultant's Twitter feed explodes after it's discovered he live-tweeted the raid that took down a supervillian.

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Create a Mother’s Day Card With IPhoto ’11
May 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM
 
Mother’s Day is fast approaching, but that doesn’t have to mean giving mom just another basket of flowers or a phone call (not that she’d mind either or both)...

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The Week in IPad Cases: Deadheads and Back Harnesses
May 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM
 
Welcome to our latest iPad case roundup, where we scour the deepest recesses of the Internet to bring you the latest—and sometimes the strangest—in the world of...

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European Legislators Consider Net Filter for Europe
May 2, 2011 at 9:50 AM
 
European Union plans to “create a single secure cyberspace” have come under fire from civil liberties groups, with many saying that they only serve to highlight...

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Starbucks Customers Targeted by Laptop Thieves
May 2, 2011 at 9:46 AM
 
Beware abandoning that handbag or iPad while fetching a latte -- items at coffeehouse tables are becoming prey for thieves.

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Time Inc Gives Free IPad Subscriptions to Print Subscribers
May 2, 2011 at 9:20 AM
 
Reports in the Wall Street Journal and CNet seem to confirm that Time Inc.—the parent company of Time, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune—has reached a deal with...

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IE9 Fails to Save Microsoft's Browser Share
May 2, 2011 at 9:16 AM
 
March updates of two prominent browsers haven't stopped the slippage of either Microsoft's or Mozilla's entries, new Web usage data shows.

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Gamewatch: Thor God of Thunder, MotorStorm Apocalypse
May 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM
 
Check out the latest PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and handheld video games shipping the week of May 2, 2011.

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Time Inc Gives Free iPad Access to Print Subscribers
May 2, 2011 at 8:44 AM
 
Apple's change of policy allows publishers more control over revenue from digital editions.

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Report: Facebook Numbers Exceed Expectations Ahead of IPO
May 2, 2011 at 8:40 AM
 
Facebook earnings are growing faster than previously expected, and are on track to exceed US$2 billion this year, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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Is Sony's PSN 'Welcome Back' Enough? Did You Already Buy an Xbox 360?
May 2, 2011 at 8:07 AM
 
Sony Japan apologizes for lengthy PlayStation Network outage, says PSN and Qriocity will be back in part this week, but is it too little, too late?

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Osama Bin Laden's Small Town Hideout Gets Google Maps Treatment
May 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM
 
A community of Google Maps users are commenting on Abbottabad, Pakistan and what is believed to be the compound where Osama Bin Laden was killed.

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Cisco Jumps Into Portable Data Center Market
May 2, 2011 at 7:20 AM
 
Cisco Systems launched its first containerized data center on Monday, coming late to the party but offering some unique management features that could help set...

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Infosys Appoints Banker as Chairman, Shortens Name
May 2, 2011 at 6:10 AM
 
A change of top management at Infosys leaves current group in control

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Apple's iCloud Service Spotted as 'Castle'
May 2, 2011 at 5:55 AM
 
Ties to MobileMe suggest "Castle" will be much more than Apple's online music service, storing a variety of your digital stuff.

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Osama Bin Laden's Death Key Topic on Internet
May 2, 2011 at 4:20 AM
 
People go online in volume to get information and discuss Osama bin Laden's death.

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