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Apple App Store's Dirty Little Secret

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February 26, 2010
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Apple App Store's Dirty Little Secret If you're an iPhone owner, you've probably got a virtual wardrobe full of deleted iPhone apps.
Major Publishers' Sexy IPhone Apps Escape Purge? Apple made headlines again last week with another round of App Store censorship. Falling under Apple's banhammer this time were adult content apps that feature...
FeedLine Brings Google Buzz to iPhone FeedLine, an RSS feed reader is believed to be the first application for iPhone and iPod touch to add a public Google Buzz feed reader.
Tunebug Vibe The built-in speaker on the iPhone and newer iPod touch models is great in a pinch, but its sound is somewhat tinny and not very loud. To hear better sound out...
IPhone Devs Can Now Mark Apps as 'explicit' Well, it looks like this story is determined to stay in the news cycle--after last week's disappearance of many adult-themed applications in the App Store...
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Downloads: Editor's Collection
PCWorld's Fantastic Freebies 2010: All-Time GreatsIn the 15 years of PC World's Best Free Stuff articles, some freebies come up time and time again. Here are the ones that meet the gold standard.
Adobe Reader    248805 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Browsers & Clients
The ubiquitous PDF reader is feature-laden and extremely versatile, and finally loads faster.
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This free office suite includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, a database, and drawing and presentation programs.
BitTorrent   134865 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Music & Video Sharing
Basic client software offers improvements, simplicity, and a great starting point for peer-to-peer file sharing.
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