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Google Buzz: A Visual Tour

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February 10, 2010
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Google Buzz: A Visual Tour Google Buzz is part Facebook and Twitter; allowing you to share links and images and keep your friends informed as to where you are and what you're doing.
Google Gives In On Nexus One Fees, Support Google has quietly rolled out a handful of changes to its Nexus One smartphone, including lowered cancellation fees and new voice-based support.
Were All Google Buzz Virgins (Now) Since Google is rolling out its new social service to everyone pretty much at once, that's a lot of newbies for Buzz.
Apple's iPad, Laughably Lampooned Apple fan-boys and fan-girls, cover your eyes! This roundup of iPad parodies runs the gamut from amusing to ROTFL.
Buzz Reveals Google's Split Personality Google's new Buzz is the latest example of a company that still treats consumers and business users as different people, even when they are one and the same.
How the iPad Would Gain from a Video Camera The first release hasn't shipped, and already the buzz has started about features in iPad 2.0.
'Many' BioShock Tales to be Told, Says 2K BioShock 2 audio lead Michael Kamper says the game's eerie underwater metropolis could be expanded through books and movies.
Google Buzz: Ten Pressing Questions Buzz seems to offer most of the features that Twitter is missing, but I'm still wondering about a few things.
Australian Parliament Web Site Attacked The Web site for the Australian Parliament goes down after a warning from the hacking group Anonymous.
Google Buzz Versus Google Wave If Google Buzz sounds familiar, that could be because its a whole lot like Google Wave. Here's how the two services compare.
Speedy Mini Opera Browser Headed to iPhone Software maker Opera will says it will intoroduce a speedy new mobile browser for the iPhone next week.
Google Challenge to US Broadband Might Actually Change Things Google isn't the first to start a fiber-based consumer broadband network. But this is Google.
HP Opens First Ever Wind-cooled Data Center HP's Wynyard data center that opened last weekend is the most energy-efficient one the company has ever built.
Opera to Reveal Alternative IPhone Browser Next Week Opera Software plans to demo a version of its Opera Mini browser for iPhone at Mobile World Congress.
Panasonic Introduces Low-Light-Optimized 1080p Camcorders The hard-drive-based HDC-HS700 (240GB) and flash-storage-based HDC-TM700 (32GB) shoot 1080p video at 60 fps, and offer a three-sensor system that Panasonic says excels in low light.
The Buzz About Google Buzz Here's what you need to know about Buzz before you get too excited about Google's latest experiment.
Google to Build Ultra High-speed Networks in the US Google will build ultra high-speed networks in a few places in the U.S.
Identity Fraud On the Rise Identity fraud struck an estimated 11.1 million adults in the United States last year, according to new data from Javelin Strategy & Research.
New Russian Botnet Tries to Kill Rival A new Trojan program steals information from a rival and then deletes it from the computer.
Broadcom Adds Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi Direct to Android Broadcom has added support for Bluetooth 3.0 and for the Wi-Fi Direct specification to its software stacks for Android devices.
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Google Buzz: A Visual Tour Google Buzz is part Facebook and Twitter; allowing you to share links and images and keep your friends informed as to where you are and what you're doing. Google Gives In On Nexus One Fees, Support Google has quietly rolled out a handful of changes to its Nexus One smartphone, including lowered cancellation fees and new voice-based support.
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BioShock 2: A Sequel that Surpasses the Original It doesn't continue the original's plot or even build on it, but this harrowing story one-ups the original's memory-quest-with-a-twist.
Dante's Inferno Ships, but Is It a God of War Clone? Electronic Arts' hack-and-slash Dante's Inferno based on Italian poet Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy" ships today. Is it just a lurid facsimile of Sony's God of War franchise?
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Downloads: Editor's Collection
Most Popular Download Introductions of January 2010As 2010 began, PCWorld.com site visitors didn't forget their tried-and-true software--but they plunged into new programs as well. The popularity of backup programs and system utilities suggests that some readers made New Year's resolutions to back up and clean out their PCs. Photo-processing software did well, too; perhaps that means a memorable holiday season. Whatever the reasons for downloading these programs, one thing remains clear: Free software is always a hit.
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