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May 6, 2010
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Google's New Search Bar: An Unwelcome Change Google's new left-hand navigation bar isn't a welcome change for all.
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Hey, Facebook: You Have Some Serious Privacy and Security Problems Privacy controls that don't work, rampant phishing attacks, and the ability to hack live chats -- can't Facebook do anything right?
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Apple Scolds Ellen Over iPhone Ad Parody Ellen DeGeneres says Apple wasn't amused by an iPhone ad parody she ran on her talk show. The comedian went as far as to actually apologize for the joke.
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New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Your Profile You may inadvertently add Facebook apps to your profile just by visiting certain sites.
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Facebook Fixes Bug That Exposed Private Chats A Facebook security flaw that let members view the live chats of friends has been fixed, according to the company.
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Blizzard Brings Battle.Net and StarCraft II to Facebook The publisher of World of Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft announces plans to plug its popular video game franchises into the world's most popular social networking service.
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Microsoft Gets Some Heat Over HTML 5 Plans Microsoft came under fire from rivals on Wednesday for its not offering IE 9 -- with HTML 5 -- to Windows XP users.
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Apple Fans-Only Dating Service Launched Cupidtino is a new dating service just for Mac fans.
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What's Behind Apple's Buying Spree? Apple continues to shop for new expertise and technologies to secure its place in rapidly evolving mobile markets.
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Facebook Bug Exposes Private Chats A bug allowed Facebook users to view their friends' chat sessions on the site, prompting the social-networking company to disable its internal instant-messaging...
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Apple's Behavior a Throwback to 1984, Adobe CTO Says Adobe has compared Apple to the "Big Brother" it rebelled against in its iconic TV ad from that year.
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New Survey: AT&T Customers Experience Most Dropped Calls A new consumer survey reports that AT&T users experience the most dropped calls and are the least satisfied with their carrier.
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Hacker Develops Multi-platform Rootkit for ATMs One year after being blocked from talking about ATM security at Black Hat, researcher Barnaby Jack will disclose an ATM rootkit at the conference.
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Clearwire Free to Use LTE Under Changed Intel Deal Clearwire and Intel have revised a technology deal that forbade the WiMax service provider from using any other technology.
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FCC Chairman Defends Broadband Regulation Move The FCC chairman defends his decision to seek common carrier regulatory authority over broadband.
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Defeat Tech Distractions We are the Distracted Generation: Our gizmos and gadgets clamor for our attention, leaving us dazed and confused. Here are the worst offenders, and what you can do to reclaim your focus.
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Next iPhone to Offer HD Video Capture? Latest developer release of Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 suggests new features, like file sharing and an orientation lock, plus a whole new iPhone device.
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Microsoft Woos Developers With Latest IE9 Preview Microsoft keeps promise to make available iterative releases of IE9, with the second release in two months featuring improved performance.
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Google Sues for Decision on Links to Copyrighted Songs Google is suing Blues Destiny Records for a declaration that it has not facilitated the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs with links in search results.
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Microsoft Refreshes Internet Explorer 9 Preview, Boosts Speed Making good on a promise two months ago, Microsoft today updated its IE9 preview.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Downloads: April 2010The reviewers and bloggers of PCWorld see a great deal of software every month. In April, their favorites ran the gamut from the useful to the delightful--and a few that fit both descriptions. From encryption to syncing, from printer utilities to desktop tidiers, from problem-solvers to puzzle games and even a Commodore 64 emulator...here are the month's favorites.
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