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November 1, 2010
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Is It Legal to Use Firesheep at Starbucks? People using the Firesheep add-on may be breaking federal wiretapping laws, legal experts said
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Tablet Phone Seekers, Heres Your ViewSonic ViewPad 7 ViewSonic announced U.S. pricing and launch details for the 7-inch tablet Monday
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Facebook Nails Developers Leaking User Data Developers who violated privacy rules are banned for six months from Facebook, which is working on a technical solution to stop similar leaks.
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Resolved: We Need More Realistic Notebook Battery-Life Claims Ive been using the 11.6″ MacBook Air over the past week and a half, and judging from my experience, Apples estimate of five hours is indeed realistic
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iPhone Alarm Bug Has Europe Waking 1 Hour Late An iPhone alarm bug has some European slackers blaming their cellphone for showing up to work nearly an hour late Monday.
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Apple Taps Multi-Touch in Motorola Patent Lawsuits Plenty of smartphones use the technique, but Apple is answering a Motorola lawsuit with its own claim of patent infringement.
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Blekko Search Engine Slashes Through the Web Newest entry in the search wars offers custom settings and the logic behind results, but it still has a tough challenge against the entrenched engines.
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Adobe's Updated Reader: Thwarting or Tempting Hackers? "Sandbox" technique promises to improve security, but may just be a challenge to defeat it.
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Facebook Punishes Developers for Passing on User IDs Facebook is punishing several application developers for passing certain information to a data broker.
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Sony Ericsson's X8 Will Get Android 2.1 Before Year End Owners of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X8 will get an upgrade to Android version 2.1 before the end of the year, a company spokesman said on Monday.
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The Google Android Quiz Google Android is making headway against Apple iPhones and RIM BlackBerrys, but how well do you know the open-source mobile operating system?
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Sony: About That PlayStation Phone, Way to Predict the Obvious Did Sony's chief financial officer puts the rumors about a hybrid PlayStation Phone to rest in a recent earnings call?
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Koobface Mac Security Threat Described Intego has revealed more details of the potential security threat from the Koobface Trojan horse.
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Xbox Live Fall Dashboard Update Available Now Microsoft rolls out its fall Xbox 360 dashboard update in anticipation of its Kinect motion-sensor, which launches this Thursday.
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Unlimited Smartphone Data: Not Dead Yet! Analysis: Verizon joins the carriers offering tiered pricing, but that doesn't mean you need to take it.
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4G WiMax Comes to New York City Sprint-Clearwire partnership brings its 4G total to 61 markets and climbing.
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Sony Ericsson: Be Patient With Android 2.1 Upgrade On Sunday, Sony Ericsson finally started rolling out the Android version 2.1 upgrade, which also includes other improvements to its Xperia X10 smartphones.
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How Digital Technology Gets the News out of North Korea Japanese news agency AsiaPress says the digital technology that has helped it get news out of North Korea will be impossible for the country to stop.
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Apple IPhone Bug Causes Europe to Wake up Late A bug in the iPhone operating system iOS resulted in alarms going off an hour late as Europe changed to daylight saving time.
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Solar Shield to Protect Us From the Sun's Wrath Scientists predict major solar storms to occur in the coming years that could wreak havoc on our power grid. But NASA has a straightforward proposal that could minimize damage.
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Is It Legal to Use Firesheep at Starbucks? People using the Firesheep add-on may be breaking federal wiretapping laws, legal experts said
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