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February 20, 2010
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Did a School Use Webcams to Spy on Students at Home? A high school is accused of using school-issued laptops to spy on students -- possibly even catching them unclothed or in other "compromising" positions.
Should Apple Police the App Store for Sleaze? While off-color apps are being booted from the App Store, tunes and flicks with explicit material remain.
Most Promising Pocket Megazoom Cameras of 2010 These pocket point-and-shoot cameras pack a lot of zoom into a compact size. Meet some of the most anticipated models of the year.
Apple Boosts iPhone 3G Download Capacity Download caps are doubled to 20MB, perhaps to accommodate the multimedia traffic expected on the iPad.
New Touchscreen Cameras These nine cameras impressed us with their unique features (including unusual designs, wireless connectivity, and resilience against the elements) and their worthy touchscreens.
Nope, Windows 7 Is Not a Memory Hog A report that most Windows 7 systems suffer from RAM woes that lead to performance problems simply isn't true.
Printers and Scanners of Tomorrow (and Beyond) Four ultra-futuristic printers and scanners hint of the possibilities of future tech.
Chuck Norris Botnet Karate-chops Routers Hard Researchers have discovered a botnet called Chuck Norris that infects Linux-based routers.
Google Remorse and the Buzz Privacy Backlash Many people have had their fill of Google and are looking for other options. How can Google stop the defections? Here are some ideas.
Meet Magic-1, The Homemade CPU A home-built CPU creator takes building his own computer to the next level with hundreds of low-level logic chips and handwrapped wires.
Sprint To Usher In the Year of 4G Wireless At up to 10x the speed of 3G, new 4G wireless is a tool businesses can't afford to miss. Sprint is in the lead for now, and says 2010 will be "the year of 4G."
Apple's Jobs Bad-Mouths Flash Adobe's Flash video technology is a "CPU hog" that would drag down the iPad, Jobs claims.
Broadband Adoption Jumps in U.S. The past two years have seen a significant spike in broadband usage, to 63.5% of U.S. households.
Skeptical Shopper: Score Deals With Your Mobile Phone Bargain hunting can be a wearying experience, but these six mobile apps will save you time and money.
2010 Is Becoming the Year of Google Screwups From Nexus One support woes and the Google Buzz fiasco to killing off music blogs, it seems like Google can't do anything right anymore.
Smartphones to Change Our Travel Habits Geotags, on-the-fly translators, and even virtual reality apps will transform the way we see the world, T-Mobile researchers say.
ITC Becomes Battleground in Nokia-Apple Patent Dispute The ITC has agreed to investigate Apple's patent claims against Nokia, and Nokia's patent claims against Apple--making it the focal point in the battle between the smartphone giants.
Intel Wants to Put Moorestown Chips Into Tablets Intel is looking to add the upcoming Moorestown platform to tablets.
Rural Carrier: Traffic Pumping Isn't Easy Issue A House committee expands its investigation into voice traffic pumping.
EU Browser Ballot: Which Would You Choose? -- A Poll Microsoft will offer a "Web browser choice screen" to Windows users in Europe. North America won't get a Web browser ballot  but if you did, which browser would you choose?
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Did a School Use Webcams to Spy on Students at Home? A high school is accused of using school-issued laptops to spy on students -- possibly even catching them unclothed or in other "compromising" positions. Should Apple Police the App Store for Sleaze? While off-color apps are being booted from the App Store, tunes and flicks with explicit material remain.
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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    248605 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Browsers & Clients
The ubiquitous PDF reader is feature-laden and extremely versatile, and finally loads faster.
OpenOffice.org   75253 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Presentation
This free office suite includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, a database, and drawing and presentation programs.
BitTorrent   133714 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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