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February 19, 2010
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Pennsylvania School Accused of Cyberspying on Students School officials promise prompt review, revision of policy policing the use of MacBooks distributed to students.
The Microsoft-Yahoo Deal: What It Means For You Microsoft and Yahoo have finally gotten the green light to join forces. So what will the newly formed search alliance actually mean?
Google Fights for Orphaned Books New York circuit court delays final ruling on Google Books settlement
Reports: Internet Attacks Traced to Chinese Schools Security experts investigating Internet attacks on Google and other companies say computers at Chinese schools may have been involved, say media reports
Best of MWC 2010: Highlights From the World's Largest Mobile Show Hot smartphones debut, and new OSs are born, in Barcelona, Spain, at the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry.
Kindle Arrives Free on BlackBerry Amazon has finally decided to let the free application for RIM BlackBerry phones out into the wild.
Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Makes Bing Better, DOJ Says Bolstering Bing will keep Google at Bay, regulators reason; but will searchers cooperate?
Search Engine Wars: Is Yahoo Doomed to be the Next Alta Vista? Microsoft and Yahoo finally got the green light to share technology, signalling the beginning of the end for Yahoo.
Chinese Schools Fingered as Source of Past Cyberattacks Recent hacks of Google and others may have come from the same source as worms and denial-of-service attacks in the past, reports say.
Apple Reportedly Bans Overtly Sexual iPhone Apps Some developers report their apps were ejected, but more than a few questionable apps remain available.
Control Google Buzz Overload 4 Tips to take control of all that Buzz you're getting with Google's new social network service.
Final Fantasy XIII Fact Check: What We Know So Far Everyone has an opinion about Square Enix's upcoming role-playing epic, but we've taken the time to pull together the facts.
Did Apple Just Undercut Amazon on E-Books? After several publishers moved to the "agency model" for e-books, it looked like the $10 bestseller at Amazon was dead. But Apple reportedly can sell iPad e-books just as cheaply.
Hacking Impresario: 'Windows Safer Than Mac' The organizer of the Pwn2Own hacking contest claims Windows 7 beats Snow Leopard for security, and that Safari will fail in the upcoming hacking contest.
AT&T Readies its First Android Phone Release of the Motorola Backflip in March will put Android phones on all the major wireless carriers.
Dwindling Developers May Stymie New iPhone Apps There seems to be no limit to the creativity and sophistication of iPhone apps, save one: too few good iPhone app developers.
Adobe Working to Fix Security Bug in Download Manager Adobe is working to fix a glitch in its Download Manager software that could give hackers a way to push malicious programs onto a victim's PC.
Protect Your Business from Kneber-Style Botnets The Kneber botnet is a relatively small threat as botnets go, based on the old Zeus Trojan, and could be guarded against using simple, common sense security fundamentals.
Ethics of Monitoring PC Activity Monitoring PC activity can be a valuable tool, but the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania may have crossed some legal and ethical bounds with its monitoring.
Google Gets US Approval to Buy and Sell Energy Google received US federal approval on Thursday to buy and sell wholesale energy on the open market.
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