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April 26, 2010
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McAfee Promises to Reimburse Consumers for Bad Update McAfee told consumers it will reimburse 'reasonable expenses' related to last week's antivirus update; it has yet to say anything about its plans for...
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Wozniak on Apple Secrets and Leaks The company's cofounder offers insight into rules and discipline for showing off gadgets too soon.
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Google Casts Doubt on Verizon Nexus One Consider a Droid Incredible now, instead of waiting, the developers suggest.
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Sen. Schumer Challenges Facebook on (Guess What?) Privacy Lawmaker suggests FTC look into social networks' policies regarding opt-out instead of opt-in for new policies.
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Supreme Court to Hear California Violent Video Game Case The Supreme Court will hear a case that involves a challenge to California's ban on the sale of violent video games to minors.
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Now Served, 40 Million Xbox 360 Owners Microsoft's Xbox 360 passes the 40 million unit milestone as it nears the midpoint of its fifth year on sale.
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Rhapsodys Offline Mode: Hands On We take Rhapsody's new iTunes app for a spin that offers both streaming and downloading of music for the first time on the iPhone.
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New BlackBerrys Leak Online Ahead of Launch Some sites are spilling the beans ahead of RIM's official announcement of two new BlackBerry handsets expected to debut Monday.
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52 Incredibly Useful Sites: The Full List Here's our entire collection of the best, most practical Websites, arranged by category.
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Photo Contest: Hot Pics for April Subscribers to Dave Johnson's Digital Focus newsletter took these shots.
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Sony to End Floppy Disk Production Sony will end production of floppy disks next year due to dwindling demand, it said Monday.
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Israel Gives Approval for iPad Imports Israel lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad on Sunday, saying the device conforms with local wireless standards.
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13 Top-Notch Web Services for Business and Communication Huddle, Meebo, Yammer, and other online services can help you collaborate with colleagues and get in touch with partners and clients.
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Windows XP Still Less Secure than Win 7 and Vista The latest Microsoft Security Incident Report illustrates once again that Windows XP is significantly less secure.
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IronKey Rolls out Secure Online Banking USB Drive IronKey rolled out on Monday a new version of its USB drive designed to thwart attempts by hackers to steal money from online bank accounts.
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16 Productivity-Enhancing Websites Organize your life, finish tasks, and control your budget with the help of Evernote, Mint, Smart.fm, and other online apps and services.
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Microsoft Exec: We and Users Win With Cloud Microsoft is betting big on the cloud because it'll make more money, as well as help customers save, according to an executive.
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USB Stick Comes With Built-in PIN Keypad A US company has come up with an original take on ultra-secure portable storage, fitting a full PIN entry keypad to a USB stick.
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Netgear Targets SMBs With New ProSafe Gigabit VPN Firewall Netgear's new ProSafe SRX5308 Gigabit Firewall aims to deliver speedy security under $500
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Twitter Acquires SMS Specialist Twitter on Friday said it has acquired Cloudhopper, in a bid to improve the scalability and reach of its SMS service.
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