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May 22, 2010
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Encrypted Search Comes to Google Analysis: Hide your searches from packet sniffers that want to know what you're looking for.
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60 Percent Would Quit Facebook? Yeah, Right Don't believe the hype. Study finds 60 percent of Facebook users may ditch the service over privacy issues. Fat chance.
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FTC Won't Block Google Acquisition Google's acquisition of mobile ad provider AdMob is not harmful, because competition is heating up with Apple's entry.
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Intel Seeks Reboot in Television Market With Google TV UPDATE: Intel hopes to find success in pushing its chips to TVs and overcome past failures with Google TV.
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Android Challenges iPhone, Users Win Analysis: Google and Apple both seem to take the competition between Android and iPhone as an existential, company-defining battle.
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Must Facebook and Privacy Be Like Oil and Water? Sure, Facebook is a private site, and we all signed onto it  but the privacy policy has changed since we joined Facebook.
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Apple iPad: Confirmed Success Already? Analysis: Record sales, fan love -- Apple's tablet is clearly on the fast track to becoming a tech success legend.
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7 Ways Android 2.2 Froyo Tops Apple's iPhone With plenty of capabilities that put it well beyond the iPhone, here are seven reasons that make the Android 2.2 superior.
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Facebook Users Still Mulling Boycott Privacy concerns are still spurring more than half Facebook's population to consider quitting, poll shows.
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Bugnets Could Spy on You via Mobile Devices New botnets designed for mobile gear may allow remote attackers to see and hear their potential victims, no matter where they are.
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Chrome Lags Firefox in New 'Active' Users, Mozilla Claims Brower wars rage over interpretation of user adoption trends.
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HP Battery Recall: Prevent Fire or Injury HP has expanded a recall of batteries that may pose a fire or injury hazard.
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AT&T To iPhone Users: Leave Early, Pay Dearly Ma Bell is boosting the early-termination fee it charges customers who tear up their smartphone contracts early.
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Android Phones Due for 2.2 Upgrade Revealed The Motorola Droid, Google Nexus One and a selection of HTC models are first in line for the faster OS.
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Benefits of Google Encrypted Search Google's new SSL-encrypted search guards search data crossing the Web, and locally.
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AT&T Makes it Tougher to Quit The iPhone's distributor raises early termination fees on all smartphones.
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This Week in Geek: Froyo-Free Edition Forget Google I/O and the ongoing Apple chatter; let's take a look at some of the news stories that you may have missed. It's This Week in Geek!
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Google Offers Encrypted Web Search Option Google is starting to offer the option of encrypting Web search sessions.
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Facebook Fixes Bug That Allowed Friend Deletion Facebook has fixed a flaw that let hackers delete Facebook friends without permission.
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Hack: Use a Guitar as a Fight-Game Controller The "rhythm fighting game" genre is born as Street Fighter and Guitar Hero collide to give your rhythm game controllers new life.
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Encrypted Search Comes to Google Analysis: Hide your searches from packet sniffers that want to know what you're looking for.
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60 Percent Would Quit Facebook? Yeah, Right Don't believe the hype. Study finds 60 percent of Facebook users may ditch the service over privacy issues. Fat chance.
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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.
AxCrypt   6830 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Security
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