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May 14, 2010
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Facebook and Privacy: What a Mess Facebook has just unveiled a new set of user controls, but it isn't likely to do much in the way of calming anger about the social network's privacy policies.
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Google's Nexus One Web Store Going Out of Business Google's groundbreaking model for selling Android phones from a single Web site is about to become history.
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Flash: What Happened? As the Apple-Adobe wars have raged, Ive been thinking about Flashs origins and current condition.
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Acer to Launch Chrome OS Devices at Last? A browser-style OS that relies on the cloud doesn't seem so revolutionary now, but bring it on.
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Facebook's Battering: Good for Competition? If users can't keep Facebook in line, perhaps some new -- and old -- rivals can do the job.
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How Hackers Attack Cars Researchers demonstrate how car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and control vehicles on the road.
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Car Hackers Can Kill Brakes, Engine, and More Researchers have developed new ways to hack into the diagnostic systems used by late-model cars and kill the brakes or engine.
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20 Crazy Concept Phones From snake phones to handsets that look like hockey pucks, these hopelessly impractical devices are the coolest-looking phones you'll never want to own.
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April Video Game Sales Plunge, Splinter Cell Leads April 2010 retail video game revenue plummets after the games biz's brief return to profitability in March.
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Microsoft Trumpets Splinter Cell Sales, Sony Talks PS3 Growth April 2010's video game retail sales figures are in, and here's what Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo had to say about them.
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How to Get Flash on iPhone Now Analysis: While Apple, Adobe argue, Flash at last comes to the iPhone.
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Facebook Was Never About Privacy An alleged chat transcript between Facebook founder and a friend reveals that Facebook had a cavalier attitude toward privacy from the start.
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Microsoft Office 2010 Will Rule, Analysts Say The revamped office suite simply makes it tougher for Google Docs to make inroads on an entrenched user base.
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Antivirus Firm Warns of Messaging Worm A new worm targets systems running Skype and Yahoo Messenger.
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Dell Streak Coming to Europe Next Month, Then US Dell will release its Streak handheld computer in Europe next month and in the U.S. later, CEO Michael Dell said on Thursday.
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Republican Lawmaker: Gov't Broadband Programs Aren't Needed Some Republicans question whether government programs to encourage broadband deployment and adoption are needed.
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UK to Kill off National ID Card Program The U.K.'s new coalition government plans to cancel the national ID card program, calling it part of a "substantial erosion of civil liberties."
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Study: You Can Feel Things That Happen in Virtual Reality A new study released this week and detailed in the journal PLoS One suggests humans can take ownership of a virtual body so completely when viewing a virtual world.
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Latvian Police Decline to Hold Database Hacker Latvian officials are close to finishing their investigation of an artificial intelligence researcher who gained access to a sensitive government database.
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Facebook Unveils New Security Features Facebook took the wraps off Thursday on two new security features aimed at protecting users from phishers and other online scammers.
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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.
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