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Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How Want a simple way to scan your Facebook privacy settings and fix any problems? Here's the 60-second solution.
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MySpace's New Privacy Pitch: Too Little, Too Late MySpace is hoping by offering better privacy controls than Facebook it can get its mojo back. Fat chance!
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Nielsen: Exclusives Matter Least in PlayStation 3 Purchase A Nielsen study involving some 700 gamers finds game exclusives like God of War III rarely motivate console purchases.
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Microsoft Rolls out Hotmail Enhancements Microsoft is set to begin rolling out the latest enhancements to its Hotmail Web mail service with an aim to reduce clutter.
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The Pirate Bay Back, Thanks to the Swedish Pirate Party A German court injunction temporarily left The Pirate Bay with a bandwidth provider, but thanks the Swedish Pirate Party it is came back on-line on Tuesday.
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Facebook Users Warned of Sexy 'Candid Camera Prank' Attack Security firms are warning Facebook users to beware of what's being called the "Candid Camera Prank" attack recently spotted on Facebook that tries to use the lure of a sexy video of a scantily clad woman on a bicycle.
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Future 3TB Seagate Drive Won't Support 32-bit Operating Systems 3TB of storage coming at you this year--as long as you don't have XP.
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Hotmail Heats Up: Major Upgrade On Its Way Microsoft is set to revamp Hotmail with updates to the Inbox, adding/sharing photos, and broader support for MS Office documents
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Google Wi-Fi Data Snooping: An FAQ Did Google snag any of my Wi-Fi data? Why was it snooping on Wi-Fi networks? These FAQs and more explored
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Next iPhone May Get Display Upgrade Apple sources display tech from LG and PVI for next-gen mobile screen.
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MySpace Simplifies Privacy Settings In the wake of Facebook's bad press, rival MySpace is stepping up when it comes to users' privacy.
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Visual Tour: Microsoft Revamps Hotmail With New Tools Microsoft is beefing up its Windows Live Hotmail with a bevy new productivity features for sharing and working
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Kindle for Android Coming Soon Amazon.com announces that Kindle is coming to Android soon!
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Apple Refreshes MacBook Line After Leak Apple added a MacBook to its notebook lineup Tuesday after a Vietnamese-based Web site detailed the notebook over the weekend
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Five Years of YouTube: The Ups, the Downs YouTube has had its ups and downs over the last half-decade from lawsuits, porn attacks, and winning the George W. Polk award.
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IPhone Mobile Payments Trial to Begin Soon Visa has partnered with a company that has made a special case the iPhone that enables contactless payments, with trials expected to begin soon.
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Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How Want a simple way to scan your Facebook privacy settings and fix any problems? Here's the 60-second solution.
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