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What Is Your Facebook Data Worth? The personal information that you willingly (or unwittingly) give to Facebook can be invaluable to its partners, who slice and dice the data to rake in big bucks. - Narasu Rebbapragada, PCWorld Share: Consumer Alerts What Is Your Facebook Data Worth? Still running Windows XP SP2? Why? Multitouch Devices: Ergonomic Nightmare? 12 Weirdest eBay Auctions How To Tether Your Android Phone For Free Texting While Driving More Common Among Adults Than Teens What They Didn't Teach You: Tech Tips and Tools for New Grads Skeptical Shopper: Enhanced Advertising in Augmented Reality Get More Tips Online Consumer Advice and News PC World Tips and How-To 3D Laptop Will Take Your Breath Away Play games, watch movies and view photos - all in 3D. See it here. Print Without a PC See the world's first Web-connected home printer with web apps. Learn more and watch the demo. Advertisement Does your PC come with its own Virtual IT department? 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We reviewed tools for DVD-ripping, energy conservation, general tweaks, and more. And with all that work done, we felt fine about relaxing with a physics-based desktop toy and a classic game. WinBubble   25725 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under System Resources Tune-Up. Tweak Windows Vista in many different ways. SoupToys Toybox   2130 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Simulation Add time-wasting but fun toys with realistic physics directly to your desktop. Switch Off   405 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Desktop Set a time for your PC to shut itself off, hibernate, log off a user, or run a script with this utility. See (3) more PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Downloads: May 2010 » Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • Sponsored Downloads StickyNoteStickyNote is the most popular virtual notes program in the world. 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(Search engines don't ensure that your key words are actually on the page) You can view these at your leisure, and copy and paste topics for your research report or student paper.

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