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10 Reasons Why the PC Is Here to Stay

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July 6, 2010
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10 Reasons Why the PC Is Here to Stay Steve Jobs says the iPad signals the end of the PC era. Here's why he's wrong
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'Frash' Brings Adobe Flash to Apple iPad Program runs only on jail-broken iPads in Safari Mobile through a compatibility layer; there are plans to port it to the iPhone as well.
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Stellar Battery Life May Be Droid X's Best Feature Forget the big display, 8-megapixel camera and fast processor -- Motorola's new Droid X smartphone is all about premium power management.
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Apple Gives Alleged iTunes Hacker the Boot Apple released a statement saying it has removed applications from its App Store published by developer Thuat Nguyen.
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Angry Researchers Disclose Windows Zero-day Bug An anonymous group of security researchers last week published information about an unpatched Windows bug.
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Tech Wars Fuel Freelance Jobs Freelancers benefit from tech wars that fuel sudden and rapid job growth in niche areas, according to a study.
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Samsung Galaxy S: It's All About Choices Samsung touts its new phone's screen, speed, and content -- but freedom of choice in wireless networks and smartphone form factors are the device's most important draws.
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White is the New Black for Sony's Updated PS3 Sony to release new higher-spec PS3 models in Japan, including one with an optional white finish.
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LG Android Tablet in Late 2010: So What? Opinion: LG promises an Android tablet later in 2010, but fails to excite anyone into wanting to buy it.
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iPad Hacked to Run Adobe Flash Video tutorial shows how a jailbroken iPad can now run Adobe's Flash -- but only barely.
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Census Bureau Counting Heads in the Cloud Web-based apps and infrastructure-as-a-service are a hit for 2010 Census
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Apple Clarifies iPhone 4 Signal Strength Woes, But I'm Still Confused Apple is telling iPhone 4 users that there is no reception problem, just a software problem. Why, then, are so many people experiencing problems?
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Verizon's Droid X Ad Takes Aim at iPhone 4 Verizon used a full-page ad in the New York Times to ridicule Apple's iPhone 4 antenna woes. What does this mean about an iPhone on Verizon?
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Google Says Facebook Hasn't Won Social Networking War The Internet is becoming a more "social place" and there's plenty of opportunity for competing social networks, Google executive says.
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Sony Is Latest to Cut E-Reader Prices Faced with competition from Apple's iPad, Sony follows the lead of its rivals and cuts prices across its line of Reader devices.
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Nokia's N900 Phone Gets Firefox Boost Six months after the first version, Mozilla has released Firefox Mobile 1.1 for Nokia's N900 and N810 models, featuring a host of tweaks to improve browsing.
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Reading Volume Outweighs Impact of Slower Reading Speed on e-Readers A recent study discovered that avid readers tend to read slower on e-readers, but fails to consider that average readers are likely to read significantly more than with traditional printed books.
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Give Us Google Voice, Online Petition Demands Fans of Google's VoIP service are asking the search giant to release a desktop app, after they were able to catch a glimpse of it in action.
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Singapore Bank Suffers Massive IT Failure One of Singapore's biggest banks suffered a major IT outage on Monday that took down it's consumer and corporate banking systems.
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Yahoo Debuts Search-Driven News Site New blog will assign stories based on Yahoo's most frequent search queries.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Downloads: June 2010Our reviewers spent June in a creative frenzy. They built bone animations, glammed up their photos, and made music like maestros. But there's more to art than that. Many masterpieces must be burned to Blu-Ray. And everybody needs utilities to organize all those files and open windows--not to mention keep data safe. Feeling a spark? Try out these programs and write your own review.
Ashampoo Burning Studio 10   11894 Downloads  |  Trial  |  Filed Under CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Utilities
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Create South Park-like cutout and simple 2D animation easily using the bone structure of a drawing.
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