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September 4, 2010
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Fake Antivirus Software Uses Ransom Threats Beware refreshed Total Security malware, which freezes your system unless you pay up.
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Pigs Fly! Duke Nukem Forever To Ship in 2011 It took a completely different developer to get the game on track, but it looks like Borderlands developer Gearbox is going to make Duke Nukem Forever a reality at last.
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Watch for Duke Nukem Forever in 2011 Duke Nukem Forever gets a new lease in life, and even makes an appearance on the PAX show floor.
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Google Celebrates Chrome's 2nd Birthday With Version 6 Newest version of the fast browser features more speed, security fixes, and cosmetics.
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Play Awesome Retro Games Online Check out 10 classic retro and arcade games that have been given new life in your browser.
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GameStop Blocks Medal of Honor from U.S. Bases The Army & Air Force Exchange Service decided to pass because of a multiplayer mode that lets players assume the role of the Taliban.
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Is Apple's Ping a Haven for Spammers? Analysis: Apple's Ping is a new iTunes-based social network. Unfortunately, it's already beset with a very old problem: rampant comment spam.
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Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users and many of them still use Twitter's underwhelming Website as a primary access point.
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Android Snags More of Apple's Market Share While Apple's iOS is still the dominant player within the U.S. mobile market, it's been on a pretty steady roller coaster ride downward in terms of share.
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Huawei, Google Team on Android 2.2 Smartphone The Google-branded device launches first in mid-October in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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Texas Conducting Antitrust Review of Google UPDATE: Texas joins the European Union and others with gripes against Google's practices; a coming of age or web bully?
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Investigators Find Famous DJ's Credit Card Details for Sale UPDATE: Armin Van Buuren is one of the world's best-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen.
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Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says UPDATE: The enterprise disk storage market is continuing to bounce back from the depths of the recession, IDC says.
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Google Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Buzz Google agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over privacy problems with Google Buzz.
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Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops Toshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers.
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Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere Apple scores a first: More people browsed the Net last month with its mobile operating system than used Linux to do so.
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To Watch 'Avatar' on 3D Blu-ray, Youll Need a Panasonic TV TV makers lock down these deals to convey the idea that 3D content actually exists, and Hollywood studios like the deals because they provide a guaranteed return on the 3D investment.
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Consumer Watchdog Thinks Google's Schmidt Is a Data Perv A consumer rights group has created a cartoon showing Google CEO Schmidt as an child-baiting ice cream truck driver and put it on a billboard in Times Square. Who's being evil here?
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Early Ping Reviews Strike Sour Note Spam is already clogging Ping's boards, and many bloggers aren't thrilled with Ping's implementation.
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Hands-On With iOS 4.1 GM Now that Ive been using the GM release for the past 24 hours, I can safely say- iOS 4.1 on iPhone (including the 3G) is the most solid, responsive iOS release to date. With some cool new features to boot.
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