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May 21, 2011
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Kids Under 13 are Already Allowed on Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that kids under 13 should be allowed to join Facebook, but the only thing stopping them is Facebook.
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10 Things IT Groups Need to Know About The End of the World A pastor and radio network founder predicts that on Saturday, May 21, at 6 p.m. The Rapture will take place.
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Hands-On With Google's Android 3.1 Update Image rendering gets fixed, and widgets can be resized. But there's still room for improvement.
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Google Doodle Depicts Childs Dream of Life in Space That's one lucky kid: A 7-year-old from California had his Doodle chosen to grace the Google.com homepage.
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Two Die In Foxconn Assembly Plant Explosion An explosion at a Foxconn assembly plant in China ravages building killing two and injuring 16, according to reports.
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Three Ways to Secure Macs at Work: Lessons from 'MacDefender' Even in the face of more Mac malware activity, basic security education and common sense go a long way.
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The Brave New World of Mobile Phone Privacy Marketers' plans to track you may not be nefarious. But they sure can feel that way.
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AT&T Lab Test Shows LTE Speeds Twice that of Verizon AT&T demonstrated a fast 28.87 Mbps download speed during an LTE test, warns that real-world speeds may differ.
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To be Breached is Human (But Still a Nuisance) Recent surveys hint at why it is so hard to protect networks and IT systems from attack: Our IT systems are designed, built, managed and used by us.
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Study: iPad Owners Spend More Time Using in Bed than in Bathroom A new study by The Nielsen Co. gauges the situations and places owners of popular gadgets like the iPad use the devices.
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Verizon Axes Unlimited Data but Eyes Family Plans Exec says it's "logical" Verizon will offer "mega-plans" for sharing service among devices.
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Cloud CIO: How IT Can Become a Cloud Service Provider One of the aspects of cloud computing I find most fascinating is the fact that much, if not most, of the discussion about it focuses on how it affects...
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Gmail Tip: Now AIM and Gchat Share Contacts AOL and Google are joining forces once again to offer users interoperability among Gmail, Google Talk and AIM.
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Angry Birds Robots Under Wi-Fi Control Robots modeled after the characters in the popular mobile game Angry Birds were controlled over Wi-Fi at the Beijing International High Tech Expo this week.
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Security Researcher Slams Microsoft Over IE9 Malware Blocking Stats Microsoft's claims that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks attacks just don't add up, a security researcher charged Friday.
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Windows Debugging Made Easy At this year's TechEd, Microsoft fellow Mark Russinovich makes Windows debugging look easy--and fun
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HTC Flyer: First Impressions The HTC Flyer comes to U.S. shores next week-and it makes a strong case for the 7-inch tablet, just not at its price.
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Exchange Online Issues Shake Faith in Office 365 The timing of incidents with Exchange Online are bad with the impending launch of Office 365 coming soon.
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Day 20: Collaborating in Real-Time With Google Docs Today I took a look at one of the defining features of Google Docs--the ability to collaborate online in real-time.
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Casemod Turns Your PC Into a Lightcycle Trontastic! One avid case modder has created a PC case that's a near-perfect replica of the lightcycles seen in last year's 'Tron Legacy.'
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Kids Under 13 are Already Allowed on Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that kids under 13 should be allowed to join Facebook, but the only thing stopping them is Facebook.
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10 Things IT Groups Need to Know About The End of the World A pastor and radio network founder predicts that on Saturday, May 21, at 6 p.m. The Rapture will take place.
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The 10 Best Free Hard Drive UtilitiesMost users are satisfied with the hard drive utilities that ship with Windows--especially the more powerful partitioning and defragging tools found in Windows Vista and 7. Since you're reading this, though, you're obviously not a "most" type of user. Here are our favorite free utilities for partitioning, monitoring, and optimizing hard drives (as well as a few inexpensive for-pay alternatives). Despite some high-end features, they won't bust your budget.
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