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Anonymous Hackers Give Murdoch's News Corp. Taste of Own Medicine Hack groups release email login information for News of the World editors.
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Google Founders Had to Be Talked Out of Ignoring User Email In Google's early days, founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin argued that answering email complaints would be a waste of time.
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Roku Adds Angry Birds, Improves Netflix Support Roku has also added a new accessory for the next generation of its set-top entertainment player: a Wii-like Bluetooth motion remote accessory that allows for gameplay on the device.
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New MacBook Airs: Thin, Light, and Utterly Mainstream Apple is treating its new MacBook Airs as well-rounded, versatile computers that happen to be really thin and really light. In fact, its tagline -- "The ultimate everyday notebook" -- doesnt even mention their lack of bulk.
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Google's Search Engine Now Sniffs Out Malware Infected users will see a big yellow box at the top of search results, directing them to a page that explains how to remove the malware.
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Google+ for iPhone Takes App Store by Storm Mobile Google+ early users are lauding features such as the app's push notifications for updates but some features from the desktop Google+ don't yet translate to the app experience.
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Will Facebook's Low Satisfaction Score Help Google+? The 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index report is out, and Facebook's scores are in the cellar.
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FDA Plans to Regulate Smartphone Apps The Food and Drug Administration is setting its sights on medical apps for iPhone, Android, and other smartphones.
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High-Def GoldenEye 007 Coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Activision announces GoldenEye 007: Reloaded for the PlayStation and Xbox 360 with HD graphics, new missions, and 16-player online multiplayer.
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Anonymous Hackers Meet the Long Arm of the Law Are the hackers connected with Anonymous heroes or villains? The feds who arrested 14 of them have one opinion. What's yours?
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FBI Raids New York Homes in Hunt for Anonymous Hackers It is not yet clear whether anyone will be arrested as part of the investigation, but all the suspects were described as being in their late teens or early twenties.
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The Death of Backup And the Rapid Rise of the Cloud Backing up data has always driven data center administrators crazy. It's expensive, complicated and prone to serious errors
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Sonos Releases Smaller, Cheaper All-in-One Sound System Play:3 is about one- third the size and $100 less than the company's first all-in-one device.
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Users Unhappy With Mobile Browsing Speeds A new survey says over 70 percent of users want faster, better mobile browsing.
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Google Works to Verify Google+ Celebrity Accounts Search and social networking giant creating a system to make sure the celebrity on Google+ is actually a the celebrity.
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'Anonymous' Arrests Tied to PayPal DDoS Attacks, FBI Says The FBI said this afternoon that it had arrested a total of fourteen individuals thought to belong to the Anonymous hacking group.
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IPad Apps: Is Apple Courting Businesses? Traditionally consumer focused Apple is showing signs of courting businesses.
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Hands On With Lenovos ThinkPad and IdeaPad Tablets New models underscore the challenge in tailoring tablets for specific audiences.
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Why Your Business Should Accept Mobile Payments The massive Isis partnership signals the increased proliferation of mobile payment options. Small business should jump in.
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Anonymous Hackers Give Murdoch's News Corp. Taste of Own Medicine Hack groups release email login information for News of the World editors.
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