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July 10, 2011
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Beware: Facebook Scams Use Casey Anthony and Video Chat as Bait Attackers prey on the inherent trust of social network contacts, and the demand for breaking news to spread two new Facebook scams.
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Top Tech Industry News Stories of 2011 -- So Far Apple, AT&T, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along.
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Malware Comes with Many Gadgets, Homeland Security Admits Foreign-made devices or even parts are sometimes deliberately infected with spyware and malware, official tells Congressional committee.
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Meet the Hackers with a Cause These "hactivists" steal confidential data in order to expose information about their targets, or they simply disrupt them. Here's an introduction to their diverse missions and methods.
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Verizon Powers a Third of iPhone 4s, Analysts Say Verizon is slowly but steadily gaining ground in the race for the most iPhone users, say Localytics researchers.
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News of the World Cell Phone Hack: How it's Done Not that we condone it, but it's appallingly easy to hack into mobile devices. Is yours secure?
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Microsoft Readies Superpatch for Office, Windows Four security updates -- one of them critical -- to address vulnerabilities in Windows and Visio are coming next week.
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It's Still True: Texting and Driving Don't Mix Recent studies say that at least one driver was reported to have been distracted in 15 percent to 30 percent of crashes.
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Two New iPhones Said Due in September Not just one new iPhone but two are coming from Apple in September, according to a report.
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Most Popular Windows Phone 7 Apps Here is a choice selection of games, maps, office productivity and media apps for Microsoft's smartphone.
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Apple iPad, Day 8: Managing Contacts on the iPad I need a solution that lets me keep track of my contacts, and preferably keeps them in sync across multiple devices, so let's see what the iPad has to offer.
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Top Tech Industry News Stories of 2011 -- So Far Apple, AT&T, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along.
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Malware Comes with Many Gadgets, Homeland Security Admits Foreign-made devices or even parts are sometimes deliberately infected with spyware and malware, official tells Congressional committee.
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Everything You Need to Know About 3TB Hard Drives The latest 3TB hard drives pack in the storage, but they're only partially plug and play. Here's what you can expect if you plan on upgrading your system.
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PlayLater Pulls Streaming Video Off the Web So You Can Watch It Later The beta subscription service will record video from Netflix, Hulu, ESPN and other sources.
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Roboform 7 Fills in Passwords, Online Forms, and More Manage your digital life--including passwords, profiles, and more--with handy utility Roboform.
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Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 4 Improves on Earlier Versions Novice-level photo editing program Ashampoo Photo Optimizer is easy and fun to use.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: June 2011What's appealing in June? According to our reviewers, the same things that catch our attention year-round: system utilities, fun toys, and free stuff. From backup software to a music manager, a powerful PDF reader to a 3D sculpting tool, a CPU temperature monitor to a weather-displaying screensaver, many of June's favorites are freebies.
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