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September 18, 2011
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Beware the Assembling Bot Army A trio of malicious e-mail messages have infected a mammoth army of computers, but the stricken troops are still awaiting orders.
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Space Junk to Fall, But Don't Panic There is a 1-in-3200 chance of satellite debris hitting a person on the ground -- odds that NASA says are extremely remote.
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Facebook Could be Eyeing Deeper TV, Music Partnerships The moves would be in line with a long string of feature changes since Google+ came onto the social scene in June.
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iPhone 5 Production Delays Reported The tear-shaped design is reportedly causing manufacturing issues.
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Google Patches 32 Chrome Bugs in Browser Update Chrome bug-finders collected more than $14,000 in bounties when Google paid off while upgrading the browser to version 14.
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Are Your Eyes Ready for Dual LCD Monitor Glasses? Analysis: Vuzix's 1200 line takes a novel approach to 3D gaming. Instead of headache-inducing shutter glasses, its glasses offer dual LCD monitors.
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Pongr Giving Cell Phone Users Way to Make Money Its advertising challenge asks cell phone shutterbugs to e-mail pictures of ads to earn "Pongr bucks" and win prizes.
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PSN Update TOS Protects Sony from Lawsuits In the wake of criticism over its network hack and outage, Sony tries to avoid class-action litigation by users in future situations.
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Cinemas Will Die Out and Museums Will Have to Evolve Analysis: When it comes to things like movies and museums, it's all about the experience. And our expectations are changing.
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Apple Pulls 'Jew or Not Jew' App from French App Store The developer protests that the controversial app that identifies the religion of celebrities and public figures is "intended for fun."
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AT&T's LTE Network Debuts Today in 5 Cities The battle with Verizon heats up as AT&T brings its faster LTE wireless service to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.
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Book Helps Acquaint Seniors with iPad Author aims to help members of the older -- and wiser -- generation learn to use Apple's iPad effectively.
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Windows Phone 7, Day 17: Taking and Sharing Pictures with WP7 It's no Nikon DSLR, but my smartphone is the device with me virtually 24/7, always available when for picture moments. So, how does "Mango" deliver?
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Windows Phone 7, Day 16: The "Full" IE9 Experience Windows Phone 7 "Mango" uses Internet Explorer 9 as its browser. It is the full browser rather than a slimmed-down mobile version, but can it really live up to the actual IE9 running on my Windows 7 PC?
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