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How Wintel is Crumbling

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September 10, 2011
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How Wintel is Crumbling Analysis: Intel and Microsoft, once best friends, have become grudging "frenemies."
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Google Wants Seat at Dinner Table with Zagat Buy The recent deal means Google no longer just aggregates content, but collects data and makes a judgment call based on the input it gets.
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How to Protect Yourself From Certificate Bandits There have been two major Certificate Authority attacks this year--and the hackers are wielding fake certificates that allow them to masquerade as "safe" websites. Here's how to thwart the hackers.
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Facebook's Self-Regulation in Germany a Bow to Stricter Culture The social network agrees to a code of conduct to address German concerns about privacy and identity theft.
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Report: Yahoo Board Not Focused on Finding New CEO for Now Days after giving Carol Bartz the pink slip, Yahoo's board of directors is focused on deciding whether the company should be sold, not on finding a new CEO.
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Online Seller of Counterfeit Credit Cards Gets Prison Time An Indiana man who manufactured counterfeit credit cards and sold them online was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity.
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Will Ubuntu Linux Switch to a Monthly Release Cycle? As a rapid release schedule is proposed, Ubuntu's community manager defends the new Unity interface.
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Dell Fixing Alienware M11x Laptops With Broken Hinges Dell has acknowledged the problem of broken hinges on some Alienware M11x laptops and is asking customers with the issue to contact the company for a resolution.
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Anonymous Supporters Claim NBC News Twitter Hack Hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies took control of the NBC News Twitter account and used it to send out a series of hoax tweets.
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Does Facebook Punish Third-Party Clients? Analysis: Facebook engagement drops 70% on posts made by third-party clients compared to those made directly on Facebook.com. If so, does it matter?
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Monitor Sales Keep Plummeting as Mobile Takes Over The rise of laptops and tablets has put a dent in the sales of standalone monitors.
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Microsoft Reveals Next Week's Security Patches A bulletin with details about five pending security updates was prematurely released.
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What Facebook Ruling Means for Social Media at Your Company A judge ordered that workers fired over Facebook comments get their jobs back. Should organizations change their social media acceptable use policies?
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Google Web History Vulnerable to Firesheep Hack Researchers show how a refresh of the Firesheep Wi-Fi sniffing tool can be used to access most of a victim's Google Web History.
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9/11: Top Lessons Learned for Disaster Recovery Security and an evolution in technology have improved the odds of a business withstanding catastrophe.
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9/11 Anniversary Spurs Hacker Mischief Most of the nation will be solemnly commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks, hackers arent giving authorities a rest.
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HP Rolls Out New Printers, 3D Scanning, Better Cloud Printing Along with HP's new line of printers comes 3D object scanning and enhanced Web-based printing services.
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AT&T Says DOJ's Opposition to Merger Hurts Consumers The U.S. Department of Justice would "severely set back growth and competition" in the U.S. mobile telecom market if its efforts to block the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T are successful, AT&T said in court documents filed Friday.
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Windows Phone 7, Day 9: It's All About "Me" One of the live tiles on the Windows Phone 7 start screen that caught my eye is the "Me" tile. Why do I need a tile on my smartphone for myself?
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Google+, Day 28: My Five Biggest Google+ Complaints Looking back on the 30 Days With Google+ experience, I learned a lot about the social network, and I gained some new appreciation for it, but I also found a few things that I just don't like about Google+.
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