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 House Passes CISPA Cyberthreat Sharing Bill, Despite Privacy Concerns The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a cyberthreat information-sharing bill that critics say will give U.S. government agencies access to the private communications of millions of Internet users. Share:   |  Dropbox Boosts Free Storage Limit to 5GB to Match Google Drive Feeling the competitive pressure, Dropbox beefs up its free storage limit with the introduction of a new digital image offering. Share: | Zerg Rush: Google's Starcraft-flavored Easter Egg Google's latest Easter Egg is a nod to the enemy alien species (Zerg) from the video game Starcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. Share: | Carriers Desperately Seeking Windows Phone AT&T and Verizon Wireless want Windows Phone smartphones to succeed in the U.S., partly to provide leverage against Apple. Share: | Google Engineer Blames Wireless Carriers for Wait on Android OS Updates for Nexus Smartphones The lag in updates may have influenced Google's decision to start selling the unlocked Galaxy Nexus directly for $400. Share: | CISPA Passes The House: What You Need to Know The legislation gives the government and corporations broad latitude to share your information and digital communications in the name of security. How does that work? Share: | First Netgear 802.11ac Router Coming in May The router will reportedly run up to 1.3Gbps on the 5GHz band, which makes it (theoretically) more than twice as fast as current 802.11n routers. Share: | Samsung Beats Nokia in Handset Market in Q1 UPDATE: Samsung beat Nokia to the top position in the global handset market in the first quarter of 2012, research firms Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli say. Share: | Ex-Sun Boss McNealy Sides With Oracle in Google Dispute UPDATE: Former Sun boss Scott McNealy sided with Oracle on Thursday in its dispute with Google over Android, testifying in court that companies needed a license to use Sun's Java programming interfaces. Share: | RIM's Future Hangs on Developer Support for "New BlackBerry" Research in Motion will focus on simplifying development for its soon-to-be-unveiled BlackBerry 10 OS at next week's developer conference. Share: | Kindle Fire Dominates U.S. Android Tablet Sales Comscore credits Amazon's popular tablet with more than half of Android tablet sales, but the results are skewed by a significant omission. Share: | Free Friday: A Typing Game That Teaches it Wrong and an Abbreviated Mario Brothers. We bring you another weekend of free games, including a typing game about being a bad speller and a simulation title built in 48 hours. Share: | Apple App Downloads Dive 30% in March The decline in monthly downloads occurred in the same month that Apple celebrated jumping the 25 billion mark for App Store downloads. Share: | Google Drive Problem Is a Public Cloud Problem, Says Privacy Expert The bottom line for enterprises: The public cloud is neither private nor secure. Share: | Cisco Touts Universal Power Over Ethernet For over 12 years there have been two ways of getting electricity to devices on your network: From an electrical outlet, or from an Ethernet jack using Power over Ethernet. Share: | Google Translate Has More than 200 Million Active Users Google Translate translates "roughly as much text as you'd find in 1 million books," Google says. Share: | Security Experts Warn of Cyber Threats From Iran Iran may be turning to cyber attacks as a channel to attack corporate and government entities in the U.S., especially since the attacks are relatively easily launched against much larger adversaries. Share: | Which Facebook Apps Steal Your Data (and How to Stop Them) Analysis: Wonder how much of your personal data Facebook apps like Cityville or Words With Friends are sucking down? PrivacyScore has the answer. Share: | Sellers of Stolen Data Shuttered British and U.S. cybercrime investigators have shut down 36 websites accused of selling stolen bank account information during a crackdown. Share: | 'Obstinate' Conficker Worm Infests Millions of PCs Years Later The long-suppressed Conficker botnet is still actively infecting millions of new machines. Share: | |  | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | Free and Cheap Software for Benchmarking like a ProWhether you're a power user or a novice, there has never been a better time to learn about benchmarking. 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