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Parents Get New Weapons in War Over Kids' Phones

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May 26, 2012
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Parents Get New Weapons in War Over Kids' Phones Thanks to social networks, bullying is no longer confined to the schoolyard; victims are potentially subject to harassment anytime, anywhere, and from any handheld device.
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Google's Motorola Buy Seen Boosting Android in Workplace Samsung, the biggest maker of Android devices, is already trying to sell both tablets and smartphones for workplaces, while Lenovo is doing the same with tablets.
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Facebook May be Eyeing Opera Web Browser, Reports Say Whether any such purchase of Opera by Facebook is imminent is pure speculation, but if it happens Google and Apple could be in for more competition.
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Internet Freedom Advocates Take a Page From Caped Crusader Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and online advocacy group Fight for the Future are said to plan 'Bat-Signal for the Internet.'
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Microsoft Envisions 80-Inch Windows 8 Tablets CEO Ballmer uses an 80-inch touchscreen running Windows 8 for communications and productivity in his office, and the technology will hit the market "eventually."
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Today Is Geek Pride Day! Four Reasons to Feel Cheerful About Tech Sure, the world of IT is still full of frustrations. But here are a few aspects of the big picture we shouldn't forget.
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FCC Ruling on 800MHz Band a Boon for Sprint The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.
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Apple Patents Hint of 'iPen' Stylus for iPad, iPhone Recent patent applications are for a stylus, dubbed the iPen, that could use haptic or optical technology to work with the company's iOS devices.
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Aged Windows XP Costs 5x More to Manage Than Windows 7 As XP's life wanes, Microsoft talks dollars to get businesses to ditch 11-year-old OS.
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Wall Street Beat: After Facebook Fiasco, Don't Write off Tech IPOs The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.
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Most OpenOffice Users Run Windows Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache.
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Resolving a Software Purchase Hassle A reader in Papua New Guinea seeks help with a software purchase he can't complete; also, an antivirus software company drops a customer support firm for aggressive tactics.
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Short on Funds? Dont BuyUse Online Barter Sites! Why part with cold, hard cash when you can tradeon a swap sitesomething that you no longer need for something you really want?
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MIT Develops a Magnetic Hypospray for Needleless Shots MIT develops a magnetically driven needless drug delivery system that fires nearly as fast as the speed of sound.
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Use FoxIt Reader to Fill Out PDF Forms If Adobe Reader isn't getting the job done, this free substitute makes it easy to edit just about any PDF.
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Microsoft Plagued by Software Piracy A new report from Google reveals that Microsoft dominates the field when it comes to sending takedown requests to shut down sites offering pirated software.
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Snap Concert Pics, Even Away from the Show YouTube's Frontrow camera app lets you play director by zooming in and out to change views, applying filters, taking photos during the live video stream, and sharing those images via social networks.
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Cisco Takes Its Lumps, Keeps Developing Video Meeting Tools Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in a briefing with media...
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ScanBooth Turns Your Phone Into a Scanner This Kickstarter project keeps your smartphone in the perfect position for taking scan-quality photos of documents.
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Oracle NetBeans 7.2 Supports the Latest PHP, C++ The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.
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Parents Get New Weapons in War Over Kids' Phones Thanks to social networks, bullying is no longer confined to the schoolyard; victims are potentially subject to harassment anytime, anywhere, and from any handheld device.
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Google's Motorola Buy Seen Boosting Android in Workplace Samsung, the biggest maker of Android devices, is already trying to sell both tablets and smartphones for workplaces, while Lenovo is doing the same with tablets.
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