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June 26, 2012
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Google I/O 2012 Preview: What Does Google Have Up Its Sleeve? Nobody knows for sure what Google has planned, but here's a rundown of the highlights expected and wished for during Google I/O 2012.
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Google I/O Keynote LiveBlog PCWorld editors will be covering the Google I/O keynote live from San Francisco Wednesday, June 27 at 12:30pm ET (9:30am PT).
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Apple Steals From Windows Update Playbook for Mountain Lion OS X Apple will boost the frequency of security updates in OS X Mountain Lion and automatically install required patches for users.
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Dell Launches Two XPS Laptops, One with Ultrabook Capabilities The laptops feature thin aluminum casings, edge-to-edge displays with hardened Corning Glass, backlit chiclet keyboards and multigesture touchpads.
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Firefox for Android Gets a 'Screaming Fast' Upgrade Also included in Mozilla's new mobile browser are a fresh new look, a more personalized approach, and Flash support.
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Smartphones and Laptops: New Ways to Pair Them Soon, your mobile devices will work in harmony. Here's a look at the burgeoning simpatico relationship between smartphones and laptops.
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Vizio's $100 Co-Star Merges Google TV, OnLive Cloud Gaming The Vizio Co-Star can run apps from Google Play, and has the Chrome Web browser on board.
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Facebook Yanks Mobile Location-Tracking Feature Questions were raised about how the feature, which debuted Sunday, may violate a member's privacy.
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Google Maps vs. Bing Maps: A Showdown of Satellite Images Lets take a head-to-head look at Google Maps and Bing Maps to see which service provides a better view of various locations around the world.
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Which Linux Is Best for File Servers? Survey Says: Debian and Ubuntu Red Hat distributions take second seat, according to the SMB users interviewed by Symform.
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Verizon and T-Mobile Spectrum Swap: What's in it for Mobile Users? Here's an idea of what big carrier bargaining may mean for your cell phone usage.
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Seagate Signals Growing Interest in SSDs With Stake in DensBits Seagate Technology, known mainly for its hard-disk drives, continued to build its solid-state storage portfolio by announcing Monday that it will take a stake in DensBits Technologies.
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Toshiba Caves to Industry Pressure, Cancels Call for 'National No-Print Day' Intended to be a green gesture, the event was canceled after a loud outcry from printing industry trade groups, which called it "ill-conceived."
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LulzSec Members Plead Guilty to Denial-of-Service Attacks on Sony, CIA Fox Entertainment Group, the Arizona State Police and Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency were also targeted by the attacks.
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Microsoft Buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion Microsoft has agreed to acquire Yammer, a maker of cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software, for US$1.2 billion in cash.
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Cybercriminals Increasingly Use Online Banking Fraud Automation Techniques Cybercriminals attempted to steal at least US$75 million from high-balance business and consumer bank accounts by using sophisticated fraud automation techniques...
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Data Snatchers! The Booming Market for Your Online Identity A huge, mostly hidden industry is raking in billions collecting, analyzing, and sharing personal information you put on the Web. Should you be worried?
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Operators Will Test Wi-Fi Roaming, Simplified Login in Q4 The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying products that simplify access to hotspots and roaming between different mobile service operators; providers and equipment...
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FTC Files Lawsuit Over Data Breaches at Large Hotel Operator The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries after three data breaches at Wyndham...
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