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Top Stories @PCWorld Feb 12, 2016 Google overhauls My Maps with its first update since 2014 Customize your own topographical creations with a splashy new interface and several new capabilities. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • PCWorld Show Episode 3: Surface vindicated and the end of cheap Skylake overclocking • PCWorld Show Episode 3 • This week in games: Assassin's Creed takes a break, Sonic the Hedgehog goes to Hollywood • Google didn't abuse its position in Streetmap case, UK court rules • NBC's latest streaming video service is for reality TV junkies • Facebook Messenger may again handle SMS messages on Android • New Chromebook won't break with 365-pound person standing on it • New SourceForge owners kill contentious DevShare bloatware program • Dish defangs its AutoHop ad-skipping technology for Fox shows • Uber has to refund those so-called Safe Ride fees • Nasdaq to use blockchain to record shareholder votes PCWorld Show Episode 3: Surface vindicated and the end of cheap Skylake overclocking Plus, the Feds consider letting a computer be the "driver" of a car, and the viability of physical media in a streaming world. Read More ▶ Video PCWorld Show Episode 3 We talk Surface Pro, Intel Skylake overclocking, and whether it's OK for a computer to be considered a "driver." Watch Now ▶ This week in games: Assassin's Creed takes a break, Sonic the Hedgehog goes to Hollywood Plus no Assassin's Creed in 2016, a sequel to Watch Dogs, and Quantum Break unveils a PC version. This is gaming news for February 8 - 12. Read More ▶ Google didn't abuse its position in Streetmap case, UK court rules Google has prevailed in a court case filed against it by U.K.-based online mapping company Streetmap alleging anticompetitive behavior. Read More ▶ NBC's latest streaming video service is for reality TV junkies NBC's Hayu will stream same-day episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and other reality shows, but not in the Untied States. Read More ▶ Facebook Messenger may again handle SMS messages on Android Messenger also now supports multiple accounts at once, so you don't have to constantly sign out to switch profiles. Read More ▶ New Chromebook won't break with 365-pound person standing on it CTL's NL6x Extra-Rugged Chromebook for Education can withstand drops and bumps. Read More ▶ New SourceForge owners kill contentious DevShare bloatware program SourceForge wants to be a trusted repository of open source software. Its first step is killing DevShare, the revenue sharing bundleware program. Read More ▶ Dish defangs its AutoHop ad-skipping technology for Fox shows Dish's ad-skipping AutoHop tech gets a seven-day delay for primetime Fox programming. Read More ▶ Uber has to refund those so-called Safe Ride fees You could get a little money back because Uber's driver background checks aren't really "industry leading." Read More ▶ Nasdaq to use blockchain to record shareholder votes Later this year, Nasdaq plans to record stockholders' electronic votes on its own blockchain system for companies listed on its exchange in Estonia. By digitizing the entire process, it expects to speed and simplify the proxy voting process. Read More ▶

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