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Facebook Timeline Privacy Tips: Lockdown Your ProfileFacebook Timeline puts all your information conveniently on display -- here's how to fix that.
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Microsoft Office 15 Begins Technical Preview: Tablet Readiness QuestionedAs Microsoft readies its Office 15 suite (expected late 2012 or 2013) many wonder if the launch timeline hints to the arrival of Windows 8 tablets.
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Linux: A Getting-Started GuideReady to try Linux? Here's how to get started.
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Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook Hits Best Buy: Sports 14-inch Display, DVD Drive, $900 Price TagSamsung's eagerly anticipated Series 5 Ultrabook arrives at Best Buy Monday delivering standard notebook specs in an ultra-sleek chassis.
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2012: The Year Storage Becomes a CelebrityWhile data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years.
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Windows 8 File Management Changes Include Minimized RibbonMicrosoft is responding to the feedback it received on its file management by tweaking or walking away from some of the changes it planned to make.
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Apple in China: Should We Applaud Instead of Condemn?Apple publicly names its overseas suppliers. A New York Times article blasts working conditions there.
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Apple Passes HP in "PC" Sales--or Did It?Company shipped 17% of PCs in the world in the fourth quarter of 2011--but what constitutes a PC?
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Facebook's Timeline Movie Maker Turns Users' Lives into FilmTimeline Movie Maker is an app that automatically parses your Timeline profile to create a movie from your memories stored on Facebook.
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SeaMicro Puts 256 Xeon Cores in ServerSeaMicro announces a microserver that incorporates 256 Xeon processor cores to enable faster delivery of data for Internet-based activities such as search or social media.
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Twitter Terror: UK Pair Barred from United States Over Jokey TweetU.S. Customs and Border Protection agents misinterpreted one traveler's tweets containing British vernacular and a "Family Guy" reference as a terrorist threat.
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Smartphone Owners Prone to Using their Devices in the BathroomA survey found that 75 percent of respondents use their phone when answering nature's call.
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MegaUpload Users Get Reprieve on File WipeThe good news for MegaUpload users is their data is safe for two weeks. The bad news is their is no way to retrieve it.
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Buyer Beware: 6 Dead Giveaways that a Review Is FakeIn the wake of revelations that some vendors may be buying good customer feedback, here are some tips to help you avoid being duped by fake reviews.
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Google, Microsoft and Facebook Battle Phishing with New SpecificationThe initiative is really an attempt to impose a single set of policies on the sometimes arbitrary way that way companies separate the good e-mail from the bad.
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Office 15: 5 Things Microsoft Should DoMicrosoft needs to better integrate Office with social networking sites and create a more useful Web version of its software suite.
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Lawmaker Pushes Consumer Notification Bill in Wake of Carrier IQ ConcernsU.S. Rep. Edward Markey has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones.
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Video Has 'largest Impact' on Business NetworksVideo currently has the biggest impact on business networks, according to network solution providers.
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Panasonic Announces 20X-Zoom Pocket Camera, Full-Featured Rugged CameraFour new Panasonic point-and-shoots were unveiled today, including the 20X-optical-zoom Lumix ZS20 and the durable Lumix TS4, which is packed with a barometer, an altimeter, and full manual controls.
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Phony iPads, iPhones Put Apple Engineers' Trustworthiness to TestOne way Apple keeps details of anticipated products such as the iPad 3 or iPhone 5 under wraps is reportedly by ensuring that its engineers are super trustworthy.
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