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March 25, 2011
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Tech-Savvy Student Tracks Down MacBook Air Thief Thanks to remote-access backup software and social networking skills, Mark Bao now has his MacBook Air back.
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Facebook Questions: Hands On Whether queries, answers or polls, remember: Facebook Questions isn't private.
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Toshiba Portege R830: An Affordable Alternative to MacBook Air Toshiba Portege R830 ultraportable: Like the MacBook Air and Samsung Series 9, without the premium price
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Oracle's Strong Earnings Credited to Services, Support UPDATE: Hardware systems sales are down slightly, a year after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
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Why Microsoft Declared War on Google Over Android The real issue behind the Android patent lawsuits is licensing revenue, with Redmond holding a gun to the heads of device makers.
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RIM's Android Play: 5 Questions The BlackBerry PlayBook will run Android apps -- which? When? And what does it all mean?
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Hands On: Budget Android Tablet, Huawei S7 Slim Huawei's S7 Slim, an Android 2.2 OS 7-inch tablet shown here at CTIA, just may be the first solid "budget" tablet worth taking seriously.
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Big Data to Drive a Surveillance Society As corporations get the power to track consumer habits with precision, surveillance becomes not only inevitable but "irresistible."
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Google: Android 3.0 Needs More Work to Be Smartphone Ready Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimized for tablets, until it completes work to make the software better for smartphones
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Anonymous Draws Congressional Attention; Battles Disgruntled Members When Anonymous attacked HBGary Federal back in January, it set off a chain of events that has spawned widespread fascination, fear, anger and some paranoia among the security industry, government, law firms, Congress and even Anonymous itself.
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Lots of "People" You Interact With Online Are...Not Real Lots of the people and organizations you interact with online are fake ... they're sockpuppets
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Nintendo 3DS Takes Manhattan Four Days Early Enthusiastic Nintendo reps hit the streets of Manhattan to show off the 3DS, the first portable Nintendo game console with a 3D screen that doesnt require 3D glasses.
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Android Love and IT Apps Here are some cool Android apps for IT pros.
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Facebook Wants Your Burning Questions Facebook users have been posting questions and answers to friends for years, but a new feature promises to enhance the exchange.
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Google Patches 6 Serious Chrome Bugs The latest security update to Google Chrome includes two blacklisted SSL certificates that may be related to a recent theft of digital certificates.
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About the Nintendo 3DS's Battery Troubles The Nintendo 3DS offers 3 to 5 hours battery life playing 3D games, and while that's what Nintendo's been saying all along, it's still disappointing.
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