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10 Things You Shouldn't Be Able to Buy Online

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June 24, 2011
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10 Things You Shouldn't Be Able to Buy Online The things you can purchase online these days are nothing short of mind-boggling.
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Hacker Civil War Heats Up Multiple hackers claim credit for disabling the Lulzsec website, while other groups make it their mission to reveal the real-world identities of Lulzsec members.
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Five Reasons Not to Go Crazy with Domain Names ICANN's upcoming new system may seem like an exciting opportunity, but small businesses should think carefully before they leap.
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Apple Paves Mac OS X Lion Rollout with 10.6.8 Update The 10.6.8 software update is now available to all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and provides OS fixes, malware defense, and last-minute set-ups for Lion.
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Why Google is in the FTC's Antitrust Hot Seat The FTC is looking into Google's business practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. We look into what may have roused the Feds' ire.
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LG Electronics Returns to Laptops The company may launch new laptops globally in a matter of months, reports say.
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Microsoft Pushes IE as Firefox 4 Fans Gripe Mozilla's decision to retire Firefox 4 with the launch of Firefox 5 this week presents an opportunity for Microsoft.
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Twitter Scam Promises Followers -- for a Price A con job on the microblogging site promises to increase a user's followers, but actually steals the account.
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Employee Hijacks CEO's PowerPoint to Show Porn The angry (ex-) employee gets a two-year suspended prison sentence and community service assignment.
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U.S. House of Representatives Approves Patent Reform Bill The U.S. House of Representatives passes a patent reform bill.
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Facebook Fans Are a Good Return on Investment, Study Says Marketing on the social network can make good sense for businesses, a recent study suggests.
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Rumor: Free-to-Play Coming to Xbox 360 Microsoft may be plotting to overhaul Xbox LIVE with micro-transactions, free-to-play game support.
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Foursquare Teams With American Express on Cash-Back Deals The deal gives Foursquare users who link with American Express the chance to get money back on purchases at Foursquare-friendly locations.
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HP Readies Pivot to Bolster TouchPad WebOS Pivot is HP's effort to encourage developers to flock to its platform and write cool apps for the TouchPad.
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Three Apple iPad 2 Disappointments There's a lot to like about Apple's iPad 2, but there are three things to dislike.
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Can HP's WebOS and TouchPad Slow Down the iPad? HP's tablet operating system has unique qualities that could give it an advantage over other iPad competitors.
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Gartner: How to Get a Handle on Mobile Device Management IT departments have to deal with more than multiple operating systems. How can an IT pro stay sane when users bring their own devices to work?
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AT&T IPad Hacker Faces Jail UPDATE: The first of two hackers charged in AT&T iPad security breach enters a guilty plea.
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Cisco's Cius Tablet to Ship Next Month After delays, Cisco's Cius tablet will start shipping in volume next month, and the device will be one of the first available running Intel's latest Atom chip...
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Lytro Light-Field Camera Lets You Focus After You Shoot Lytro cameras promise to let you shoot first and focus later. The company's first-generation light-field camera is due by the end of the year.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: May 2011Our reviewers can't get enough of utilities. Geeky stuff like benchmarking, drive partitioning, memory testing. Must-haves like desktop organizers and security helpers. Microsoft Office improvements. But we like to have fun, too, so we couldn't resist some great media software, sci-fi themepacks, and designing our own cursors. These are just the highlights from the merry month of May.
Office Tab Free (32-bit version)   3295 Downloads  |  Free  |  Filed Under Business
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