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Google+ Is Everywhere--It's Creepy Social networks are a privacy tightrope act anyway, but Google+ seems to weave its way into every aspect of your life by default, and you may not be able to undo it.
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Apple iPad 3: An October Surprise? With super high screen resolution, iPad 3 is expected to be a humdinger of a tablet with a killer display that puts the iPad 2 to shame.
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Samsung's Expanded Line of Ultrathin Laptops Pricey, But Sleek Samsung's Series 9 ultrathin laptop line has five new models. These are still high-style, premium laptops, much like the original Samsung Series 9.
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Google 'Disappointed' at Losing Bid for Nortel Technology A consortium of rivals -- including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony -- beat Google's proposal.
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Anonymous Takes Another Shot at Arizona Police The Anonymous hacking group Friday launched online attacks against several police union websites and published stolen e-mail.
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2011's Most Intriguing Summer Smartphones Take a look at the eight of the most interesting devices on the smartphone summer blockbuster list.
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Facebook 'Circle Hack' Tool Organizes Friends Just Like Google+ A new site called Circle Hack uses a drag-and-drop format similar to Circles on Google+ that lets you organize your Facebook friends into lists quickly and easily.
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Google Must Answer to Street View Spying Claim Judge says Google must face federal charges spying on neighborhood and business wireless networks while gathering data for Street View.
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iPad 2 Production Could Mean Hassle for Amazon Amazon's rumored tablet device could face production constraints because Apple's iPad 2 dominates the available tablet production capacity.
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Zynga Files for IPO It's been on the cards for a while now, but social game giant Zynga has finally made its initial public offering to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Try Chromebooks for Free During Your Summer Travels Travelers can try out Google Chromebooks for free -- with free Wi-Fi -- when flying on select Virgin America flights or staying at the Ace Hotel in New York
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Was Twitpic Founder's Arrest Tale a Naked Fabrication? Noah Everett's Twitter account of being pinched while in the buff is called into question.
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Behold: The $6800 Android Smartphone Tag Heuer unveils a too-ordinary phone in a pricey package, for cell phone show-offs with plenty of cash.
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HP TouchPad Goes on Sale in Crowded Market Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet went on sale in U.S. stores Friday. It attracted less fanfare than the launch of Apple's iPad but has drawn some interest from...
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30 Days With the iPad For this month's 30 days project, I am giving up my Windows 7 notebook PC and relying solely on an Apple iPad 2.
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Internet Explorer 9 Is Climbing Fast...On Windows 7 Internet Explorer continues to lose market share overall, but Internet Explorer 9 is on the rise--especially for Windows 7 users.
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The RIM Letters: Learn From RIM's Mistakes RIM is a dead company walking, and the recent exchange between anonymous employees and RIM execs illustrates why.
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Office 365 Off-limits to Existing BPOS Customers Office 365 is now officially out, having been launched with great fanfare by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in New York City this week, but customers of the suite's...
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Photo Contest: Hot Pics for June Subscribers to Dave Johnson's Digital Focus newsletter took these shots.
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Spam Messages Promise Google+ Invites, Deliver Drug Ads It's the hottest invitation in technology right now -- an e-mail telling you how to "learn more about Google+." If you get one, though, be careful about clicking...
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: June 2011What's appealing in June? According to our reviewers, the same things that catch our attention year-round: system utilities, fun toys, and free stuff. From backup software to a music manager, a powerful PDF reader to a 3D sculpting tool, a CPU temperature monitor to a weather-displaying screensaver, many of June's favorites are freebies.
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