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February 4, 2012
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Facebook Malware Scam Takes Hold A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.
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How NOT to Get a Job 101: Hack Marriott, Extort Execs for Work Hacking and extortion will get you thrown in prison.
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Apple Pulls Ripoff Apps from its Walled Garden Some consumers get confused and shell out money thinking they're getting the real app, when they're actually buying a counterfeit.
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Facebook Details Continue to Emerge Following IPO Announcement Here's a rundown of the most recent dish about the social network, courtesy of the disclosures necessary when a company plans to go public.
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FBI Admits Anonymous Snooped Conference Call Anonymous secretly recorded a conference call between the FBI and foreign law enforcement and then posted the results online.
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How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer.
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Apple Scraps Controversial Terms in iBook Author EULA Agreement Company bows to howls by iBook authors and publishers on restrictions in
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Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.
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Archify 'Remembers' Your Web Travels A Startup develops a browser plug-in that catalogs what you view in cyberspace for later retrieval and reference.
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Social Media Fuels Planned Parenthood Backers in Komen Protest Fueled by a firestorm of outrage on Twitter and Facebook, the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation has announced it will not cut funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Social Media Takes Over the Super Bowl Remember the days when watching the Super Bowl meant eating lots of chips, hanging out with friends and, most importantly, being glued to the TV?
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Motorola, Woot Admit to Reselling Uncleared Xoom Tablets Motorola and Woot admit that some refurbished Xoom tablets may have been sold with ex-owners' sensitive data still on them.
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Micron CEO Dies in Plane Crash Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.
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Profiles in Geekdom: Chris Torres, Creator of Nyan Cat Ever wanted to know more about that trippy feline, Nyan Cat? GeekTech gets the low-down from creator Chris Torres.
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AMD's Move Could Pave the Way for ARM in Future Chips Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM technology in...
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Censored: Apple Content Filtering Needs Work Apple seems to think that "kinky sex moves" is appropriate content for 12 year olds, but rejected other content because it has the word "penis".
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Here's How to Install Carrier-Blocked Apps on Your Android Phone Workaround allows users to install apps like Google Wallet onto their Android phones.
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Facebook IPO, Tons of New Cameras, and Inkjets for Business on PCWorld Podcast #131 Facebook makes a lot of money, and wants to make more by going public. Also, did you know that inkjet printers may be better than lasers for small business?
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First Look at the Dropcam HD Our review unit of this Wi-Fi camera had fuzzy video playback in our hands-on tests, but Dropcam promises that the final version of its Dropcam HD will not have these problems.
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Relax, Facebook Timeline Paranoia Is Misguided Everyone seems to be all in a tizzy over the impending switch to the new Facebook Timeline layout. It's going to be OK people, just like it always is.
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