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Vampire Power Reality Check: What Tech Gear Sucks the Most? We break down what tech gear costs you the most on your electric bill even when it's not actively being used.
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Is Facebook Sharing Your Face With the Cops? A leading law professor has accused Facebook of helping law enforcement find criminals on the network using face recognition technology. What's the real story?
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10 HDTV Deals in Time for Super Bowl XLVI Grab an HDTV for the big game--on sale!
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Facebook Files for IPO, Reveals $3.7 Billion Revenue Facebook filed papers Wednesday to become a public company, in the most anticipated IPO in a decade.
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Court Snubs Apple, Okays Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus Smartphone Sales German court tosses Apple-proposed sales ban on Samsung tablets and smartphones, says Apple likely to lose touch screen patent.
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9 'University Researcher Approved' Tips for Awesome Tweeting Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Tech have issued a list of 9 tips for better tweeting based on a study of Twitter usefulness.
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Facebook Goes Public: Surprising Facts Learned from IPO Paperwork Let's take a look at some of the tidbits included in the company's recent S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Google Ordered to Pay Fine for Making Google Maps Free A French mapping company had sued Google for "abusing" its dominant market position by making its service free.
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Sub-Zero Weather: Can Your Smartphone Stand The Cold? MikroPC, which is PCWorld Finland, put a number of phones through cold testing to find out which work best when the temperature is below zero. Hint: If you live in a very cold area, you might not want the Apple iPhone 4S.
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U.S. Closes Sports Sites in Super Bowl Crackdown Sites affected by the action include Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com, Firstrowsports.net and Soccertvlive.net.
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Apple Surpasses LG as World's Third-Largest Phone Maker A study from the International Data Corporation says Apple now trails Nokia and Samsung.
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Android Isn't as Fragmented as You Think, Report Says On both smartphones and tablets, a few OS versions and hardware specs dominate the landscape, according to new data.
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Google Fires Back at Microsoft Over Privacy Claims Google says that Microsoft and other critics are spreading untruths about its new privacy policy.
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HTC Vows to Fix Android Flaw Revealing Wi-Fi Credentials HTC says most phones have already received a fix through regular updates but other devices will require users to manually load the fix.
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4 Ways to Prevent Domain Name Hijacking A company's domain name is one of its most valuable assets, yet businesses do little to protect them from being hijacked. Here are four tips to protect your domain.
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What Facebook's IPO Means for Users Facebook's decision to become a public company is seen as a bellwether for Web 2.0 stock offerings, but what will it mean for the social networking giant's 800 million users, and for the companies that build third-party apps for the site?
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HTC Android Phones Can Leak Wi-Fi Passwords A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.
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Nano Quadrotors Swarm in Formation, Will Take Over Earth With Grace Researchers have managed to get these tiny robots to fly in perfect swarms, and fast! Aaaaah!
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Symantec Recants Android Malware Claims Symantec has backtracked from assertions that 13 Android apps distributed by Google's Android Market were malicious.
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