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June 20, 2011
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Whatever You Do, Don't Buy a Chromebook Google's cloud-only Chrome OS vision is simply not baked, and it's not likely to ever to come together
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Who Hacked Sega? LulzSec Wants to Know After Sega hack, mystery of 'whodunit' remains as notorious hack group LulzSec offers to take revenge.
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10 Must-Have Firefox Extensions Make Firefox the browser you want it to be, with extensions for faster, safer, more efficient browsing.
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Revenge of the Ugly: 'Beautiful People' Dating Site Hacked A virus reportedly allowed admission of 30,000 "less than aesthetically pleasing" applicants.
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Smartphone, Tablet Wi-Fi Performance Varies Widely Different handheld mobile devices show a wide range of behaviors on Wi-Fi networks.
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Skype Executives Depart After Microsoft Buyout Eight Skype executives have departed the company following Microsoft's $8.5 billion buyout in May, a Skype spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.
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ICANN OKs New Top-Level Domains The domain expansion won't benefit real people -- just those who can afford to pay to play.
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Huawei Unveils First Android Honeycomb 3.2 Tablet Lightweight, 7-inch tablet is expected to ship in the U.S. in the third quarter.
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Google's Father's Day Reminder Sparks Backlash Google finds itself in hot water over Father's Day promotion of its VoIP service in Gmail.
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Facebook Music may Push Privacy Boundaries (as Usual) Tighter integration with Spotify will reportedly be the core -- with a little eavesdropping by Facebook friends.
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Bitcoin: From Success To Flop In Record Time? Security problems, an online heist, and a plunge in apparent value are plaguing the digital currency.
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'Autorun' Malware Slows The number of Autorun-related infections detected by Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool dropped at least 59 percent.
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Asus G74Sx Gaming Laptops Now on Pre-Order The laptops are notably not gaudy but configured for gaming on the go.
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10 Hot Honeycomb Apps for Business You have the Android Honeycomb tablet. Now it's time to put it to work.
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15 Ways The iPad Goes to Work Apple's iconic iPad reports for work in all sorts of strange places, from archaeological digs in Pompei to movie sets in Hollywood to cockpits in the sky.
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Mobile Data Usage Nearly Doubles People are using more and more mobile data these days.
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Build a Cloud Service Review Board Like it or not, the arrival of cloud means IT isn't the only game in town anymore.
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IBM at 100: How Big Blue Helped Redefine Corporate Architecture Initiated by IBM President Thomas Watson Jr., Big Blue's building boom cemented the company's role as a leading patron of modern design and architecture.
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Google Throws Its Weight Behind LibreOffice Big-name support and a new release give the free office productivity software suite yet another boost.
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Social Networking: It's Not Just for Facebook Anymore Social networking can be a powerful and versatile tool, but it doesn't have to be limited to Facebook and Twitter. Bring the social network to you.
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Whatever You Do, Don't Buy a Chromebook Google's cloud-only Chrome OS vision is simply not baked, and it's not likely to ever to come together
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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.
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