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Will -- and Should -- Microsoft Sell its Own Tablet?

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June 11, 2011
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Will -- and Should -- Microsoft Sell its Own Tablet? Analysis: Microsoft may be in the process of considering marketing its own tablet that would launch sometime next year, reports one website.
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U.S. Senators Want to Shut Down Bitcoins, the Currency of Internet Drug Trade Actually, they want to shut down the Internet's black market drug trade, Silk Road.
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Apple Slams Amazon Appstore as 'Inferior' Apple this week called Amazon's Appstore for Android "inferior" as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer from using the term "appstore," court documents show.
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Reports: Apple Halts Delivery of Some Verizon iPads Apple has halted the delivery of a small number of iPad 2s designed to work on the Verizon Wireless network because of a manufacturing glitch, according to reports.
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The Best 2011 Windows 7 Laptops for Work and Play Here are the coolest high-end laptops released in 2011 that take advantage of Windows 7's networking, security, and UI features.
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Many Cybercrime Surveys 'Hopelessly Flawed' Findings from cybercrime surveys are about as reliable as asking the average male how many sex partners he's had, researchers say.
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Sony Hacker Arrests: 5 Questions Will the arrests in Spain stop the cyberattacks? Or will they simply stir the Anonymous hornets nest?
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Open University Launches Business-Led IT Degrees Open University has launched two new computing and IT degrees that it says will make students ready for business on graduation.
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Is All Mobile Technology in the Car Dangerous? BMW has launched a media campaign to build awareness about the hazards of driver distraction and texting behind the wheel. At the same time, it seeks to integrate more mobile tech into its vehicles.
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Porn Site Users Beware: Hacker Group LulzSec May Have Posted Your Email Address LulzSec takes credit for hack attack on pornographic websites in what could be a potentially embarrassing episode for users of the sites
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Apple Enters Lodsys Patent Fight Over iOS Apps Apple has asked to intervene in a patent lawsuit brought by Lodsys against seven small iOS application developers.
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A Bike That Can Hover? Australian Says Hes Building It An Australian inventor with a futuristic creative streak is building a bike that he says can fly at high speed while hovering above the ground at low altitudes
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Apple Recall Could Affect iPad Supplies Apple is recalling an unknown number of Verizon iPads after an identical cellular serial number was flashed to the devices
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Google Warns AdSense Publishers Against Tampering With Ads Google has issued a stern warning to Web publishers that carry its ads after noticing that some of them are improperly altering ad formats, behavior and...
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Day 10: A Look at the Ubuntu Software Center It seems that not a day goes by without some comment directing me to the Ubuntu Software Center, so today I decided to dive deeper and see what this resource has to offer.
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Wall Street Beat: IT Gets Hit in Market Slump Major U.S. stock markets on Friday closed for a sixth straight week of losses, the worst weekly losing streak since the third quarter of 2002, during the dot-com...
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Is It Time for RSA to Open up About SecurID Hack? For any company that makes its living selling security, it's a nightmare come true. This week, RSA Security admitted that hackers who broke into its network...
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Security Shootout: PlayBook, iPad, Android By now, CIOs everywhere have felt at least a little pressure to bring new-fangled tablets to the enterprise: Apple iPads, BlackBerry PlayBooks, even Android.
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Victorian Steampunk Laptop Finally For Sale; Lets You Live in the Past You too can now own a Steampunk laptop! But be warned; 1850s style doesn't come cheap.
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E3 Gaming and Apple's iCloud in the News In World Tech Update this week: Nintendo announces the Wii U, Sony shows off the PlayStation Vita, Microsoft adds voice commands to the Kinect system, and Apple launches the iCould service.
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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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