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December 16, 2011
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Prep for Facebook's Timeline Layout: 6 Must-Do Privacy Tweaks Facebook users have seven days to clean up their profile before the default Timeline layout goes live. Here is a checklist of things you'll want do so your past doesn't come back to haunt you.
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Best of Google 2011: Gags, Easter Eggs, Pranks, and Games Google spent a goodly amount of time this year playing tricks on readers and amusing them with gags, Easter eggs, fake videos and Web pages, and, of course, the famous interactive Doodles.
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Controversial Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval: Why You Should Care A Congressional committee rejects amendments that addressed opponents' concerns about heavy-handed tactics.
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House Committee Appears Headed Toward Approving SOPA UPDATE: Committee rejects more than 20 amendments intended to moderate anti-piracy bill that gives broad authority to copyright holders.
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Actual Kindle Sales Figures: More Than 3 Million Sold So Far Amazon breaks tradition and discusses sales figures for its Kindle lines.
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Flash Player 11.1 Arrives for Android Ice Cream Sandwich Galaxy Nexus owners will get Flash Player update, which may be the last version of the plug-in for Android devices.
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Dell Abandons Netbooks in Favor of Ultrabooks Dells 10-inch Mini netbooks have disappeared from sale online, and shoppers are instead offered the likes of an Inspiron or a Latitude.
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Apple Gives Siri Hackers a Break The filesystem encryption keys are obtainable in iPhone 4S -- perhaps only temporarily -- but long enough to offer access to hacks.
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FTC Compensates 320,000 Victims of Fake Antivirus Scams Fooled by scareware? A legal settlement includes payouts of about $20 to all who fell for a multinational malware swindle scheme.
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LG TVs Will Come With Built-In WiDi for Easy HD Media Streaming LG and Intel have formed a partnership to bring built-in WiDi technology to HDTVs.
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Carriers Admit Handsets Run Carrier IQ Sprint says 26 million handsets are loaded with the monitoring program, while AT&T Claims it's on 900,000 of its phones.
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Adobe Promises Reader Zero-day Patch on Friday Adobe plans to release a patch Friday for an older version of the Reader PDF viewer to stymie attacks.
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Apple in 2012: 5 Reasons It Will Be a Tough Year Apple's extraordinary run over the last few years may begin to show signs of slowing next year--its first year without visionary leader Steve Jobs.
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Twitter Stalking Case Dismissed by Maryland Judge Even though the Internet is the newest medium for anonymous, uncomfortable expression, online speech is equally protected under the U.S. First Amendment.
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Cloud UI Design Mistakes to Avoid I've written for years that it is impossible to make a product too easy to use. But the industry has proved me wrong, by making products that are so focused on...
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Putting a Lock on Password Management A cancer diagnostics firm is using a single sign-on service to secure a growing pool of SaaS subscriptions.
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30 Events That Shaped Cisco in 2011 2011 was a tumultuously transitional year for Cisco.
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IT Hiring Expected to Rise in 2012, Says Survey The IT job market in 2012 shows some signs of improvement when it comes to hiring, but most companies still aren't expanding.
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Skyrim Fans Compile List Of The Greatest Unofficial Achievements Love Skyrim? Whether you're playing on PC, PS3 or Xbox 360, you can score some nerd cred by earning these fan-made Skyrim Achievements.
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