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• Pros and Cons of Windows 7 Security
  Tony Bradley
  Nov 23 2009

  The recently released Microsoft Security Intelligence Report highlights the vast improvements in security from Windows XP to Windows 7. Even so, no operating system is perfect. I asked security ...

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• Inside Google's Advertising Empire
  JR Raphael
  Nov 23 2009

  Google's gobbling up another advertising company, the search giant has announced. Google will acquire Teracent, a Silicon Valley startup specializing in "intelligent display advertising." Yep -- ...

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• HP beats earnings guidance but cites pricing pressures in PCs and printers
  Dean Takahashi
  Nov 23 2009

  Hewlett-Packard reported better than expected earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, but its sales were a mixed bag as the company dealt with falling prices for consumer PCs and ...

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• 10 Free Downloads for Your Laptop
  Preston Gralla
  Nov 23 2009

  Have a laptop or netbook and want to get more out of it? You're not alone. We've experienced the frustration of trying to keep data or bookmarks on a portable synchronized with those of a desktop PC ...

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• Government to establish CERT Australia
  Trevor Clarke
  Nov 23 2009

  The Federal Government has kicked off a new cyber security strategy with the creation of an emergency response team previously announced in May, called CERT Australia. The new team is set to ...

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• EVs surge as Nissan taps China’s market, U.S. gov. lobbied for green car subsidies
  Thomas Slater
  Nov 23 2009

  In addition to Tesla Motors‘ potential IPO, there’s two more big pieces of news coming out of the electric vehicle world. Nissan is opening talks about electric cars in China, and the ...

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• Is there a Fox in Microsoft's hen house?
  Robert X. Cringely
  Nov 23 2009

  Is Microsoft planning a secret news cartel that will ace out Google? Are Steve Ballmer and Rupert Murdoch in cahoots? That's the butt scuttling across the blogosphere this morning, as reports leak ...

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• Check Point tackles Web 2.0 apps and social-site widget control
  Tim Greene
  Nov 23 2009

  Soon businesses that run Check Point security tools will be able to understand how thousands of Web applications and Web 2.0 widgets are used, giving executives better control over what employees do ...

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• Is federal stimulus money being used for IT hardware, not hiring?
  Patrick Thibodeau
  Nov 23 2009

  WASHINGTON -- As part of the economic recovery plan passed by Congress and signed into law earlier this year by President Obama, government agencies, private companies and non-profits are required ...

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• Drobo expands line with Drobo S and Drobo Elite
  Chris Holt
  Nov 23 2009

  Data Robotics, makers of the popular Drobo ( Macworld rated 4 out of 5 mice ) "storage robot," is expanding its product line with two devices, the Drobo S and the Drobo Elite. The new Drobo S and ...

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