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 Verizon's $2 Bill Payment Fee Sparks Outrage Online Verizon's convenience fee has inspired customers to consider canceling their contracts and others to sign an online petition demanding the carrier reverse its plan. Share:   |  Go Daddy Officially Opposes SOPA Smarting from domain defections, the registrar enters damage control mode. Share: | 2011 in Review: Tech Luminaries We Lost Some helped build an industry, while others helped save lives through technology. But all 13 of these tech pioneers shaped the future. Share: | Need Wi-Fi? Find a Vending Machine In the land of vending machines, Asahi Soft Drinks expands its services to dispense a wireless signal. Share: | Facebook Wreaks Havoc on One-Third of Marriages in the U.K. The social networking giant was cited in 33 percent of divorce petitions, according to a survey from Divorce-Online. Share: | When Will LG's 84-Inch 4K TV Go Mainstream? Maybe Never Higher resolution won't make a difference if your TV screen is too tiny to do justice to millions of pixels and your home Internet bandwidth is too slow to deliver the difference. Share: | Android, iOS Gain While RIM Slides in the U.S. Research in Motion slid from a 19.7 percent share of the market to 16.6, the biggest decline of five platforms ranked by comScore. Share: | Siri Knock-Offs Invade Android Market Some of the apps go to great lengths to pass themselves off as an Apple-sanctioned product. Share: | Windows 8 May Prompt Malware Attacks on Hardware, McAfee Predicts Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly. Share: | Former Blogger Sued for Keeping Twitter Followers When social media goes to work, who owns the intellectual property? PhoneDog says former employee Noah Kravitz took a "customer list." Share: | What's up for Apple in 2012? 2011 was a big year for Apple. Share: | Researcher: Google+ Growth Accelerating, Passes 62 Million Users Share: | 12 IT Outsourcing Predictions for 2012 In 2011, the IT outsourcing industry was marked by smaller deals, leery customers, profit-squeezed IT service providers and a lot of cloud computing talk. Share: | Intel Ivy Bridge Chips Launching Early April 2012 A new report says we'll see Intel's Ivy Bridge generation of processors in April. Share: | Websites and Apps Vulnerable to Low-Bandwidth, Bot-Free Takedown Hackers armed with a single machine and a minimal broadband connection can cripple Web servers, researchers said Wednesday. Share: | Smartphones and Tablets March Onward into the Workplace Workers bringing their own devices to work was one of the biggest challenges IT pros faced in 2011, and the trend is on the rise for 2012. Share: | Picture This: Steve Jobs Gets Bronzed Hungarian software maker Graphisoft commissions a life-size sculpture of Apple's Steve Jobs. Share: | CMOS Is Winning the Camera Sensor Battle, and Here's Why CCD sensors have long been associated with better image quality, but speedy CMOS resides in the majority of today's cameras, from DSLRs to iPhones to Lytro. Share: | Microsoft Ruins Perfect Record with Out-Of-Band Patch Security researchers unveiled a simple technique for crippling Web servers, and forced Microsoft to push an urgent update to address the flaw. Share: | Company IT Spending Forecasts Brighten Strong third-quarter corporate spending on technology continued to surprise experts, as Maven Wave Partners measured a 2% increase from Q2 spending levels. Share: | |  | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | PCWorld's Favorite Downloads of 2011All year long, we PCWorld reviewers immerse ourselves in desktop programs and Web software. After evaluating a program, often we uninstall itbut several of this year's finds earned places in our workflows and/or our hearts. These programs and services are the ones we reviewed for PCWorld Downloads and also kept using for our own productivity and enjoyment. Perhaps you started using them this year, too&and if not, well, a shiny new year is right around the corner. | | Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • | | Sponsored Downloads | | Media BuddyA versatile tool that can convert almost any multimedia file, be it video or audio, to a variety of media formats suitable for playback on DVD and portable players, mobile phones and gaming consoles. (Compatibility: Windows XP,Windows Vista,Windows 7) Use discount code RAMK-FYSW-MB to get 75% off for PCWorld newsletters subscribers! | | Wondershare WinSuite 2012This suite provides 40+ Tools. Meet all emergency repair and daily maintenance needs for your computer. Includes a "health check" to catch conditions that might lead to problems, as well as tune-up tools to keep your PC in top condition. (Compatibility: Windows 95/98/ME,Windows NT/2000,WindowsCE,Windows XP,Windows NT/2000/2003/SBS2003) PCWorld newsletters subscribers use discount code WOND-6CD6 to get 30% off! |  | |
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