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 MegaUpload's Owner Faces Charges in Court MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom faces charges of copyright violation in a New Zealand courtroom. Share:   |  What MegaUpload's Demise Teaches about Cloud Storage Takedown of the file-sharing site over copyright violations provides a warning about being careful where you store stuff. Share: | Anonymous Retaliates Against MegaUpload Takedown, Knocks MPAA, RIAA Sites Offline Anonymous has allegedly taken down the Department of Justice website, the MPAA website, the RIAA website, and others. Share: | Congress Puts SOPA, PIPA on Hold Online objections to the controversial copyright bill convince legislators to cancel vote, reconsider methods of fighting piracy. Share: | Hollywood Disappointed With President Obama's SOPA Stance Hollywood moguls are reportedly disappointed with the White House's stance on SOPA and PIPA. Share: | Internet's Protest Prods US Senate to Delay Vote UPDATE: The Senate Majority leader postpones a vote on the controversial Protect IP Act when senators shift views after Internet protest. Share: | Tips for Facebook Timeline Apps: Beware What You Share Facebook opened the floodgates to its "new class of apps" this week, unveiling its partnership with more than 60 applications. Share: | File-Sharing Site MegaUpload.com Indicted for Internet Piracy; Shut Down by U.S. Officials The federal action--and subsequent arrests of MegaUpload.com officials--appears to have sparked denial-of-service attacks on the websites of the RIAA, the MPAA, and other groups by the hacker collective Anonymous. Share: | Microsoft Upbeat on 2012 Prospects Revenue rose in the second fiscal quarter, while Microsoft's profits dipped; Office 2010 sales helped while Windows revenue slipped. Share: | Say Nopa to SOPA! Now What? Yesterday's Internet silence grabbed headlines, but real progress won't be made against online piracy unless we follow the money. Share: | There's a Problem with Xbox 360 1080p Playback? Yep, and a Fix Incoming Microsoft acknowledges Xbox 360 video playback issues, says it's working on a fix. Share: | SOPA, PIPA Opponents Celebrate, but Say Work Isn't Done A day after an estimated 10,000 websites went dark and more than 7 million people signed a Google.com petition opposing two controversial copyright enforcement bills, opponents of the bills said there's more work to do. Share: | Apple Mac-Based Security Threats Jumped in 2011 New Mac-based security threats jumped in 2011, but still remain far below that of Windows PCs, according to a posting by F-Secure Labs. Share: | Three Ways to Tweak Ubuntu Linux's Unity Desktop Disliking Unity doesn't mean you have to switch Linux distributions. Instead, make Unity your own with one of these free tools. Share: | MSI GUS II Provides External Graphics to Laptops via Thunderbolt You no longer need a powerful dedicated graphics card in your laptop to run graphics-intensive programs--just plug in the MSI GUS II external GPU. Share: | Fitness Tech Flexes Its Muscles This year will see an unprecedented number of gadgets dedicated to tracking your activity, sleep, and other habits. Share: | Anonymous Retaliates for Megaupload Shutdown, Attacks DOJ, Others The hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for attacks that have taken down websites run by Universal Music, the U.S. Department of Justice and the... Share: | Fortune Names Google Best Place to Work in U.S. Google moved up three spots to claim the top position in Fortune's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S. Share: | AirPrint to Almost Any Printer What do you do if you are an iPhone or iPad owner and don't have one of the anointed printers? Do you go and buy yet another printer? Share: | Time Management: 6 Ways to Improve Your Productivity If you resolved earlier this month to work smarter, stop procrastinating and be more productive, your best intentions may have quickly been subverted by your regularly scheduled work routine. Share: | |  | | Sponsored Downloads | | FlipBook CreatorJazz up your standard PDF presentations by turning them into eye-catching flash flip books. No flash skills required; just choose a theme from the template library and off you go. (Compatibility: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/WinXP/NT/2000/2003/SBS2003/ Vista/Win7) PCWorld newsletter subscribers, use discount code FBC-KD3C-FF for 50% off! | | Compare Suite PROEasily compare office documents, including MS Word (.doc), MS Excel (.xls), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and Web-Page (.htm) files. Compare Suite can be easily integrated into business system using command line interface and report generation function. (Compatibility: Windows 95/98/ME,Windows NT/2000,Windows XP,Windows Vista,Windows 7) Use discount code AKSL-RP11-CSPR for PCWorld newsletter subscribers' 75% off! |  | |
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