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 Google TV Hardware Makeover Would Nicely Complement Software Upgrade The Internet search leader plans to announce new devices from multiple hardware partners in the coming months, and here's a good start: Ditch the keyboards that come with today's Google TV devices. Share:   |  Microsoft Video Predicts Dazzling Technology Future It's hard to imagine the average person shelling out the kind of cash it would take to buy super smart appliances, the latest intelligent car, or an range of interactive computing devices. Share: | Apple iOS App Helps Locate Nearest Haunted House Haunted House is a location-based app that uses HauntedHouse.com's directory, supposedly the Web's largest and most comprehensive, to find haunts near you. Share: | New Tsunami Trojan Variant Discovered Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Tsunami Trojan targeting Mac OS, which can be used to turn your Mac into a 'bot' that participates in DDoS attacks. Share: | iPad 3's High-Res Display a Technical Challenge Manufacturers LG and Samsung are said to be figuring out how to crank out high volumes of high-resolution displays for the third-generation iPad. Share: | Google TV to Get Big Update Google is updating its Google TV service next week adding support of Android apps on big screen TVs along with tweaking interface annoyances. Share: | Why Would Anyone Use Windows XP Today? Why are so many people still using an outdated operating system? Share: | HP is Ready to Get Back to Business An interview with the Senior VP of HP's Personal Systems Group. Share: | Five Recent Releases for People Who Have No Interest in Battlefield 3 Gaming has such huge breadth nowadays that not all games -- not even the big-name ones -- appeal to everyone. Pete rounds up some recent releases you might have missed in the recent media frenzy. Share: | RIM's PlayBook: Buy Two, Get One Free Customers who buy two BlackBerry PlayBooks will get a third one free, in what one analyst says is an effort by Research In Motion to boost flagging sales. Share: | How Google Was Tripped up by a Bad Search In the end it was a search that let Google down. Share: | Opera CTO: Kill the Browser Scroll Bar For a relatively new medium, the World Wide Web still relies on a comparatively ancient method of presenting information to the reader, that of scrolling. Now... Share: | Prices Going Up on Laptops and Hard Drives, Thanks to Flooding in Thailand Hard drive manufacturers have been forced to shut down factories in Thailand, resulting in a shortage of HDDs. Laptop makers are responding accordingly. Share: | Touchscreen Digital Watch Arrives From Sweden With Style What started as a bright idea for a vibrating wrist band has arrived in the US as the Mutewatch, a stylish and pricey touchscreen digital watch with an all-touch interface and, yes, a vibrating wristband. Share: | Sprint, Clearwire May Help Drive LTE Convergence Cooperation between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire on LTE should help to bring two versions of that technology together, leading to increased device choices and... Share: | YouTube to Boost Original, Professional Programming YouTube will start rolling out next month a set of new channels with original programs next month, as the video site beefs up its offering of exclusive... Share: | Google TV Gets Updated With Simpler Interface, App Dev Tools Google TV, the company's platform for Internet-connected televisions, has gotten an upgrade designed to simplify its user interface, improve its search engine, optimize YouTube access and open it for Android app developers. Share: | HP: Spinning PC Unit off Would Have Cost Billions Spinning off its PC unit would have been too costly for Hewlett-Packard, and that was one of the reasons why the company backed off from the plan it announced in... Share: | Facebook Shuts Down Beluga Messaging App Facebook plans to shut down the Beluga mobile messaging application it acquired earlier this year, after launching a similar, native service called Facebook... Share: | Mechanical Keyboards, Lytro's Light-Field Camera, Nokia's Windows Phones, and Reader Mail on PCWorld Podcast #127 If you want to type like a pro, you need a mechanical keyboard. We tell you all about the ones we tested. We also discuss the pros and cons of Lytro's upcoming light-field camera and those Windows Phone 7.5 phones just announced by Nokia. Share: | |  | | Get Big Savings When you Shop at PCWorld.com | | Shop online at PCWorld.com, where you can compare product information, read trusted reviews, and find the best prices on consumer electronics. |  FS400 Flash Memory Camcorder (Silver)Price: $259.00  |  GZ-HM450RUS 8GB Flash Drive/SD Card HD Camcorder Red (40x Opt, 200x Dig, 2.7 LCD)Price: $269.00 | | Browse more Camcorders, Best Prices on Plasma & LCD TVs, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, Best Prices on Projectors, Digital Video Recorders, MP3 Players | | Top Reviews on PCWorld.com |
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 Four Virtual Assistants Tackle Real-World Business Tasks Low-priced offshore labor is widely available online, but is it worthwhile? We hired four virtual assistants to finish three small-business tasks. Find out how they fared. Share: |  Nokia Releases First Mango Phones, Crosses Fingers This week Nokia unveiled their first Windows Phone 7 models, the Lumia 800 and 710. Both run the newest version of Microsofts OS, nicknamed Mango. Can they help the company regain the customers it has recently lost? Share: |  Graphics Cards: Choose the Best Board for Your Budget Shopping for a graphics card? You have a lot to pick from. We tested the cream of the crop from AMD and Nvidia to help you find a graphics card that fits your needs. Share: |  Top iPad Alternatives for Business The iPad is the gold standard when it comes to tablet computers, but there are alternatives. We tested 8 products to determine if they had what it takes to give the iPad a run for its money as a business device. Share: | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays It's that time of the year again, when days get short, nights get long, and Christmas seems just over the horizon. Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. If you're planning a Halloween party instead of making your holiday gift list, how about printing out invitations in a Ghoulish font? And if you're busily hanging up paper ghosts and spider webs, don't neglect your computer: We've got several free wallpapers and desktop themes to choose from, including a festive Day of the Dead theme and mutant zombie-jack-o-lantern wallpaper. --Kim Saccio-Kent | | Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • | | Sponsored Downloads | | Mamutu - 1 YearMonitor your computer in real time for dangerous behavior. Mamutu blocks malicious activities by recognizing new and unknown Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers, worms, viruses, spyware, adware and rootkits. Featuring a small resource footprint, you wont even know its installed--until it saves you from a dangerous intrusion. (Compatibility: Windows XP/ NT/2000/2003/SBS2003/ Vista/Win 7) PCWorld newsletters subscribers get 50% off by using discount code EMSI-81AS! | | Odin Blu-ray to HD ConverterRip Blu-ray videos so you can share them or make a duplicate copy for your video collection. Convert Blu-ray videos HD format, Apple TV, HD WMV, even DVD format. Customize file size, trim and crop DVD movies, and join several DVD chapters/titles into one file. (Compatibility: Windows 95/98/ME/ XP/Vista/Win 7) Use code ODIN-L0B2 to get 60% off! |  | |
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