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December 24, 2011
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Volkswagen's After-Hours Blackberry E-mail Ban is a Brilliant Idea Volkswagen is putting its Blackberry e-mail servers on pause after work hours, allowing employees to escape the 24-Hour work cycle. Sign me up.
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Windows 8 Details Seep Out Hints about Microsoft's plans regarding security, touchscreen support, and participating vendors fuel speculation about the refreshed operating system.
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Google Helps You Follow Santa with Smartphones and Social Media Android phones, Twitter, Google, and YouTube are among the tools you can use to keep tabs on the jolly old elf during his travels for Sunday's holiday.
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Google Wants Groups Removed from Books Lawsuits Google asked a federal court to dismiss copyright claims against its Google Books project by groups representing authors and photographers.
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GoDaddy Drops Support for SOPA, Avoids Backlash, Boycott GoDaddy says it's dropping support for the Stop Online Piracy Act after facing threats of a boycott from some of its biggest clients.
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5 iPhone and iPad Apps that Make Great (Last-Minute) Gifts Searching for a last-minute gift for the holidays? Look no further than Apple's App Store.
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Free Classes Teach You How to Use Your Smartphone Millions of users will join the ranks of smartphone users this holiday season, and Verizon is here to help with free workshops to teach them to use Android or iOS.
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Naval Researchers Pioneer TCP-based Spam Detection A group of researchers from the U.S. Naval Academy has developed a technique for analyzing email traffic in real-time to identify spam messages as they come...
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Interface Board Adds USB to DIY Projects This prototype chip board will add USB connectivity to any cool project you're working on instantly.
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Report: Indian Court Orders 22 Websites to Remove Offensive Content A court in Delhi on Saturday ordered 22 Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, to remove certain "anti-religious" and "anti-social" content, the...
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Best and Worst Celebrity Technology Moments of 2011 Scarlett Johansson, Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, and Alec Baldwin all make tech news, voluntarily or not.
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Wall Street Beat: Tech Confidence Recovers After Oracle's Miss Confidence in the tech sector appears to be recovering on strong results from Tibco and Red Hat and optimism about the economy, after sinking earlier this week...
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Holiday Gifts for the the Bores, Drones, and Brats on Your Gift List From cockroach swatter slippers to bad breath detectors, these gift suggestions will give the naughty on your list something to crab about.
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GoDaddy Pulls its Support from SOPA Giant domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has pulled its support from the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act after several major customers promoted a boycott.
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Pros Excellent image quality; 1080p and superslow-motion video modes; Full manual controls and RAW shooting; Superb feature set for any level of photographer Cons Sluggish RAW shooting and flash-recycling times; Short battery life, especially when GPS is used
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Pros Excellent image quality; 1080p and superslow-motion video modes; Full manual controls and RAW shooting; Superb feature set for any level of photographer Cons Sluggish RAW shooting and flash-recycling times; Short battery life, especially when GPS is used
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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.
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