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Fahmida Y. Rashid

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New Apple TV runs on iOS 4.2 and can be jailbroken

News of a jailbroken Apple TV may not be as far off as we originally thought.
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Yahoo refreshes Mail, Search

Yahoo hasn’t had a good few days but it hopes that sunny days are ahead with a few tweaks to its product lineup.
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Facebook Places checks in to UK

UK Facebook users can now share information about where they are to friends and stalkers alike.
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Microsoft wants Facebook user data to improve Bing

Facebook might allow Microsoft access to its anonymous user data to refine Bing results. This would really make things difficult for Google.
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Android gains market share, everyone else loses

It's official: Android market share is exploding at the expense of iOS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry.
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Adobe previews Square, a 64-bit Flash plugin

Finally! Adobe offers 64-bit Flash as a beta plugin.
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Skyhook sues Google over location patents and contracts

Skyhook is suing Google for infringing its location patents and for forcing Motorola to terminate agreements the phone manufacturer signed with the company.
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Intel unveils AppUp online app store

Intel has officially launched its own app store called AppUp center that will work with Intel based Windows PCs.
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Microsoft overlooks four Stuxnet zero-day bugs in Patch Tuesday

Windows released a Patch for vulnerabilities but failed to catch them all and appears to still be vulnerable to attacks from Stuxnet worm exploits.
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Google teases social networking plans

Instead of a giant Facebook-killer everyone expected, Google will be taking a more incremental approach to social networking, the company’s CEO revealed.
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Twitter grows up, gets a multimedia makeover

Even if you use third-party apps like Seismic or TweetDeck, with Twitter’s new multimedia-heavy design might have you visiting Twitter.com more often.
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Bing overtakes Yahoo for No. 2 in search

Move over Yahoo, Bing is No. 2 according to Nielsen's numbers and is aggressively growing.
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Czech privacy watchdog blocks Google Street View

In a setback to Google, the Street View cars are stalled in the Czech Republic.
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Consumer Reports still says no to the iPhone 4

Apple would like to move on and forget about Antennagate, but US consumer watchdog Consumer Reports is not ready to.
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Report: smartphone owners willing to pay for apps

Surprise! People are willing to pay for apps according to a report from Nielsen.
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Wal-Mart launches low-cost wireless plan; data still pricey

Crowding the already confusing array of wireless plans available, Wal-Mart has unveiled a low-cost wireless plan for its customers.
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Adobe Flash under fire with another zero-day exploit

Adobe can’t catch a break. First Reader, now Flash, is under attack.
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Apple to launch Wi-Fi iPad in China Friday

Apple is moving fast to get the iPad into the world’s most populous country on Friday, only months after the U.S. debut.
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Live on YouTube brings live video streaming to masses

YouTube returns to live programming with celebrity and lifestyle programming over two days on Live on YouTube.
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For sale: GoDaddy, asking $1 billion or best offer

GoDaddy, the web host known for its racy Super Bowl commercials, is on the chopping block. Expected price? $1 billion dollars.
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Videogame sales slump further in August, but Xbox 360 is king

The video game industry’s slump shows no signs of abating, but there is a silver lining for both Sony and Microsoft.
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Adobe resurrects Flash tool after Apple about-face

Adobe has responded to Apple's new developer rules by resuming work on Packager for iPhone, which allows developers to port applications from Flash to iOS.
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Symantec finds new worm with ‘Here you have’ e-mails

A new worm is spreading quickly over e-mail, instant messaging, and shared disks and folders on the local network, sometimes using the subject heading "Here you have."
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Adobe Acrobat and Reader under attack with a zero-day exploit

Yes, there’s yet another zero-day exploit for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Turn off JavaScript!
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Pepsi plucks tech startups for PepsiCo10 incubator program

Startups will partner with Pepsi to bring mobile couponing solutions, niche social networking platforms, and gaming platforms for consumers in restaurants, amusement parks and retail stores.
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Dell announces end of the road for Windows XP

Dell is slowly, but finally, putting Windows XP to rest. We will miss ya, old fellow.
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Jailbreak iOS 4.1: Hackers quickly find an exploit for 4.1

Well, that didn’t take long. Hackers have already found a potential jailbreak in iPhone OS 4.1.
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YouTube launches Vacationer travel channel

Want to brag about the last vacation? Show off where you are going next? Tell everyone about that hidden getaway you discovered? YouTube Vacationer caters to globetrotters by providing an outlet for all of it.
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Study: Cybercrime hits two-thirds Internet users

The 2011 Norton Cybercrime Report from Symantec shows US Internet users are particularly vulnerable to online threats, and the victims are angry and helpless about computer viruses, online credit card fraud, and identity theft.
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