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Thursday September 2, 2010 12:12 PM
PC Rescue Tech aims to meet all computer repair needs
Computer problems can be frustrating and result in valuable time lost.

Thursday September 2, 2010 11:20 AM
Apple developers, you're living on the edge
Apple's sending some seriously mixed messages to developers. A paid app gets yanked from the App Store hours after appearing in Steve Jobs' keynote, he calls rejected app store complainers liars, but he says the platform is still a gold mine. Sure, a dangerous one.

Thursday September 2, 2010 10:22 AM
HP readies Netbooks using dual-core Atom chip
HP is readying a Netbook refresh, in the wake of Intel's announcement that brings dual-core performance to Atom-based Netbooks for the first time.

Thursday September 2, 2010 11:00 AM
HP Labs imagines your computer watching you
In an interview, HP Labs head Prith Banerjee tells CNET that search could be a whole lot better if the devices and services could track your actions. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

Thursday September 2, 2010 11:25 AM
'LOL is this you?' spam spreading via Facebook chat
Spam message, which Facebook says it's looking into, is similar to ones used on Twitter earlier this year.

Thursday September 2, 2010 11:19 AM
It's time to fight the copyright police state
Increasingly restrictive copyright and intellectual property laws, a secretive global trade agreement, and, it turns out, totally made-up facts and figures? Ok, Internet. It's time to fight.

Wednesday September 1, 2010 4:52 AM
White Paper: When Legitimate Sites Threaten Your Network
Internet maturity and sophistication has attracted the attention of well-organized malware purveyors who are now intent on using the Web to deliver viruses, spyware, Trojans, bots, rootkits, and fake security software. The anti-malware industry refers to this covert downloading of malware, which occurs at Web sites without the user’s awareness, as a “drive-by download.”

Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:10 PM
Williamson County attorney sends cease and desist order to IT director
Williamson County attorney Jana Duty has sent a cease and desist order to the county's IT director. She is demanding he remove computer spyware she claims is monitoring her employees' use of the Internet. Duty says the information that flows through her office is attorney-client privileged. County commissioners deny her allegations

Thursday September 2, 2010 7:00 AM
90 Percent of NetQin Downloads on GetJar Convert to Active Users
SAN MATEO, Calif.----GetJar, the world’s second largest app store announced today that NetQin Mobile Inc., a company with a mission to protect wireless customers from viruses, malware and spyware on their mobile devices, has achieved 90 percent conversion rate using GetJar’s Pay Per Download solution.

Thursday September 2, 2010 7:38 AM
News Briefs
The publisher of the Arab newspaper “Kul al-Arab” was released to house arrest Thursday afternoon. He had been accused of stealing information from a competing Arab newspaper, “A-Sinara,” using a computer virus. The newspaper's technology director will remain in jail until Sunday, police said.