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Anonymous: 'For Once We Didn't Do It' - Anonymous says it has nothing to do with the network trouble crippling Sony's PlayStation site, despite having declared a cyber jihad against the company.




Mac vs. PC: Stereotypes Confirmed - Surveys produce an infographic that reveals the real differences between staid, suburbanite Windows PC users and urban, hip Mac fanboys . . . maybe.




Watch out Groupon, Here Comes Google Offers - Google launched a beta test this week of Google Offers, going head-to-head with the increasingly popular Groupon discount service.




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SARbot Dives In to Save Japanese Tsunami Victims' Lives - Another robot has been sent out to hep with the Japanese relief effort, and this one can swim underwater.




BlackBerry PlayBook Security Tips - Research In Motion's (RIM) much-anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet hit stores this week in the United States and Canada.




White iPhone Anticipated Next Week - Distribution may be limited to Europe, however; U.S. iPhone fans may have to wait (or import).




Web Called Vulnerable to Hacks, Malware, and Attacks - Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are increasing, but response to the threat is slow, McAfee warns.




iPhone 5: Rounding up the Rumors - Here's the latest roundup of Apple iPhone 5 rumors and speculation. The basic idea: It will be better than iPhone 4.




PlayStation Network Enters Third Day of Outage - An unexplained outage of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services continues, without clear details on when the service might be restored.




Despite Improvements, Data in the Cloud Remains Dirty - Facebook and other giant providers of online services lean too heavily on coal power, according to a Greenpeace report.




Norio Ohga, Key to Sony's Audio Legacy, Dies at 81 - One of the handful of men who shaped Sony into the global consumer electronics giant that it is today died on Saturday morning in Tokyo.




Steve Jobs 'Wants to be Back as Soon as He Can' - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is eager to return to work just as soon as he can, according to chief operating officer Tim Cook.




Windows 8 Facial Recognition Moves Closer to Reality - Early builds of Windows 8 show facial recognition potentially being used for login.




Sony Makes it Official: PlayStation Network Hacked - Sony has confirmed that it took its PlayStation Network and Qriocity service offline to recover from a hack attack




Is the Single-Function Device Doomed? - If you build a better mousetrap, will the world instead beat a path to the door of the guy who makes a combination leaf blower, weed whacker, vegetable slicer, and mediocre mousetrap?




iPhone Tracking Not News, Not Unique, and Not Ominous - There is a frenzy over the discovery that Apple iOS store location tracking data, but it is not nearly the insidious big deal that you might think it is.




Microsoft Sold 350 Million Windows 7 Licenses - Microsoft is bragging it's Windows 7 operating system is selling like hotcakes with 350 million licenses of the OS sold in the past 18 months




Why Dropbox’s Privacy Policy Is OK (Just Proceed Carefully) - Dropbox's data-sharing policy isn't something to get worked up about, but you'd be wise to think twice before storing sensitive data there.




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iPhone 5 Delayed Until September, Report Says - The company will abandon a four-year practice and let the summer pass without an iPhone update.




RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: A Work in Progress - Analysis: The BlackBerry-tethered tablet can't do very much, and its tethering requirement means few users can actually use it




Your Android Phone is Tracking You - The iPhone isn’t the only mobile device that constantly knows where you are.




4 iPhone App Easter Eggs - Get your basket out; we're going hunting for some iPhone Easter eggs.




Android App Quick Picks - Here is a brief look at Android gaming apps you should definitely check out this week.




Twitter to Stay in San Francisco - Twitter will remain in San Francisco when it moves to new offices next year, granting the wishes of city leaders who wanted to keep the high-profile company in...




eSports Update: Enter the IGN Pro League - Check out IGN’s new StarCraft 2 professional league, which just started up this week.




Remains of the Day: Hold the Phone - The white iPhone is nigh! Thankfully, we can all move on to discussing what the iPhone 5 will look like. Meanwhile, AT&T sobs that it needs T-Mobile just to...




Save Money and Trees With Green Printing Tools - Want to save more and waste less on printing? These tech tools can help.




Huawei Open to More US Acquisitions - Huawei Technologies may seek more acquisitions in the U.S. after its ill-fated purchase of assets from 3Leaf Systems, and it thinks an ongoing dialog it has set...




Seattle Police Say 'wardrivers' Are Hitting Small Businesses - Seattle police are investigating a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into...




More Proof DVDs Are a Dying Medium - Google searchers want more Netflix and less DVDs.




How to Get More Twitter Followers: 5 Do's and Don'ts - Twitter has evolved into one of the most popular, go-to tools when it comes to reaching broad audiences, whether you're promoting content or expanding your brand.




24 Hours With the BlackBerry PlayBook - ...Not exactly a life-changing experience.




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Top 5 Networking Tools - Gibbs lists the first five of his top 10 networking tools.




IPad Apps Help Kids Master the Alphabet - For kids, learning the alphabet isn't exactly as easy as A-B-C. While you and I may have mastered the alphabet from books or television, children today are just...




Fujitsu's New Lifebook Laptops Come With Built-In Pico Projectors, Palm Vein Sensors - You can log into one new Fujitsu laptop--the E741--with a wave of the palm of your hand; others have a built-in pico projector.




Thanks, Amazon: The Cloud Crash Reveals Your Importance - The continuing troubles of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) show how it’s making possible much of the Internet as we know it today.




Graphics testing, Blackberry PlayBook, and Digital Privacy on PCWorld Podcast #112 - Alex Wawro discusses some of the interesting graphics projects going on in the PCWorld Labs, while Ed Albro discusses the pros and cons of the BlackBerry PlayBook and other non-iPad tablets. We also discuss whether or not Apple is tracking your location, and go over the EFF's privacy scorecard.




Tablets Poised To Replace Waiters' Primary Functions - E-tech is on the rise in restaurants, and one company wants you to order, play games, and make your payments on tablets.




TinyUmbrella and ITunes 1013 Error Strike Again - In an article I wrote last March (When an iOS update fails), I detailed my frustrating experience with a 1013 error in iTunes that occurred during an attempt to...




IBM Tailors BPM for Small Business - IBM has configured its new BPM software for smaller organizations




Why Samsung Took the Apple Patent Battle International - We all knew Samsung would file a patent countersuit against Apple, but why did Samsung choose to do so in three countries outside of the United States?




Nine Green Apps That Can Save You Cash - Want to help the Earth and your budget at the same time? These money-saving, eco-minded apps are built to do both.




Apple is the Worst Environmental Offender in Tech, Says Greenpeace - Greenpeace slams Apple over cloud computing facility claiming the company is the worst environmental offender in tech.




Wall Street Beat: Tech Sector off to Strong Start in Q1 - A Who's Who of IT bellwethers including Apple, IBM, Intel and Qualcomm issued strong financial reports this week, the height of earnings season, reinforcing...




FileMaker Delivers Flexible, Cross-Platform Database - FileMaker introduced a new version of FileMaker Go this week, adding new features for the iPhone and iPad versions of the database.




Samsung Announces Multi-Proof W200 Pocket Cam - Hot on the heels of Cisco’s murder of the Flip, Samsung has announced a new impressively rugged portable video camera of its own: The Multi-Proof W200 Pocket...




iPhone 5: What We Think We Know - Sifting through the conjecture, we can piece together a logical (if fuzzy) picture of the next generation of iPhone.




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Amazon Readies an Android Tablet - Analysis: A device could ship as soon as summer, reports suggest.




Greenpeace Chides Apple for 'Dirty Data' - Apple's new $1 billion data center in North Carolina is a power hog, the environmental group charges.




LibreOffice Development on Track After Oracle Move - The Document Foundation on Friday announced a second beta for LibreOffice 3.4, the offshoot of the OpenOffice.org codebase, one week after Oracle said it would...