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Google's New Search Bar: An Unwelcome Change Google's new left-hand navigation bar isn't a welcome change for all.
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Facebook Bug Exposes Private Chats A bug allowed Facebook users to view their friends' chat sessions on the site, prompting the social-networking company to disable its internal instant-messaging...
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Apple's Behavior a Throwback to 1984, Adobe CTO Says Adobe has compared Apple to the "Big Brother" it rebelled against in its iconic TV ad from that year.
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FCC Chairman Defends Broadband Regulation Move The FCC chairman defends his decision to seek common carrier regulatory authority over broadband.
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Next iPhone to Offer HD Video Capture? Latest developer release of Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 suggests new features, like file sharing and an orientation lock, plus a whole new iPhone device.
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Microsoft Woos Developers With Latest IE9 Preview Microsoft keeps promise to make available iterative releases of IE9, with the second release in two months featuring improved performance.
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Google Sues for Decision on Links to Copyrighted Songs Google is suing Blues Destiny Records for a declaration that it has not facilitated the illegal distribution of copyrighted songs with links in search results.
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Microsoft Refreshes Internet Explorer 9 Preview, Boosts Speed Making good on a promise two months ago, Microsoft today updated its IE9 preview.
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