| Our Top Stories |
|---|
 Laptop Sweet Spot: 12 Winners That Cost $650 or Less Need more PC punch than a netbook but less than a top-of-the-line desktop replacement? Here's a clutch of laptops that will get the job done. |  HTC Tattoo to Be First Customizable Android Handset HTC announced its fourth Android smartphone--the HTC Tattoo--on Tuesday. | | Firefox Update will Remedy Flash Flaw Mozilla will check for a flash plug-in that leaves Firefox vulnerable in the browser's update next week. | | Unpatched Microsoft Bugs Raise Red Flags Microsoft has released its security updates for the month of September, but two unpatched flaws are causing concern among security experts. | | Group of Authors Opposes Google Book Settlement Several authors oppose the proposed Google books settlement on privacy grounds. | | Sprint Redefines Unlimited' Mobile-to-Mobile Sprint has just thrown down the gauntlet with a potentially game-changing feature: unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling...regardless of mobile carrier. | | Can AMD's Vision End PC Purchasing Nightmares? AMD wants to replace "speeds and feeds" with something better. Focus on the user, not what's inside the box. | | Sprint Launches $70 Unlimited Mobile Calling Plan Called "Any Mobile, Anytime" the unlimited service will include voice, data, text, e-mail, GPS navigation, and sending videos and images from one mobile phone to another. | | Obama Warns Kids on Stupid Facebook Posts US President Barack Obama warned school children on Wednesday to be careful what they post online while young. | | Top 10 Blowhards of the Web Arrington! Scoble! Cuban! Huffington! After much debate, we've rounded up our ten favorite blogging blowhards, the most notable offenders in a vast rogues' gallery of Web windbags. | | Race is On to Patch Critical Windows Flaw Security experts are concerned about the potential impact of a new security hole affecting the Windows operating system. | | Motorola and T-Mobile Hope to Rebound Together With Cliq Motorola announced its first mobile device based on the Google Android operating system. | | Symantec Calculates Your Identity's Black-Market Value Symantec has unveiled a new tool that gathers some basic information about you and the links between your financial information and the Internet, then calculates what the value of your identity would be on the black market. | | New Search Engine Targets Muslim Web Users New search engine tries to protect Muslims from content that is considered forbidden | | Mozilla Releases Flash-checking Security Update Mozilla has pushed out the Firefox 3.5.3 update, which checks for up-to-date Flash plugins. | | Sprint Yanks Palm Pre Incentive Sprint has backtracked on an offer it made earlier on Tuesday for new customers who buy Palm Pre phones. | | IBM, European Researchers Develop Multimedia Search Tool IBM revealed details of work it is doing with European partners to develop a better way to search for images online. | | Man Pleads Guilty in Wal-Mart Card Phishing Scheme A Sacramento man has pleaded guilty to his role in a phishing scam that used Wal-Mart kiosks to set up fake instant credit accounts. | | Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source Facebook is releasing open-source software to help developers build Twitter-like applications that let users post real-time updates. | | Analysts: Microsoft Enterprise Licensing Still Challenging Despite efforts from Microsoft over the years to simplify its software licensing, a new analyst report said it's more complex than ever. | |  | Free White Papers for Your Business |  |  | | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | Browser BoostersWe've rounded up the ten browsers and browser helpers for you. Theyll boost your browsing and power up your time on the Web. Whether you're looking for an entirely new browser for downloaders or power users, or you want an add-in to get the most out of Firefox or Internet Explorer, we've got something to help. Not only that, every one of them is free. | | Maxthon 54490 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Browsers & Clients | | This alternative Web browser is extremely customizable; it offers many customizations and plugins. | | | SlimBrowser 25168 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Browsers & Clients | | Fast, free, and lightweight--there's a lot to like about this browser. | | | ieSpell 62495 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Browsers & Clients | | Spell-check text on any page in Internet Explorer with this freebie. | | | See (3) more Browser Boosters » | | Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • | | Sponsored Downloads | | Street Atlas USA 2009A full-featured mapping, routing, travel planning, and GPS navigation resource for the U.S. and Canada, with highways and main roads now available for Mexico, as well. Ideal for laptops, desktops, PDAs, iPods, and GPS. More powerful than online mapping. Comprehensive tools for traveling using the latest gadgets. Support for Windows Vista, pocket PCs, Windows Mobile 5.0, iPods, and Palm OS included. | | Photo Album 7 Deluxe Save $10! Enhance your photos in an instant with easy photo fixes and effects. Use powerful editing tools to remove blemishes, whiten teeth and paint on a suntan, so everyone looks their best! Make scrapbooks, greeting cards, calendars, collages and more using hundreds of professionally designed templates. E-mail, print or save your photos on DVDs. Download, view, trim and show off video clips. You can even combine photos, video clips and music to make an amazing slide show you can burn to DVD to play on your TV. Photo Album gives you all the tools you need to make the most of your photos and videos. |  | |
| Newsletter Subscription Resources | | To sign up for more newsletters, change your address, change your format (HTML or text-only), remove newsletters or unsubscribe, please go to: http://www.pcworld.com/newsletters/services PC World Privacy Policy: http://www.pcworld.com/resource/privacy.html If you have questions or comments about PC World e-mail newsletters, please contact: webmaster@pcworld.com © 2008 PC World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of PC World Communications, Inc. is prohibited. PC World is a registered trademark of International Data Group, Inc. All other trademarks used on PC World are the property of their respective owners. PC World Communications, Inc., 501 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94107. | |
No comments:
Post a Comment