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September 18, 2009
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Microsoft Bing Pings Google Bing lunges ahead to grab 11% of the search market in August.
Facebook Tops 300M Users, Says it's Just Getting Started Facebook now has more than 300 million members worldwide.
HP Pavilion DM3 One-Ups the dv2 A quick look at HP's superslim, supersleek netbook/notebook hybrid that costs $549.
Microsoft Zune HD: No Reason To Live If you want access to the most content and applications, the best accessories, there is simply no comparison between Zune and iPod.
Facebook Grows Up -- in Population, Income The social networking site passes major milestones, drawing 300 million users and making money.
10 Cool Satellite Projects Let's take a look up and assess some of the advanced technology in orbit and the diverse tasks of those satellites.
Microsoft Sues Scareware Scammers Microsoft has filed lawsuits against five scareware makers.
Microsoft Office Web Apps: First Look Office Web Apps merges key elements of the Microsoft Office productivity suite into the cloud. Does it have what it takes to fend off Google Docs?
HP Gets Apple Envy With 13- and 15-Inch Laptops HP's top-of-the line laptops take on MacBook Pros, offering style and speed at a reasonable price.
Sophisticated Botnet Causing a Surge in Click Fraud A new, sophisticated botnet is causing a sharp spike in click fraud, Click Forensics is warning.
Microsoft Bing Goes Visual with Image Searches Microsoft is firing a shot at Google with Bing's new Visual Search function, which searches image galleries.
Sharing and Collaborating with Microsoft Office Web Apps One of the primary advantages of working with Microsoft Office applications in the cloud is the ability to access and work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and notebooks from any Web-enabled device, from anywhere in the world.
Microsoft Office 2010: A First Look at Excel Web App This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here's a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store.
Google Donut Benefits Users, Developers and Vendors The latest Android SDK, codenamed Donut delivers a variety of enhancements including one that expands the potential market for Android exponentially.
Sprint Willing to Fill Clearwire's Coffers Sprint Nextel is willing to invest more money in Clearwire and plans to maintain its 51 percent ownership in the company.
Man Gets 15 Months for E-Trade Skimming Scam A California man was sentenced to 15 months in prison Thursday for skimming micro-payments from tens of thousands of brokerage accounts.
Microsoft Office 2010: A First Look at PowerPoint Web App Let's take a look at the Office Web Apps version of Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software and see how it stacks up to its more robust Microsoft Office cousin.
Google's reCAPTCHA Buy Is Mostly A Win-Win Provided you aren't involved in the controversy over the search giant's massive book scanning program, which is bolstered by the purchase.
Misdirected Spyware Infects Ohio Hospital An Ohio children's hospital was infected with spyware after a man tried to spy on a former girlfriend.
Dell to Pay $4 Million to Settle New York Fraud Case Dell will pay US$4 million [M] to settle charges of fraudulent and deceptive business practices in New York
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