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2 hrs ago | Washington Examiner

Earnings Preview: PC slump hangs over HP's 2Q

Hewlett-Packard's latest quarterly results will show how badly the deteriorating personal computer market damaged the company while CEO Meg Whitman tries to expand into more profitable areas of technology.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, HP, Computers

3 hrs ago | TechSpot

Building a Thin Mini-Itx PC: Small and Silent Performance

While many of us are content with traditional desktop tower PCs, there are those who have been pushing for a more compact and quieter alternative.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Startups, Intel, Computers

3 hrs ago | USA Today

Ask the Captain: Can an Android device hack a flight computer?

One reader asks if it's possible for an onboard computer to be hacked by a phone.

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Related Topix: Computers, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Cellphones, Travel

7 hrs ago | KHOU-TV Houston

Dell needs more info from Icahn, Southeastern

Dell says it needs more information about billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management's alternative buyout offer before it could possibly give two of its biggest shareholders more information about the PC maker.

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Related Topix: Computers, Dell, Round Rock, TX

13 hrs ago | New Yorker

George Packer: Can Silicon Valley embrace politics?

In 1978, the year that I graduated from high school, in Palo Alto, the name Silicon Valley was not in use beyond a small group of tech cognoscenti.

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Related Topix: Computers, Apple, Startups, Scientific Instruments, HP, Varian, Hewlett-Packard, Electronics

Sun May 19, 2013

Contra Costa Times

UC Berkeley commencement: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gives graduates a happiness equation

Apple-co-founder Steve Wozniak sent UC Berkeley graduates into the world Saturday with a freewheeling and informal commencement speech -- and two mathematical formulas a fifth-grader could understand: "I said this once at my high school, and the kids started laughing," he added.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Jobs, UC Berkeley, Stephen Wozniak, Computers

Mydigitalfc.com

Securing your PC from P2P networks

PROS AND CONS: At times, information-sharing systems have been used to engage in illegal activities such as copyright infringement, child exploitation and obscenity, and computer hacking Peer-to-peer networks allow internet users to link their computers with other computers around the world.

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Related Topix: P2P, Science / Technology, Computers, Opinion

The Motley Fool

Of Apple Stores and Automakers

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Tysons Corner, VA, Computers

Emmy Advanced Media

Best Tech Gifts for Grads

It's just about that time of the year again when, as Alice Cooper would say, "school's out for summer." But for some students, "school's out forever." What does that mean? It means it's time for a graduation gift! Whether they're graduating high school or college, just about every grad needs some kind of tech gadget to prepare them for the next ... (more)

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Apple, Kindle, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Ipad, Cameras

BlogHer

The Five Best Mobile Apps for Simplifying Your Life

Who doesn't want as many ways as possible to make their lives a little easier? Well, you are in luck because there are some truly great mobile apps out there that can help to streamline your busy days! Here are our top fivea Definitely head over to the Linquet website to help you visualize what it is.

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Google, Startups, Life, Food, Recipes

Holtville Tribune

Operators of Two Bogus Tech Support Schemes Settle FTC Charges

Two operators of alleged tech support scams have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission complaints and give up their ill-gotten gains.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Spyware

Sat May 18, 2013

The Motley Fool

Last Week's Dow Losers

The single, easiest way to keep track of all the stocks that matter... Your own personalized stock watchlist! It's a 100% FREE Motley Fool service... For the fourth week in a row, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes have risen.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Laptops/Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, Computers

Busted In Acadiana

Lafayette pervert accused of harboring a runaway and 101 counts of child porn

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Lafayette man on Thursday for aiding a runaway juvenile and possessing child pornography on his personal computer.

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Related Topix: Lafayette, LA

Vinography

Images: The Endless Row

The Endless Row McMINNVILLE, OR: Domaine Drouhin Winery estate Pinot Noir vineyards unroll over the hills of the Willamette Valley.

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Related Topix: McMinnville, OR, Drink, Wine

The Motley Fool

5 Companies With Terrible Brand Loyalty

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Laptops/Notebooks, Dell, Computers

Creative Mac

Intel to Push Competitiveness in Mobile Arena

Intel Corp's new CEO Brian Krzanich said on Thursday that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals.

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Related Topix: Startups, DLP Mobile, Intel, CPU, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science

Nikkei Net Interactive

Yahoo Japan To Offer Most Services As Apps

Aiming to boost traffic to its smartphone site, Yahoo Japan Corp. plans to make nearly all of the 150 or so services on its personal computer Web portal available as smartphone applications within the year.

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Related Topix: Computers

Wireless Design & Development

Dell's Dismal 1Q Illuminates PC Maker's Challenges

Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Dell, HP, Round Rock, TX

Fri May 17, 2013

ComputerWorld

Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges

Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Spyware

Examiner.com

4 Completely Different Ways to Share Photos

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, people took pictures of the Tyrannosaurus Rex with film-based cameras that required them to drop their pics off at a Fotomat for processing.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Dropbox, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Instagram