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Apple: It's time to leave Neverland

Apple has lost its Peter Pan, and that means that it finally has to grow up.

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Sorry, Dropbox, I still don't trust you

Last summer, I deleted my Dropbox account after the company admitted to a horrifying security breach. This week, I reluctantly opened a new Dropbox account.

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HP: We're keeping the PC unit

HP CEO Meg Whitman decides the PC business isn't so bad after all.

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The technology behind Disney's Club Penguin

Lane Merrifield, co-founder of Club Penguin and now a Disney exec, talks infrastructure, a social networking overhaul and a new round of features for the site with 150 million registered users.

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Security researcher finds major security flaw in Facebook

A security researcher has discovered a major security hole affecting the most popular social networking site, Facebook.

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Chrome 15: The Best Browser keeps getting better (Review)

There are no major improvements in Google's Chrome 15, but the minor upgrades are enough to keep it on top.

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Samsung overtakes Apple as world's top smartphone maker

'Cautiously optimistic' over fourth quarter outlook.

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By next year, the Kindle will be free (chart)

It's almost undeniable. By next year, it looks like -- for at least one model -- the Kindle will be free.

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While everyone's hating Netflix, Redbox increases daily DVD rental fee by 20 percent

With Netflix still reeling from its recent price-increase fiasco, a la carte DVD renter Redbox has decided it's the perfect time to slip in its own price hike on daily rentals.The company's...

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A decade's worth of Windows mistakes that changed Microsoft (for better and worse)

As a longtime Microsoft-watcher, I'm as fascinated by the company's missteps as I am by its successes. Anyone who worked at Microsoft in the first decade of the 21st Century knows the company made many missteps and wrong turns.

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Best Halloween Costume Ever: Nikon D3 suit that really works!

With a functional LCD, flash, and shutter release, this awesome Nikon D3 Halloween costume is making the blogosphere rounds.

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United States CIO: Innovation is an endless resource

Speaking Tuesday at a Churchill Club event in Palo Alto, Calif., the country's Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel discusses innovation in the federal IT landscape. He says cybersecurity concerns should not be used as an excuse not to innovate.

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