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Google users have been muddling through a design change the search engine giant sprung on them without warning on Thursday, trying to navigate how to customize the page -- or revert back to the old look -- without having to sign in. (Short answer: It appears you could not.) Although Google now seems...

Today's fast-paced business environment requires that employees have access to information where and when they need it. Organizations, however, struggle to ensure that employees have just enough access -- not too much, not too little. Inappropriate access is extremely common, and it can lead to detr...

Social game developer Zynga has introduced its latest creation -- "FrontierVille" -- on Facebook. "FrontierVille" is similar to Zynga's immensely popular "FarmVille" in that players and their networks maintain a place -- in this case, a frontier outpost. The game starts with a covered wagon and plot...

Google has sped up its search engine with the introduction of its Caffeine Web indexing system. This will provide 50 percent fresher results for Web searches than its previous index and is the largest collection of Web content the Web search giant has offered in search results, Google software engin...

In today's world of cloud-based services and legislative forces that are upping noncompliance penalties with each passing day, the application of email encryption as a strategic tool is back on the front burner. Email encryption is nothing new, of course. Yet outside of the usual circles -- finance,...

There are multiple underwater oil plumes in the area surrounding BP's broken wellhead off the coast of Louisiana, but so far their concentrations seem to be "very low," according to a report released Tuesday by NOAA. Scientists analyzed water samples collected by the University of South Florida's R/...

China's State Council Information Office has published a whitepaper outlining its view of the Internet -- along with a reaffirmation that it intends to continue to restrict access to it. For the most part, the paper, which also was posted in an English language version, expresses admiration of the I...

Printer giant HP has announced a new line of printers that will ship equipped with a suite of services allowing their owners to print to them from anywhere on the Web, using any device capable of sending an email. The line starts at $99 and the Web-based service will be supported by digital print ad...

Adobe has reported a vulnerability in several of its applications. The flaw, which Adobe rates as "critical," exists in Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x running on most operating systems. It could crash a victim's PC and let hackers take over the machine. The flaw couldn't come at a worse ...

If you're a parent of young children and you've sat through any number of bad "family" movies during a crowded matinee, then you've probably thanked Disney/Pixar for conjuring up the likes of Buzz Lightyear and Woody, Nemo and Dory, Mike and Sully, Mr. Incredible, Wall-E, Lightning McQueen and Remy ...

Watching BP try to plug the biggest oil spill in history while staging photo ops for the media feels like watching a new definition of evil unfold -- until the realization sets in that we're likely watching the death of a company. "Evil" has been used to describe Microsoft, and Google wrote it into ...

It will probably come as a surprise to the millions of people who have already purchased one, but the Apple iPad is just another PC, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who made the comments this week during a recent on-stage interview at the D8 Conference. "Of course it is," Ballmer told Wall...

Sprint on Friday launched the HTC Evo 4G smartphone to a chorus of mixed reviews. Some hailed it as the best Android smartphone yet; others pointed out some flaws, both with the device and with Sprint's 4G network. HTC has said it will fix some of the problems with the Evo by issuing an over-the-air...

Talk about dealing from a position of strength: Apple and Steve Jobs enter next week's Worldwide Developers Conference as kings of the tech industry hill, makers of must-have consumer products and generators of must-read technosphere headlines. He strode onstage at this week's D8 Conference to the o...

Facebook is responding to yet another "clickjacking" attack, following similar attacks that reportedly impacted thousands over the weekend. This particular form of clickjacking baits the hook by purporting to link to a subject Facebook users might find interesting. The latest attack consists of a li...


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