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Foodspotting Expands its Menu
Analysis: After collecting food shots for awhile, the mobile app is revamped to let you browse popular dishes at nearby restaurants, or pull up a ?picture menu.?

Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking
Path is trying to be a social network that is more personal, one in which your friends are actually people you currently have in your life.

How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads
Those small modules in the margin of your screen promote a company or product with endorsements from your friends and contacts who "like" or "follow" the brand.

Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps
The app lets users take notes in meetings, lectures, or interviews-entering text by typing or adding sketches with a stylus.

Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS
The apps come loaded with interactive features that augment the storylines.

Researchers Develop Computer Modelling to Read Words in People's Thoughts
The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate.

Steve Jobs' Influence Continues
Some days there seems to be more Steve Jobs news than ever before, with memories and marketing schemes continuing to influence Apple and others.

Will Facebook's IPO Help it Beat Google?
A huge influx of cash could enable the social networking site to topple the search giant, industry and financial analysts say.

EMC Ramps up Flash Game With VFCache, 'Thunder' Appliance
EMC is now shipping its long-awaited entry in the server-based flash storage market while laying the groundwork for a future appliance based on the same...

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Presidential Campaign Mobile Websites Lack Savvy
All of the U.S. presidential candidates say they're pro-tech, but their mobile campaign sites don't support that campaign promise.

HTC Android Fix Delayed for Some
Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak access info to Wi-Fi networks.

Lawsuit Raises Issue of E-Mail Privacy at Work
Whistleblowers say their private e-mails were extensively monitored after complained about irregularities at the FDA; did they have a reasonable expectation of privacy?

Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop?
In the next decade, mobile phones will gain capabilities that make them suitable replacements for the conventional desktop or laptop computer.

Archify 'Remembers' Your Web Travels
A Startup develops a browser plug-in that catalogs what you view in cyberspace for later retrieval and reference.

Profiles in Geekdom: Chris Torres, Creator of Nyan Cat
Ever wanted to know more about that trippy feline, Nyan Cat? GeekTech gets the low-down from creator Chris Torres.

Facebook Details Continue to Emerge Following IPO Announcement
Here's a rundown of the most recent dish about the social network, courtesy of the disclosures necessary when a company plans to go public.

Apple Pulls Ripoff Apps from its Walled Garden
Some consumers get confused and shell out money thinking they're getting the real app, when they're actually buying a counterfeit.

Social Media Takes Over the Super Bowl
Remember the days when watching the Super Bowl meant eating lots of chips, hanging out with friends and, most importantly, being glued to the TV?

Mac Basics: How to Set up Time Machine
Time Machine works with your Mac and an external drive to regularly save important documents, photos, and even important system files.

Censored: Apple Content Filtering Needs Work
Apple seems to think that "kinky sex moves" is appropriate content for 12 year olds, but rejected other content because it has the word "penis".

When Email Duplication Gets Unruly
Computer problems often lead us to assume the cause must lie with faulty software or hardware, but sometimes it turns out the true cause is our own misunderstanding.

Trendy Italian Leather Laptop Bag Can Double as Purse
At roughly $277 the Marshall Bergman Tahlia Clutch Bag is pricey, but it's sturdy enough to protect your MacBook Air and chic enough to carry as your main purse.

How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer
The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer.

Apple Scraps Controversial Terms in iBook Author EULA Agreement
Company bows to howls by iBook authors and publishers on restrictions in

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AMD's Move Could Pave the Way for ARM in Future Chips
Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM technology in...

The Asus Padfone, Facebook's IPO, Sony's Troubles, and More
On World Tech Update this week, Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld | iWorld.

First Look at the Dropcam HD
Our review unit of this Wi-Fi camera had fuzzy video playback in our hands-on tests, but Dropcam promises that the final version of its Dropcam HD will not have these problems.

Here's How to Install Carrier-Blocked Apps on Your Android Phone
Workaround allows users to install apps like Google Wallet onto their Android phones.

Engineer's Wife 'Ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs
The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.

How NOT to Get a Job 101: Hack Marriott, Extort Execs for Work
Hacking and extortion will get you thrown in prison.

Social Media Fuels Planned Parenthood Backers in Komen Protest
Fueled by a firestorm of outrage on Twitter and Facebook, the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation has announced it will not cut funding for Planned Parenthood.

The Byte: Not Stringer's Fault, Google Fined, Playbook Cut, Android Market Cleaned
Sony's CEO says losses aren't his fault, Google has to pay a fine, RIM cuts the price of its Playbook again, and Android Market malware is reduced.

Facebook Malware Scam Takes Hold
A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.

Motorola, Woot Admit to Reselling Uncleared Xoom Tablets
Motorola and Woot admit that some refurbished Xoom tablets may have been sold with ex-owners' sensitive data still on them.

Micron CEO Dies in Plane Crash
Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.

FBI Admits Anonymous Snooped Conference Call
Anonymous secretly recorded a conference call between the FBI and foreign law enforcement and then posted the results online.

Facebook IPO, Tons of New Cameras, and Inkjets for Business on PCWorld Podcast #131
Facebook makes a lot of money, and wants to make more by going public. Also, did you know that inkjet printers may be better than lasers for small business?

Relax, Facebook Timeline Paranoia Is Misguided
Everyone seems to be all in a tizzy over the impending switch to the new Facebook Timeline layout. It's going to be OK people, just like it always is.

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Office 365's Lync Online to Gain Interop With Consumer IM Networks
Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non-Microsoft...

Systems Management, Cloud Services Likely in Dell's Software Acquisition Plans
Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers...

Google's New 'Bouncer' Targets Android Market Malware
Last year saw a 40 percent drop in malicious app downloads, the company says.

See How Silk Is Milked From a Spider
Paul Lazzaro shares how he does his job milking black widow spiders for their silk.

Apple Removes, Than Replaces Products From German Online Store
Apple on Friday removed some of its products from its online store serving Germany due to a court injunction in its dispute with Motorola, but shortly after it...

Apple iTunes Match Glitch Replaces Explicit Lyric Songs With Censored Versions
Tunes by rap artists Kanye West, Jay Z, and Ice Cube are affected. Presented By: Do you have what it takes?   Ads by Pheedo

Who Really Was Behind the SOPA Protests?
Some critics have blamed Silicon Valley tech firms for the massive online protests last month against two controversial copyright bills. Other groups have...

Putting Your Amazon Kindle Fire to Work
I don't suggest tossing your laptop out just yet, but with the right mix of apps the Kindle Fire can fill in as a mobile business productivity tool when the need arises.

VeriSign Hack: Few Details Seep Out
It's still not clear exactly what was compromised when Internet giant VeriSign suffered a series of data breaches in 2010.

AMD Targets Ultrabooks, Shows 18mm Trinity Notebook
Super-skinny laptops will offer long battery life and smaller price tag than Intel's entries, AMD tells analysts.

Will Europe Upend Google's New Privacy Plan?
The European Union asks Google to delay implementing its new privacy policy for closer scrutiny with stricter European privacy law.

More Details Emerge on the Fully Open 'Spark' Tablet
Though it won't ship before May, you can preorder this Linux-based device starting next week.