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Google Tackles Social Networking with 'Buzz'

Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Buzz, a new social networking feature that will be integrated into Gmail and several mobile products.

Microsoft's Big Patch Tuesday Begins

In one of the larger Patch Tuesdays ever, Microsoft issued 13 advisories covering 26 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. Updates are available through the usual channels.

9 Things You Wish Google Would Announce

Virtually everyone expects Google to announce something to do with social networking today. But Google isn't telling, and the result is all guesswork. Here are a bunch of ideas from Twitter of all the things many would like to hear Google announce today.

Apple Adds Faces and Places to New Aperture 3.0

Though it's not an official participant in this week's Macworld convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Apple has issued a new release of its professional photo organizing and editing software, Aperture 3.0.

American Express: Strong Credit, Weak Passwords

American Express's policies for passwords for their customer logins require weak passwords. Why?

Android, iPhone OS Gain in Fourth Quarter

Apple and Google's Android operating system slightly gained market share during the last quarter of 2009, according to a market study released Tuesday by comScore, a portion of which tracked the growth of the various mobile OS platforms.

Microsoft Denies Battery Issues Are Tied to Windows

Microsoft on Monday denied that reports of battery issues with Windows 7-based machines were being caused by the new operating system, and said it was actually standard degradation users should expect with older batteries combined with a new Win 7 warning feature.

DualBootPRO 1.0.0

If you dual-boot Windows systems, this is the utility you need.