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Estonian ISP Cuts off Control Servers for Srizbi Botnet (PC World)
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PC World - An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world's spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts.
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Netbooks: Small, Cheap -- and Fast? (PC World)
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PC World - Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.
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Tech Sells on Black Friday (PC World)
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PC World - The Nintendo Wii was the number one selling item this Black Friday, and tech sales in general blasted through grim economic expectations.
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In Mumbai, Bloggers and Twitter Offer Help to Relatives (PC World)
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PC World - Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out Thursday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai.
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Singapore's StarHub Offers Femtocell Service (PC World)
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PC World - Singaporean operator StarHub is rolling out a femtocell service that allows mobile subscribers to make calls at home using their broadband Internet connections instead of the cellular network.
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A Bold Proposal to Curb Retail Video Games Shrinkage (PC World)
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PC World - What if a game had to be activated at the store before you could use it?
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Hot Jobs: Software Implementation Analyst (PC World)
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PC World - Job description: The software implementation analyst ensures that deployments of new applications or upgrades are planned and carried out correctly.
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Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday' (AP)
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AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.
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Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rules (AP)
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AP - Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.
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Obama's security adviser calls for energy action (CNET)
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CNET - President-elect Barack Obama's choice of James Jones as national security adviser brings a retired Marine general who advocates a comprehensive overhaul to U.S. energy policy in the name of national defense.
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Clearwire to market WiMax under "Clear" brand (AP)
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AP - Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."
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HTC's Real IPhone Rival Stands Up: the Touch HD (PC World)
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PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones that use Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, launched the Touch HD handset in Taipei on Wednesday, a 3.8-inch touchscreen mobile phone that more closely match...
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Cartoon Network Game "Ben 10" Tops 2.5 Million Sales (PC World)
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PC World - If you've never heard of Ben 10: Protector of Earth, welcome to the club. If I said "Steven Seagle," that might raise some eyebrows, except that I mean Steven T. Seagle, the American comics, TV, film, theater, video game, and ...
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Nokia to Pull out of Japanese Handset Market (PC World)
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PC World - The world's largest cell phone maker is pulling out of one of the world's biggest cellular markets. Nokia said on Thursday that it will stop developing handsets for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, effectively ending a push tha...
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Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World)
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PC World - A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational tech...
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