Mac mini (Late 2009) benchmarks
Apple recently released an update to its Mac mini line of desktop computers. The changes include faster processors, more RAM, and Apple's Snow Leopard operating system pre-installed. Macworld Lab has the two desktop Mac minis, and we put them through our benchmark tests. Our result show that the new Mac minis are impressively faster than the models they replace.
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Google Chrome: The fast browser with slow adoption
The launch of Google's Chrome browser a little over a year ago brought with it a mountain of hype and expectations, with some suggesting it could be as instantly disruptive and beneficial as Gmail was to the webmail market.
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Wi-Fi complexity moves into the cloud
There are now at least three companies moving enterprise Wi-Fi control functions, management functions or both into the cloud.
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Twitter Lists rolled out to masses
Enjoy Twitter, but have trouble wading through the deluge of updates from the hundreds of people you follow? In order to help you break down your Twitter consumption into bite-size pieces, the social networking site has begun rolling out its latest feature, Lists, to its user base at large.
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E-readers: To be open or not to be open -- that is the question
As e-readers grow in popularity, a debate is growing about how well proprietary formats such as Amazon.com uses with the Kindle will do against more open approaches that allow users to download e-books to just about any device.
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Droid and Android, ICANN votes, Win 7 residue
The world got another smartphone this week with Motorola's Droid, available from Verizon. Google rolled out Android 2.0 as well. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers finally voted to allow non-Latin characters in domain names, and Windows 7 news continued apace, among other things. So read on and Happy Halloween everyone (see number 10).
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After one year, Conficker infects 7M computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million computers, security experts estimate.
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Delete networked files without caution dialog
Today's hint is simple, effective, useful, and potentially quite dangerous--even though it neither uses Terminal nor modifies anything in the system. Instead, it's one of those timesaving shortcuts that you might, just might, regret knowing at some point in the future. Before you consider using this hint, remember that, as a relative of a spider-powered human mutant once said, "with great power comes great responsibility."
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Facebook spammer's $711M fine won't stop problem, analysts say
Analysts expect that this week's federal court decision to fine a spammer $711 million for attacking Facebook will prompt cybercriminals to develop more sophisticated ways to avoid detection when attacking social networks.
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Scary new tech fears to haunt your Halloween
In the spirit of Halloween, columnist Mike Elgan tries to freak you out with some newly reported threats that could come back to haunt all of us.
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