Optimize Your Tablet For Movies on The Go

[ This sponsored article was written by IDG Creative Lab, a partner of PCWorld, and not by PCWorld's editorial staff. ] Your tablet isn't just a way to be productive on the go, it's also a portable portal for watching movies and other video entertainment....

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Backlash over Facebook's 'listening' feature is a problem of trust

Facebook will soon be listening to its users—literally—but some of them wish it would cover its ears. The social network is in the doghouse again, this time for an upcoming feature that will allow it to listen in on its users via their smartphone's...

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AppliedMicro to crank up mobile chips to 16 cores for servers

AppliedMicro plans to put ARM mobile chips with 16 cores in servers, but is approaching the market cautiously following the abrupt shutdown of ARM server pioneer Calxeda late last year. AppliedMicro will talk about its faster and more power-efficient...

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Massive Flash exploit campaign directed at Japan seeks financial data

An Adobe Flash player vulnerability is being used in attacks on a massive scale against Web users, mostly in Japan, to collect online banking details, according to new research from Symantec. On Monday and Tuesday, Symantec detected more than 14,000...

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Google starts accepting 'right to be forgotten' requests in Europe

Google has started accepting requests from Europeans wanting to remove search links to information on them that they find objectionable, following a controversial ruling earlier this month by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Asserting the...

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Hackers put security tool that finds payment card data into their arsenal

Like a crowbar, security software tools can be used for good and evil. Bootleg versions of a powerful tool called "Card Recon" from Ground Labs, which searches for payment card data stored in the nooks and crannies of networks, have been appropriated...

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Samsung's new 1TB SSD is based on latest 3D technology

Samsung has raised the stakes in flash storage with a new 1TB solid-state drive based on its newest memory technology.The SSD is targeted at high-end PCs, and the drive is based on Samsung's second generation V-NAND technology, in which storage chips...

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Iranian group created fake news organization as part of hacking campaign

A suspected Iranian hacker group seeded Facebook and LinkedIn with bogus profiles of attractive women and even created a fake online news organization to get digitally closer to more than 2,000 people whom it wanted to spy on. Once they had befriended...

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How augmented reality wants to help you shop

Want to see how that coffee machine looks on your counter before you buy it? A crop of startups see a business in helping you visualize. The companies are vying to provide new mapping and image recognition services to give better information to consumers...

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China to crack down on mobile instant messaging apps

China is starting a month-long crack down on illegal content circulating through local instant messaging services. The latest crackdown, announced Tuesday, comes after a terrorist attack in China's Xinjiang region killed 43 people. Police later arrested...

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No steering wheel. No pedals. Google gets serious about self-driving cars

So you're fascinated with self-driving cars, eh? Are you fascinated enough to try one that has no steering wheel and no pedals? That's the next, dramatic step for Google in its determination to create a fully autonomous car. No matter how cool this...

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Amazon 'not optimistic' about ending standoff with Hachette soon

Amazon.com defended the right of a retailer to promote a publisher's books differently, in the wake of a dispute with Hachette."A retailer can feature a supplier's items in its advertising and promotional circulars, 'stack it high' in the front of the...

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EBay flaw could be used to hijack accounts, researcher says

A security researcher who found a major vulnerability in eBay's website last week said a second flaw he found hasn't been fixed and could be used to hijack user accounts. Jordan Lee Jones, a 19-year-old college student who lives in Stockton-on-Tees,...

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Twitter users to grow 24.4 percent in 2014, US still largest market

Twitter users are expected to grow 24.4 percent this year to over 227 million with double-digit growth forecast to continue through 2018 when the number of users will be nearly 400 million, according to a report. The US will continue to be the country...

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Down on the factory-farm, Japan's electronics makers are turning over a new leaf

Sure, you could buy a laptop, tablet or cloud service from Toshiba. But how about some spinach? The Tokyo-based conglomerate is joining other IT firms in Japan by getting into high-tech farming. The companies say there's demand for vegetables that are...

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US seeks leniency for 'Sabu,' Lulzsec leader-turned-snitch

U.S. prosecutors say a hacking group's mastermind should be spared a long prison sentence due to his quick and fruitful cooperation with law enforcement. The man, Hector Xavier Monsegur of New York, is accused of leading a gang of international miscreants...

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Sony follows Microsoft into Chinese game consoles market

Sony is preparing to sell its PlayStation in China, joining Microsoft to compete in the country's fledgling gaming console market. The Japanese company is setting up two joint ventures with local Chinese company Shanghai Oriental Pearl Culture Development,...

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Apple asks US court to order Samsung to remove infringing features

Following up on a jury verdict, Apple has asked a court in California to order Samsung Electronics to stop using features that were found to infringe three of its patents. The company has also asked the court to review damages awarded by the jury or...

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Facebook sues alleged scammer over sex and Jennifer Lopez ads

Facebook is suing a former advertiser on its site, claiming he ran multiple ad accounts to promote sexual content and used a simple trick to scam the social network out of US$340,000. The lawsuit, filed this week, asks a federal court in San Francisco...

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MIT tackled Earth's atmosphere to give the moon broadband

Four transmitting telescopes in the New Mexico desert, each just 6 inches in diameter, can give a satellite orbiting the moon faster Internet access than many U.S. homes get. The telescopes form the earthbound end of an experimental laser link to demonstrate...

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Tech giants team up to take on US Government gag orders

As it stands now, tech companies can't disclose exact figures on how many national security-related user data requests they've received from the US Government. A group of major tech companies aren't happy about the current state of affairs, however,...

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Google preps mobile YouTube management app for creators

Google is developing a new mobile management app for people who post a lot of video to YouTube, part of an effort to help creators on the site get more out of the service. The app is based on feedback from people who operate YouTube channels to connect...

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Facebook sues alleged scammer over sex and Jennifer Lopez ads

Facebook is suing a former advertiser on its site, claiming he ran multiple ad accounts to promote sexual content and used a simple trick to scam the social network out of US$340,000. The lawsuit, filed this week, asks a federal court in San Francisco...

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MIT tackled Earth's atmosphere to give the moon broadband

Four transmitting telescopes in the New Mexico desert, each just 6 inches in diameter, can give a satellite orbiting the moon faster Internet access than many U.S. homes get. The telescopes form the earthbound end of an experimental laser link to demonstrate...

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Microsoft will patch IE zero day but doesn't give timeline

Microsoft said Thursday it plans eventually to patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that it's known about for seven months, but it didn't say when. A security research group within Hewlett-Packard called the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) released...

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Microsoft claims win over FBI, but agency still got its way

Microsoft claimed victory over an FBI bid to keep a request for customer data secret for national security reasons, but it appears the government gave up the fight after getting its way without the company. The FBI issued a National Security Letter...

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Court approval sought for $324M settlement of tech workers anti-poaching suit

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe Systems have agreed to pay US$324.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the companies of entering into secret agreements not to hire each others' workers, according to a filing seeking preliminary approval...

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Obama backs new surveillance legislation, but tech companies reject

A tech industry group that has Facebook and Google as participants has rejected the latest draft of a U.S. legislation that aims to put curbs on surveillance by the National Security Agency. The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday...

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Salesforce.com glitzes up its mobile app with 30 new features

Salesforce.com is moving quickly to enhance the new mobile application it unveiled at November's Dreamforce conference, with some 30 new features aimed at helping customers work through complex business processes in a single environment on their phone...

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Popular on Twitter? Your Klout score might soon get you a discount on a TV

It might be time to change the adage "the customer is always right" to, "the customer with the most followers is always right." On Wednesday, Lithium, which provides services to help businesses navigate social media, held its annual conference in San...

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Despite source code leak, Android malware fetches top $5,000 price

Despite a leak of its source code, an Android program aimed at compromising online bank accounts is still commanding US$5,000 per copy, one of the highest prices seen for a type of malware, according to research from Symantec. Symantec and RSA published...

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