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Five reasons Google Chrome OS Security Wins

Chrome OS' reliance on a password is a major security problem, but in other ways it has great security. Here's why.
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Twitter feed gets CBS deal

@SuitableForPrimeTimeStuffMyDadSays
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If Microsoft ran the Butterball Turkey Talk-line

Sorry ma'am, Turkey Home Edition doesn't support a pop-up timer.
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Playstation Premium, Wii pay-per-view and Datel sues Microsoft

Here's a quick roundup of gaming news from the past few days. Sony hints at a new Premium tier for the Playstation Network, while Nintendo launches paid video content in Japan. Lastly, Datel is suing Microsoft over the latter's decision to lock out Datel Memory Units for the Xbox 360
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The App Store gets a fix -- but not fixed

Much as we may love Phil Schiller, he can't right every wrong -- he's a busy guy.
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Your WAN diagram had better include Starbucks

When a laptop connects to an open wireless network at (name your coffee shop of choice), your organization is inherently accepting all of the network vulnerabilities of that hotspot. There's a lot you can't control. But here are 5 things you can - and should - do.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password

Google promises that Chrome will be a much more secure than Windows. Well, yes, but it also has one big problem as well.
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Make the most of Windows 7's high-powered taskbar

Microsoft pulled off a rare feat with Windows 7's taskbar, making it far more elegantly useful and customizable, without turning its back on everyone's well-honed sense of what it does. Dig around, though, and you'll find a few features that make the taskbar even more functional.
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Cat's death offers cautionary tale on e-rumormongering

Oh, you mean THAT Margaret Thatcher.
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Ten new channels just a start for Roku's set-top box

Roku has announced the Roku Channel Store that allows content publishers to stream their content to the Roku set-top box. Ten new channels will be available at launch.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann

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