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New Version of Digg Revealed

At the “Bigg Digg Shindigg” event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and the return of the Digg leaderboard.


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When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites

Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms? Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads…


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Seven Improved Security Features in Windows 7

While no operating system is perfect, Microsoft appears to have made significant security improvements with the release of Windows 7.


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Top 10 Google Apps Marketplace Apps

Google’s Apps suite for domain owners and businesses has finally received some star treatment with the launch of the Apps Marketplace. Which Google-friendly apps are free, worth the cost, and entirely useful? These 10 are definitely worth a look.


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Comcast-NBCU merger: how the regulators will decide

Representatives from the Department of Justice and FCC were low-key about what they thought about the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger at yesterday’s Senate hearing. But they offered a road map of how they’re going to evaluate the deal. We’ve got details.


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Epic Lego ‘Crawler Town’ Creation by Dave DeGobbi

Dave DeGobbi’s mind-blowing Crawler Town should have its own moviewritten around it. If there are any fans of Borderlands out there,it’s heavily reminiscent of Baron Flynt’s massive rig-turned-city, theThor.


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OS X Virtual Showdown: Parallels 5 vs VirtualBox 3

Virtualization is becoming a bigger factor in everyone’s computer experience. One place it seems to be gaining popularity is a Windows client running on a Mac. This arrangement allows a Mac OS X user to have access to the huge Windows library of titles. So, it does make sense for a Mac user to at least consider virtualization as a practical tool.


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Decoding An Ancient Computer: New Astonishing Truths

The mysterious mechanism was discovered in 1900 in the wreck of a Roman vessel off the Greek island of Antikythera. The ship held other treasures that were taken over by the Greek government, but one of the items retrieved by the divers was an odd-looking corroded lump of some kind.


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Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 Might Deliver a Multitasking Solution

One of the biggest complaints surrounding Apple’s iPhone OS is the lack of multitasking support, and it’s a valid one. But if the latest rumor proves to be true, critics will soon be silenced, or at least redirect their disgust squarely on the lack of Flash integration.


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Google 99.9% Sure It’s Out of China

Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9 percent” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.


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