Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
While no operating system is perfect, Microsoft appears to have made significant security improvements with the release of Windows 7.



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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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Mar 14, 2010 Technology
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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