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How to foil Web browser 'tabnapping'
An incredibly sneaky identity-theft tactic surfaced earlier this week when Mozilla's creative lead of Firefox unveiled what's become known as "tabnapping." Here's how to fight back. Read More


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The ultimate Twitter quiz
Microblogging site Twitter has gained notoriety for a lot more than its 140-character messaging. Read More

Apple tops Microsoft as world's most valuable tech firm
Apple passed a major milestone today, becoming the world's largest technology company as measured by the total value of its shares. Read More


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Survey underscores simmering feud between FCC, wireless industry
The growing friction between the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission grew hotter with the release of a survey showing widespread concern and confusion over sudden increases in monthly wireless bills for exceeding limits on data, voice or text, and for early termination fees. Read More

Is Microsoft an open source company?
When thinking about open source, most people immediately think Linux, Apache, Mozilla to name a few of the many projects currently being developed. Of course, there are thousands of open source projects and I wanted to see what platform these projects were running on. To my surprise, I found a great deal of Windows open source projects. Read More


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Cisco looking at two acquisitions?
Cisco is sizing up two possible acquisitions in the mobile Internet space, according to an analyst's report. Read More

Indonesia, India offers better prospects than China, MS says
Microsoft sees better opportunities in Indonesia and India than it does in China due to "very, very low" protection for intellectual property in China, Microsoft's chief executive said Wednesday. Read More

Ballmer: Robbie Bach just wanted to retire
The management shakeup at Microsoft doesn't reflect dissatisfaction with the company's mobile and game console strategies, company CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday. Read More

Cisco gaining back switching share lost in 2009
The Layer 2/3 switching market is on track to approach $17 billion this year, having grown almost 11% sequentially in Q1 to over $4.8 billion. Cisco gained share across all segments in the market having taken share from every other vendor while adding 4% to its leadership position, according to Oppenheimer & Co. Read More



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