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Why is My Computer Slowing Down?

(Lincoln Spector) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:14:00 GMT

A41202813 asked the Answer Line forum why his once quick PC is slowing down

Jailbreaking puts iPhone owners at risk, says researcher

gkeizer@ix.netcom.com (Gregg Keizer) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT

Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, security researcher Charlie Miller said today, and the proof is in the ikee worm that has infected some Australian phones.

SharePoint Server 2010 beta

(Network World (US) staff) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:47:00 GMT

The second paragraph has been changed in the Network World review, "SharePoint Server 2010 beta pulls it all together," which posted to the newswire Monday. News editors are asked to use the updated version of the story whose second paragraph now reads:

Google to buy mobile ad company

(Nancy Gohring) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

Google plans to buy mobile advertising provider AdMob for US$750 million stock, the search giant said on Monday.

First USB 3.0 flash drive has 10X the speed of previous drives

lucas_mearian@computerworld.com (Lucas Mearian) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:31:00 GMT

Super Talent today announced the industry's first USB 3.0 compliant flash drive with data transfer speeds of up to 5Gbit/sec -- 10 times faster than USB 2.0 products and about six times faster than FireWire.

NYSE puts stock in 10G Ethernet

(Jim Duffy) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMT

Force10 Networks has been selected by NYSE Euronext to supply a 10G Ethernet network to manage the exchange's data centers in New Jersey and London.

PC chip sales skyrocket, signaling a market on the mend

sharon_gaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:23:00 GMT

IDC said that third quarter microprocessor sales unexpectedly grew by 23% in the third quarter, thanks to strong sales of netbook computers based on Intel's Atom processor in China.

Report: Apple readies smaller iPhone on Verizon

matthew_hamblen@computerworld.com (Matt Hamblen) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Apple Inc. will launch a smaller "worldmode" iPhone next year that will be ready for Verizon Wireless to sell in the third quarter of 2010, according to an analyst report citing unnamed handset maker sources.

Crazy tech support stories

(Kory Salsbury) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:00 GMT

An IT support specialist remembers the calls that made him push the mute button while he pulled himself together

Finding Your Photos Online

(Dave Johnson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Recently, a friend of mine congratulated me for selling one of my wildlife photos. When I asked him what he meant, he sent me a link to a site that was prominently using a shot I had taken of some wolves. The problem? I had never given the site owners permission to use my photo, which they had "borrowed" from my Flickr page. I asked them to remove the photo, and they did--but not everyone out there is so reasonable. You can watermark your photos to prevent this sort of thing from happening. But is there any way to find your photos online to see they're being used inappropriately?

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