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Mike Judge to write dang-old Silicon Valley comedy for HBO, man Safe online shopping: 10 tips to avoid getting burned Google Now coming to desktop near you BS detector: Does watching Fox News or blindly believing PR studies make you stupid? US FTC: Many kids' apps fail to disclose what information they share Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales Coming next season on The Walking Dead: Windows XP FCC urges FAA: Let passengers run gadgets during takeoff 10 Twitter-Inspired Gift Ideas for the Holidays Criticize Stallman and suffer the wrath of the internet WHITE PAPER: Dell Top 5 Considerations for Cost-Effective Lifecycle Management The new reality is that hardware prices have come down, maintenance costs have gone up and technology is improving to the point where accelerating refresh cycles for desktops and laptops can be the most cost-effective strategy. These top five considerations will help you to determine your optimal computer lifecycle management strategy. Learn More 13 killer Chrome apps to replace your desktop software When Tim Berners-Lee invented the first Web browser in 1990, it was just an application made to read HTML pages passively. Fast-forward to today, and theA modern Web browser has become a powerful platform in itself--almost a miniature operating system, capable of running complex JavaScript code and interacting with Flash plug-ins. Read More Australian police called Apple Maps' inaccuracies a 'potentially life-threatening issue' Australian police are warning people not to rely on Apple's new mobile mapping application after several motorists ended up in a semi-arid national park where temperatures can reach 115F (46C) and there is no water supply. Read More A $3,000 ATM skimmer ... or a $3,000 scam? Security expert Bruce Schneier earlier today posted this provocative headline to his blog: Buy Your Own ATM Skimmer for $3000. "I have no idea if this is real," Schneier writes. "If I had to guess, I would say no." Read More Mike Judge to write dang-old Silicon Valley comedy for HBO, man Creator of 'Office Space' and 'King of the Hill' set to skewer startup culture Read More Safe online shopping: 10 tips to avoid getting burned You need to buy some gifts. You need to buy them quickly. You can (a) brave the madness of holiday retail shopping at your local mall, rife with screaming children and airborne contagions, or (b) kick back at home and buy all your gifts online, accompanied by nothing more obnoxious than a warm cup of cocoa--or a cold glass of wine. Read More Google Now coming to desktop near you Google's personal assistant for its Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system is coming to the Internet search leader's Chrome browser. Read More BS detector: Does watching Fox News or blindly believing PR studies make you stupid? PRWeb published and then Yahoo republished a study claiming that Fox New viewers have a lower IQ than the rest of the nation. "Study shows that the Americans who watch Fox News have an average IQ of 80, whereas the national average is 100. Researchers were not 'shocked' by findings," stated the fake study by a fake "Intelligence Institute." Whether or not you like Fox News, your BS meter should be... Read More US FTC: Many kids' apps fail to disclose what information they share Many mobile apps aimed at children collect and share personal data without notifying parents, potentially violating U.S. law, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Monday. Read More Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Read More Coming next season on The Walking Dead: Windows XP Microsoft has said, repeatedly, that come April 8, 2014, it will end all support for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Support for SP2 and earlier have already ended. That means no bug fixes, no exploit fixes and no phone support. And in less than 500 days, that will be it for SP3 as well. And yet there are people who say Microsoft should wait. Read More FCC urges FAA: Let passengers run gadgets during takeoff Airplane passengers aren't the only ones fed up with restrictions on the use of portable electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Read More 10 Twitter-Inspired Gift Ideas for the Holidays Looking for the perfect present for the Twitter addict in your life? Here's a look at 10 ideas, from jeans that tweet your mood (seriously) to Twitter collars for your pet. Read More Criticize Stallman and suffer the wrath of the internet I think we can all agree that Free Software is a glorious thing. The Free Software movement has had an overall extremely positive impact on the tech sector. And one of the chief architects behind this movement, Richard M. 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