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Ever wanted to know more about that trippy feline, Nyan Cat? GeekTech gets the low-down from creator Chris Torres.

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How to Log In to Your PC Remotely With TeamViewer

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Komodo Edit: Feature-Packed Free Programmers' Editor

This free and powerful programmer's text editor is built on the same foundation as Mozilla Firefox.

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Foodspotting Expands its Menu

Analysis: After collecting food shots for awhile, the mobile app is revamped to let you browse popular dishes at nearby restaurants, or pull up a “picture menu.”

Social Media

Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking

Path is trying to be a social network that is more personal, one in which your friends are actually people you currently have in your life.

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Snappy Z-Maestro Offers Affordable--but Limited--Audio Editing

A lightweight and affordable, but immature, audio and MIDI sequencing program.

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How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads

Those small modules in the margin of your screen promote a company or product with endorsements from your friends and contacts who "like" or "follow" the brand.

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Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps

The app lets users take notes in meetings, lectures, or interviews-entering text by typing or adding sketches with a stylus.

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Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS

The apps come loaded with interactive features that augment the storylines.

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Researchers Develop Computer Modelling to Read Words in People's Thoughts

The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate.

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Facebook Malware Scam Takes Hold

A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.

PCW

Symantec Warns of Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download

Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded.

Phones

Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop?

In the next decade, mobile phones will gain capabilities that make them suitable replacements for the conventional desktop or laptop computer.

Apple

Apple Pulls Ripoff Apps from its Walled Garden

Some consumers get confused and shell out money thinking they're getting the real app, when they're actually buying a counterfeit.

Consumer Advice

How to Back Up and Restore Data With Windows 7

Microsoft includes a full backup and restore utility with Windows 7. Follow this guide to see how it works.

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Facebook Details Continue to Emerge Following IPO Announcement

Here's a rundown of the most recent dish about the social network, courtesy of the disclosures necessary when a company plans to go public.

Email / Instant Messaging

How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer

The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer.

Software

How to Record Your PC's Screen for Free With Screenr

Follow this guide to learn how to create your own screencasts, using free software.

Gadgets

Tiny High-Tech Keychain Gadgets

Forget superthin Ultrabooks that can fit in your purse--these tiny gadgets can fit in your pocket, with room to spare.

Internet

Relax, Facebook Timeline Paranoia Is Misguided

Everyone seems to be all in a tizzy over the impending switch to the new Facebook Timeline layout. It's going to be OK people, just like it always is.

How to Take Great Product Photos for Your Online Store

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Tablets

Readdle Adds Remarks to Growing Field of Note-taking Apps

The app lets users take notes in meetings, lectures, or interviews-entering text by typing or adding sketches with a stylus.

Tech Industry

Researchers Develop Computer Modelling to Read Words in People's Thoughts

The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate.

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Numberlys and The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore for iOS

The apps come loaded with interactive features that augment the storylines.

Social Media

Facebook Alternative Path Adds Depth to Social Networking

Path is trying to be a social network that is more personal, one in which your friends are actually people you currently have in your life.

Phones

Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop?

In the next decade, mobile phones will gain capabilities that make them suitable replacements for the conventional desktop or laptop computer.

Security

Lawsuit Raises Issue of E-Mail Privacy at Work

Whistleblowers say their private e-mails were extensively monitored after complained about irregularities at the FDA; did they have a reasonable expectation of privacy?

Social Media

How to Opt Out of Linked-In's Social Ads

Those small modules in the margin of your screen promote a company or product with endorsements from your friends and contacts who "like" or "follow" the brand.

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Foodspotting Expands its Menu

Analysis: After collecting food shots for awhile, the mobile app is revamped to let you browse popular dishes at nearby restaurants, or pull up a “picture menu.”

Phones

HTC Android Fix Delayed for Some

Some users of HTC Android phones will have to wait until next week to get a fix for a problem that could leak access info to Wi-Fi networks.

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