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• E-Book Piracy: The Publishing Industry's Next Epic Saga? With the rise of e-book readers like the Kindle, Sony Reader, and Nook comes the scourge of the digital world: pirates.
• PC World's Top 5 Most Dangerous Videos Sometimes when we test tech, we really test tech. In these videos, hoses, dirt, long hard drops, and even flame cannons were involved in our testing.
• Skeptical Shopper: Money-Saver Sites You Haven’t Heard Of Looking for some new ways to find deals and conserve cash? Check out these bargain-hunting Websites.
• On Your Side: Refurbished GPS Device's Outdated Maps Can a refurbished GPS device's old maps be updated sans cost? What should you do if a product's repair has a long delay? Also, some surge protectors are recalled.
• Top 10 Stylish Cameras Just in time for the holidays, here are ten of the most fashionable point-and-shoot cameras.
• 2009 Last-Minute Holiday Geek Gift Guide You may not be able to avoid last-minute gift-getting, but these ideas may make it less painful.
• Cybercrooks Target File-Sharing Networks Security experts at Kaspersky Labs warn that cybercriminals are shifting their focus from worms and spams to file-sharing services.
• 7 Secret Features in Windows 7 From streaming Netflix movies in Windows Media Center to eye candy desktop themes to a calculator that does a lot more than arithmetic, here's a showcase of cool but unappreciated Windows 7 features.
• Droid Multitouch Enhanced by Add-on Milestone's downloadable ROM improves the smartphone's multitouch functions ahead of Google.
• Excellent Picture Quality: Three HDTVs from Samsung and Sony If you're in the market for a new HDTV, these three models all have great picture quality.
• What's Cheaper: Replacement Ink, or a New Printer? It may sound crazy, but buying the replacement ink you need can cost you almost as much -- if not more -- than a whole new printer.
• PC World's Top Videos of 2009 Our most popular videos of the year included a look at The Sims 3 game, how to install Ubuntu Linux, and best YouTube friendly camcorders.
• Best Games of 2009 for the iPhone: Macworld's 2009 App Gems Awards Macworld editors describe the five iPhone and iPod Touch games they've chosen as the best of 2009.
• FAQ: FTC's Lawsuit Against Intel What does the FTC's case against Intel mean to you? Here are some frequently asked questions--and answers.
• Android App Alert: Mobile Defense Hits the Market Want to protect your Android phone in case it's lost or stolen? An app just made widely available makes it easier than ever -- and it won't cost you a single cent.
• Sexting Study Finds Few Teens Participate When it comes to sexting, only a small percentage of teens actually participate in swapping sexually explicit messages.
• Macworld's 2009 App Gems Awards Looking through Apple's App Store, it's easy to get lost in the numbers. From December 2008 to November 2009, some 90,000 apps arrived in the online store...
• Analyst: Worries Will Remain Over ISP-level Content Filter The Federal Government's decision to go ahead with a controversial ISP-level content filter will raise more questions than it answers, according to a leading...
• The Web's Most Illogical Arguments Everywhere you look online, people are debating something. But not all arguments are created equal. Here are ten of the most common logical fallacies you'll encounter on the Internet.
• Facebook Privacy: Zuckerberg's Profile Unzipped Facebook CEO's Facebook page reveals the ups and downs of the social networking site's new privacy settings.
• Scrooged: 12 Xmas-themed Scams While the risk of being hacked, conned or having sensitive information stolen is possible all through the year, most security experts agree that the holiday...
• How to Buy a Monitor Which monitor you need depends on the applications you use, the amount of desk space you have, and how much you want to spend.
• Virtual World Smut Too Accessible by Minors, FTC Charges Research makes recommendations to better protect kids from accessing explicit and adult content online.
• Mozilla Endorses Bing Over Google Privacy Issues A Mozilla executive suggested Firefox users move to Bing for search functions, citing concerns over Google's stance on privacy.
• Fashionable Point-and-Shoot Cameras From Canon, Panasonic, and Samsung How to choose which point-and-shoot camera will suit you best? We have some answers.