• Facebook's New Privacy Settings: 5 Things You Should Know

  
  New settings are supposed to make it easier to control who sees your information, but they're not always as clear as they should be.

• Will LCD Panel Price-Fixing Scandal Mean Lower Prices?

  
  Since the price-fixing plot ended three years ago, it seems unlikely that the Justice Dept. action would have a significant impact on today's panel prices. Or would it?
• AT&T's Data Crackdown: I'm Calling a Bluff
• Who Needs a Nokia Store Anyway?
• A $1000 Apple Tablet? Let's Hope Not
• Reviewers: The Nook Needs Some Work
• Amazon's Disc+ On Demand Could Be Big
• We're All Data Fatties, Study Finds

Latest News

• Microblogs in Asia Eye Games, Virtual Goods for Revenue qTwitter-style sites are all searching for ways to become profitable but in Asia they may have more options, such as offering games and selling virtual goods.
• After Criticism, Facebook Tweaks Friends List Privacy Options Is your "Friends List" really secure? Facebook has already changed its new privacy options to better protect the information, yet concerns remain.
• Battle Over Voice on LTE Heats up Backers of two competing specifications for delivering voice over LTE mobile data networks have heralded demonstrations in the past two days.
• AT&T Asks Customers in NY, SF to Cut Data Usage AT&T customers in New York and San Francisco are experiencing sub-par service and dropped calls — and now the company wants to put them on a data diet.
• Terrific Tech Gifts for $200 or Less Pocket camcorders, easy extra storage, touchscreen widget players, and game consoles--unaffordable? Think again.
• Amazon Disc+ on Demand Offers Instant Gratification Amazon's new combo deal gives you a free video-on-demand version of a movie when you buy the DVD or Blu-Ray edition.
• In-Flight Wi-Fi Explained An interview with Aircell's Niels Steenstrup on PC World Podcast Episode 57.
• Google Adds Twitter to Search Appliance Google has added the ability to view Twitter real-time search results alongside Google Search Appliance results.
• New Hack Gives You Droid Root Access An intrepid hacker has rooted the Droid, giving owners the ability to do more with their phones.
• Will LCD Panel Price-Fixing Scandal Mean Lower Prices? Since the price-fixing plot ended three years ago, it seems unlikely that the Justice Dept. action would have a significant impact on today's panel prices. Or would it?
• We're All Data Fatties, Study Finds An average American digests a whopping 34 gigabytes of information outside of work every day, a new study finds. It's OK -- go ahead and loosen your belt a notch.
• Wall Street Beat: Hopes High, but IT News Mixed Tech vendor shares are set for a strong finish for 2009, but mixed financial news shows that IT still faces hurdles on the way to economic recovery.
• Tech Firms Complain About New Chinese Procurement Rules Tech trade groups protest a new Chinese policy giving preference to Chinese products.
• Mozilla's Thunderbird Is Back with a Vengeance At long last, a new and vastly improved version of Thunderbird has just been released and is back to being great.
• Google Chrome: How to Install 5 Hot Extensions Similar to Firefox add-ons, these cool Chrome extensions sit on your toolbar and extend the functionality of your browser.
• Electronic Arts Sees Pirates as Potential Customers Gaming company's CEO isn't a scold when it comes to software piracy, and he’s back on the stump for pirate-as-potential-sale.
• Heartland Executives Told the Truth, Judge Says A judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems, saying executives were truthful about company security.
• HP Patches OpenView Vulnerabilities HP has released patches for a vulnerability in an OpenView component.
• GAO: FCC Needs to Better Monitor Mobile Carriers The FCC needs to provide more oversight of mobile carriers, a GAO report says.
• Dell Aims Management Software, 10G Ethernet at Data Centers Dell added 10-Gigabit Ethernet to its EqualLogic storage line and introduced infrastructure management software.

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Today in PCW Blogs

• Tech Inciter
  After Criticism, Facebook Tweaks Friends List Privacy Options Is your "Friends List" really secure? Facebook has already changed its new privacy options to better protect the information, yet concerns remain.
• PC World Podcast
  In-Flight Wi-Fi Explained An interview with Aircell's Niels Steenstrup on PC World Podcast Episode 57.
• BizFeed
  Google Adds Twitter to Search Appliance Google has added the ability to view Twitter real-time search results alongside Google Search Appliance results.
• Geek Tech
  New Hack Gives You Droid Root Access An intrepid hacker has rooted the Droid, giving owners the ability to do more with their phones.
• Today @ PC World
  Will LCD Panel Price-Fixing Scandal Mean Lower Prices? Since the price-fixing plot ended three years ago, it seems unlikely that the Justice Dept. action would have a significant impact on today's panel prices. Or would it?
• Today @ PC World
  We're All Data Fatties, Study Finds An average American digests a whopping 34 gigabytes of information outside of work every day, a new study finds. It's OK -- go ahead and loosen your belt a notch.
• Today @ PC World
  Nokia Store Closing? Who Needs One, Anyway? Nokia needs to focus, and retail sales under its own banner aren't necessary.
• Today @ PC World
  Signs and Wonders: Is AT&T Stepping Up Its Game? The iPhone's service provider appears to be doing more than talking about the beating it's received for poor network service.
• Geek Tech
  Dell To Reveal Android Tablet At CES? A Dell-branded Android powered tablet could make an appearance at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
• Game On
  PS3 Firmware 3.15 Live with Fixes Sony's latest PS3 firmware update brings fixes, PSP Mini emulation, and the option to wire two PS3 together with a LAN cable.
• Today @ PC World
  Facebook's New Privacy Settings: 5 Things You Should Know New settings are supposed to make it easier to control who sees your information, but they're not always as clear as they should be.
• Today @ PC World
  AT&T's Data Crackdown: I'm Calling a Bluff Analysis: AT&T says it might slap extra charges on the bills of heavy data users, but I think they're just trying to scare us.
• Today @ PC World
  Amazon's Disc+ On Demand Could Be Big Limited-time offer gives you a digital copy of a movie you buy on disc. What if they extended it to books and CDs, too?
• Tech Inciter
  AT&T Now Blaming Customers for Its Problems Fresh off whining in court about Verizon's map ads, AT&T is now whining to financial analysts about its customers. And it is warning that customers should use less of the company's all-you-can-eat data service, lest it become portion-controlled in the future.