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  • AT&T: Ignore Verizon's Ads and Fix Your Own Woes Analysis: Is Verizon pushing the envelope of truthiness with its holiday ads? Sure -- but AT&T should worry more about its own abysmal coverage, not the competition's commercials.
  • Spam Worm Targets Twitter Twitter users must cope with a new attack based on spam messages that open sites to identity theft.
  • Office 2010 Beta Exposed Microsoft's next release of Office has leaked to the web, days ahead of its anticipated rollour next week.
  • Augmented Reality: Coming to a Device Near You We've all seen augmented reality in the movies: A character puts on a pair of glasses and suddenly data about their surroundings appears within their field of vision. Now this technology is available on a device near you.
  • Dell's Global Mini 3 Strategy Shows a Hint of Genius Dell is launching its Android-based Mini 3 smartphone in China and Brazil. The global strategy seems questionable at face value, but contains a flash of genius as well.
  • Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan Spammers are sending out fake Verizon Wireless 'balance checker' programs; they're actually Trojans.
  • Magellan RoadMate 1700 GPS Device If your vehicle can accommodate a GPS device with an enormous 7-inch screen, the RoadMate will prove to be a worthwhile travel companion.
  • Create Photo Effects With Akvis MultiBrush . . . and a Very Steady Hand Painting program Akvis MultiBrush offers brushes for applying color, light, and saturation to your photos.
  • Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook The Booklet 3G netbook is rugged and solidly built--but some quirks make it a slightly too-pricey portable.
  • PC World Podcast 53: Intel and AMD Settle, Microsoft and Apple Copy Each Other Join the editors of PC World for a lively round-table discussion of the week's hottest tech topics.
  • AT&T's Verizon Ad Battle: Who's Being Hurt Worse? AT&T's fighting Verizon over its network-bashing ads -- and, according to some new data, the public is starting to take notice.
  • Windows 7 Ads: Microsoft Tarts Up the Desktop New desktop themes run counter to Redmond's grand scheme of creating an elegant Windows 7 experience.
  • Fifth-generation IPod Nano Gets a Firmware Fix Apple's latest iPod nano got a firmware update Friday, aimed at fixing a few performance issues for the miniature MP3 player.
  • Google Voice Acquires VoIP Purveyor Gizmo5 Since its inception, Google Voice has offered a wide range of features for managing your phone calls, with one glaring exception: calls passing through Google...
  • ISing for IPhone If you're a fan of American Idol or you find yourself haunting local karaoke bars, iSing is right up your alley. Dubbed the, "Worldwide Talent Show for the...

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