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Google blurs faces to protect privacy in French StreetView
Acceding to various requests, Google will blur the faces of people caught on camera by the French edition of its StreetView service, which so far follows only the route of the upcoming Tour de France. Read more...

Judge orders YouTube to expose user viewing habits and history

Adobe, Google, Yahoo join to open RIAs to search engines

Google in brouhaha with anti-Obama bloggers

Cisco Chief Bullish on Virtual-World Technology

MySpace users struggle to overcome cybervandalism

Q&A: Your disgruntled customers may be complaining to this man -- and all of the Internet

Google quietly begins testing of iGoogle social features

Settlement stands in ConnectU vs. Facebook

Cisco chief lauds coming virtual-world technology

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How to banish the 'blah blog' blues with WordPress
Tired of toying with the puny tools that cookie-cutter blog services provide? Follow the steps in this easy guide to install a WordPress blog on your domain and personalize your Web presence.

Opinion: Is Google News scapegoating technology?
Google cited a technical problem in its delay of posting news about journalist Tim Russert's death, but the completely automated Google News site seems to consistently lag behind other media sites in reporting breaking news, columnist says.

Opinion: Firefox 3 add-ons: Must-have tools
Developers are scrambling to update their Firefox add-ons to be Version 3-compatible, but here are five that you can use right now to help you interact with colleagues, find information more efficiently, improve the user interface and more.

Opinion: Five reasons to ditch your cable box or satellite
Why spend $50 to $100 a month for video entertainment when there's so much good, free stuff on the Web? Good-bye, couch potato, and hello, mouse potato.

Opinion: What will rule the 'new' Internet?
With many young people generating their own content on evolving video and social networking sites and sharing it with tools like BitTorrent, the Web of the future may resemble its very beginning, when most resources and content distribution were created by individuals and not large conglomerates.

Understanding what Google Apps is (and isn't)
Google says its Google Apps is a supplement, not a replacement, to Microsoft Office, aimed at helping users collaborate online. But will its efforts to strengthen security win the confidence of nervous IT departments?

The many uses of enterprise wikis
CIO sat down with Scott Johnston, senior product manager of Google Sites (and former vice president of products at Jotspot) to talk about Google Sites and what types of use cases for the product have emerged since it launched.

IDC: U.S. Internet ad spending to boom
Spending in U.S. online advertising will reach $51.1 billion in 2012, says IDC.

Opinion: Better than locks: A security approach to 'free'
Kevin Kelly's "Better Than Free" essay has been burning up the Internet for months as readers debate which concepts hold value online (and how to monetize those values). Geoff Leeming tackles the question from the security point of view... and comes up remarkably optimistic.

Elgan: Hyperconnectivity: Friend or foe?
There's no question that we're all getting hyperconnected, but is that good or bad?

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how.
Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft.
There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss.
With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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Troubleshooting Remote Site Networks - Best Practices
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