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Google Overhauls (almost) All Their Privacy Policies

Google announced today that they will consolidate the privacy policies of 60 services and products to just one, uniform policy. They also have stated that their goal is to "trim" the policy so that it's easier to read and understand. In a related initiative, Google also plans to consolidate and simplify a smaller number of Terms of Service The changes will go into effect March 1.

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Posted: By Andrew on Jan 24 2012, 10:33 PM - 3 comments	Read: 1186 times - View Comments

Feds Shutdown Megaupload

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-file-sharing-website/ McLEAN, Va. – Federal prosecutors have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, on charges of violating piracy laws -- a day after a 24-hour blackout of popular websites such as Wikipedia drew national attention to the issue. "This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States," the Justice department said in a statement about the indictment. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-file-sharing-website/#ixzz1jwT4jLNm

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Posted: By cryptodan on Jan 19 2012, 04:29 PM - 19 comments	Read: 2262 times - View Comments

Giveaway of the Day - Paragon Backup and Recovery 11 Compact

Paragon Backup and Recovery 11 Compact is a simple and powerful backup and recovery solution to secure stand-alone Windows desktops and laptops. It quickly backs up your files and folders, operating system or even your entire hard disk to any storage you choose. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

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Posted: By Allan on Jan 13 2012, 09:09 AM - 4 comments	Read: 2563 times - View Comments

Giveaway of the Day - EaseUS Partition Master Professional 9.1

EaseUS Partition Master Professional Edition is an all-in-one partition solution and disk management utility. It allows you to extend partition, especially for system drive, settle low disk space problem, manage disk space easily on MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) disk http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

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Posted: By Allan on Jan 11 2012, 01:58 PM - 2 comments	Read: 2386 times - View Comments

Mozilla readies to pull support plug on Firefox 3.6

Quote Mozilla has announced a date for the end of support for Firefox 3.6. April 24, 2012. Mark it in your calendar, Firefox 3.6 users! Why is this date significant? Because after this date there will be no more new releases to fix security patches. The browser will get real old (and real dangerous to use) real fast. Using Firefox 3.6 beyond the end of life date is NOT RECOMMENDED. Full article here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/mozilla-readies-to-pull-support-plug-on-firefox-36/17567

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