It's been a busy week for bots: Facebook and financial firms were targeted by resiliant and persistent malware:
pcwrld.us/12F5CRm Yahoo's board approves the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr; press conference Monday:
pcwrld.us/15ZdzWm Looking for a deal? Have patience; the summer sales aren't yet as hot as they'll get.
pcwrld.us/10F4FEs Google Glass, Hangouts, and Play Music drew attention, but Apps made quiet, significant news at Google I/O:
pcwrld.us/10F4clJ Some sites have a Gift Guide for grads,
@TechHive has a GIF guide for grads.
hive.rs/13CQghj Ever want to tour the Europeon countryside—from behind the wheel of a big rig?
pcwrld.us/12HRZzv Dell's thumb-sized PC will ship in July.
pcwrld.us/13BFRT6 Will the Feds ever chill about using phones on planes?
pcwrld.us/15UcXkD A Google manager let a cat out of the bag when it comes to Google Hangouts.
pcwrld.us/YP39Tv The LulzSec guys got off easy!
pcwrld.us/YOV2q0 Evil vs. Evil. The virus is trying to make a comeback against malware.
pcwrld.us/YOOdVq The new photo stuff in Google+ is quite good. Not revolutionary, but a step up for social networks.
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Social media can make or break a business. Here's 9 things to avoid when using it!
pcwrld.us/16qLtDe How private is Google Glass? Boundaries need to be set!
pcwrld.us/13zXnaa Dell sales are taking a dive.
pcwrld.us/13zUDtv This tablet will boot into just about anything.
pcwrld.us/10TG3NQ Windows 8 won't hit critical mass with enterprises. Windows 7 wins this time!
pcwrld.us/15QV2va Steam has some interesting ideas. Such as a card collecting meta game for playing their games!
pcwrld.us/10Tp3r2 What's first on Intel's new CEO's agenda? Going mobile.
pcwrld.us/13pFSGd If domain registerations and redirects are anything to go by,
@TechHive says the next Xbox will be Xbox Fusion.
hive.rs/1484cyY Google and Microsoft continue their slap-fight.
pcwrld.us/104uPkT Check out our ahnds on with the new Google Maps. Cartography is cool again!
pcwrld.us/10IkgUM Is mobile really a malware hotbed? Like Public Enemy says, "Don't, don't, don't believe the hype!"
pcwrld.us/18NrInS At long last, Retina: Toshiba Kirabook looks luxurious, but it’s not quite first-class all the way.
pcwrld.us/12DI6CX @ToshibaUSA Google threatens Microsoft to take down its YouTube app.
pcwrld.us/13mKAEr Use Youtube—with your head.
pcwrld.us/14pzlxA Chrome will make mobile browsing fast!
pcwrld.us/10GYiRY Google Maps is getting a sexy makeover.
pcwrld.us/12BBvcj Internet Explorer is the safest against malware—good enough to switch>
pcwrld.us/10qHpOy Zagat partnership! Scores and reviews! Please show the video of Chris Farley skimming Zagats!
Oh, snap. "Google maps are accurate," in so many words. The shot fires, and the crowd applauds.
The Chrome browser got its moment in the sun at today's Google I/O keynote. Here are the highlights:
pcwrld.us/10yV55V Can it really be called "street view" if you're mapping the ocean?
"Hot wording" taps into knowledge graph to show highly relevant results to conversational queries. Like Siri (but maybe better?) on desktop.
Audio-based conversational search coming to the desktop, no tapping on Mic icon necessary.
Search's Knowledge graph to begin pushing contextual, responsive statistics-based graphics.
Radeon launched their new-ish notebook graphics flagship!
pcwrld.us/10Y47th "Now we talk about awesome"...? GREAT! Animated awesomeness.
Wait Google doesn't already have auto-enhance on the desktop?
Highlights face recognition will also recognize family members and pals--and not trashcan THOSE photos.
"Google can pick the best photos for you" w/ Highlight feature, avoiding blurry photos, duplicates, and... people who aren't smiling?!
New Hangouts unifies messages, images, group video into "conversations" across web, Android, iOS, and it's all synced
G+ hashtags will reveal signal-ranked related content, customized just for you. Even uses image analysis to push relevant content
Google+ multicolumn design migrating from phones to all devices--desktop view will be more modular, with a responsive design
Google Play For Education organized by subject matter and grade level... gets the right apps to the right teachers and kids
Half way into I/O keynote: Exceedingly dev-fcoused, no consumer sizzle. Follow live blog here:
techhive.com/article/203862… Racer game demo shows how a single Chrome game plays across 5 physical devices-- multi-monitor madness! Wild, but who would do this?
VP9: video codec cuts files sizes by more than half relative to H.264