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Microsoft might well be right–the Internet does go “bing”! comScore’s reporting that Microsoft’s Bing search engine saw a jump in use in February . More a lower-case “b” jump than a capital “B” jump, but a jump nonetheless. comScore’s Core Search Report for February shows Goggle by far in the lead of search providers with 65.5 percent of all search queries, edging up slightly from its January total of 65.4 percent. Yahoo! was in second place with 16.8 percent of all search queries, down from 17.0 percent. Number three Bing was still number three with 11.5 percent of all searches, which was 0.2 points higher than in January.

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Oh, Cisco. What a tease you are!  The company’s been pumping up the general Internet crowd for a game-changing announcement, one that would–and I quote–”forever change the Internet.”  I was honestly hoping that said unveiled device would be like, a super-crazy consumer router that would… well. I’m not really sure what it would do. Gigabit speeds are more than sufficient for anyone’s home networking needs right now (when I’m looking for this column on a terabit connection in five years, I’ll have a hearty laugh.)  And it’s not like we have a new wireless draft on the way any time soon.

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WinTricks is a small program available for all versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 7 . As the name implies, it contains sheer number of tips & tricks for Windows Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems. Other than that it also offers tricks for your Internet browser including IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. Tips and tricks are available under 21 different categories

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A cool feature in Windows 7 Media Center is the ability to listen to local FM radio. But what if you don’t have a tuner card that supports a connected radio antenna? The RadioTime plugin solves the problem by allowing access to thousands of online radio stations. With the RadioTime plugin for Windows Media Center, you’ll have access to over 100,000 online radio stations from around the world. Their guide is broken down into different categories such as Talk Radio, Music Radio, Sports Radio and more

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Legendary prog-rockers Pink Floyd have won a landmark court ruling, which states that songs from the group’s albums are not allowed to be sold separately online. Unless Pink Floyd gives permission to EMI – its record company – to do so, only the bands albums will be made available for purchase on the web. According to the judge who resided over the case, this is to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums”.

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Samsung, the famed Korean jack-of-all-technologies, is having another go at mastering the Android phone scene, after making a bit of a mess of it with last year’s original Galaxy. The i7500 Galaxy was a brave first attempt, but Samsung threw it away, alienating early adopters by not bothering to update the phone past its basic Android 1.5 operating system. Seriously, there are petitions all over the place. Some men are still very angry about it all

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Are you tired of items like the Chat and Invite Boxes cluttering up your Gmail account? Then join us as we look at the Better Gmail extension for Google Chrome. Before Here are some examples of items that you may be tired of looking at in your Gmail account such as the “Footer” below your “Inbox”, the “Chat Box”, and the “Invitation Box”.

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We’ve shared some of our best tips for dealing with malware over the years, and now it’s your turn! Share your favorite tips for protecting against, or getting rid of viruses and other types of malicious software. Unfortunately, if you’re a PC user it’s a given that you have to play defense against various forms of Malware. We’ve written several articles showing how to get rid of viruses and other forms of malware over the years using various strategies. We have some excellent articles explaining how to get rid of Advanced Virus Remover , Antivirus Live , Internet Security 2010 , and Security Tool – all of which disguise themselves as legit antivirus apps. Now we turn it over to you to share your favorite tips and tricks for defending against malicious infections.

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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is the HD-video-shooting successor to the Swedish-Japanese firm’s flagship Satio model. With an 8.1MP camera that can also record 720p HD video, it is designed to thrill YouTube-rs with its easy video upload features as well as the bundled 8GB memory card for ample storage. The touchscreen phone has been ergonomically designed to fit the contours of the hand and with social networking and multi-media features galore, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is set to give the likes of the Nokia X6 and the LG InTouch Max GW620 a run for their money.

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All users of Humax’s Freesat Foxsat-HD and Foxsat-HDR set top boxes will now be able to use the BBC iPlayer through the red button. Humax has successfully completed a beta trial of a red button catch-up service and has now rolled out the functionality to all users. “After successful BETA testing, the highly anticipated BBC iPlayer service, which enables viewers to search and view a range of programmes, is now freely available to all owners of a Humax Foxsat-HD or Foxsat-HDR box, so they can play their favourite shows from the past seven days direct to their televisions,” confirmed Humax. It ‘beta’ work Users will need to make sure that their Humax Freesat box is connected to both the internet and satellite dish, press the red button when on a BBC channel and then either navigate to the somewhat confusing BBC iPlayer Beta option in the list or type in 7001 on the remote control.

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