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Facebook has contacted TechRadar with regards to the Daily Mail ’s recent report accusing the site of lax security measures for younger users, explaining that it is “not ruling out legal action” over the article. Earlier this week, the Daily Mail published an article titled ‘I posed as a girl of 14 on Facebook. What followed will sicken you’ which outlined how easy it was for underage members of the site to get chatting to complete strangers.

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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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If your computer crashes or you get a virus infection that makes it unrecoverable, doing a clean install can be a hassle, let alone getting your data back. If you’re backing up your computers to Windows Home Server, you can completely restore them to the last successful backup. Note: For this process to work you need to verify the PC you want to restore is connected to your network via Ethernet. If you have it connected wirelessly it won’t work. Restore a PC from Windows Home Server On the computer you want to restore, pop in the Windows Home Server Home Computer Restore disc and boot from it

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Vodafone is apparently planning to release its own Android phone, with a super-budget price tag to boot. Following the T-Mobile Pulse and Pulse Mini (low-end Android handsets exclusive to the network) Vodafone clearly wants to follow suit. To that end, word is it will be releasing the Vodafone 845 (with a better name likely to be confirmed closer to launch). Latest Android, tiny screen It will pack the latest Android 2.1 upgrade, but the rest of the features will be lower end – a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen and 3.2MP camera. But the beauty of using Android means that the Vodafone 845 will have to have some higher end features – namely Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS all as standard

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According to the League of American Bicyclists, there are some 57 million Americans who ride a bike , all of which will now be able to map their daily commute, check out side trails, or any other biking activities without getting lost. Why is that? Google this morning announced it has added biking directions in the U.S. to Google Maps. And not just a handful of trails in select cities, either, but a whole new biking layer that differentiates between bike trails, bike lanes, and bike friendly roads.

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Sony has signed up the big six Hollywood studios to provide high def movies for the PlayStation Network this week. The latest PSN high def announcement was made at this month’s Games Developers Conference. Sony has inked deals with 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures (obviously), Universal and Warner Bros. to deliver HD movies for the US PSN. A significant milestone “Securing high definition content from these studios is another significant milestone further validating PlayStation Network as a complete entertainment network in the home

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If you use Windows Home Server to backup the machines on your network, your in luck if you accidentally delete important files or they become corrupted. Today we take a look at getting your data back from backups on your home server. Open Windows Home Server Console and click select the Computers and Backup tab. Right-click on the computer you need to restore files for and select View Backups. This will open a list of your recent backups

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Since Microsoft has three operating systems in use, chances are you’ll find yourself needing to share files between XP, Vista, Windows 7, or some combination of the three. Here we take a look at sharing between a Vista and XP on your home network. Share Without Password Protected Sharing If you’re not worried about who’s accessing the files and folders, the easiest method is to disable Password Protected Sharing. So on the Vista machine open Network and Sharing Center. Under Sharing and Discovery make sure Network Discovery, File Sharing, and, Public Folder Sharing are turned on.

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With the internet fragmenting and every community becoming alienated from its peers, specialist social networks have been springing up to act as a kind of glue and arbitrarily stick all our disparate groups of friends together. Flickr has photos covered, Last.fm deals with music, SocialPicks gives stock tips, LinkedIn serves people who like wearing ties and Facebook reconnects you with people you don’t really want to know… and then they all plug into each other. The ostensible focus of free social network Foursquare is finding ’stuff to do’.

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Much like Google Wave, the first problem with Buzz is trying to neatly encapsulate just what it is. It’s a dash of Twitter, a bit of FriendFeed, a smidgen of Google Reader plus several other services – most notably Foursquare’s location check-in system for mobile devices. At its heart, though, the idea is for Gmail to be your social hub rather than just your mailbox, with friends’ status updates, videos, photos and more, all presented in one handy list. The service rolled out literally overnight, giving Buzz user numbers that other budding networks can only dream of

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