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Google Now Does Real Estate Searches in Maps: We're Not Impressed

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Doug Aamoth) — 2008-05-14T07:28:16-08:00

Today Google Maps adds Real Estate searches to growing list of customized map query options available through the popular service. Google's addition might be seen as a shot across the bow of already established real estate sites such as...

Xbox 360 Getting Hotmail, RSS Support, and More?

teehud@gmail.com (Travis Hudson) — 2008-05-14T07:10:04-08:00

Microsoft is rumored to bring Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Live Messenger video chat and support for "motion sensor devices" to the Xbox 360 as part of a spring update. Every spring and fall Microsoft releases a large update and...

MySpace Wins Record $230m in Case Against 'Spam King'

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Tom Spring) — 2008-05-14T06:35:25-08:00

In a landmark judgment, MySpace has been awarded $230 million in its suit against the so-called Spam King, Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines. The decision, handed down in Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday, is the largest award...

Fedora 9 Released: OS Adds Features, Revamped Look, and Portability

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Tom Spring) — 2008-05-13T13:03:54-08:00

Red Hat's Fedora Project released Fedora 9 today, the newest version of its open source operating system. Fedora 9 adds key new features to the Linux OS including the addition of the KDE 4 desktop environment that defines the...

Creative Vado Takes Aim at the Flip

tim_moynihan@pcworld.com (Tim Moynihan) — 2008-05-13T11:43:28-08:00

Creative Labs today announced the Vado Pocket Video Cam, a tapeless pocket camcorder with a built-in USB connector that can be used to upload videos to YouTube and stills to Photobucket. The flash-based Creative Vado holds 2GB of video, which...

iTunes Hikes Vid Prices with Debut of HBO Content

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Doug Aamoth) — 2008-05-13T08:03:56-08:00

HBO and Apple have partnered to sell HBO shows on iTunes. Starting today episodes of HBO shows The Wire, Rome, Sex and the City, Flight of the Conchords, The Sopranos, and Deadwood can be purchased for as much as...

Dell Halts High-End XPS Production

teehud@gmail.com (Travis Hudson) — 2008-05-13T06:27:57-08:00

In a move that could almost be viewed as throwing in the towel, Dell has decided to halt production on four of its high-end XPS computers optimized for the gamer. Not all XPS computers will be killed off. Rather,...

Apple iPhone Sold Out Online

melissa_perenson@pcworld.com (Melissa Perenson) — 2008-05-12T15:47:15-08:00

We know the iPhone 2.0, 3G iPhone, iPhone--The Next Generation is coming. But apparently, you won't be able to find a deep discount deal on the first-gen iPhone in advance of the second-gen iPhone's release. According to Apple, Apple's online...

New Google Friend Connect Tool Helps Sites Be More Friendly

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Doug Aamoth) — 2008-05-12T15:15:14-08:00

Google is introducing a Web site tool called Friend Connect today that promises to extend the reach of social networks such as Facebook to any site that wants to use the tool. Those sites that decide to use Friend Connect...

Facebook's Latest Litigation -- Outing a User

teehud@gmail.com (Travis Hudson) — 2008-05-12T12:00:37-08:00

It's just another day, another lawsuit for Facebook. This time a high school dean is suing the company to release information about an individual who created a fake Facebook profile for the dean and used it to send inappropriate messages...

Eye-Fi Updates Photo Upload Service

teehud@gmail.com (Travis Hudson) — 2008-05-12T10:29:33-08:00

The folks who brought us the innovative Eye-Fi wireless SD card are back with an updated product line that includes features any adventurous photographer will enjoy. The original Eye-Fi worked by syncing with a PC to upload photos wirelessly to...

XP SP3 Bug Makes Some AMD PCs Crash: Is Your PC at Risk?

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Tom Spring) — 2008-05-12T08:44:09-08:00

Owners of AMD PCs that have updated their systems to XP Service Pack 3 are reporting a glitch that is making systems reboot repeatedly and sometimes crash. Hewlett-Packard PCs with AMD chips in them have borne the brunt of these...

First Impressions: Searching with Powerset

tom_spring@pcworld.com (Tom Spring) — 2008-05-12T06:30:48-08:00

A new search company called Powerset, has released a public beta version of its search engine, the company claims will give you more meaningful and smarter search results than Google and other search engines. Using simple phrases, short questions,...

Recovering a Stolen Laptop... via the Stolen Laptop

emru@pobox.com (Emru Townsend) — 2008-05-11T11:36:03-08:00

It's the kind of story you wouldn't think to make up: the White Plains, New York apartment that Kait Duplaga shared with two others was burgled, with two laptops among the items stolen. Later, an offhand comment from a friend...

Caption Crunch: The Robo-Governator

tim_moynihan@pcworld.com (Tim Moynihan) — 2008-05-09T12:04:08-08:00

Hello and welcome back to another exciting installment of Caption Crunch, the every-other-week caption-writing contest that depends heavily on your creative submissions. This week, we've got a photo snapped at last weekend's Maker Faire taken by PC World Associate Editor...