If you're faced with data-storage constraints, take steps to free up hard disk space. Taking measures such as honing in on -- and deleting -- unneeded disk-eating files and folders, deleting hidden "hibernate" files and temporary Internet files, altering your Recycle Bin properties and more can greatly increase your working disk space.
Large hard drives may be plentiful these days, but you can still face storage 
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With a multitude of security software companies issuing myriad paid and free antivirus and anti-malware protection, what's the best option for consumers and businesses? Make sure you get the real thing, as fake security programs have multiplied. Known brands such as Symantec are good bets; reputable free software can also protect well.
Choosing a computer security
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Intel and Nokia have released the initial version of their open-source MeeGo mobile operating system, a merger between Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo. The companies want developers to test and further develop the MeeGo OS, which ranked last in a recent survey of developers. The full release of MeeGo is expected in May.
Giant chipmaker Intel and mobile-phone maker Nokia have released initial code to developers to test the new open-source MeeGo platform. The platform is a merger between Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo projects that was announced in February.
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Verizon Wireless is reducing its inventory of Palm's webOS smartphones by offering the Palm Pre Plus for $49.99 and the Palm Pixi Plus for $29.99. The deals include a two-year contract and a second phone for free. Verizon is also making its Mobile Hotspot application for the Palm free. AT&T is also expected to sell the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus.
Verizon Wireless is aggressively pushing Palm's webOS smartphones, with sharply reduced prices and other special offers. The largest U.S. carrier announced Thursday that the price for the Palm Pre Plus has been reduced from $149.99 to $49.99, and the Pixi Plus from $99.99 to $29.99. Both deals include a two-year service contract.
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AT&T and Apple appear to still be close, but their exclusive iPhone contract is getting a lot of scrutiny. With CDMA and 4G versions of the iPhone reported, competitors like Verizon Wireless could get a shot at selling Apple's market-boosting iPhone. AT&T appears resigned to change, even helping Apple improve performance on its network.
With Apple and AT&T experiencing so many growing pains, their relationship is getting more scrutiny these days than those of jilted Oscar-winning actresses or philandering golf pros. And with Apple's iPad launching Saturday, some analysts wonder if the 3G-capable version of the device will further strain a struggling network
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Sharp has developed a no-glasses 3-D touchscreen and plans to install the LCDs in mobile devices like digital cameras and smartphones. Sharp's 3-D technology uses a parallax barrier system with images different for each eye. Sharp declined to comment on whether it will supply the screen for Nintendo's planned 3DS portable game player.
If wearing glasses to watch 3-D is less than enticing, Sharp may have an alternative. The electronics company announced Friday that it has developed a high-quality, no-glasses 3-D touchscreen LCD.
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Google took a censorship stand against the Chinese government when it moved its search engine to Hong Kong, but Google's bold stance could be risky, potentially costing Google ad revenue and customers. Offering services via Hong Kong will put a strain on Google servers there, causing slowdowns that may spur users to move to Baidu.
Google is attempting to prove a point to the Chinese government, but some believe its stance comes with a hefty price tag. Google recently moved its search services, Google News and Google Images from Google.cn to Google.com.hk in an effort to make a point to the government in China.
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TV comedians had a field day building buzz for Apple's iPad, even suggesting a kosher iPad that makes salsa. David Letterman's Top Ten List included variations on "what the hell is this thing?" and he accidentally switched it off. Stephen Colbert (shown here) displayed a little-known app that he said allows the iPad to make salsa.
Is the iPad kosher for Passover? That's one of the questions David Letterman predicted people will ponder as they wait in line for Apple's latest toy on Saturday.
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AN FRANCISCO--Microsoft has a new plan to make more money from Office: give it away.
With Office 2010, one of the biggest changes is how many ways there are to get Microsoft's most profitable software program for free.
In addition to the free, browser-based Office Web Apps, Microsoft is also offering PC makers the ability to install a basic version of Office on new computers. The new program, Office Starter, includes a stripped-down version of Word and Excel. PC makers, retailers and Microsoft can all make money if the PC buyer later upgrades to a paid version of Office.
NEW YORK - EBay Inc. may be the biggest online clothing seller, but it's still known for selling other people's castoffs. Now it wants shoppers to think of it when looking for trendy duds like hipster jeans and red ballerina flats.
EBay will launch a new fashion microsite Monday. It's the latest in a series of changes that will sometimes have it acting more like an outlet mall or "private sale" Web site.
Workers have been so shell-shocked by the recession that it will be a long time before they start demanding what they lost in the rubble of the economic collapse.
“The labor force has been beaten down so much that I feel workers are willing to accept less rather than jeopardize it all, particularly since they have become accustomed to living on less when the economy deteriorated and spouses lost their jobs,” said Gary Chaison, a labor professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.
CHICAGO - Major League Baseball is hoping that 2010 will see a larger number of fans in stadiums ordering more hot dogs and nachos.
While the U.S. unemployment rate remains high, those involved in the sport — from league executives and owners to sponsors and concessionaires — are cautiously optimistic for the new season that begins Sunday in Boston.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has acquired a startup called Divvyshot to create more ways for its 400 million users to share their photos online.
Terms of the deal announced Friday weren't disclosed.
PORTLAND, Maine - Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold.
During an enthusiastic, campaign-style appearance in Maine's largest city, Obama mocked the pundits and pollsters who say he isn't getting a boost from his yearlong campaign to pass the sweeping reform.
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the United States will continue to "ratchet up the pressure" on Iran to reveal its nuclear intentions to the rest of the world.
In an interview broadcast Friday on CBS's "The Early Show," Obama said "all the evidence" indicates that Tehran is trying to get a nuclear weapons capacity. With such a capability, Obama said that Iran could "destabilize" life in the Mideast and trigger an arms race in the region.
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims.
As of mid-March, only 921 vets have applied out of the 77,000 the Pentagon estimates are eligible, according to numbers provided to The Associated Press by the Physical Disability Board of Review. The panel was created in 2008 but started taking cases in January 2009.
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WASHINGTON - The nation's economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month.
The increase in payrolls is the latest sign that the economic recovery is gaining momentum and healing in the job market is beginning. Still, the healing is likely to be slow, and most economists don't expect new hiring to be fast enough this year to rapidly reduce the unemployment rate.
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ERUSALEM - The cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City became moving forests of wooden crosses as Christian pilgrims and clergymen commemorated the day of Jesus' crucifixion, Good Friday.
In Rome, meanwhile, pilgrims arrived in St. Peter's Square as the church defends itself against accusations that Pope Benedict XVI played a role in covering up sex abuses cases.
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VATICAN CITY - At a solemn Good Friday service, Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher said allegations that the pontiff covered up sex abuse cases by Catholic clergymen reminded him of the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism."
Within hours, a Vatican spokesman sought to distance the pope from his preacher's remarks after both Jews and a leading abuse victims group reacted sharply, criticizing the comparison with violence that culminated in the Holocaust to the accusations made against Benedict.
TRENTON, N.J. - Rowan Tower has a bad reputation. Gangs walk the streets nearby, and police are a constant, and some say ineffective, presence at the 15-story apartment building a stone's throw from the Statehouse's golden dome.
A 13-year-old girl was killed last year in a drive-by shooting a block away, and not a single person stepped forward to help police identify the attackers. This week, though, the mothers, grandmothers and children who live in the tower saw crime there sink to a new depth.
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