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 Apple's Lala Acquisition: 5 Big Hopes Apple says it wants Lala's technology and staff, but let's hope it adopts some of the site's best ideas, too. |  Facebook Forms Board to Improve Safety Facebook is setting up a new advisory board to improve user safety on its social networking site, it said on Sunday. | | A Peek at HTC's Purported 2010 Android, WinMo Plans A lot of new handsets are in the offing for the first half of 2010, according to material supposedly leaked from HTC's roadmap. | | Halo Reach 'The Biggest Game of Next Year'? Bungie's upcoming shooter's still nearly a year off, but the anticipatory hype's already percolating. | | Apple Acquires Lala: A Sour Note? A look at Lala's history offers some clues as to Apple's motivation. It could be good. Or not. | | Apple Tablet and CrunchPad: Do Consumers Want These Things? The tablet-makers face some clear challenges, both in technology and marketing. | | Macs Reclaim Top Reliability Rating Apple has retaken the top ranking for computer reliability, edging out Asus. | | Google Personalized Results Could Be Bad for Search By showing results based on past searches and Web surfing habits, Google may limit the scope of information or ability for newer sites to get clicked. | | Yahoo Launches Tool Allowing Users to Control Targeted Ads Yahoo offers users a new tool to control the targeted ads they receive. | | Google Promotes Place Pages in Shop Windows Google has distributed decals with QR codes to businesses so that mobile users can "scan" the codes for information about the business. | | Google Extends Personalized Results to All Users The search giant now delivers personalized search results to all users, unless they opt-out. Previously, only signed-in users received them. Privacy advocates are concerned. | | How Will Verizon Defend Higher Early Termination Fees? My bet is the $350 fee will be lowered before an FCC inquiry into why it was recently doubled proceeds very far. | | EA Confirms Dead Space 2 EA announces sequel to popular sci-fi survival-horror, arriving on Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows PCs sometime in 2010. | | Google Will Release EtherPad as Open Source Google has reversed its decision to discontinue its newly-acquired EtherPad application, opting instead to release it later as open source. | | Ruckus Patents Technique for Video Over Wi-Fi Wi-Fi equipment vendor Ruckus Wireless has patented a technique that appears to be widely used to improve video on wireless LANs. | | Music Industry Takes Aim at Swedish File Sharers The Swedish record industry wants to know who has been using an IP address for file sharing, and has filed a suit with the Stockholm district court. | | Yahoo Ad Interest Manager More Confusing Than Helpful Does it really not work with IE8 or Firefox the way it says? I guess that's why this is a beta release. | | Apple Confirms Lala Music Service Acquisition Apple has acquired online music streaming company Lala, adding to the ways it could offer music to users. | | Larrabee: Intel's Bad News is Good News for Nvidia and AMD Intel scraps plans for a graphics processor and the stock market rewards AMD and Nvidia. | | HTC Leaked 2010 Roadmap Embraces Android The HTC device roadmap for 2010 has allegedly been leaked and the future appears to focus on Android. | |  | Free White Papers for Your Business |  |  | | | Top News on PCWorld.com |  30 Years of Handheld Game Systems Three decades after the debut of Milton Bradleys Microvision, heres a look at how handheld video game systems evolved, from early flops like the Atari Lynx to the gaming innovations of the iPhone. | Apple's Lala Acquisition: 5 Big Hopes Apple says it wants Lala's technology and staff, but let's hope it adopts some of the site's best ideas, too. | | Downloads: Editor's Collection | | Top Downloads Introductions of November 2009PC World's readers looked to the tried-and-true last month. Perhaps we should say the tried-and-TrueCrypt, since the newest version of that free and open-source encryption program enjoyed popularity. The torrent software and photo organizer on this list are updates on old favorites as well. Yet some intrepid souls delved into new selections for battery and network reporting, and some dug right into making the Windows 7 OS their own. | | BitTorrent 133010 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Music & Video Sharing | | Basic client software offers improvements, simplicity, and a great starting point for peer-to-peer file sharing. | | | TrueCrypt 100203 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Encryption | | This free, open-source encryption program lets you place files and folders in "safes" of any size. | | | Windows Live Photo Gallery 13132 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Image Editors | | Organize and upload photos with this freebie from Microsoft. | | | NetWorx 7691 Downloads | Free | Filed Under LAN Utilities | | Monitor and report on your bandwidth use. | | | BatteryBar 3521 Downloads | Free | Filed Under Utilities | | Track your laptop's battery life in the Taskbar. | | | EnhanceMySe7en Free 2088 Downloads | Free | Filed Under System Resources Tune-Up. | | Clean your Windows 7 system with this program. | | | Browse DownloadsAntivirus & Security • Design & Multimedia • Utilities • Games • Chat, Email, & the Web • | | Sponsored Downloads | | Registry MechanicAward-winning registry cleaner to fix Windows errors and optimize PC performance. 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