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pcworld.com — IBM has caused a stir by banning Siri from staff iPhones. The company claims that it is concerned that Siri will leak confidential information and has disabled it on staff iPhones. The reason for IBM's concern is the way that Siri works.

pcworld.com — The power of an Android phone or tablet already makes a desktop PC, or even a laptop, seem a little old-fashioned--but you can enhance your smartphone or tablet even more. Here are six applications that allow you to use your desktop computer to get more functionality, and more fun, from your Android device.

pcworld.com — After the success of the console release last week, the PC release of is highly anticipated. We caught up with Kevin Hoare, Lead PC Designer on , to talk about the differences in this long-awaited sequel to Remedy Entertainment's classic noir-inspired action games.

pcworld.com — Miami-based Hey Dude Skin Care is on a mission to help men get "dudified" by taking control of their personal grooming. Like a lot of small businesses, it uses a Facebook page to promote its services. Within a relatively short time Hey Dude's page, filled with photos of bikini babes and body builders, has garnered more than 11,000 fans.

pcworld.com — After paying $1 billion dollars for Instagram about six weeks ago, Facebook recently launched its own Instagram clone, Facebook Camera, and like many people I wanted to check it out right away. "Great, it'll be like Instagram, but only with photos from people I actually care about," I thought.

pcworld.com — Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries. Representatives Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, and John Barrow, a Georgia Democrat, called on the DOJ to fully investigate Google's actions for potential violations of federal wiretapping laws.

pcworld.com — After failing to get any ketchup out of the nearly empty bottle at a barbecue, a group of engineers, scientists, and the like gathered to solve the problem of condiment frustration once and for all. What they came up with was an ultra-effective non-stick coating that's so slippery that even something like ketchup will slip right out as if it were water.

pcworld.com — Online anonymity is once again under attack. This time, it comes from the New York state Senate floor, where is bill is aiming to cut down on cyberbullying, protect small businesses, and -naturally - protect politicians from anonymous attacks during campaign season.

pcworld.com — Yahoo on Thursday introduced a new browser plugin for desktop computers as well as an iOS browser called Axis. Yahoo's browser is not meant to be a replacement for Chrome, Firefox or Internet explorer on desktop computers. Instead, Axis is what Yahoo calls a "search browser", which is basically a plugin to visually display search results served by the search engine.

pcworld.com — Online anonymity is once again under attack. This time, it comes from the New York state Senate floor, where is bill is aiming to cut down on cyberbullying, protect small businesses, and -naturally - protect politicians from anonymous attacks during campaign season.

pcworld.com — Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday. The company saw U.S. export restrictions similarly relaxed in January last year to allow it to offer downloads of these products in Iran.

pcworld.com — Google honors the legacy of Robert Moog Wednesday, the father of the modern electronic synthesizer, with what quite possibly is its most elaborate doodle yet -- a working Moog synthesizer. Wednesday marks the late music pioneer's 78th birthday. You can play Google's virtual Moog synthesizer now in countries where it is already May 23.

pcworld.com — If you listen to the growing chorus of online chatter about the company, Google's now-infamous "Don't be evil" slogan is becoming increasingly inaccurate by the day.

pcworld.com — Users of mobile apps need more information about the ways those apps use their personal information, a group of experts agreed Thursday, but they didn't agree on who is most responsible for protecting user privacy.

pcworld.com — Apple is currently working on its "most important and best work" so far, Jonathan Ive, the company's senior vice president of industrial design, said in a rare interview for UK daily The Telegraph. Ive was in his home country this week to receive his knighthood from the queen, who has both an iPod and an iPad, recognizing his "services to design and enterprise."