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A woman who recently turned to Dell for technical support on her computer was routed to Dell’s call center in India. From there, a worker retrieved nude photographs of the woman from her computer and posted the pictures on the internet.

How secure is your data, do you work with technology professionals you can trust? Your life and your business are on computer systems in digital form. my PC Techs understands the importance of your data and your privacy. We require each member of our team to submit to and pass a nationwide, thorough background check.

See the story of the photographs here: http://hothardware.com/News/Womans-naked-pics-exposed-after-Dell-TS-Call/

There are other horror stories out there of computer repair shops that have installed spyware on a computer to track what users were doing, or installed secret software to activate webcams on laptops so they could spy on clients. Protect yourself and DEMAND that YOUR technology staff has passed a complete background check before allowing them access to your information!

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The smartphone market grew by 64% annually worldwide in Q2 2010. Google’s Android based phones surged to a 34% share of the US smartphone market and edged out Blackberry’s 32% and the iPhone’s 21% to claim the largest market share.

While Android phone sales are soaring, the iPhone and Blackberry phones continue to remain competitive. Additionally, Microsoft is planning to release a revolutionary new phone based on Windows 7. The Windows 7 phone series is sure to heat up this market even further. Stay tuned!

http://gizmodo.com/5471805/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now

http://digg.com/tech_news/Android_May_Now_Be_Largest_Smartphone_Platform_in_US

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Circuit Board Table

Lifehacker has an interesting article, along with schematics, for a DIY circuit board table project. If the picture interests you, read more: http://lifehacker.com/5601451/diy-circuit-board-table

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YouTube previously allowed for a maximum video time of 10 minutes for user uploaded videos. They have increased that limit, and will now support videos up 15 minutes. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/30/BU121EME7L.DTL

Take a look here for more information on the 15 minutes of fame competition: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/07/upload-limit-increases-to-15-minutes.html

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The user manual for the Droid 2 has already been leaked and Best Buy has received cases, but no official release date has yet been published. http://www.pcworld.com/article/202311/will_droid_2_make_droid_obsolete.html?tk=hp_new

In related news, original Droid owners can expect to see operating system version 2.2 released next week:

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