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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/JSx225oBAdc/ CNET editor Dong Ngo picks the best internal drives for 2012.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/CiggSCMoRhw/ Apple Maps is causing more trouble, this time threatening the life of Australian vacationers. This, plus "50 Shades of Grey" rewards, Best Buy iPad goofs, and a coffin speaker on today's episode of The 404 Show!

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/FXBjRZToi_0/ The media corporation and the social-networking site for professionals don't belong together. It doesn't make financial sense.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/qmvCpUbCZbA/ Currently fighting deportation efforts in Guatemala, the antivirus-software pioneer sells life-story rights to a Montreal-based TV production company.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/RkiRkeV31qk/ The woman found liable for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the Web asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case due to "crippling statutory damages" of $222,000 awarded by an appeals court.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/MRwXWRx4Cqg/ Time Machine should by default back up all internal hard drives on a Mac; however, some people are experiencing a problem in which drives appear to be automatically excluded from being backed up.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/3h4gcYFowhE/ Montana's ad agency's social media manager manages to offer a "F this job" post on the state's tourism Facebook page, as opposed to her personal one.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/EpUvyu_0xyQ/ IDC report shows personal computing market shifting to smartphones and tablets, away from PCs.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/IAxELIFYkl0/ Using NASA and NOAA's striking images of the Earth after dark, the Web giant creates an interactive map showing the world's flickering lights on a cloudless night.

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/aqV_YQx_CD4/utter-for-android-is-a-personal-assistant-packed-with-voice-commands-tasker-support-and-more Android: There are so many personal assistants available for Android that it's difficult for one to really shine through, but Utter is a new app, currently in beta, that brings the features in a useful way. The app can do everything you would expe..