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An app designed to let Apple users create fake identification cards has been pulled after a complaint by a United States Senator. However, it remains unclear exactly how said application could actually be used to create a fake ID.

After providing a steady challenge to long-time web browser king, Internet Explorer, for years, Mozilla's Firefox has now slipped to third place behind Google's Chrome browser.

Facebook and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline have announced a new program designed to help prevent suicide. Although the two groups have been working together since 2006, the new initiative will allow suicidal social networking users the option of entering a live chat with a depression expert.

It seems like "Ultrabooks" will soon be all the rage in the PC market. Boasting ridiculous processing power and a feather-light frame, they really do represent the future of portable computing. Unfortunately, they're expensive and lack an important component: an optical disc drive. But industry heavyweight Samsung says it's about to change at least one of those two problems.

The highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been crowned video game king for 2011. The title was named game of the year at Spike's Video Game Awards, but it wasn't the only winner.

One would think that with a spike in the number of U.S. states enforcing a ban on texting while driving that most people would focus their attention on the road. Not so, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a new study.

They're not quite all the rage they used to be (what, with the rise of LED and 3D), but LCD -- or liquid crystal display -- televisions sure were popular a few years back. Well, it would appear most of us got ripped off when buying them; according to a new report, a group of eight popular television manufacturers will pay almost $400 million fines for allegedly fixing the price of LCD TVs.

Consumer Reports has released its 2011 customer satisfaction ratings for U.S. mobile providers and once again Verizon Wireless finishes ahead of the pack. Bringing up the rear, as was the case last year, is AT&T.;

There are lots of troubled companies out there amidst this ongoing economic recession. But it's rare to see a major firm struggle quite like Research in Motion (RIM), which in recent months has faced a barrage of trials and tribulations. Now, the firm is admitting it's losing millions on the failing PlayBook tablet while at the same time facing a PR nightmare involving two employees.

There's no doubt that YouTube is one of the web's most popular sites. For years now it's allowed folks to express themselves in video format. It's even been the place where big stars have gotten their start. Despite the site's popularity, YouTube has decided to tinker with the formula by introducing a major redesign, and not everyone is pleased.

Everyone loves the idea of owning a super-fast but super-portable personal notebook computer. It’s why hardware manufacturers are currently trying to arouse interest in a new line of "ultrabooks," extremely lightweight but also quite powerful notebook PCs. Unfortunately, these devices also come with a big price tag, though a new report suggests that could change in the new year.

These days those fancy flat-screen televisions are more affordable than ever before. As such, just about everyone in the U.S. owns one, be it an LCD, LED or plasma TV. But there's no denying that most of these sets -- particularly the cheap ones -- are hardly energy-efficient. That may be changing soon, however, and major manufacturer Toshiba appears ready to get the ball rolling.

Not long after the dust had settled following yet another record-breaking Black Friday, major video game firm Nintendo came out to boast that it had sold approximately half a million Nintendo Wii consoles in a single day. Now, Microsoft is firing back with its own statistics and the numbers are considerably more impressive.

Still not sure what to get your friends and family for Christmas this year? Well, you might as well go out and buy what may be emerging as this year's hot holiday item: the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet computer. According to reports, it was a very popular device this past Black Friday.

Missed the insane lines and bargains of Black Friday but hope to find big deals this Cyber Monday? Well, take caution -- security experts are reminding all of us to be careful when opening any emails promising to save us big bucks this week.