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PC Magazine October 28, 2011 Mendelson & Duffy	Dropbox Dropbox is a superbly implemented, cloud-based, automatic, file-synchronization service that's ideal for working with files you can store in a single folder.
PC Magazine October 21, 2011 Jill Duffy	The 50 Best Android Apps Smartphone owners running Google's OS need more than just a top ten list to stock their devices with the best programs for entertainment, productivity, reference, and more.
PC Magazine October 19, 2011 Jill Duffy	Apple's Siri Shuns 35 Million Americans -- Are You One? Siri carries out simple tasks for you when you speak to it, but only if you're an English speaker in the United States.
PC Magazine October 14, 2011 Mendelson & Muchmore	Apple OS X Lion 10.7.2 Apple OS X Lion is hands-down the best consumer OS on the market today.
PC Magazine October 4, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus's minuscule local client communicates with a gigantic cloud database to provide excellent protection against malware attack, and it also does a very good job cleaning up existing malware infestations.
PC Magazine October 4, 2011 Mark Hachman	Microsoft Explains Why the Start Menu Needed to Die On Tuesday, Microsoft explained why the Windows 7 start menu is now a start screen in Windows 8: no one used it.
PC Magazine September 7, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	Norton AntiVirus 2012 Norton AntiVirus 2012 did a great job in testing, and the independent labs rate it highly as well. Add top-notch protection against Web-based exploits and you've got a winner.
PC Magazine September 7, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	Norton Internet Security 2012 Some suites are strong in one area, weak in another. Norton Internet Security 2012 doesn't have any serious weak spot; all of its components do their jobs very well.
PC Magazine September 1, 2011 Neil J. Rubenking	AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 scans quickly and does a good job both cleaning up existing malware and preventing new infestation. Independent labs rate it high, too, and it includes bonus protection against phishing and exploits.
PC Magazine September 27, 2011 Sascha Segan	Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' The latest iteration of Windows Phone 7, "Mango" is a terrific OS for smartphone beginners. But a lack of 4G and other cutting-edge hardware support means it won't likely be a market leader.
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