Additionally, Microsoft revamped the way built-in search works so that it's now more of a universal search engine, serving up apps, files, settings options and web suggestions.

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Apple builds in a utility that appears during setup and will migrate data files, settings and apps from an older Mac, either over a cable or a wireless network.

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Flame can gather data files, remotely change settings on computers, turn on computer microphones to record conversations, take screen shots and copy instant messaging chats.

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The good news here is that Google isn't going to be strewing your personal files all over the Internet as banner ads, as the terms of service alone might suggest, provided the files have some privacy settings, as they do by default -- viewable only to friends, for instance.

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To configure E16, there's no need to hack on any configuration files as it provides a settings manager by default.

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He notes that full-size projectors are already entrenched in board rooms, and argues that in casual settings users are more likely to share a notebook display than transfer files and set up a phone projector.

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If embarking on a self-guided tour of the city, start in picturesque North Vancouver where Mount Seymour provided settings for the movie Hot Tub Time Machine and the shows MacGyver and The X-Files.

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