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Limited time offer: Save 30% on Bitdefender Total Security

Bitdefender Total Security 2012 provides a complete protection for all of your antivirus and internet security needs. Combined with its high virus detection ratings, Total Security protects your PC without impacting your computer's performance.

Unique to Total Security is it's "Silent Security" feature. Turn it on and you will never have to deal with a pop-up from your antivirus software ever again. Why should you have to tell your antivirus how to handle malware or whether to use a port? Silent Security manages it all for you, automatically.

Awarded CNET Editors' Choice Award in March, 2012, … Read more

Travelzoo's would-be buyers include Google, Amazon

Travelzoo might just be putting itself on the market. This 14-year-old Internet company, which helps travelers find deals on flights, hotels, and vacation packages, has seen a dismal past few months and therefore could be getting ready to sell itself, according to Reuters.

Prospective buyers include Google, Amazon, and online travel Web sites, according to Reuters. These tech companies might want to get their hands on Travelzoo because of its 24 million subscriber-base, its share in the daily deal world, and its advertising-generated revenue stream.

Currently the New York-based company has a market value of $336.1 million and once … Read more

Groupon launches G-Pass, a fast lane for GrouponLive events

GrouponLive has a new feature designed to give event-goers the chance to get to the entrance much sooner than they can right now.

Dubbed G-Pass, the new GrouponLive feature lets users skip past the will call window or box office line and head right to their seats on event day. After purchasing a ticket to an event, users will be given their ticketing, seating, and barcode-scanning on their GrouponLive voucher.

Groupon launched GrouponLive last May as part of a joint venture with Live Nation. Users of GrouponLive are offered deals on sporting events, concerts, theater shows, and other live events. … Read more

New shareholder lawsuit targets Groupon execs

Groupon has been hit with another lawsuit from a shareholder upset with the daily-deals company's recent bookkeeping flubs.

The latest complaint, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, is a derivative lawsuit that accuses the daily-deals site's directors of management failure. Theresa Monturano's 31-page filing (see below) claims the company's management failed its responsibilities when it announced late last month that an accounting error would force it to revise its first set of financial results as a public company. (A derivatives lawsuit is filed when a shareholder seeks … Read more

Exclusively on CNET, save 90% on WinSettings Pro for just three days

Wear and tear slows your computer down over time. With WinSettings Pro, not only can you clean up duplicate, temporary, and junk files, but you can also optimize system settings and remove unnecessary startups, cookies, and associations. What makes WinSettings Pro different from other utilities is that you are always in control. It lets you review and selectively delete individual files and cookies. Plus, it finds and fixes errors, ensures privacy and security protection, and maintains your computer's peak performance and reliability.

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Reader's choice 2012: You find the deals!

It pains me to admit this, but I couldn't find a killer deal today.

I briefly saw a refurbished Barnes & Noble Nook Color for $119, but it sold out before I could write it up. Plus, I suspect most of you are pretty sick of me covering that particular product (even at such an incredibly low price).

I was also tempted to mention a sweet CNET-only deal on custom OrigAudio Designears noise-cancelling headphones, but I like to keep the nepotism to a minimum.

I haven't done this in about two years, and probably won't again for … Read more

Groupon may face SEC probe over earnings revision

Groupon's revision of its first set of financial results as a public company has apparently attracted the attention of federal regulators.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining last week's announcement but hasn't decided whether to launch a formal investigation, an unnamed source familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal.

Groupon representatives declined to comment on the report.

The daily deals site said in a regulatory filing Friday that it had discovered "material weakness" in internal controls over its financial statement and that its fourth-quarter results were worse than previously stated … Read more

Software Deal of the week: Save 50% on HotSpot Shield Elite

Do you ever sit at a cafe that provides you with a free Wi-Fi connection? I often work from cafes and airports, where I connect to the free public Wi-Fi that is provided to me, but little did I know, I was an easy prey for hackers and snoopers to access my personal information.

Many of you probably already know the difference between HTTP and HTTPS, but some of you may not, so I'll go over that a little bit here. If you are just browsing around the internet, HTTP will do, which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Not … Read more

AmazonLocal sells 1 million gift cards in 17 hours

Amazon sold 1 million gift cards in just over 17 hours yesterday in a bid to bolster its AmazonLocal daily deals service.

The deal -- a $10 gift card selling for $5 to U.S. shoppers -- was the second fastest daily deal the industry has seen, according to Savvr, which tracks daily deals.

"The popularity of this AmazonLocal deal shows that customers want unique and relevant deals that provide them with an excellent buying experience," Amazon said in a statement.

LivingSocial holds the record for the fastest daily-deal promotion, selling 1 million Whole Foods vouchers in 14 … Read more