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Twitter, Facebook, Skype and foursquare are all coming to the Playstation Vita - 0 views

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  • The PS Vita will not only have the computing power of the PS3, at the same price, but you will also be able to tweet your new high-score directly from the device
  • Users will be able to download the apps through Sony’s PlayStation Store for free. Once the apps are installed you can launch them directly from the home screen.
  • We are curious to see just how each of these social apps will be implemented on the Vita
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  • Only time will tell exactly how all of these apps will work. One thing is for sure having these types of apps will make the Vita an overall more appealing product.
  • The real app that we are waiting to hear confirmation about is NetFlix, with the Vita’s amazing screen it would be a great viewing experience
  • Kyu Won Shim on 17 Aug 11
     
    There is new psp that contains apps of facebook, twitter, and skype.
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Firefox could get even more Chrome style | The Download Blog - Download.com - 0 views

download.cnet.com/...uld-get-even-more-chrome-style fiirefox have chrome theme
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  • Firefox could get even more Chrome style By: Seth Rosenblatt August 1, 2011 5:25 PM PDT Print E-mail Share 67 comments Early design concepts for Mozilla Firefox indicate that the browser continues to bend toward the light emanating from Google Chrome.
  • Early design concepts for Mozilla Firefox indicate that the browser continues to bend toward the light emanating from Google Chrome
  • Designs released for the interface-focused branch of the nightly version of Firefox reveal a look that brings the browser even closer to looking like its Google competitor, although it definitely has its own approach
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  • The designs also show that the in-focus tab will get rounded corners, practically identical to tabs in Chrome.
  • However, background tabs will not look like their Chrome counterparts,
  • instead retaining the current rectangular approach.
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Bing-Yahoo Search Alliance Gains U.S. Market Share - Forbes - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...lliance-gains-u-s-market-share Bing-Yahoo search alliance
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  • Bing-Yahoo Search Alliance
  • launched its search engine Bing back in 2009.
  • Microsoft
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  • Google’s stock
  • value of about $192 billion
  • Bing now powers nearly a third of all U.S. searches once you combine Yahoo and Bing together.
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Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn't really pay attention - 0 views

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  • Firefox 6 ships, but we shouldn't really pay attention
  • eight weeks after the release of Firefox 5
  • not a lot has visibly changed
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  • s much less memory
  • attach some significance to the new release
  • It's just "the latest."
  • Mozilla wants to take this a step further
  • The argument is made that you don't know what version of, say, Twitter or Facebook you're using, so why should your Web browser be any different?
  • If you're going to force the user to know about every update, it seems a little unfair to refuse to even tell her what version she's using.
  • he regards the entire discussion as crazy.
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BBC News - Driver spotted using two mobile phones is banned - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...uk-england-norfolk-14533821 Driver spotted using two mobile phone is banned
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  • A man spotted using two mobile phones while behind the wheel of his car has been banned from driving for 12 months.
  • Norwich magistrates heard David Secker, 34, was seen talking on one phone while holding the other as if texting.
  • endorsed
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  • Secker, who is unemployed, did not appear to be holding the steering wheel when he was spotted on the 70mph A47 at Blofield, near Norwich on 17 May.
  • magistrates
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Mozilla shrinks Firefox's memory appetite by 20%-30% - Computerworld - 0 views

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  • Mozilla shrinks Firefox's memory appetite by 20%-30%
  • Mozilla's Firefox 7, slated to ship in late September, will be significantly faster because of work done plugging the browser's memory leaks, a company developer says
  • Mozilla developer Nicholas Nethercote credited the "MemShrink" project for closing memory bugs in the browser and producing a faster Firefox
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  • often 20% to 30% less, and sometimes as much as 50% less
  • "Firefox 7 uses less memory than Firefox 6 (and 5 and 4)
  • This means that Firefox 7 is faster (sometimes drastically so) and less likely to crash, particularly if you have many websites open at once and/or keep Firefox running for a long time between restarts
  • Firefox has long been criticized for using large amounts of RAM
  • for not releasing memory when tabs are closed
  • practices that can degrade the browser's performance
  • extreme cases
  • crash or lock up
  • Mozilla has tried to stop the leaks before
  • If Mozilla maintains its rapid-release schedule, which results in a new edition every six weeks, the final version of Firefox 7 will ship Sept. 27
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E.U. sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 scaled back - latimes.com - 0 views

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  • Samsung's Galaxy Tab
  • 10.1 is back on sale in the European Union
  • , except in Germany
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  • dispute between Samsung and Apple.
  • Samsung has agreed to halt Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia until its patent dispute with Apple can be sorted out.
  • Apple has sued Samsung in the U.S., Europe and Australia,
  • accusing Samsung of ripping off its iPhone and iPad
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Leona Lewis legal battle finally over | The Sun |Showbiz|Music - 0 views

www.thesun.co.uk/...legal-battle-finally-over.html Leona Lewis legal battle finally over Collide single Avicii
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  • Leona Lewis legal battle finally over
  • THE legal battle over Leona Lewis's comeback single is finally over.
  • Collide will now be released as a collaboration between the singer and Swedish producer Avicii.
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  • The DJ, backed by label Ministry Of Sound, began legal action in July to block the track's release, claiming the song was similar to his own track Fade Into Darkness, also known as Penguin.
  • Syco responded, saying that Avicii was already credited as a songwriter on the Leona song.
  • Leona's reinvention - will now be released under the joint Leona Lewis/Avicii title.
  • Ibiza-style euphoric
  • rave reviews
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Firefox 6: Is it really faster? - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

www.csmonitor.com/...Firefox-6-Is-it-really-faster is mozilla firefox 6 faster ?
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  • There are also plenty of nice security tweaks on Firefox 6,
  • Meanwhile, Laptop magazine's Dan Howley takes full stock of the speed of Firefox 6, which was rumored to be substantially faster than Firefox 5.
  • measures a browser’s capabilities using Java, Firefox 5 scored 4,733. We then ran Firefox 6 on the same system using Peacekeeper, and recorded a similar score of 4,572
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  • Higher scores are better.)
  • Howley says Firefox 6 lagged behind its main competitors on the same Peacekeeper scale
  • score of 4,830, while Chrome managed to score a 8,400
  • Firefox 6 isn't quite as speedy as some analysts had hoped. But hey, maybe Mozilla can correct that in the next major update, due in about 6 weeks.
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AFP: Now you can eat -- Angry Birds mooncakes - 0 views

www.google.com/...M5iDLGos07d5WL8lCu-R7t4VSngALA Angry Birds mooncakes
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  • The popular mobile game, which was first launched for Apple's mobile operating system in 2009, features cartoonish, wingless birds that the player must slingshot into enemy pig territory to reclaim stolen eggs.
  • Angry Birds' popularity has led to versions of the game being released for all major smartphone brands, personal computers, and game consoles. It currently has at least 120 million active users on mobile devices.
  • hina's mooncake tradition is said to have started after the people were rallied to revolt against the country's Mongolian Yuan dynasty rulers by pieces of paper calling for an uprising on the mid-autumn festival inserted in each cake.
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Libyan rebels claim to make advances - 0 views

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  • In Libya, rebel fighters were seen celebrating in the Libyan port city of Brega on Saturday, as they boast of advances in their battle against Moammar Gadhafi's forces
  • Fighting has intensified in the troubled land of Libya, with rebels saying they have made new advances
  • According to their military spokesman, the rebels are now clashing with Gadhafi's troops to take control over the rest of the city.
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  • Also on Saturday, the rebels said they fought their way into the strategic city of Zawiya, seen as their most significant advance in months.
  • But the Gaddafi government has denied the rebel report as a "media game,"
  • The city of about 200,000 is key because it controls the main supply road to Tripoli from the Tunisian border.
  • Many of Zawiya's rebels then fled into the mountains and were among the lead forces advancing on the city on Saturday.
  • Kyu Won Shim on 15 Aug 11
     
    Rebel in Libya claims that they reached a great advancement taking over city.
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Firefox 6 'Released' Two Days Early | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - 1 views

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  • Firefox 6 'Released' Two Days Early
  • The official release for Firefox 6 is scheduled for this Tuesday, but Mozilla has already thrown up the installation files on its FTP for industrious and impatient users to download and install
  • A lot of the changes coming in Firefox 6 are under-the-hood fixes designed to increase the speed and compatibility of the browser. For example, Firefox 6 will now speed up its startup time for those with a ton of tabs and groups: Users will be able to decide whether they want to load up all of their tab groups at the browser's launch, or load these tabs up within the browser's Panorama grouping tool.
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  • The final "big change" that non-developer Firefox users will notice is Mozilla's new treatment of domain names within the browser's address bar. Domain names are now tinted with a small highlight, just to make it easier for users to tell what site they're on after a quick glance at the address bar
  • Other improvements to Firefox 6 include a performance boost for Linux users, as well as increased support for developers in the form of a Scratchpad tool for testing JavaScript within the browser and an improved version of the browser's Web Console
  • Firefox 6 'Released' Two Days Early
  • official release for Firefox 6 is scheduled for this Tuesday
  • A lot of the changes coming in Firefox 6
  • A new permissions tool (accessed by typing "about:permissions" in the browser's address bar) will give users a chance to set site-specific permission levels for saved passwords, cookies, location-sharing, pop-ups, and images, to name a few options.
  • unchan ki on 15 Aug 11
     
    not yet done, trying to fix sth
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Acer Iconia Tab A100: How important is battery life to you? | Tablets Planet - 0 views

tablets-planet.com/...portant-is-battery-life-to-you Acer tablets
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  • Acer Group Inc.
  • 7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100
  • Europe and North America.
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  • 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb
  • North America and Europe
  • 8GB and 16GB.
  • (A100-07u08u)
  • €231/$329.99/349.99 CAD
  • €349/$349.99/399.99 CAD.
  • 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core
  • 512MB RAM, 8GB built-in flash memory storage
  • microSD card slot (up to 32GB supported), micro USB 2.0, HDMI port, 3.5mm audio jack2MP front facing camera, 5MP rear facing camera with LED Flash and Auto FocusBluetooth 2.1, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-FiAccelerometer, Gyro Sensor and Light SensorWeight: 470 grams ; L x B x H: 195 x 117 x 13.1 mmLi-Po 1530mAh standard battery
  • the tablets battery is weak.
  • LaptopMag
  • Engadget
  • 1530mAh
  • battery tests
  • 7-inch will be less than satisfying
  • Acer Iconia Tab A100
  • Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet
  • NVIDIA Tegra 2
  • Jeon Yap on 15 Aug 11
     
    Acer Iconia tablet
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Yahoo, Bing Beat Google in Search Success Rate | PCWorld - 0 views

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  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • 66 percent of all searches in July were conducted using Google’s search engine
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  • 80 percent of searches conducted on both Yahoo and Bing were successful
  • figures last Thursday
  • Bing has become a “distraction for the software giant”
  • if Microsoft abandons Bing, it might as well just about abandon its entire online presence, because aside from Hotmail, Bing is its only substantial Internet service
  • July was the third straight month that Bing-powered searches increased
  • google, bing
  • yahoo
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How expensive are Australian NBN services? * The Register - 0 views

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  • How expensive are Australian NBN services
  • grabbing today’s exchange rate, and converting the foreign price
  • All of the countries offering lower prices than Australia for a 100 Mbps service are much smaller than Australia, with consequent geographic advantages
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  • tion density
  • Our size and popul
  • we’re still in the top quarter for price
  • more than triple the cost”
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F1 fan receives bionic hand from Mercedes team - Telegraph - 0 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...c-hand-from-Mercedes-team.html F1 fan receives bionic hand form Mercedes team
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  • Matthew James, 14, who was born without his left hand, sent a cheeky letter to Ross Brawn, boss of F1 team Mercedes GP Petronas, asking for £35,000 to pay for a top-of-the range artificial limb.
  • But Mercedes where so touched by Matthew's ''intelligent and moving letter'' they agreed to help him and teamed up with firm Touch Bionics, who create and fit hi-tech artificial limbs.
  • prosthetic
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  • versatile
  • Touch Bionics also agreed to fit the hand and train Matthew at their state of the art facilities for free, which would have otherwise cost £25,000.
  • Matthew said: ''It is just amazing.
  • even fitted with Bluetooth technology to allow Matthew to hook up to a computer wirelessly to track the strength and speed of his movements.
  • chassis-style
  • congenital
  • prestigious
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What the Rise of Google+ Says About Facebook - 0 views

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China launches phone hotline in wake of Apple fakes | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phon... - 0 views

www.heraldsun.com.au/...story-fn7celvh-1226115109604 Apple Fake
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  • ANOTHER 22 fake Apple Stores have been discovered in China, just weeks after authorities shut down two such shops, according to reports.
  • The fake shops — all found within the city of Kunming
  • despite repeated government pledges to root out fake goods.
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  • Chinese authorities moved quickly to close down that store, but since then several more fake shops have been found.
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Taliban attack on governor's office kills 25 - 0 views

news.xinhuanet.com/...c_131049690.htm Taliban attack the governor's and 25 people die
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  • Afghanistan
  • heir aim was to reach my office. We had security measures and we stopped them from reaching my office
  • attack began after one of the suicide bombers riding an explosive-laden car blew himself up at the entrance of the governor's office enabling others attackers to enter the compound
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  • The province's governor, survived the attacks, but 25 others were killed, including the attackers
  • 50 minutes and all the suicide bombers were killed."
  • responsibility for the attacks.
  • terrorism
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Dell updates Vostro laptop for better battery life | Mobile Computers | ZDNet UK - 0 views

www.zdnet.co.uk/...r-better-battery-life-40093681 Dell Vostro Laptop Better Battery Life
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  • Dell updates Vostro laptop for better battery life
  • Dell has launched the V131, a new ultraportable laptop in its small-business Vostro line that the company says improves on the poor battery life of its
  • predecessor
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  • the Vostro V130.
  • ets customers replace batteries themselves and also offers lengthier battery life.
  • unveiled
  • V131 could manage almost 10 hours on a single charge.
  • Other features include an HD webcam with dual-array microphones, SRS Premium Voice Pro audio software, a fingerprint reader and a fall sensor for the hard drive. Although US customers can only choose configurations with hard drives, SSD options are available in some countries, including the UK.
  • on sale at a starting price of £359 excluding VAT and shipping
  • price can go much higher depending on the configuration
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