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From X-bit Labs: Amazon, the largest online store on the Internet, is dominating the market of electronic book readers and has strong chances to become a viable player on the market of media tablets. Why not try a luck in the world of smartphones? According to an analyst with... |
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The meaning of words change over time, and so does the value of things. For example, let's take a look at the word "apologize". According to Merriam-Webster, the definition we usually go by is "an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret". However, if you lived a few hundred years ago, the same word probably meant "the defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions" instead. Now with... |
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In 1992, one of the world's greatest events in automotive history was achieved with the production of the world's fastest production road car, the McLaren F1. Such an achievement was described as the "finest driving machine" to "may possibly be the fastest production road car the world will ever see". And to this day -- almost two decades later -- the car is still praised and respected by car enthusiasts around the globe. Now, as... |
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According to Google, success is broadly defined as "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". But what does it specifically mean to you? Back in the day, I have heard many individuals craving for lots of money to live well. Others have dreamed of owning many exotic cars. As for myself, I like to follow Albert Einstein's formula. "A + B + C = Success, if A = Hard Work, B = Hard Play, C = Keeping your mouth shut." If any one... |
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From InfoWorld: Motorola Mobility said Thursday that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed acquisition of the company by Google. About 99 percent of the shares voting at a special meeting on Thursday voted in favor, which represented about 74 percent of... |
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From PC World: Google has released an update for Chrome 15 which addresses a high-risk vulnerability. The security issue is the result of an out-of-bounds memory write in the browser's JavaScript engine. Under normal circumstances such a vulnerability would allow remote code... |
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From CNET News.com: Here's one strictly for the rumor hopper: Apple was on the verge of coming out with a MacBook Air packing a processor from Advanced Micro Devices. The reasoning put forward by chip-centric Web site Semiaccurate is that AMD offered better graphics horsepower... |
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From X-bit Labs: At the Intel Capital global summit, Intel's chief executive officer Paul Otellini said that starting next year ultra-thin laptops, which Intel calls "ultrabooks", will have touch-screens and will thus be able to act like tablets. But before such products emerge... |
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From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Seagate Technology, the No. 2 maker of hard disk drives (HDDs) in the world, gave a dramatically negative prediction for the HDD industry. The recovery of the industry after tragic flooding in Thailand will take a year and limited supplies... |
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From PC World: At a time when Android phone sales have nearly tripled from a year ago, iPhone sales continue to climb, and overall smartphone sales jumped 42 percent, the Windows Phone platform (formerly Windows Mobile) has done the seemingly impossible -- sold fewer phones in this... |
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