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Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here’s How.
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Technology
The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that it's open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself. Unfortunately, most people aren't ready to undertake the daunting task of actually taking Google's recently open-sourced code and turning that into a bootable computer. So we've put together a step-by-step... -
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Releasing the Chromium OS open source project
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web. Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are eager to engage with partners, the open source community and developers. As with the Google Chrome browser,... -
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Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile Brings Turbo, Image Saves and More
jkOnTheRun (subscribe) | 11/18/2009 | Technology
Opera today announced the beta of Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile devices. The new look and feel is very much like Opera on the desktop or the newest version of Opera Mini. Here’s a listing of what the latest Opera browser brings to WinMo: Intuitive new interface Opera has thrown out the clutter and is [...] -
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Video game sales are to movie box office as house sales are to pet adoptions
Company Town (subscribe) | 11/18/2009 | Entertainment
In a culture that has become obsessed intrigued by movies' openings at the box office, it's no surprise that other products, particularly in the world of entertainment, want to compare their launches to those of the biggest films. There's a... -
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Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation
TechCrunch (subscribe) | 22 hours ago | Technology
eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype , valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the buying party and will control an approximately 70 percent stake is a group led by Silver Lake Partners and includes Joltid (i.e. the company founded by Skype's original founders) and "certain affiliated parties", the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and VC... -
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Daily Digest for November 20th
Chris Leckness is a Geek (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Technology
Here are the 20 events in my Lifestream for November 20th: Shared TomTom Updates App to Include 1st Gen iPhone and iPod touch GPS Support. ...
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Automatic captions in YouTube
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm deaf. Today, I'm in Washington, D.C. to announce what I consider the most important and exciting milestone... -
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Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal”
CrunchGear (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands. The company received a letter from Baker & McKenzie, representing Apple, asking that The Little App Factory change the name of one of their most successful applications. Why? It has the word iPod in it. iRip (formally known as iPodRip) was originally written in 2003 at the MacHack developer conference in order to fulfill an obvious... -
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Dems alarmed as independents bolt
Tony Phyrillas (subscribe) | 11/18/2009 | Politics
Remember all the gloating by Democrats and their media allies after the Obama victory last November? Remember the talk of how the Republican Party was finished? How the GOP will become the minority party for decades? Who's laughing now? It appears that the Democratic Party under the leadership of far-left radicals like Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi is on the road to political oblivion. From an article... -
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New lawsuit challenging AY approval to be announced today by BrooklynSpeaks members,...
Atlantic Yards Report (subscribe) | yesterday | US
Groups in the BrooklynSpeaks coalition–originally following a “mend-it-don’t-end-it policy”–today will file their first lawsuit, word of which first emerged last month.It will be interesting to see how much this case, which challenges the Empire State Development Corporation's approval of the Modified General Project Plan and failure to pursue a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, -
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Think Globally, Tweet Locally
Twitter Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
In August we announced that we were working on a new API that would provide developers with the ability to geotag tweets. Today, the Geotagging API is officially available. This release is unique in that it's API-only which means you won't see any changes on twitter.com , yet. Instead, Twitter applications like Birdfeed , Seesmic Web , Foursquare , Gowalla , Twidroid , Twittelator Pro and others are... -
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16-Year-Old Confesses To Shooting That Caught Girl In Crossfire
Gothamist (subscribe) | yesterday | US
Suspects: At left, Carvett Gentles (image from WCBS 2), and, at right, clockwise from top left, Rohan Francis, Dwayne Taylor, Clivie Smith, and Cleve Smith (images from NY1) A 16-year-old boy has confessed to the Monday afternoon shooting that left a Bronx girl in a medically-induced coma. Carvett Gentles, a sophomore at Bronx Leadership Academy who rarely attended class, had no criminal record before... - see all discussions
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FIFA Denies Irish Appeal For Replay Against France
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Sports
ZURICH — FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time. "In the reply, FIFA states that the result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed," FIFA said in a statement. "As is clearly mentioned... -
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Pakistan: 8 Militants Killed In Reported US Strike
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | World
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told visiting CIA director Leon Panetta that any new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan must take... -
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No Replies From Santa
The J-Walk Blog (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | US
Think of the children! Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska . Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers. The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed... -
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Senate confirms David Hamilton for Appeals Court in Chicago
Lynn Sweet (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Politics
WASHINGTON--After a stall, the Senate voted 59-39 Thursday to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton--who now presides in an Indiana courtroom--to the Chicago based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.... -
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Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps
San Fransisco Chronicle (subscribe) | 8 hours ago | Entertainment
First mammograms. Now _ in an apparent coincidence _ Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical... -
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Top SKorean model found hung in Paris apartment
Boston Globe (subscribe) | 9 hours ago | Entertainment
A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hung in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
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Ruling opens door to Katrina lawsuits
Detroit Free Press (subscribe) | yesterday | Sciences
NEW ORLEANS -- A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims. -
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Gang Killed People For Their Fat: Peruvian Police
The Huffington Post (subscribe) | yesterday | World
LIMA, Peru — A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col. Jorge Mejia, chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping... -
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Sources: Giuliani leaning toward run for US Senate
Seattle Times (subscribe) | 11 hours ago | Politics
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers. -
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Senators dig in for health-bill showdown
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) | 13 hours ago | Health
WASHINGTON - Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors yesterday assailed the Democrats' newly minted health-care legislation as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts, and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states. -
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Gates Hints at Obama Troop Surge
Fox News (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Defense secretary says that as soon as Obama makes his decision, forces can begin flowing into Afghanistan • No Afghan Troop Decision Before Thanksgiving • 13 Killed in Homicide Bomb in West Afghanistan • Fox News Poll: President's Approval at New Low • Majority Dislikes Obama's Policies | VIDEO -
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Aimersoft Video Converter for Windows
Software Reviews and Download (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
The best video converter software to convert video audio files perfectly. Aimersoft Video Converter is the best video converter software of all video converters for you to convert video audio files. With this video file converter you can easily convert video to AVI, MPEG, MKV, WMV, FlV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3GPP, MPG, ASF, VOB, WMA, [...] Aimersoft Video Converter for Windows originally appeared on appFair.com... - see all breaking news
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