Feb
25
2009
Apple has quietly launched a new store on iTunes strictly for Indie Music.
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Feb
25
2009
Wine bottle label inspiration.
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Feb
25
2009
Last year, the Flexible Display Center showed off the first prototypes of displays so thin and light they can be rolled up and stuffed into your Levis or North Face backpack. Now, the Center is saying it is ready with a touchscreen version.
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Feb
25
2009
Apple released Safari 4 beta, a new version of its browser for Mac OS X and Windows. This update brings a bunch of new features, including a flashy new Top Sites view, a completely redesigned Windows UI, and support for some impressive emerging Web standards.
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Feb
25
2009
According to a recent study, broadband access in the U.S. has dropped to 19th place worldwide. The recent passage of the stimulus bill will provide about billion to improve it. But why is U.S. broadband so crappy in the first place? And can government intervention improve it?
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Feb
25
2009
Some Web sites haven’t been updated, and many developers still don’t design their pages to modern standards and best practices. A recent report showed that the average page on the Web strays from World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) page markup specifications 47 times
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Feb
25
2009
Don’t be too surprised if you get a letter from your bank or credit union in the next few weeks telling you it’s replacing your credit card.
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Feb
25
2009
There’s quite a lot of variance in DDR3 modules on the marketnow, which can certainly be overwhelming for potential new buyers.Today, we’re going to look at some of these new kits and see if we canbreak down what memory-related aspects you should look for when buyingfor an X58 platform for Intel’s new Core i7.
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Feb
25
2009
Millions of Gmail users were faced with blank screens for two hours this morning, after a widespread outage of the webmail service.
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Feb
25
2009
thethibs writes “eWeek is reporting that just as everyone is buzzing about the latest Adobe vulnerability, someone poisoned ads hosted by Ziff-Davis with an older Adobe exploit (affecting versions 8.12 and earlier, and long since patched). Z-D fixed the problem less than 24 hours after its first appearance. The interesting bit of this is that a bunch of people probably got hit with the old Trojan when they browsed to a story about the new one.”

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