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The end of The World: Dubai island development... →
[A]fter the global financial crisis led to the collapse of the emirate’s home-building market, a unique development known as ‘The World’ is reportedly facing Armageddon.
The project, a man-made archipelago designed to resemble a map of the planet, is facing disaster as its islands have begun sinking, a tribunal heard this week.
The development, which sits a mile and a half from the...
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Why U.S. Galaxy S Phones Run Android 2.1 Still →
An anonymous member on XDA Developers’ forum has posted an explanation as to how carrier/manufacturer contracts are dealt and as a result why U.S. Galaxy S Phones still run Android 2.1:
Hello, I’m going to step across the NDAs and explain the issues behind the Android Froyo update to Samsung Galaxy S phones in the United States. I think most of you have come to this realization yourself...
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A List of Iconic Companies Whose Market Cap is...
Visa Inc. $59.63b
American Express Company $55.8b
The Boeing Company $53.16b
Morgan Stanley $43.5b
The Dow Chemical Company $41.8b
NIKE, Inc. 40.22b
Eli Lilly & Co. $40.12b
Texas Instruments Inc. $40.92b
Nokia $39.92b
News Corporation 37.72b
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The Evolution of Data Storage in the Past Decade
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Sign into Yahoo! with Google or Facebook ID
Users will be able to log-in via Facebook or Google and comment on a Yahoo! News articles, play Yahoo! Fantasy Sports, or interact with photos on Flickr, including Flickr uploader. Yahoo! first introduced OpenID log-in with Google on Flickr in October 2010, and following the success of this integration, they’ve chosen to open it up across all Yahoo! platforms.
The end is nigh.
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WatchAndy and Pee-Wee’s Night Out [Digital Short]
Shots, Shots, Shots…SHOTS!!
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Fuji X100 Gets a Price of $1,199 (Quick Comparison...
Adorama listed the Fuji X100 camera at $1,199.00 and is now taking pre-orders. This is $800 less than the Leica X1. Here is a quick specifications comparison between the X100 and the X1:
Both cameras have a 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor.
The Fuji camera has a 2.8 in. 460,000 dots LCD screen, compared to 2.7 in. 230,000 dots on the Leica X1.
Fuji’s X100 ISO range is 200-6400 (expandable to...
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WatchTed “Golden Voice” Williams reunites with his 90-year-old mother Julia in a conference room in midtown Manhattan.
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Repurchasing Apps on the Mac App Store →
If you’re a current customer, there’s no way to convert a previous purchase into a Mac App Store purchase — that requires a re-buy. But remember, what you have now will continue to work just fine.
I guess there was really no smooth way to handle this part of the transition, but it does indeed kind of suck. I love having the centralized location for app updates on my iPhone and iPad. Once 10.7...
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Pop-Ups Enticing Kids to Spend Money, Parents Say →
A 6-year-old Naperville girl racked up hundreds of dollars ($420) in online charges while playing a game on her iPod. While I believe it’s always the parents’ responsibility to watch after what their kids do, the $99.99 price point for an in-app purchase (for a kids game too!!) is just plain sneaky and ludicrous.
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WatchA Smart Place to Put the Elevator Button.
My question is—once you’re inside, are the buttons for all the floors located at the bottom of inside the cabin also?
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