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LG uploads first Nexus 4 commercial – Shows off cool features, lacks emotion [VIDEO]

December 20, 2012
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Still waiting on your Nexus 4 to arrive? Call it a tease, or simply cruel and unusual punishment, but LG uploaded their first Nexus 4 video to their YouTube channel today, knowing damn well you can’t go into the Google Play store and buy one. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have their factories [...]

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MIT demos new form of magnetism that could lead to quantum communication, storage

December 20, 2012
MIT demos new form of magnetism that could lead to quantum communication, storage

It’s not often that researchers can verify a discovery that could change how we approach basic principles of technology, not just build on what we know. Nonetheless, MIT might have accomplished just such a feat in demonstrating a new state of magnetism. They’ve shown that a synthetically grown sample of herbertsmithite crystal (what you see [...]

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Wallpaper Release – Apocalypse

December 20, 2012

We have been fascinated with doomsday prophecies since history allowed us to remember, but nothing takes the cream like 2012, the mother of all prophecies. Dec 21, 2012 seems to be a culmination of all our fears, so much so that even our culture is affected by it. We read about it in blogs, watch [...]

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Steve Jobs originally wanted to call Safari Web browser ‘Freedom’

December 20, 2012
Safari Original Name

Just as Steve Jobs originally (and dubiously) thought “Bicycle” was a good name for the original Macintosh or “MacMan” for the first iMac, the late Apple (AAPL) CEO almost went with the name “Freedom” for its Web browser. Former retired Apple programmer Don Melton writes on his blog that other names on the table included “Alexander” and [...]

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Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads

December 20, 2012
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Google isn’t the only outfit puttering around Nevada roads with its hands off the wheel — German automotive supplier Continental has the state’s approval to let the computer take the wheel, too. Earlier this week the Silver State signed off on the German company’s safety, employee training, system function and accident reporting plans, granting Continental [...]

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Designing A Winning Navigation Menu: Ideas and Inspirations

December 20, 2012
Information Architecture 101: Techniques and Best Practices

The navigation menu on a website is like a road sign on a street or a level directory in a shopping mall. You cannot reach your destination without first knowing where you are. Like in real life, navigation in web design is very important and plays a major role in a website’s usability as well [...]

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MetroPCS intros 4-inch ZTE Avid 4G, brings LTE and ICS for a mere $149

December 20, 2012
MetroPCS intros 4inch ZTE Avid 4G, brings LTE and ICS for a mere $ 149

Despite announcing a couple of budget-friendly handset options in recent months, it’s clear MetroPCS doesn’t plan to stay put, as the company today let it be known that it’s making yet another addition to its affordable Android lineup. And while the newfangled Avid 4G will come on the cheap, it could still be seen as [...]

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Google sells Motorola set-top division to Arris Group for $2.35 billion

December 20, 2012
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  A deal between Google and the Arris Group (a cable and broadband equipment supplier) has been reached, making the Motorola Home division now an Arris property. The deal checks in a $ 2.35 billion in cash and stock for Google, and the boards of both companies have approved. The Home division of Motorola generated [...]

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EU will charge Samsung ‘very soon’ in Apple antitrust case

December 20, 2012
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EU competition chief Joaquin Almunia says the European Commission will charge Samsung for its use of injunctions against Apple in Europe “very soon,” according to Reuters. The commission has been investigating Samsung for a possible breach of antitrust rules since January, and earlier this week the Korean manufacturer dropped all of its injunctions (and injunction [...]

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