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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf ace their crash tests]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>esodsgemidymn</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[How the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf fared in their crash tests.(Credit:IIHS)The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said today that the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf performed quite well in its first-ever crash tests on &quot;mainstream&quot; electriccars.According to the IIHS, the Volt and Leaf earned the highest rating of &quot;good&quot; for front, side, rear, and rollover crashes. Both vehicles qualified for the organization's Top Safety Pick award, given to vehicles that deliver &quot;state-of-the-art crash protection.&quot; &quot;The milestone demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles,&quot; the IIHS said in a statement.As small cars by length, width, and passenger capacity, the Volt and the Leaf might seem at a glance to be at greater risk in an accident. But there's one key thing that sets them apart from other small cars: their battery packs are extremely heavy. In fact, the Leaf and Volt tip the scales at 3,370 pounds and 3,760 pounds, respectively, which the IIHS says puts them on an even playing field with midsize and larger sedans like the Nissan Altima and Chevrolet Impala, which weigh 3,200 pounds and 3,580 pounds, respectively.&quot;The Leaf and Volt's extra mass gives them a safety advantage over other small cars,&quot; IIHS chief administrative officer Joe Nolan said in a statement. &quot;These electric models are a win-win for fuel economy and safety.&quot;A key selling point for electric cars, of course, is that they can help folks save cash as gas prices continue to soar. The Volt, for example, delivers about 35 miles on a single charge before its gasoline engine kicks into gear. The fully electric Nissan Leaf can ride for 73 miles on a single charge.Including the Volt and Leaf, 80 vehicles have earned the Top Safety Pick Award this year, the IIHS said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon unveils overdue Kindle Library Lending]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alisediiid</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amazon-unveils-overdue-kindle-library-lending</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Library lending is coming to the Kindle.(Credit:Amazon)Amazon's Kindle will finally support library lending, the company announced today.Later this year, Kindle owners and those who run Amazon's Kindle apps will be able to borrow books from over 11,000 local libraries. In addition, Amazon says, users will be able to make annotations and highlight text. All of that content is saved and will be included in the e-book if the user opts to check it out again.&quot;We're doing a little something extra here,&quot; Jay Marine, Amazon's Kindle director said in a statement. &quot;Normally, making margin notes in library books is a big no-no. But we're extending our Whispersync technology so that you can highlight and add margin notes to Kindle books you check out from your local library. Your notes will not show up when the next patron checks out the book. But if you check out the book again, or subsequently buy it, your notes will be there just as you left them, perfectly Whispersynced.&quot;The addition of library loaning to the Kindle is a key addition for Amazon. Currently, Kindle owners can lend some e-books to other users for a period of 14 days. As with Amazon's latest Library Lending option, recipients can access the loaned books on their Kindle devices or via any of the company's many Kindle applications. The earlier lack of library lending for the Kindle had proven to be a deal-breaker for prospective e-reader buyers. That service has been available for quite some time on other devices including the Barnes &amp; Noble Nook and Sony's Reader.Earlier this year, CNET's David Katzmaier acknowledged that he is one of the folks who opted against buying a Kindle because it lacked support for library lending. Many libraries around the U.S. use the EPUB format for their e-book needs. Both the Reader and the Nook both support that option. Katzmaier was able to check out some books from his local library, download Adobe Digital Editions, the software that his local branch requires, and drag-and-drop the options to his Sony Reader.To finally match the competition in library lending, Amazon has enlisted the help of OverDrive, which works with the aforementioned 11,000 libraries around the U.S.OverDrive might sound familiar toiPad andiPhone owners. The company currently offers its Media Console app for the iOS-based devices, allowing users to download e-books from their local libraries for free.Amazon said that Kindle Library Lending will be available later this year.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[My Book Studio II review: So much capacity, so little time]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Abiabeo</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Western Digital&amp;39's new My Book Studio Edition II offers up to 6TB of storage.(Credit:Dong Ngo/CNET)Since the release of the 3TB GreenPower drive, it's only been a matter of time before Western Digital incorporated that hardware into a dual-drive external storage device to offer what is currently the largest desktop external hard drive.The company unveiled its first 6TB drive, the My Book Studio Edition II, last month and I have just finished taking a close look at the drive. Like previous version of the My Book Studio or the My Book World Edition, the My Book Studio Edition II takes the shape of a closed book standing upright as on a shelf. The top of the drive holds the drive bays' door, which can be opened and closed with a hard press. Via this door the hard drives can be replaced easily. You do need to use WD GreenPower hard drives, as the enclosure won't work with others. Related links&amp;149' Full review of the My Book World Edition (1TB)&amp;149' Full review of the LaCie 2big (2TB)&amp;149' Full review of the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-portable (1.5TB)The two internal hard drives can be quickly set up in either RAID 0 or RAID 1 using the included WD Drive Manager software. Preformatted for Macs, the storage can be easily reformatted into NTFS to be used with PCs. If you want to use the 4TB or 6TB version of the drive, make sure to use it with a Windows Vista orWindows 7 machine, as Windows XP won't be able to recognize it due to legacy standards.The My Book Studio Edition II features USB 2.0, FireWire 400/800, and eSATA, but lacks USB 3.0. This is because it was designed primarily for use with Macs, which don't currently support USB 3.0. The drive was quite fast in testing, especially with the eSATA connection. However, it took a long time to be recognized by the computer and to get out of its sleep or low-power mode, about 2 minutes in each case. This is rather inconvenient when you need to access a drive quickly and don't have much time to wait.To make up for this the drive comes with a very affordable price tag, with the 6TB version costing just around $500. To find out if this is the ultimate external hard drive that you've been looking for, check out the full review.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The best in bots at RoboGames (photos)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marrrtiniice84</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Arriving from across the United States and around the world for a robotics competition that's becoming well known as the place for bot builders to compete, hundreds of engineers and their mechanized counterparts are in San Mateo, Calif., this weekend for RoboGames 2011.The doors opened at noon Friday and already in the pits sparks were flying and the smell of solder was in the air. Teammates shouted urgently for wire and batteries, and final preparations were being made for the first competitions.The passionate community, which will send its various creations into competitions ranging from kung-fu android battles to urban Mech Wars to soccer and hockey, is proving that builders in basements and backrooms can engineer some of the best bots in the world.    James Martin     Full Profile E-mail James Martin   E-mail James Martin If you have a question or comment for James Martin, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       James is the photojournalist for CNET News, shooting the geeks and gadgets of Silicon Valley.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The BMW X3 finally gets its day in the sun]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Katia1982</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Wayne Cunningham/CNET)Over the last five years, BMW pushed technology in itscars, launching such features as adaptive cruise control, head-up displays, navigation systems with topographic maps, and night vision. Recently, the company has even added data feeds to its cars for stock and fuel prices, along with e-mails read from BlackBerry devices. But among all this tech goodness, one car was left behind. The poor X3 remained stuck with technology from its 2004 launch.Finally BMW paid attention to the redheaded stepchild of its lineup, lavishing almost every technological feature in the hope chest on it, and even coming up with a new trick or two. The new X3 is a high-tech roller, using BMW's latest engine, transmission, and suspension for sporty, powerful driving. The cabin features a big list of useful tech as well, providing an excellent range of audio sources and a new voice command system that even lets you request music by artist or album name.Read our review of the 2011 BMW X3 xDrive35i.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crave 39: Don't think, just AT-AT (podcast)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>teringbeadred</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=crave-39-dont-think-just-at-at-podcast</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[How to catapult an idea to success]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>afrolitochka</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This weapon won&amp;39't build itself.(Credit:Siege Toys) I had an interesting but frustrating discussion recently with Matt Crowe, the founder of Ahhha, a site for &quot;social ideation,&quot; as he calls it. It's where people can float ideas for products and either seek help from the people who can actually help make the ideas real or just &quot;claim&quot; the ideas and let others run with them. Everyone who contributes is supposed to get a piece of an idea's financial success. Crowe hopes that Ahhha will become a place where anyone with the germ of an invention will plant it, and that the community will select and grow the best ideas. A comparison voting system is supposed to help the good ideas bubble up, but currently non-serious and joke ideas flood the site, burying the few good ones on it.  Crowe says, &quot;Nobody has a clue where to go if they have an idea,&quot; and that's very true, but I don't think a pure ideas market like this is the way to solve the problem. We already have systems for the registration and protection of intellectual property: Patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, and counterfeit laws are all designed to protect the originators of creative work. Each of these systems may be criticized as being some combination of cumbersome, unfair, or expensive, but I would still submit that the last thing we need is yet another registration system, one where individuals can claim rights to an idea without putting any legal heft or real work behind their claims. Ideas markets are one thing, but helping people actually create products is more valuable. And several sites are doing just that.One of the many pointless ideas on Ahhha.(Credit:Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET) Ahhha has some similarities to the gadget manufacturer Quirky, which puts an inventor community in front of its development calendar. Quirky has the smallest of filters to idea submission, but it makes the biggest difference: you have to pony up $10 to submit an idea. Quirky itself builds and sells those concepts that make it through the community voting process. Inventors get a cut of sales. Quirky appears to work only in plastics, so the ideas it can act on are limited. Other services enable inventors and creators to fund all kinds of projects and find customers for them. For example, see Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where artists and inventors can collect monetary pledges for their projects. Funds pledged are held in escrow until thresholds are reached' then the money gets released to the projects. The people running the projects generally agree to send those who pledged their work output-- music tracks or theater tickets for artistic works' toys or gadgets for hardware projects. Since pledge-based projects are expected to deliver actual output, the budding entrepreneurs on these services have to do more than have an idea: they have to be able to pitch successfully to the sites' communities. This filter leads to ideas sites filled with workable ideas that need, primarily, money and moral support (pre-orders are very effective in that regard). Pledge sites don't pretend to tell inventors that there's a shortcut to success, but they do add efficiency to part of the financial process.A Medieval weapon, made with lasersI recently met some inventors working a fun project through the Kickstarter system: Michael Woods and Evan Murphy. They were students together at Caltech a few years ago, and recently realized their post-graduation startup, which made legal discovery software, wasn't going to work out. They dropped back to what they both love: Building stuff. In particular, toy trebuchets. The trebuchet was a siege weapon in Middle Ages. It has a special appeal to geeks, because it blends really interesting physics with a Lord of the Rings aesthetic. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Siebel thinks big for energy software outfit C3]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laraspno</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=siebel-thinks-big-for-energy-software-outfit-c3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--An &quot;energy resource management&quot; software company co-founded by Tom Siebel called C3 is growing rapidly in a market that's larger than the one his namesake CRM software company entered 16 years ago.Siebel, who co-founded customer relationship management software company Siebel Systems and was one of the first employees at Oracle, today provided some details on C3, which boasts some high-profile board members, including former Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice. He was interviewed here at the Fortune Brainstorm Green green business conference. C3, which was founded a few years ago, is working with a small number of very large corporate customers, including Dow Chemical and utilities PG&amp;E and Constellation Energy, which are using C3's software to improve the energy efficiency of their businesses. Software as a service lets corporations monitor energy usage in real-time and then manage projects for reducing energy spending and carbon emissions. It can gather data from thousand of points, generate reports, and let businesses take advantage of government incentives around efficiency or pollution reduction, he said. C3 is also working with banks to offer corporate customers a way to finance the purchase cost of the software, said Siebel who is chairman of C3.Customers have been able to reduce energy spending on the order of 20 percent through different projects, such as on-site combined heat and power or solar photovoltaics, he said. The area of energy and carbon management software catering to businesses has become crowded with several companies offering applications. Siebel said that he's bullish on the sector because there is so much money is spent on energy and efficiency projects typically have a relatively fast payback.&quot;At early stages this is growing faster rate than Siebel Systems did. What Siebel was about was applying state of the art in information and communications technology to the problem of sales, marketing and customer service. C3 is basically the same game. It's just a much bigger problem,&quot; he said.He projects that the company will spend $150 million over 10 years building out the software. &quot;This looks more like the vision of an SAP than a start-up,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SF gives preliminary OK to payroll tax break for Twitter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nina01</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:San Francisco Board of Supervisors)SAN FRANCISCO--By a vote of 8 to 3, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this afternoon gave preliminary approval to a payroll tax break for Twitter and other companies that relocate to the city's depressed Mid-Market neighborhood. Twitter has suggested it would move to the Mid-Market neighborhood from its current home south of Market if the legislation was passed.The legislation would cap payroll taxes for any company with a payroll of more than $1 million for seven years. The cap would not increase even if the firms hire more staff and any employee income from stock options would be exempted. Critics of the legislation have characterized it as an unnecessary corporate giveaway and predict that gentrification would drive out low-income residents. Twitter dominated the debate at the board's weekly meeting, though it would not be the only company to benefit from the tax break. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who voted against the legislation, said &quot;no one&quot; wants Twitter to leave, but he said the city &quot;blinked too soon&quot; in negotiations with the social-media company.In recent months, Twitter and other tech companies like Zynga and Yelp have threatened to leave San Francisco due to high rents and a payroll tax structure unique in California. San Francisco taxes companies with payrolls of $250,000 or higher the equivalent of 1.5 percent of all employee compensation, including exercised stock options.Board President David Chiu specifically called out the city's tax rules during his remarks. &quot;Our payroll tax is a headache,&quot; he said. &quot;It puts San Francisco at a disadvantage. This is a step forward in the right direction and for getting our economy back on track.&quot;Supervisor Scott Wiener agreed and said that beyond keeping Twitter in the city, the tax legislation finally lets the board act on a long-simmering issue. &quot;We talk a lot about keeping jobs in San Francisco, but it's just an enormous amount of talk,&quot; he said. &quot;We need to keep companies like Twitter in San Francisco.&quot;Supervisor David Campos, who voted against the legislation, said he recognized that something had to be done to revitalize the Mid-Market neighborhood, an area of empty storefronts and homeless encampments that sits just south of the city's main shopping district. He cautioned, however, that excluding windfall stock options would keep badly needed revenue out of the city's coffers. &quot;Something has to be done, but there needs to be a larger discussion about the tax implications for the city,&quot; he said. &quot;I'm concerned about the implications to other neighborhoods.&quot;Supervisor Jane Kim, an original sponsor of the legislation who also represents the Mid-Market area, brushed aside complaints that businesses like Twitter are not appropriate for the neighborhood. &quot;We're not changing the character of the neighborhood,&quot; she said. &quot;It was always meant for large commercial use. We're not trying to attract any business' this is for large business.&quot;Today's vote is the first of two needed to pass the legislation. Final approval could come next week and Mayor Ed Lee has said he will sign the measure.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TrailerTail reduces drag, saves fuel, looks funny]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>resraswinnice</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=trailertail-reduces-drag-saves-fuel-looks-funny</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Catch a trailer by the tail.(Credit:ATDynamics)You're driving down the highway. A big rig passes. Everything seems normal till you see a strange contraption attached to the rear of the trailer. Is it a ramp for Knight Rider Part of a rocket booster system No, it's a TrailerTail, a device designed to improve the aerodynamics of bulky tractor-trailers.Gas prices are bad enough for folks with a daily commute. Imagine the pump pain that trucking companies are feeling right now. According to manufacturer ATDynamics, the TrailerTail delivers 6.6 percent fuel savings at 65 mph. That can really add up when you're clocking thousands of miles each week.The TrailerTail may look like a giant piece of unfinished origami, but there is a lot of thought behind the design. The panels are made from reinforced thermoplastic and the system can be deployed in just 4 seconds. It delivers on fuel economy by reducing the trailer's rear drag. That also translates to lower emissions, always a nice bonus.Related links&amp;149' U.S. to inject $187 million into fuel efficiency &amp;149' Devices under testing at NASA may save trucking billions &amp;149' Prius tops in fuel efficiency for 2011 carsAn $18,000 starter pack includes 10 tails and installation. Shipping is extra, but that's why you have your own trucking company, rightWith national trucking fleet Werner Enterprises announcing last week the expansion of its use of TrailerTails, you may start seeing them on the road. Someone may need to rewrite that old country song as &quot;18 Wheels, a Dozen Roses, and a TrailerTail.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gemini FirstMix for budding DJs (hands-on)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lasidigo</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Gemini FirstMix is a baby step into the DJ world.(Credit:Donald Bell/CNET) Young and broke. That pretty much sums up the DJ chapter in my life. Aside from the handful of celebrity DJs out there, most of us start out with only a few bucks, a love of music, and the goal of someday playing an unforgettable party.It is with these humble roots in mind that Gemini created the FirstMix. A combination of USB hardware and cross-platform software, the $99 FirstMix system gives newbies an inexpensive entry point into DJ stardom.As DJ rigs go, there isn't much to it. The hardware is a plastic slab with a toy-like feel, a crossfader, some knobs, and two jog wheel controls dressed up like little virtual turntables. The overall feel is about what you'd expect for the price. The sensitivity and responsiveness of the controls is impressive, though.A single attached USB cable sticks out from the back, and you can connect it to either aMac or PC. There are no audio outputs or inputs, just a USB plug for sending MIDI control data to the software (or any MIDI-capable program).On the software end, you get a basic version of MixVibes Cross. The music library pulls in your iTunes collection or lets you browse folders manually. Compatible formats include AAC, AIFF, WAV, MP3, FLAC, and OGG. Waveforms of each track appear at the top of the screen, allowing you to eyeball intros and breakdowns, and giving you a general sense of the BPM. You'll also find some useful controls for EQ, effects, and beat synchronization, including automatic beat matching.Once you've practiced your mix, you can record it into the software and export it as a WAV or MP3. After that, all you need is a worshipful audience of DJ fanatics and you're home free.Gemini FirstMix DJ system (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mac App Store low on freebies, high on games]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mishatorer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A breakdown of applications, both free and paid, from various app stores.(Credit:Distimo)A new report released by market research group Distimo shows that Apple's now three-month oldMac App Store is off to a slower start than its iOS counterparts in terms of app volume, though is becoming a bellwether for more gaming opportunities on the Mac OS platform. The report, which tracks data from the App Store on both iOS and on Mac OS, also evaluates Google's Android Market, Microsoft'sWindows Phone 7 Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, Nokia Ovi, and Palm's App Catalog for the month of February.According to Distimo, the Mac App Store reached 2,225 applications in two months, which was about a quarter of what theiPad had in app volume during the same time period. Even given the smaller pool of apps, the report found that developers who have their application in the Mac App Store's top 300 rankings generate &quot;half the revenue of a top 300 iPad app on average.&quot;Part of the reason for that centers on pricing. Just 12 percent of applications on the Mac App Store were free at the time of the report, leaving the rest in the paid category. That's compared to a split of 35 percent free and 65 percent paid of iPhone and iPod Touch apps, and a 29 percent free and 71 percent paid split for the iPad. One very important tidbit about pricing is that the average price of the top 300 Mac App Store paid apps is much higher than their iPhone and iPad counterparts.&quot;The average selling price of the top 300 applications is seven times higher in the Mac App Store ($11.21) than on the iPhone ($1.57) and almost three times higher than on the iPad ($4.19),&quot; Distimo said.  While the report doesn't spell out why this may be the case, one of the reasons the App Store on the iOS side was so disruptive in the first place was that developers tended to price their mobile applications lower that had been the norm on other platforms--especially compared to desktop software. While there have been numerous cases of developers proving that wrong with lower pricing for App Store apps (including Apple, which charges $80 for Aperture on the App Store, vs. $199 for the boxed version), many still charged the same, with some even going higher to make up for part of the proceeds going to Apple.Along with the numbers of pricing and application volume, Distimo makes note that the Mac App Store library is venturing in the same direction as it is on iOS, with games seeing a rise in popularity. &quot;In the Mac App Store, gaming is still less popular than on the iPhone and iPad, with iPad having over 50 percent more games listed among the most popular applications than the Mac App Store,&quot; the report says. &quot;However, the popularity of games in the Mac App Store combined with the fact that there are already 646 games in the store, signals the Mac App Store could boost Mac gaming.&quot;By comparison, Valve's Steam platform, which lets users download digital copies of games, has a library of 176 titles available for download. Unlike games purchased on the Mac App Store, these can be played on both the PC and Mac, and pack on social features through the Steam game client. Valve launched Steam for the Mac in May of last year. The Mac App Store's library now sits at some 2,867 apps according to third-party tracker AppShopper. Of that, Apple's own applications continue to dominate the top 15 paid list, with 99-cent FaceTime leading the way, followed closely by Xcode, iPhoto, Pages, iMovie, Keynote, Aperture, Numbers and GarageBand, with various third-party apps in between. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[From Tokyo to California, radiation tracking gets crowdsourced]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pro69mote</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=from-tokyo-to-california-radiation-tracking-gets-crowdsourced</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Radiation data from Tokyo (static image).(Credit:altTokyo.com)The intensifying nuclear crisis in Japan is raising anxieties on both sides of the Pacific over the potential impacts of radiation exposure, and a relative dearth of official information on radiation levels is leading some to turn to crowdsourced options. Japanese officials warned residents living near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to stay indoors after a third explosion at the plant in four days, followed by elevated radiation levels around the plant, which the officials said were high enough to harm human health. Panic was reported in Tokyo, as radiation levels rose to as much as 23 times the normal level, according to some reports.With official estimations of the threat from radiation across Japan changing rapidly and sometimes inconsistent, a number of real-time amateur radiation monitors have popped up online. A live geiger counter at altTokyo.com updates a graph with data every 60 seconds, and a uStream channel broadcasting the digital display of another Tokyo geiger counter was drawing more than 14,000 viewers earlier today.A few thousand miles across the Pacific to the east, state and federal officials in Hawaii and West Coast states said they did not anticipate any threats to public health from radiation drifting in from Japan. Despite such reassurances, Arizona-based GeigerCounters.com is seeing a run on radiation monitoring equipment. The site was down for a while following the announcement of the Fukushima leak, and came back online this morning with this message:Due to the disaster in Japan, orders for Geiger Counters have outstripped supply. Initial orders were filled immediately from stock on the shelves at our location and the warehouses of our suppliers. But at this point, there are simply not enough detectors available to meet the overwhelming demand. At least one of our suppliers has adopted a &quot;triage&quot; method of doling out the limited supply of detectors remaining until more can come off the factory line.The same Arizona company also runs Radiationnetwork.com, a crowd-sourced radiation-monitoring network of roughly a dozen or so unofficial monitoring sites around the United States, updated every three minutes. So far, all monitoring stations report radiation measurements well within normal background levels.It's important to stress that few if any sources keeping an eye on the situation expect threatening levels of radiation to reach the western hemisphere, but the situation in Japan is still evolving. Meanwhile, there's still time to get in on the crowd-sourced monitoring effort--the Radiation Network offers monitoring equipment and software to sync up to its radiation map. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to transfer your iPad 1 data to iPad 2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arvinda</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Sony mulls plans similar to Facebook-Warner deal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yeroppy</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=sony-mulls-plans-similar-to-facebook-warner-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Sony Pictures executive said today that the film studio is &quot;looking into&quot; new Web distribution methods similar to the one announced yesterday by rival Warner Bros. Studios. John Calkins, Sony Pictures digital exec.(Credit:Greg Sandoval/CNET)Warner Bros.' home-entertainment division said Monday that it will start renting movies via Facebook, starting with the 2008 hit &quot;Batman: The Dark Knight.&quot; The offer is among the first attempts by a major media company to test the social network's potential as a distribution outlet. Speaking on a panel during the Media Summit conference in New York, John Calkins, executive vice president of Sony Pictures' digital division, said distributing films through Facebook is a &quot;great first step&quot; in testing the power of social networks to sell films. &quot;Our view is that Facebook is certainly a viable pool for people interested in media content,&quot; Calkins told the audience. &quot;If you can have fans do the marketing, that's a great idea...we're looking at things like that.&quot; The reaction to the Warner Bros. announcement was similar to that in the forehead-slapping &quot;could've had a V8&quot; commercials. To some observers, the idea of trying to sell films to Facebook's 600 million worldwide monthly users is so obvious that one of the big questions raised is why it hadn't been tried before. The deal even inspired some pundits and Wall Street investors to question whether Facebook could threaten Web-video services from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple. Calkins seemed hesitant to put Facebook in Netflix's league just yet, as did some of his other panel members. Some on the panel, which included executives from Yahoo and MTV, said that they doubted the studios would risk distributing $100 million films on a social network for a long time to come. One person called Facebook a &quot;backstop&quot; for more traditional distribution means. John Penney, executive vice president for strategy at Starz, the pay TV channel that was one of the first to license content for Netflix's streaming content, said he sees the studios renting and selling movies through Facebook and other Internet services following the initial period when DVD sales are hottest. &quot;For the post-DVD window, that's where these new platforms [such as social networking] are becoming interesting,&quot; Penney said. &quot;Batman is a library product. These will be mechanisms to offset the drop in DVD sales.&quot; Sony's Calkins got the audience laughing by responding: &quot;Why so negative&quot; In truth, those who run the six major film studios, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Disney, Sony, Paramount, and Universal, are sensitive about all the media attention around waning interest in discs. Last week, some studio executives met with CNET and they conceded that DVD sales are in decline. But that tells only part of the story, they said. This isn't an easy time for them as they navigate the transition from DVDs to Internet distribution. It's a razor-edge walk between giving consumers the wide access to content and lower prices they now demand and maintaining healthy revenue and profits. Consider that the music industry has been fighting the same digital battle for much longer than the film sector, for over a decade now, and the results are mixed at best. Nonetheless, the studio managers I spoke with said they believe they can find profitable Internet-distribution models but that it will take time.At Wednesday's conference, Calkins joked that he attended on the condition that he be allowed to talk about UltraViolet. That's the technology standard that all the major studios are backing save for Disney. By creating standards, such as common file formats, for participating consumer-electronics manufacturers and distribution services to follow, the studios intend to provide consumers with a means to play their films across a wide range of devices and services, just like the DVD does today. The No.1 priority is to entice film fans to start buying and collecting movies again. Sony is one of the studios leading the UV charge. &quot;You'll have seamless access to your content, Calkins said. &quot;You can make the argument that it's better than the DVD because you can watch your movies from a hotel in Taipei and you didn't have to travel with your discs.&quot; Hopes are high for UV, but the studios aren't wedding themselves to any one Internet distribution service. They still plan to deliver movies directly into homes even while the films are still in theaters with Premium Video on Demand (PVOD). They will distribute through the Internet services of the cable companies, theXbox, and thePlayStation. They will sell and rent films through services such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Vudu, and yes, Facebook. Click photo to read about Hollywood&amp;39's shifting attitudes towards Netflix. (Credit:Screenshot by Greg Sandoval/CNET)The fact that Warner Bros. was the first to stick a toe into Facebook waters wasn't an accident. The studio is among the most aggressive of the big six to test and adopt new technologies. In 2006, the studio was the first to sign a distribution deal with the creators of the BitTorrent software. Last year, Warner Bros. struck a groundbreaking agreement with Netflix that gave the Web's top video-rental service access to more streaming content in exchange for a 28-day moratorium on rentals of new releases. The move was designed to protect Warner Bros. DVD sales. More recently, the studio began making some catalog titles available as iPad andiPhone apps. Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner's digital distribution and the man who approved the Facebook project, is a big supporter of making content available online. Some of his ideas were likely shaped by his experiences at Sony Music, where he worked before moving to Warner Bros., in 2007. During a speech he made in 2008, Gewecke said that when he started in music, CD sales were healthy and piracy wasn't a factor.&quot; He added: &quot;We know how that changed.&quot;  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On his birthday, Dr. Seuss' books top App Store]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tiresandco</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Go for the perfect 20, Doc!(Credit:Ocean House Media)Unless you live in a world of abject hate and misery, you probably know that yesterday was the birthday of my spirit animal, Justin Bieber. And as I mentioned yesterday, my own birthday is coming St. Patrick's Day, along with an Angry Birds update just for me.But this isn't about me or Das Biebs. It's about a wonderful man named Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to everyone without a heart of stone as Dr. Suess, writer and illustrator of some of the finest whimsical childrens' books ever, including &quot;The Cat in the Hat&quot; and &quot;Green Eggs and Ham.&quot; He was born 107 years ago today.And as if by magic, the good doctor's books-as-apps foriPad by Ocean House Media in the App Store are trending. In fact, 16 of the 20 Top Books listed today are his works. They're $2.99, and if you've got kids, or just want to take a high-tech revisit to your unworried youth, it's a good price.Also, I'm not sorry I didn't write this post in the style of Suess. There's no way I could do him justice.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 411: Touch screen or keyboard]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wanjujukksab</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I'm stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at nicole.lee@cnet.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail.The Motorola Droid Pro has a touch screen and a keyboard in case you need both. (Credit:Josh P. Miller/CNET)Question: I'm a Verizon customer, and very soon my upgrade is up. I've had a Motorola Q, and now a BlackBerry Tour, and quite frankly, I love having a QWERTY keyboard without all the slide-out stuff. However, I'm also totally a techie, and while the Motorola Droid Pro seemed like my dream phone at the time, that came out quite a while ago in &quot;cell phone years,&quot; and from what I read it was just &quot;OK.&quot; I'm thinking I might have to switch to a more touch-screen-based phone, since they get all the best capabilities, but I really don't want to if there is something else on the horizon.Is there something that I should just wait on that would be more for me, or am I just likely stuck with either the Droid Pro, or a more touch-screen phone like theiPhone (which I will definitely wait for its future versions since Verizon is switching over to 4G, and the current Verizon iPhone is already in a way dated) or one of the many droids--Jonathan, via e-mailI wouldn't want to force you to switch to a touch-screen phone if you're not quite ready, but you're right that the touch screen is where it's at if you want a high-end smartphone. Even the Droid Pro that you mentioned has a touch screen in addition to the physical QWERTY keyboard underneath. Personally, I think the touch-screen technology in smartphones is so advanced now that I don't miss having physical buttons. However, this is a personal preference -- I also know people who just need a physical keyboard for one reason or another. This is a decision that you have to come to on your own.My first instinct is to advise you to get a smartphone that has both a touch-screen display and a QWERTY keyboard, to get a feel of both worlds. As you seem to not like the slider form factor, then yes, the Droid Pro is your only choice since you're a Verizon customer. If you're open to the slider however, you can opt for the Droid 2 Global.But I would hold off on buying any more phones until theCTIA trade show in late March, which is when many companies announce new phones. Also note that if you're open to phones that don't have keyboards, you could get the upcoming Droid Bionic, the HTC Thunderbolt, LG Revolution, and the oddly named Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone, all of which are the first Verizon phones to ship with 4G LTE. So my advice would be to at least wait until the 4G LTE phones come out, and see what kind of reviews they get before making the final decision.        Nicole Lee     Full Profile E-mail Nicole Lee   E-mail Nicole Lee If you have a question or comment for Nicole Lee, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Nicole Lee is a senior associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also a fan of comic books, video games, and of course, shiny gadgets.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PayPal reinstates Bradley Manning support group account]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>minnubugtae</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=paypal-reinstates-bradley-manning-support-group-account</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Bradley Manning Support Network)PayPal has unfrozen the account of a group helping to raise funds to defend U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been charged with leaking classified files to WikiLeaks. Accused of punitively banning the account of Courage to Resist, the mobile payment company said in a blog post yesterday that the move was instead triggered because the group had not complied with PayPal policy requiring nonprofits to associate a bank account with their PayPal accounts. Though PayPal said it typically doesn't comment on such matters, it felt it needed to clear the record in this case.On Wednesday, PayPal was labeled &quot;evil&quot; by the Bradley Manning Support Network, which is working with Courage to Resist to support Manning, currently being held on charges that he provided sensitive files to WikiLeaks. The groups accept donations to their causes from supporters through PayPal.In a press release, the Support Network claimed PayPal would not unfreeze the account of Courage to Resist unless the company received approval to withdraw funds from the group's checking account, something the network said was not possible.&quot;Our accounting does not allow for this type of direct access by a third party, nor do I trust PayPal as a business entity with this responsibility given their punitive actions against WikiLeaks--an entity not charged with any crime by any government on Earth,&quot; said Courage to Resist project director Jeff Paterson.&quot;While there may be no legal obligation to provide services, there is an ethical obligation,&quot; added Paterson. &quot;By shutting out legitimate nonprofit activity, PayPal shows itself to be morally bankrupt.&quot;In its defense, PayPal said that it will not withdraw funds from a checking account without the authorization of the account holder and had simply put a temporary limitation on Courage to Resist's account for not complying with the policy.After further review, PayPal said it decided to lift the temporary ban on the account, explaining that it now had enough information to fulfill its &quot;Know Your Customer&quot; guidelines, which the company uses to validate the identity of its customers.The Support Network cited PayPal backing down on the matter as a sign that it reacted to pressure from the group's supporters who had petitioned the company to reinstate the account.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hands-on with FaceTime for Mac]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cedrikceek</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make $40 DIY soundproof headphones]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>daviswawva</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=how-to-make-40-diy-soundproof-headphones</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Anderson crafted his own set of sound-protective hi-fi headphones.(Credit:Ian Anderson)Amateur tinkerer Ian Anderson works in a wood shop and wears earphones to protect himself against a constant exposure to loud noises. To add a little music to his day, Anderson considered buying a set of noise-canceling headphones before committing to make a better pair himself.Anderson started with a pair of Koss KSC75 clip-on style titanium stereophones that feature the same 60-ohm drivers found on the highly regarded Koss Porta-Pro model.Ian Anderson's DIY soundproof headphones (photos) He embedded the KSC75s into a pair of Peltor 105 Professional Noise Cancelling Earmuffs using the tools in his garage and came up with a 3.5mm-compatible stereo surround headphone that also drowns out the loudness in the shop.And with a combined cost of $40 for both headphones ($20 each), the DIY project ended up being less than even the cheapest set of WorkTunes cans. Anderson drew inspiration from dsjackson1's Instructables page with slight technical modifications, but be sure to check out Ian Anderson's blog page for more DIY projects. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung's 2011 NX lens lineup]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pnoressufujhh</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=samsungs-2011-nx-lens-lineup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[60mm lens(Credit:Samsung)In the face of early February's partner announcements for Micro Four Thirds and Sony E-mount lenses, Samsung must be feeling the squeeze for its proprietary NX-mount interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) family. That may explain why Samsung's announcement of its entire 2011 NX lens roadmap now strikes me as a somewhat too-little-too-late-ish. Samsung offers an NX adapter for Pentax K-mount lenses, and Novoflex offers a variety of &quot;dumb&quot; adapters (which can't take advantage of the cameras' features), but these are hardly substitutes for real third-party lenses designed for the system.18-200mm lens(Credit:Samsung)More annoyingly, the company has, once again, refused to provide pricing, even for the products it expects to ship soonest. The point of the announcements is to keep you from buying into a competing system, but witholding prices undercuts the warm-and-fuzzy feeling of future certainty the announcement is supposed to generate. But I'll view this as Samsung kindly providing us with the opportunity to use our imaginations. So let's play &quot;The Price is Right.&quot; In the summary table below, I've offered my valuation based on the slim specs provided by Samsung. If they look a bit low, that's because I've taken into account how small the NX ecosystem is and the typical quality of Samsung lenses. If they look high, well, then, oops.Note that in addition to the features mentioned, all the lenses support i-Function, Samsung's technology that allows you to use one of the lens rings to adjust shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, white balance, and ISO sensitivity.&amp;nbsp'18-200mm f3.5-6.3 ED OIS 16mm F2.460mm F2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA 85mm F1.4 ED SSA 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 OIS Special featuresVoice Coil Motor (VCM) for quiet movie operation&amp;nbsp'SuperSonic Acutator (SSA) for speedSSAVCMCommentsSounds like a typical general-purpose alternative kit lens, but it gets very slow (narrow aperture) towards the end of the range.A me-too fast, wide-angle pancake-prime offeringSeems like a nice macro option.What looks to be the highest-end lens option for the NX mount, it has the potential to be a decent portrait lens.This really should be available earlier in the year, as it sounds like a better kit lens alternative than the standard 18-55mm model currently offered.I wouldn't pay more than...$349$299$399$699$499ShipMay 2011July 2011August 2011October 2011December 2011<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxes 2010: Four tax prep solutions compared]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>revadutta1</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung unveils dual-core Galaxy Tab 10.1]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nuresbim1</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=samsung-unveils-dual-core-galaxy-tab-10-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(Credit:Bonnie Cha/CNET)BARCELONA, Spain--Along with the Galaxy S II, Samsung introduced its secondAndroid tablet today on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2011.Joining the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a larger 10.1-inch WXGA (1,280x800-pixel resolution) TFT touch screen and runs the latest Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. In addition, it's a Google Experience device, so the tablet will feature the stock Android user interface instead of Samsung's custom UI, TouchWiz. This should, hopefully, prevent any delays with future OS updates.In other good news, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be powered by a dual-core processor (Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset, to be exact), so you should experience faster browsing, an improved gaming experience, and better overall performance, among other things. Another benefit of the new chipset is that it supports 1080p HD video recording (at 24 frames per second) and playback (30fps), which you can take using the back-facing 8-megapixel camera. There's also a 2-megapixel camera on front for video calls. The quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) tablet supports HSPA+, which is capable of 21Mbps, and also has Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1. Physically, the Tab 10.1 measures 9.69 inches by 6.71 inches by 0.43 inch and weighing 1.32 pounds. Samsung says it's one of the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablets on the market. The company also added a texture to the backside and grooves where you can place your hands when holding the tablet in landscape mode. It's a much improved experience compared with that of the original Galaxy Tab, which felt quite slick and plasticky.The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available in a 16GB and a 32GB model. Both are expected to ship this spring in Europe and Asia, with Vodafone as one of its carrier partners. Samsung said there is no current plan for a CDMA model, and U.S. availability, as well as pricing, were not announced at this time. Below you can find our hands-on photos of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. We'll be adding more of our first impressions soon, but let us know what you think. Does the Motorola Xoom have a serious competitor on its hands Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 hands-on (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay building niche, mobile apps to grow user base]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mawiningrokettubeee</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ebay-building-niche-mobile-apps-to-grow-user-base</guid>
<description><![CDATA[eBay is continuing to press into markets beyond its original model of running an auction house and global garage sale. And I don't mean it's buying more companies with inexplicable connections to commerce, like Skype. Instead, the company is working on highly targeted apps designed to hook new users into the eBay ecosystem.  The first of these is already out: The iPhone app for eBay Fashion. It's a little subset of eBay, focusing on apparel. It has some special sauce, like a &quot;closet&quot; feature that lets you drop images of clothes you're interested in on a mannequin so you can see how items look together. It also has a cute little augmented reality feature that will put a pair of fake sunglasses on a live cameraphone picture of you' then you can find more-or-less matching, real sunglasses to buy.  Mobile apps are key to eBay since they appeal more to the impulse buyer, and the impulse buyer is more drawn to auctions. Ryan Melcher, eBay's director of mobile products, told me that 60 percent of eBay mobile purchases are auctions, compared with 40 percent on the main Web site. &quot;With mobile,&quot; Melcher says, &quot;we are able to extend and to capture new users.&quot; Trying out a pair of virtual glasses.(Credit:Rafe Needleman/CNET) Melcher also points out that mobile apps improve engagement with auctions and thus drive up auction prices, since without mobile alerts, people can miss out on bids they might otherwise make. The fact that &quot;people were missing out on deals&quot; is the main reason eBay launched in mainstream mobile app.  There are more vertical mobile apps coming. Next up is an eBay Motors app. It will have its own special tricks, like a vehicle identification number (VIN) lookup that will help you learn more about acar you may be interested in buying, or help you find parts for it if you already have. The latter feature possibly gives eBay a little taste of the money you pay on car maintenance even if you don't buy the car via eBay itself. eBay Motors is coming this quarter.  Some time after that, eBay is looking at a special app for electronics purchases. This one will give you access to accessories (like cables) for your purchases, warranty info, and possibly manuals. Melcher says eBay wants to make for users it easy to tell the app what electronics you have and is considering a Tripit-like feature: you mail it your purchase receipts, and it will build your inventory of gear for you.  Outside of segment-specific apps, eBay is also looking to expand its user base, or at least its utility, by making it easier to transact with your immediate social circle instead of the entire world (see also: Oodle goes after Craigslist). Likewise, there are experiments to bring Craigslist-like &quot;hyper-local&quot; commerce to more regions. eBay Classifieds (formerly Kijiji) is still not integrated in the main U.S. eBay site or its mobile app, but this may change.  Recent eBay acquisitions--the local shopping service Milo and the scanner app RedLaser--make perfect sense in light of this new, clear, mission: to bring users to eBay by making the company relevant even for purchases that don't take place in eBay's core marketplace. Paypal, of course, was eBay's most significant example of this direction. But the focus on non-auction utility in vertical markets is especially interesting, and especially so for start-ups looking for a sugar-daddy exit. I don't think eBay is going to be able to build, or even conceive of, all the features it wants to put into its vertical apps. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India still wants BlackBerry access but ban unlikely]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=india-still-wants-blackberry-access-but-ban-unlikely</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>OliviaPearl</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=india-still-wants-blackberry-access-but-ban-unlikely</guid>
<description><![CDATA[India appears unlikely to implement its threatened ban on BlackBerry services, but the government is still demanding access to the data on Research In Motion's secure enterprise network--something RIM keeps insisting it cannot provide.RIM had been ordered to give the Indian government a permanent solution on access to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) by yesterday to avoid a ban on its services. India has been insisting on the access for the past several months as a way to monitor e-mails for national security reasons. But with the deadline past and no solution apparently in place, what does that mean for RIMA senior official with India's Ministry of Home Affairs told the country's Economic Times that no decision has yet been made on extending the deadline but that a ban on BlackBerry services was unlikely.However, that doesn't get RIM off the hook. Early last month, the company did provide an interim solution by giving India access to its consumer services, which includes BlackBerry Messenger and BlackBerry Internet Services e-mail. But that access did not extend to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server used by RIM's corporate customers. This hasn't pleased the Indian government.&quot;Just like they [BlackBerry makers] have given a solution to [monitor] messenger service, we will insist that they also give us a solution to enterprise service,&quot; Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram recently told reporters, according to the Economic Times.RIM's position almost from the start has been clear and oft repeated. The company has insisted that it does not hold the keys to the encrypted data flowing through its enterprise server network and therefore cannot provide the keys. Those keys instead rest in the hands of its customers. RIM again stressed its position late last week just before the deadline. Speaking to reporters in India, Robert Crow, the company's vice president for industry, government, and university, said &quot;there is no solution, there are no keys to be handed.&quot;RIM has tried to conjure up ways to skirt the issue, such as suggesting that governments directly ask its customers for the encryption keys. But even RIM acknowledged that countries may be wary of taking such an extreme measure for fear of alienating the very companies that generate local business.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[War in the Pacific: A coffee-table book for your iPad]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=war-in-the-pacific-a-coffee-table-book-for-your-ipad</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>haywoodros</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=war-in-the-pacific-a-coffee-table-book-for-your-ipad</guid>
<description><![CDATA[                                A must-have for anyone interested in World War II, War in the Pacific turns a print book into an interactive dazzler.(Credit:Screenshot by Rick Broida)I'm a closet World War II junkie. I sat rapt through Ken Burns' &quot;The War&quot; and HBO's &quot;Band of Brothers.&quot; And I just finished &quot;Unbroken,&quot; the mesmerizing, jaw-dropping tale of WWII POW Louis Zamperini. (Seriously, if you read no other book this year...)So I was very keen to thumb through War in the Pacific, an iPad application based on an eponymous coffee-table book published early last year. And that's the best way I can describe it: a coffee-table book for your iPad.But you've never seen a print edition like this. The e-book's 20 chapters fill five main sections spanning the years between 1941 and 1945. Each gorgeously illustrated page includes supplemental materials such as photos, secret documents, archival videos, and profiles of historical figures.In other words, imagine a typical historical tome, but with photos you can zoom in on, a timeline you can view and hide at will, the occasional video corresponding to a passage in the text, a search function, and so on. It reminds me of the multimedia-enhanced &quot;interactive&quot; CD-ROMs of the '80s, but formatted to take advantage of the iPad.War in the Pacific ($9.99) has two other noteworthy features: animated, narrated maps of each of the five sections, and a three-dimensional scrolling wall of all the photos contained in the book. The latter is pretty cool, though the photos themselves don't zoom to fill the screen--perhaps because many of them are a bit soft to begin with.My key gripe about the app is that whenever you return to the main menu or open a new chapter, its dramatic musical score kicks in. Much as I like the music, I'd like the option to turn it off--but there isn't one.Thankfully, the iPad's own volume controls can remedy that. If you have even a passing interest in World War II, I highly recommend this beautifully designed, richly detailed app. It's so good, you might decide to leave your iPad on your coffee table.                 <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AMD CEO resigns' search on for new leader]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amd-ceo-resigns-search-on-for-new-leader</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PerchidloZX</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=amd-ceo-resigns-search-on-for-new-leader</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AMD CEO Dirk Meyer will step down after reaching an agreement with the company's board over his departure, AMD said today.Former AMD CEO Dirk Meyer(Credit:AMD) Thomas Siefert, AMD's CFO, will fill Meyer's spot on a temporary basis as the company searches for a new CEO. It doesn't sound like the decision was entirely Meyer's. &quot;...the board believes we have the opportunity to create increased shareholder value over time. This will require the company to have significant growth, establish market leadership and generate superior financial returns. We believe a change in leadership at this time will accelerate the company's ability to accomplish these objectives,&quot; AMD said in a press release Monday. Meyer had been with AMD since 1995, holding a variety of prominent engineering roles before becoming the man-in-waiting to succeed Hector Ruiz at the top spot, which he did in July 2008. During his tenure as CEO, AMD regained its financial footing to a certain degree, helped out by the settlement of its antitrust lawsuit against Intel for $1.25 billion in November 2009. His departure comes as a bit of a surprise to the chip industry, judging by comments on Twitter from people like Microsoft's Rahul Sood, who worked closely with AMD for years developing gaming PCs for his Voodoo PC and later Hewlett-Packard, which acquired Sood's company. &quot;woah...Dirk Meyer resigned from @amd. that was completely and totally unexpected...,&quot; he wrote. AMD also announced preliminary revenue results for its fourth quarter, ahead of next week's expected announcement of its full financial results. Revenue will be $1.65 billion, slightly ahead of what analysts were expecting for the quarter.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: HP debuts AMD Fusion in 11-inch Pavilion dm1]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-hp-debuts-amd-fusion-in-11-inch-pavilion-dm1</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>KochegarTUWhh</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ces-hp-debuts-amd-fusion-in-11-inch-pavilion-dm1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:HP)Continuing the march toward 11.6-inch laptops, HP is making the new Pavilion dm1 its CES 2011 showpiece. At slightly less than 1 inch thick and 3.5 pounds, the dm1 is one of the first laptops to use AMD's new Fusion platform, which is powered by AMD's new &quot;APU,&quot; an accelerated processing unit. AMD's new platform combines a traditional CPU and better-than-integrated graphics (and DirectX 11 support) on a single chip. The actual CPU is AMD's new 1.6GHz dual-core E350, with AMD Radeon HD 6310M graphics. The dm1 also includes HP's CoolSense technology, which we've seen on a handful of other HP laptops. It's essentially a user-adjustable fan control, for setting your ideal system temperature' this is handy to have, but also the kind of thing most consumers would never bother to tweak. HP Pavilion dm1 (photos) HP promises more than 10 hours of battery life from the dm1, with options including hard drives up to 750GB in capacity, GPS, and an external Blu-ray drive. Standard is HP ProtectSmart's hard-drive-locking capability, which is the same kind of HDD accelerometer found in many business laptops. The dm1 is being positioned as a hedge against the declining fortunes of the Netbook market, and in fact, HP describes the the system by saying:The HP Pavilion dm1 has more muscle than Netbooks in a package that's more mobile than most notebooks. It's an all-new breed of compact notebook for students and mobile professionals who want an ideal balance of power, convenience, cool-running comfort, and connectivity.Having spent a little hands-on time with the system, we liked the large island-style keyboard and big clickpad-style touch pad. Despite the reasonable specs, including a fast 7,200rpm HDD and optional external Blu-ray drive, the body still had a plastic, budget feel--but for less than $500, it certainly seems reasonable. We're interested in benchmarking the system to see how it stacks up against other premium 11-inch laptops, including the MacBook Air. The HP Pavilion dm1 is expected to be available January 9 in the United States, with a starting price of $449.99. Other base model specs include:3GB DDR3 RAM320GB HDD, 7,200rpm1,366x768-pixel 11.6-inch displayBluetooth and 802.11b/g/nHDMI output<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kindle book lending now available]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kindle-book-lending-now-available</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kindle-book-lending-now-available</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kindle book lending has the same restricted terms Nookbook lending.(Credit:Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET)Several weeks ago Amazon said that Kindle book lending would arrive by the &quot;end of the year,&quot; and true to its word, it's now here. The terms are the same as what Barnes &amp; Noble has been offering for a while with its Nook e-readers. On its site Amazon says that, &quot;Eligible Kindle books can be loaned once for a period of 14 days. The borrower does not need to own a Kindle -- Kindle books can also be read using our free Kindle reading applications for PC,Mac,iPad,iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices. Not all books are lendable -- it is up to the publisher or rights holder to determine which titles are eligible for lending. The lender will not be able to read the book during the loan period.&quot;It's unclear just how many books are eligible for lending (it's up to the publisher whether to turn the feature on), but Barnes &amp; Noble has said in the past that over half its titles are eligible so we assume a good portion of Amazon's e-book titles will also be eligible.Amazon has detailed instructions for how to lend out your Kindle books, but it seems pretty simple -- you simply go to the &quot;Manage your Kindle&quot; section under &quot;your account&quot; to loan out an eligible title to anyone you want (you just need an email address).  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Honda's fun little hybrid]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mamapapa2010</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=hondas-fun-little-hybrid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)With its historical association to the CR-X, Honda's CR-Z elicited much enthusiasm from the tuner crowd, a group that doesn't generally favor hybrids. But the CR-Z is far from a typical hybrid, most of which are suburban commutecars with no attempt at sport looks or handling. But it also shows little advantage from its hybrid engine, never a strong point from Honda.Ultimately, the CR-Z is a mixed bag. It handles very well, but the engine generates little power, and it takes a while to hit 60 mph. It employs a hybrid system and can turn off the engine at stop lights, but the power train runs rough. The instrument cluster has an excellent futuristic look, but the navigation system is circa 2005.Check out our 2011 Honda CR-Z review.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's Mac App Store to launch January 6]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apples-mac-app-store-to-launch-january-6</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gugen</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=apples-mac-app-store-to-launch-january-6</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Mac App Store was unveiled at an Apple event in October.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)Apple will be launching its anticipatedMac App Store on January 6.The store will be available in 90 countries at launch, and like its mobile counterpart, it will feature access to both paid and free apps across several categories, including education, productivity, and games, among others, Apple announced today. Users will be able to download the Mac App Store through Software Update.The Mac App Store experience will be familiar to those who currently have iOS-based devices such as theiPhone. The marketplace's users will be able to get information about apps prior to downloading them, as well as see customer ratings and reviews. Updates to apps users have installed will be available through the Mac App Store, Apple said.&quot;The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,&quot; said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement. &quot;We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun.&quot; Developers who choose to offer paid apps will be able to keep 70 percent of the revenue generated from their programs, while Apple will take the remaining 30 percent. In addition, those who offer free apps will not be charged by Apple to offer their programs in the Mac App Store.Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment on how many apps would be available in its marketplace at launch.The Mac App Store's January 6 launch date is perhaps a bit ahead of schedule. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Mac App Store in October, he indicated that it would be available to Mac OS X users within 90 days, prompting some to believe the store would launch at the end of January.The Mac App Store will only be available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard users at launch. It will also come with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, which is expected to be released next summer.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Words too hard Try Google's new search filter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lynda</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=words-too-hard-try-googles-new-search-filter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey, we&amp;39're intermediate!(Credit:Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)Google quietly added an advanced search feature over the last couple of days that sorts the Internet by reading level.Search Engine Roundtable noticed that when you click on the &quot;advanced search&quot; link next to a Google search box on the right, you're now presented with an additional option to sort by &quot;reading level,&quot; which lets you &quot;annotate results with reading levels,&quot; &quot;show only basic results,&quot; &quot;show only intermediate results,&quot; and &quot;show only advanced results.&quot; A Google representative said in a statement that the company added this &quot;as yet another way for people to pare down their results to the kinds of pages they're most interested in.&quot; The company cited teachers looking for materials for grade-schoolers, or researchers looking for detailed materials as those who might want to employ this feature. An interesting side effect, however, is that the tool allows searchers to compare the average reading levels of the content produced by Web sites by selecting &quot;annotate results with reading levels&quot; and typing the site's domain into another field. Google said it developed the categorization system with the help of teachers who were paid to sort Web pages into one of the three buckets, after which it built a statistical model to expand those rankings to the Web at large. Google didn't provide further details on what type of criteria the teachers used to decide when a page was &quot;basic&quot; or &quot;intermediate.&quot; For example, 74 percent of the content on CNET News is considered &quot;intermediate,&quot; whereas 72 percent of the content on TMZ is considered &quot;basic&quot; and 72 percent of the content on the National Nanotechnology Institute's site is considered &quot;advanced.&quot; Literary snobs, consider this an early Christmas present from Google. And if anyone knows a teacher who participated in this study, please have them get in touch.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Costco confirms it will stop selling Apple products]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>xihayizu</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=costco-confirms-it-will-stop-selling-apple-products</guid>
<description><![CDATA[During Costco's fiscal first-quarter earnings call today, Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti confirmed the company is in the process of phasing out Apple products from its shelves.The news, which was reported by The Seattle Times, confirms a 2-month-old rumor from iLounge that noted the process as already under way. iLounge's source had attributed the move to the wholesale retailer getting shut out of acquiring stock of products like theiPad, which competitors like Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores, and Target had gotten access to some six months after its launch.The Seattle Times says the split is mutual and notes that, unlike some of the deals made with other large-scale Apple resellers, Costco was never allowed to sell Apple's products through its own online store. The post also highlights that Costco's sales of Apple products did not venture further than offering slightly discounted iPods and packs of iTunes gift cards.Costco quite famously stopped selling Coca-Cola products after a pricing dispute in November of last year, before resuming sales just a month later after the two companies had worked things out.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LG to slash CO2 emissions with eco-magnesium]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ttwotimeso</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=lg-to-slash-co2-emissions-with-eco-magnesium</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LG Electronics has committed to replacing conventional magnesium used in its mobile phones to a more environmentally friendly magnesium alloy dubbed eco-magnesium. To be rolled out by 2012, this would effectively reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 4kg for every handset manufactured.&quot;Eco-magnesium is one of LG's key strategies in our ongoing effort to transform LG into a leader in more environmentally responsible manufacturing,&quot; President and Chief Technology Officer Skott Ahn said in a statement.LG claims that almost no sulphur hexafluoride, which is used in the casting of magnesium and which LG cites as one of the most potent greenhouse gases, is created during production.LG, which research company IDC says is the world's third-largest phone maker in terms of unit sales after Nokia and Samsung, has already removed lead, cadmium, nickel, halogen substances, and other EU RoHS materials from its production of mobile phones. Standby power has also been reduced in portable chargers, and a reminder feature lets users know when the handset is fully charged.The eco-magnesium alloy was developed by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology with funding from the Korean government. Korean-based firms HK High-Tech, Keumgang Coen, and Hallacast have signed a memorandum of understanding with LG to produce the eco-magnesium alloy. As part of the agreement, the chaebol will provide these companies with technological support and training in carbon credit trading.LG shipped 27.5 million handsets globally and had a market share of 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2010, according to a recent report from information technology research and advisory company Gartner. (Source: Crave Asia)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask Maggie: Kindle vs. Nook, waiting for the iPad 2]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nuingrebossmancur</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ask-maggie-kindle-vs--nook-waiting-for-the-ipad-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[E-readers and tablets may be the hottest gifts of the 2010 holiday season. And if you're having a hard time deciding which one is right for you or your loved one, you aren't alone.In this week's Ask Maggie, I offer my advice on whether to get the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes &amp; Noble Nookcolor. I also advise another reader considering theiPad to wait just a little longer for the new version of the iPad that's expected early next year. And I help another figure out a good electronic reader for her father in-law who has limited sight. Ask Maggie is a weekly advice column that answers readers' wireless and broadband questions. If you've got a question, please send me an e-mail at maggie dot reardon at cbs dot com. And please put &quot;Ask Maggie&quot; in the subject header.Kindle or Nookcolor Dear Maggie,I want to get my husband an e-reader for Christmas. Which do you recommend: the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes&amp;Noble Nookcolor The iPad is just too expensive and all he really wants it for is to read books and maybe a few newspapers and magazines. I'm so torn.Thanks,Veronica Dear Veronica,If you had asked me six months ago, I would have told you that the Kindle 2 was the way to go. No questions asked. But then along came the Nookcolor. This latest version of the Nook, which debuted only two weeks ago, is a huge improvement over the original Nook, which went on sale a year ago.Unlike the Kindle 2, the Nookcolor has a color screen and it offers a touch screen, which makes it more iPad-like. The touch screen also makes it much easier to navigate than the previous version of the Nook. Also the color screen is great for reading magazines. This is lost on the Kindle, which is only in black and white.My colleague John Falcone from CNET Reviews recently put together a great buying guide for anyone interested in an e-reader or tablet. It's called Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy So make sure you check that out before you purchase.But this is an advice column, so I'm going to answer your question more personally. Even though I think the Nookcolor is a very cool device, I am still leaning toward the Kindle. And here's why:First, the Kindle 2 is so incredibly cheap right now, that it almost becomes a no-brainer. You can get the latest model for as little as $139. Amazon has also been offering special deals on its second-generation Kindle. On Black Friday it was only $89. At these low prices, it means that even if you decide you really want the iPad in six months, you won't feel as guilty about the Kindle purchase (because we know you're going to get the iPad anyway).The Nookcolor is a pricier endeavor. It costs $249. And even though this is reasonable and it's still cheaper than the iPad, which starts at $500, it's still not chump-change. And if you decide to get a tablet down the road, it might be a harder pill to swallow.Plus, when it gets down to it, I'm cheap. And I'd rather save the $110 and get the Kindle 2 instead of the colorful Nookcolor. Second, I find that reading on a backlit LCD screen hurts my eyes. I sit at a computer screen all day typing and reading and after a long day the last thing I want to do is look at another screen. So when I read for pleasure I want it to look more like a book, which is why I prefer the e-ink. Of course, not everyone has the same preference. A lot of people complain that e-ink screens are slow to refresh. And the e-ink is only in black and white. The third and final reason that I say go with the Kindle is that I truly believe that Amazon will win the e-book wars. And eventually, I believe Amazon will dominate all book publishing. (For more on this, read Ken Auletta's piece in The New Yorker from April 26, 2010.)What does this have to do with whether you should get a Kindle or a Nook If I'm looking at which platform I want to be tied to for the long term, I'd rather have my library consist of books on a format associated with the winner in the publishing war rather than a possible loser. This isn't to say that I think Barnes &amp; Noble is going out of business tomorrow. I'm just saying that I think Amazon is going to become increasingly more important and dominant in the book publishing world. And I'd rather build a library of e-books that I know will be around for years.While Kindle and Nook books can be read on other devices, such as an iPad,iPod, or Android phone or tablet, they cannot be read on each other's e-reader or by each other's applications. This means that if you are buying books from Barnes &amp; Noble for the Nook, you won't be able to easily switch those books over to a Kindle eReader if down the road B&amp;N implodes.Maybe this is a bit pessimistic of me, but as someone who lived through the record to 8-track to cassette tape to CD to MP3 era, I am tired of buying the same content multiple times. I know some people never reread books, but occasionally, I do. And it would really annoy me if I had to buy &quot;A Prayer for Owen Meany&quot; yet again. I've already bought R.E.M's album &quot;Eponymous&quot; three times.iPad now or waitDear Maggie,I was all set to purchase an iPad for this holiday season. But I read some rumors saying that the new model will be out early 2011. I'm not really sure if I should buy one right now or just wait. As well, which one would be better, an iPad or MacBook AirRegards,Steve Dear Steve,Unfortunately, Steve Jobs does not have me on speed-dial on hisiPhone, so honestly, I can't tell you with any degree of certainty when the new iPad will come out. But I have read the same rumors that you have heard. And if you look historically at Apple's product introduction cycle, they tend to come out with new models of products about every year. So it's likely that it will introduce a new iPad in the first half of 2010. Will it be in January or sometime in the first quarter of next year I can't say for sure. But you can bet something new will be introduced relatively soon. So if you can wait a few months, you might want to suck it up.  The new version of the product will no doubt be better than the original. Some things that many people are hoping for include a thinner design, front-facing camera, better display, and a USB port. As for the MacBook Air, my CNET Reviews colleague John Falcone said last week in the Ask Maggie column that he thinks the new 11-inch ($999-$1,199) MacBook Air is a better alternative to the iPad, even if you already have a full-size MacBook. And the reason is simple: It's very light, great battery life, but still a &quot;real computer.&quot; So there you have it. Good luck! The best e-reader for someone with limited visionDear Maggie,My father in-law has limited vision. He loves to read the local paper which is online, but he is not computer literate. What can we do I thought an iPad might work. The font is large enough and I don't think it is hard to use. He lives in West Virginia. Not a great place to get help locally. Thanks,Kathy Dear Kathy,Any of the e-readers on the market will allow him to make the font larger so that he can read the print. But if a backlit LCD screen might bother his eyes, you should consider an Amazon Kindle. It uses e-ink, which looks more like paper. And it's much easier on the eyes. It's not difficult to use and certainly doesn't require anyone to be a computer whiz. It's also a lot less expensive than the iPad. You can get a new Kindle 2 for $139. And Amazon was offering the previous version for $89 on Black Friday, so you might be able to get a deal. That said, if you are willing to pay a bit more, and you want to be able to add apps to the device, the iPad may also be a good choice for him. The iPad is easy to use and it will allow him to do things in addition to reading the paper. And if his eyesight worsens, he may even be able to download an application that will read the paper to him. I saw a demonstration recently at the AT&amp;T labs of an application that reads aloud children's storybooks. The application was downloaded onto an iPad and it used synthesized voice technology to read the story of &quot;Goldilocks and the Three Bears&quot; aloud. The application highlighted each word as it was read with each character speaking in a different voice. While the voices in the story still sound somewhat mechanical, the goal is that over time, the voices will match the intonations and speech patterns of natural voices. This technology could be adapted to read newspapers or magazines aloud as well. Before you decide on buying a tablet or an e-reader, check out this e-book reader buying guide from CNET Reviews editor John Falcone. It is a good resource that compares each product on the market. And if your father in-law is near a Best Buy, you might want to take him there to play around with the different e-readers, and then you can see which one best meets his needs.          Marguerite Reardon     Full Profile E-mail Marguerite Reardon   E-mail Marguerite Reardon If you have a question or comment for Marguerite Reardon, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Marguerite Reardon has been a CNET News reporter since 2004, covering cell phone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate, as well as the ongoing consolidation of the phone companies.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks files detail U.S. electronic surveillance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pharmacykingmak</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining &quot;security measures, passwords, personal encryption keys, and types of VPN versions used&quot; and biometric information, according to a secret directive made public today by WikiLeaks.org.The July 2009 directive issued under Clinton's name, which also asks for details about &quot;information systems, networks, and technologies used by top officials and their support staffs,&quot; sheds rare light on the shadowy world of government espionage. That classified dispatch is part of a massive document dump, about 250,000 diplomatic cables, that began appearing on the Internet this morning. WikiLeaks provided the files in advance to news organizations including Germany's Der Spiegel and Spain's El Pais and has said it would wait before releasing the cables on its own Web site. (See related CNET article about a reported attack on WikiLeaks.)Another disclosure from the files: China's Politburo ordered the electronic intrusions into Google's computer network that became public in January, prompting the company to rethink its Chinese operations, according to what a Chinese contact told the U.S. embassy. (China denied the charges.)That intrusion was reportedly conducted by a combination of government hackers and private security experts, who reportedly also targeted U.S. government computers, those of the Dalai Lama, and other American companies. Some of the companies that previously been named as victims include Yahoo, Symantec, Northrop Grumman, and Dow Chemical, and Adobe Systems has confirmed a &quot;sophisticated, coordinated attack&quot; against its corporate network.The files appear to have originated from the U.S. Defense Department's SIPRNET, which is used for exchanging information up to the secret level and is jointly administered by the NSA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Information Systems Agency.SPIRNET itself stands for Secret IP Router Network. In July, Pfc. Bradley Manning was charged with obtaining &quot;more than 150,000 diplomatic cables&quot; in violation of the law and is suspected of being WikiLeaks' source.WikiLeaks has already been the target of sometimes-strident denunciations from Washington officialdom after releasing confidential military dispatches from Afghanistan and Iraq.The Washington Times and a former Bush administration official suggested WikiLeaks.org as the first public target for a U.S. government cyberattack, a Republican senator proposed a law targeting WikiLeaks, and conservative commentators have called for Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange to be arrested. (Sweden has issued an international arrest warrant for Assange's arrest, which has been upheld by an appeals court on sexual assault charges. He denies the allegations.)Today's release is likely to ratchet up the rhetoric even more. &quot;Leaking the material is deplorable,&quot; Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told Fox News today before the documents had even become public. &quot;I agree with the Pentagon's assessment that people at WikiLeaks could have blood on their hands.&quot;And in a statement, the White House said: &quot;These cables could compromise private discussions with foreign governments and opposition leaders, and when the substance of private conversations is printed on the front pages of newspapers across the world, it can deeply impact not only US foreign policy interests, but those of our allies and friends around the world. To be clear--such disclosures put at risk our diplomats, intelligence professionals, and people around the world who come to the United States for assistance in promoting democracy and open government.&quot;Update 7:30 p.m. PT: The Cablegate.Wikileaks.org Web site is up, though the group says &quot;the embassy cables will be released in stages over the next few months.&quot; In another poke at the U.S. government, Wikileaks is using Seattle-based Tableau Software, a visualization company that grew out of a Defense Department project, to host some of the files. The New York Times, which claims it did not get the files directly from Wikileaks but honored the embargo, has posted an interesting exchange between Assange and the U.S. embassy in London. The Obama administration never asked the NYT not to publish. And here's one intriguing document highlighted by the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper: At least as of mid-2009, Israel believed it had until December 2010 to attack Iran's suspected nuclear facilities. Update 9 p.m. PT: Australia is investigating whether today's release violated its laws (Assange has an Australian passport). The Guardian newspaper says they gave a copy of the Wikileaks cables (received in August) to the New York Times. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley addressed the data-collection order in a Twitter message that said: &quot;Diplomats collect information that shapes our policies and actions. Diplomats for all nations do the same thing.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bing updates its movie search]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=bing-updates-its-movie-search</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>germkaammg</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Bing)Those of you planning to catch a film this holiday weekend may want to check out the latest changes at Bing Movies.The search engine's movie site has updated its lineup with some new features to help you decide what you want to see.Users can now more easily see all the local theaters showing a particular picture rather than bouncing from one venue's site to another. Just search for or click on a title like the latest Harry Potter movie, and Bing lists all the theaters in your area where it's playing along with their showtimes and driving distances.A new trailers page provides a host of clips, previews, and interviews on new movies. You can watch each video full screen and share it with other people via Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.Bing now combines a variety of reviews on each film from both the critics and other users, giving you one page where you can decide if the movie is worth your hard-earned dough.Finally, the Bing Movie home page ties all the new features together nicely, providing a single spot where you can view trailers, read a synopsis, and check out local show times.Bing's revamped movie page is now similar to the one offered by Google. Searching for a movie at Google also shows you local show times, links to reviews, and a video of the movie's trailer all in one spot. But Bing offers a greater variety and number of reviews and a wider selection of trailers and other clips.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cost of suing file sharers could skyrocket soon]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cost-of-suing-file-sharers-could-skyrocket-soon</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>csandaussu</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cost-of-suing-file-sharers-could-skyrocket-soon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A setback in federal court last week appears to have prompted the law firm spearheading a litigation campaign against accused film pirates on behalf of independent movie studios to abandon a major part of its legal strategy, CNET has learned. Dunlap Grubb &amp; Weaver wanted to pursue lawsuits against thousands of accused film pirates in Washington, D.C. That won&amp;39't happen. (Credit:Greg Sandoval/CNET)Dunlap, Grubb &amp; Weaver, the law firm representing makers of such pics as &quot;Far Cry&quot; and Oscar-winner &quot;The Hurt Locker,&quot; has filed copyright complaints against thousands of people from across the country this year and sought to pursue those cases in federal court in Washington, D.C., near its base of operations. Among the obstacles facing the firm, however, are the defendants' lawyers who argue that a Washington, D.C., court has no jurisdiction over people living outside of that area. Last week, in the case brought in March  by the makers of the movie &quot;Far Cry,&quot; a U.S. district court refused a request by Dunlap Grubb to wait five years before requiring the firm to name and serve all the defendants.After U.S District Judge Rosemary Collyer refused to give it the five years, Dunlap Grubb said it will change direction. The firm now plans to dismiss the cases against defendants residing outside of the Washington D.C. area, according to Thomas Dunlap, the firm's founder. For the defendants whose cases are dropped, Dunlap told CNET via e-mail: &quot;We plan to sue them in their home jurisdiction--likely the week after Thanksgiving.&quot;Dunlap Grubb told the court that some Internet service providers (ISPs) were holding up their efforts to identify some of the defendants. &quot;Judge Collyer unequivocally rejected [Dunlap Grubb's] improper attempt to keep thousands of people, most of whom live and work far away from the District of Columbia,&quot; said Christina DiEdoardo, an attorney representing some of the defendants. &quot;We are grateful for the court's understanding of the burden that DGW's antics have imposed on our clients.&quot;It's important to emphasize that Collyer has not ruled on the issue of jurisdiction in this case and Dunlap Grubb could bring it up at a later date. But for now, the firm has chosen not to argue the matter in court and will choose instead to bankroll lawsuits in courts across the country, a move that will likely increase the cost of the litigation. That is exactly what opponents wanted to happen. The techniques employed by Dunlap Grubb angered many of the lawyers representing accused file sharers. The firm took an assembly-line approach to suing thousands of people. In addition to filing suit against all the defendants in a single court no where near many of their homes, the firm also named several thousand defendants in individual suits. According to lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group for tech users, suing mass amounts of people makes it harder for each individual to have their case evaluated on its own merits. Collyer's decision could affect Dunlap Grubb's other clients and the impacts may well be felt by adult-filmmakers who have modeled their own litigation campaign against illegal file sharing after Dunlap Grubb's legal strategy. The indie and port studios all say they are seeing their businesses threatened by illegal file sharing. They argue that the court system is the only place where they can combat piracy. It's interesting to note that Time Warner Cable (TWC) was the source of Dunlap Grubb's frustration. The cooperation of the ISPs is pivotal for any copyright owner trying to sue individuals for illegal file sharing. The copyright owner must collect the IP addresses belonging to people sharing their film or TV show via peer-to-peer services and then must get a court to subpoena each person's ISP for the person's identity. Many ISPs are cooperating. TWC, however, said in court that to look up all of its customers that Dunlap Grubb has accused of copyright violations would take up too much of the company's time and resources. A judge agreed and set a minimum number of names for TWC to turn over each month at 28. Dunlap Grubb told Collyer that it would take 58 months for it to obtain all the names it needs from TWC, or slightly less than five years. But Collyer noted that Dunlap Grubb had already obtained a lot of names from other ISPs. What happens to those people&quot;[Dunlap Grubb's] request is patently unfair and prejudicial to all [defendants] who have been identified by an ISP,&quot; Collyer wrote, noting that Dunlap Grubb's problems were not good reasons to delay the legal process for the people whose names Dunlap Grubb had in its possession, many of whom with the firm has begun settlement talks. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EPA: Nissan Leaf tops in fuel efficiency]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=epa-nissan-leaf-tops-in-fuel-efficiency</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>johnma5k</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=epa-nissan-leaf-tops-in-fuel-efficiency</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The range of the plug-in-only Nissan Leaf varies with real-world driving conditions.(Credit:Nissan)Everything is come up roses for the all-electric Nissan Leaf.The Environmental Protection Agency just named the Leaf best in the midsize vehicle class for fuel efficiency and best for the environment.The EPA tested the Leaf for an MPGe, or MPG equivalency, rating. After five-cycle tests using varying driving conditions and climate controls, the EPA gave the Leaf a rating of 106 city, 92 highway for a combined 99 MPGe. The EPA's formula of 33.7kW-hrs being equivalent to one gallon of gasoline energy, Nissan said in a press release.The 99 MPGe rating will be added to the Leaf's pricing and informational label. In addition, the label will display a charging time of 7 hours on a 240V charge, and a driving range of 73 miles&quot;We're pleased the label clearly demonstrates the Nissan Leaf to be a best-in-class option, reflecting that it's a pure electric vehicle, uses no gas, has no tailpipe and has zero emissions,&quot; said Scott Becker, senior vice president, finance and administration, Nissan Americas. &quot;The label provides consumers with a tool to compare alternative-fuel vehicles to those with a traditional internal combustion engine and allows them to make an informed purchase decision.&quot;The Leaf, which will be available in selected states next month, has an MSRP starting at $32,780.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Road Trip Pic of the Week, 11/11: What is this]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=road-trip-pic-of-the-week-1111-what-is-this</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cristoph-i</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=road-trip-pic-of-the-week-1111-what-is-this</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you know what this is and where it was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)What a gorgeous scene. And what ominous rocks. But what is it, and where is it locatedIf you know, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge. If you have those answers, please e-mail them to me no later than 6 p.m. PDT Friday (to daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com, and PLEASE include &quot;Picture of the Week&quot; in the subject line). I'll choose a winner at random from among everyone who sends in both pieces of the correct answer. Please forgive me if you don't hear from me if you're not the winner. I get dozens of responses. Also, I've turned off comments because some people would post the correct answers there. I hate to shut down discussion, but I want you to figure out the answer on your own.One caveat: no individual can win more than two prizes. Also, for everyone who played regularly during Road Trip 2010, please note that this is the 12th of the weekly Picture of the Week challenges. With Road Trip 2010 officially finished--and therefore no more new Road Trip pictures per se--the challenge is now taking place each Thursday, and the photos could come from anywhere, not just Road Trip 2010 locations, and might be related to stories I've written in the past. So, please have fun playing today, and then come back each Thursday. For most of the summer, Geek Gestalt was on Road Trip 2010. After driving more than 18,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest and the Southeast over the last four years, I drove 5,266 miles this summer looking for the best in technology, science, military, nature, aviation and more throughout the American Northeast. You can follow me on Twitter at @GreeterDan and @RoadTrip and find the project on Facebook.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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