1. 5 Reasons Why I Won't Buy an iPad 1 hour ago   permalink

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The ridiculous hype is finally over and Steve Jobs has given birth to yet another neat consumer device. The iPad isn't even shipping yet, and it's already made a huge splash in the press. Coverage of the iPad has been everywhere and Apple fans are swooning and waiting to whip out their credit cards to buy one.

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2. Fwix Launches Mobile City Apps to Provide You Local News on the Go 4 minutes ago   permalink

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As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ...

3. 3Crowd Comes Out Of Stealth, Reveals Its Plan To Disrupt The CDN Market 2 hours ago   permalink

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3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ...

4. Video: Android’s New Pinch-To-Zoom Multi-Touch In Action 7 hours ago   permalink

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As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a few Google apps: Maps, Gallery, and the Web Browser. We've just received the update, which is technically firmware 2.1-update1, and have taken a video of the new ...

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Research.google.com Google Focused Research Awards   —  On Tuesday February 2nd, we announced the first-ever round of Google Focused Research Awards. These awards are for research in areas of study that are of key interest to Google as well as the research community. A Googler / The Official Google Blog :    Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards

A Googler / The Official Google Blog Announcing Google's Focused Research Awards   —  (Cross-posted with the Google Research Blog ) It is said that Google is like a university — and not just because everyone eats their lunch off trays in the cafeteria. Like a university, we devote significant energy to research across a wide array of subjects — from semantics to help improve search, to ways we can improve the efficiency of ...

5. IBM Preps Carbon Transistors for Post-Silicon Era 7 hours ago   permalink

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The incredible success of silicon microchips, which power everything digital, was wrought by the invention of field-effect transistors (FETs), which...

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6. A recent improvement for Arabic searches 9 hours ago   permalink

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This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. We've learned that when performing a search on Google, people sometimes forget to separate words with spaces. Moreover, people often mistakenly repeat a letter within a single word. For instance, when ...

7. Meet Marc Flores, the new MobileCrunch writer 11 hours ago   permalink

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I begged and pleaded with Greg, editor of MobileCrunch, not to make me write this, but it looks like I’m stuck introducing myself to you all. So in my best Troy McClure voice let me say: Hi, my name is Marc Flores. You might remember me from such popular sites as Boy Genius Report or True/Slant.

8. Gift Baskets 16 hours ago   permalink

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9. FTD Flowers Coupons 17 hours ago   permalink

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FTD Flowers Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo Just in time for Valentine’s Day FTD reduces the Sweethearts Bouquet 25% from $39 to $30 . The FTD Sweethearts Bouquet is colored in deep crimson hues to express your love this Valentine’s Day! Vibrant red roses and burgundy miniature carnations are beautifully arranged in a dark red ...

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Coupons / Chris Pirillo Red Envelope Coupons   —  Red Envelope Coupons is a post from Chris Pirillo Through Valentine’s Day, Red Envelope drops the price of the Two Halves One Heart Ring to only $33.96 when you purchase through this link (discount will show in the shopping cart). Half of the heart is made from cultured white sapphires, while the other is made from one cultured pear-shaped ...

10. Samsung Aims New 2TB Drive at Eco Crowd 1 day ago   permalink

Editor / Extremetech

The EcoGreen F3EG doesn't really measure up to drives like the 2-Tbyte Seagate Barracuda XT in terms of raw performance. But the Barracuda XT also was priced at $299 at launch, and the Samsung drive starts at $179.99.