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Yahoo 'Do Not Track' system will be in place worldwide by early summer

By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 01:50 pm + 1 comments

Web giant Yahoo has announced that it will be implementing a "Do Not Track" system — which allows Continue reading…
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Good Deal: Parallels Desktop for Mac for $28

By Ellis Hamburger on March 29, 2012 01:32 pm + 27 comments

Parallels Desktop (normally $80) is arguably the best way to virtualize Windows on your Mac Continue reading…
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App academy: the student developers building the Windows Phone ecosystem

By Tom Warren on March 29, 2012 01:28 pm + 141 comments

Microsoft might seem focused on its "smoked by Windows Phone" campaign or its big upcoming Nokia Continue reading…
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Instapaper 4.1.1 includes a host of bug fixes, reinstates list viewing mode to iPad

By Nathan Ingraham on March 29, 2012 01:09 pm + 8 comments

Marco Arment has been pushing out updates to his Instapaper reading app pretty quickly since the new Continue reading…
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Samsung adds 'blink detection' and Face Unlock feature for Galaxy S users

By Nathan Ingraham on March 29, 2012 12:50 pm + 38 comments

Samsung is finally rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to Galaxy S II users, and today the company posted Continue reading…
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Google adds real-time traffic estimates to Maps directions

By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 12:29 pm + 16 comments

Google has started rolling out traffic estimates for Maps users in selected areas. When you search Continue reading…
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Rdio will launch across Europe, Asia on the horizon

By Aaron Souppouris on March 29, 2012 12:12 pm + 11 comments

After recent launches in Germany, Spain, Portugal and Denmark, streaming service Rdio will continue Continue reading…
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Raspberry Pi UK distribution delayed by the need for 'CE mark' testing and compliance

By Nathan Ingraham on March 29, 2012 11:45 am + 13 comments

A few weeks after opening pre-orders and beginning production of the tiny Raspberry Pi Linux Continue reading…
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Amazon Web Services now hosting massive genetic database: the 1,000 Genomes Project

By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 11:26 am + 5 comments

Amazon Web Services has just announced that it will be providing space for hosting and analyzing Continue reading…
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Metro UI for Android brings Windows 8 design to the Galaxy Tab 10.1

By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 11:07 am + 110 comments

The Metro UI on Windows 8 is awfully pretty, but not everyone wants to wait to see if the dedicated Continue reading…