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• Gandreae tackles the Android fragmentation problem with a unique solution: stop calling "outlier" Android devices Android devices.
• Do Windows OEMs finally care about design? Kweazy makes the case.
• Emomac brings perspective you don't get very often, an intelligent and nuanced view of piracy from a content producer's perspective.
• Matthew Ary suspects there is a connection between Google's new privacy policies and the rumored Majel project.
• The February 2012 photo critique thread by selfprofessedgeek is up and running.
• KFayz is looking for opinions on another Linux desktop contender, Elementary OS.
• Alexhansmartin's thread about the most frustrating enemies in gaming is cathartic, but no forum is complete without an animated gaming GIF thread.

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