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I'm surprised to see that iGoogle is getting the axe.

I'm surprised to see that iGoogle is getting the axe.

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Google retiring iGoogle, Google Mini, others for 'spring cleaning'
To everything (Turn, Turn, Turn). There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn). Sometimes those seasons can get a bit convoluted, however — or such is the premise of Google's "Spring cleaning in summer" post, outlining the end of a handful of tech offerings. Because heck, even a company as big as Google has to pick its battles. On the chopping block this time out are the Google Mini enterprise search system, the Google Talk Chatback widget, Google Video, iGoogle and the Symbian search app. Of course…

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I've been using this keyboard for almost all of the last year and I love it!

I've been using this keyboard for almost all of the last year and I love it!

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Most Popular Android Keyboard: SwiftKey [Video]
Typing on your Android phone shouldn't feel like a hassle or a chore. If it does, it means you haven't found the right alternative keyboard for you yet. Thankfully there are dozens of great options, for all types of typists, with features like word prediction, multi-language support, special keys and characters, and voice input. Last week, we asked you which ones you thought were the best of breed. Then we took a look at the five best Android keyboards based on your nominations, and put them …

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Higgs boson just may, possibly, more or less be proven to exist by ATLAS and CMS teams
We had a false alarm over the possible discovery of the theory-unifying Higgs boson last year, but a bit of poking and prodding in subsequent months may well have given us much more definitive evidence of the elusive particle. According to some rare rumors emerging from Nature, both CERN's ATLAS and CMS detectors have seen particle decay signals suggesting the existence of Higgs to within a 4.5 to 5 sigma level of proof — in other words, very nearly concrete evidence. That's not quite the 5-…

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Windows 8 Will Be a $39.99 Upgrade for XP and Above [In Brief]
Windows has always been pretty expensive compared to the competition, but Microsoft is taking steps to remedy that problem with Windows 8, rumored to be coming in the fall. From launch until January 31, 2013, you'll be able to grab an upgrade to Windows 8 Professional for only $39.99 as a digital download (or $69.99 on disc), which is significantly less than their current price of $119. The upgrade will work on any Windows system running XP and above, and comes with an Upgrade Assistant that …

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VLC for Android Beta Finally Arrives, Plays Almost Anything on Your Android Device [Video]
Android: If you've been waiting for news on an Android version of VLC, wait no longer. The media player finally launched an Android beta today, and it brings VLC's trademark play-anything goodness, multi-track subtitle support, and even whole-library management tools to Android devices, but be warned: the developers make no bones about the fact that it's a beta, and there's a lot of work to be done on it. More »

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Beautiful! #CanadaDay

Beautiful! #CanadaDay

Reshared post from +Don Komarechka

It is with tremendous patriotism that I post this image on Canada Day, while traveling abroad in Istanbul.

I love Canada and this image embodies that; red maple leaves on a bed of freshly fallen snow. The image was technically challenging to take, as the leaves needed to be preserved in order to have them bright red during the winter. Then I needed the perfect winter day with fresh snow, no wind, and sunshine. That day came on January 11, 2009.

If you love Canada, please share this image. I'd love for it inspire Canadians around the world to get out there and enjoy our great country or simply take great pictures while thinking of home. That is exactly what I have been doing today 🙂

This image is still my favourite in my portfolio. Happy Canada Day everyone!

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Liveness Check added to Jelly Bean Face Unlock security feature
We all remember how cool the new Face Unlock feature was for Android 4.o Ice Cream Sandwich when it was announced a while back. Today it’s still a nifty trick to show off to your iPhone buddies or at parties, but we all know that it’s far from foolproof. The fact that one could just simply use a still photo of the phone owner to access all their content was a little disappointing and relegated this security feature to basic social entertainment.
Well Google listened to the constructive critic…

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Apple's injunction stopping Galaxy Nexus sales is shameful
I'm ashamed of Apple, and myself for giving anything to iPhone today. To celebrate iPhone's fifth anniversary, I asked BetaNews writers to offer missives based on their experience using the handset. We published Wayne Williams' story on Wednesday, another by Chris Wright early day and my own this afternoon. Two other stories are in the queue. We'll run them over the weekend, however, instead of today. There's no longer any sense of birthday celebration in these halls.
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Would you buy a $299 Nexus 10 tablet? Report says it’s coming this year
Take this with a grain of salt — it is Digitimes we’re talking about — but according to a report from one of Google’s suppliers, the company will work to bring a 10-inch version of its Nexus tablet to market by the end of the year. The slate will presumably maintain many of that same traits that make the Nexus 7 such an attractive device: price, power and a few compromises. Namely, no back camera or removable storage.
The rumoured $299 number is extrapolated from the price of the current mode…

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