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[22 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Mozilla community is celebrating 500 million Firefox downloads by earning 500 million grains of donated rice, enough to feed 25,000 people.

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[22 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

“And so I’d like to introduce you to the Intrepid Ibex, the release which is planned for October 2008, and which is likely to have the version number 8.10.” – Mark Shuttlesworth
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[21 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

Channel your inner geek for fun and prizes by commanding your own pet developer
Ever wonder what happens behind the cubicle walls of a software developer? QNX Software Systems strips away the mystery and gives you the chance to be both master and tormentor of its virtual online software developer.
The Pocket Geek (www.thepocketgeek.com) is a Flash-based game in which you …

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[21 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Olympus E-510 is a 10.9 mega pixel digital camera, supports CompactFlash memory and has a 14-42 mm lens. The E-510 certainly shows some pedigree having a solid metallic case where many others plump for less firm materials. The weight is noticeably even without the lens attached, but it is intelligently balanced so as not to immediately put the user …

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[21 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shoppers reached for more digital cameras in the fourth quarter, taking advantage of holiday bargains and fueling better-than-expected shipments of the devices for the full year, according to research firm IDC.The shipments, including point-and-shoot models as well as more-advanced Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras, grew 31 percent from the same quarter a year ago, to 16.6 …

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[21 Feb 2008 | No Comment | ]

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysia goes to the polls next month and this time the campaign is going online, as opposition parties turn to blogs, SMS and YouTube to dodge a virtual blackout on mainstream media.Major newspapers and television stations — many partly owned by parties in the ruling coalition — are awash with flattering stories on the government and …