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Evri Acquires Radar Networks In Semantic Search Consolidation (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)

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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Evri Acquires Radar Networks In Semantic Search Consolidation  —  After shopping itself around to all the major search engines, Radar Networks finally found a buyer in another semantic search startup.  Today, Evri is announcing that it will be acquiring Radar Networks, along with its core technical team and its main product, Twine.

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March 11th, 2010 at 12:00 pm

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Finally, a Major New Reason to Use Blogger: Easy Custom Templates (Harry McCracken/Technologizer)

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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Finally, a Major New Reason to Use Blogger: Easy Custom Templates  —  At this point, blogging has been around so long that there's nothing extraordinary about almost anyone-from an eleven-year-old to a grandma-having his or her own blog.  One basic thing about blogging, however …

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March 11th, 2010 at 11:25 am

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eBooks: B&N eReader for iPad Coming Soon (Paul Hochman/nook and BN eReader Blog)

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Paul Hochman / nook and BN eReader Blog:
eBooks: B&N eReader for iPad Coming Soon  —  We've been getting lots of questions from customers, so we wanted to confirm that we will soon be adding a new B&N eReader for iPad - continuing to fulfill our promise of providing consumers any book, any time, any where.

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March 11th, 2010 at 11:25 am

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It’s Not Easy to Make a Tablet, Stantum Slate PC Proves

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The Slate PC, from French multi-touch company Stantum, is essentially a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with the keyboard chopped off and a multi-touch screen grafted on. It runs Windows 7. It is also proof that a desktop OS should never be forced onto a tablet computer. I tested an early, ...

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March 11th, 2010 at 11:14 am

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JooJoo revamps interface ahead of launch, adds local video playback … (Nilay Patel/Engadget)

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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
JooJoo revamps interface ahead of launch, adds local video playback — and changes color  —  The JooJoo tablet's launch date might have been pushed back a month while Fusion Garage sorts out issues with the capacitive touchscreen, but it looks like the extra time has given the company a chance …

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March 11th, 2010 at 11:00 am

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Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling (BBC)

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BBC:
Pink Floyd win EMI court ruling  —  Pink Floyd tracks may be removed from digital music services like iTunes after a High Court ruling went against record label EMI.  —  The band's latest record deal, signed before services like iTunes appeared, said their songs must not be sold individually without their permission.

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March 11th, 2010 at 10:50 am

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In stock nearby? Look for the blue dots. (Google Mobile Blog)

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Google Mobile Blog:
In stock nearby?  Look for the blue dots.  —  Vic Gundotra, VP of Engineering, demonstrated last December a preview version of Product Search for mobile with local inventory, which lets you see right in your search results whether items are in stock at nearby stores.

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March 11th, 2010 at 10:45 am

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GDC: Khronos group unveils OpenGL 4.0 and 3.3 (Macworld.com)

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Macworld.com - The Khronos group has released versions 4.0 and 3.3 of the OpenGL spec, the latest version of the cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API used on all major desktop operating systems, including Mac OS X. It also serves as the basis for OpenGL ES for smart phones and the upcoming WebGL standard for Web browsers.

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March 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am

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Sony unveils motion-sensing controller for PS3 consoles (AFP)

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Attendees play video games at the Sony Playstation booth during the Electronic and Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles in June 2009. Sony on Wednesday unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - Sony on Wednesday unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.


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March 11th, 2010 at 10:03 am

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