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That’s right. I said it. So shoot me. But I have my reasons. Android may let you change everything, but there is something more critical:
But the most important concern for users is consistency — of user interface, of operation – consistency in how the device works for them. Consistency is far more important than the [...]

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From Planet Gore:
It may already be happening. The four major agencies tracking Earth’s temperature, including NASA’s Goddard Institute, report that the Earth cooled 0.7 degree Celsius in 2007, the fastest decline in the age of instrumentation, putting us back to where the Earth was in 1930.
Seems that suddenly, carbon dioxide isn’t such a big concern [...]

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From today’s Financial Post:
Mike Zafirovski, Nortel’s chief executive, said in the statement that the company is conducting an exhaustive review to further reduce costs, including the sale of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks business.
"It is clear that the business environment in which we operate requires additional immediate and decisive actions," he said. "We are [...]

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There’s a new update for the Zune available:
In their latest Zune press release, Microsoft also seems to have dropped any pretense of social networking, and instead focused on the device as merely a channel for users to discover and purchase more music. But with more colors and designs. This seems to be a literal case [...]

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A friend just sent me a letter that a friend had passed along to him, purportedly written by an Alaskan, attacking Sarah Palin. The letter starts like this:
As an Alaskan, I am writing to give all of you some information on Sarah Palin, Senator McCain’s choice for VP. As an Alaska voter, I know more [...]

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If you are having problems installing iPhone applications that you’ve developed on to the actual device, especially this one:
"Your mobile device has encountered an unexpected error (0xE8000001) during the install phase"
and you’ve rigorously followed the instructions in the iPhone Developer Program Portalto the letter, ignore the suggestion of disconnecting and reconnecting your device.
What you most [...]

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A recent study has concluded than drug advertisements on television have no effect on sales:
Drug advertisements aimed at consumers may not be having the effect on sales that opponents and proponents of the practice assume they do, a new study suggests.
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The researchers found no evidence of a spike in sales for two of [...]

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