Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Nielsen: Kids want iPad for holidays
CNET
by Don Reisinger If your kids are begging for tech, the iPad might just top
their holiday wish-list. According to Nielsen, which conducted a survey in
October to see which tech products American kids want through the beginning
of next year, ...
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20023667-17.html>
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Acer announces Android and Windows tablets for 2011
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally | Published November 23, 2010, 1:58 PM Personal computing
giant Acer on Tuesday took the wraps off of three tablet computers it plans
to launch in 2011, powered either by Windows 7 or Android. Since earlier
this year, Acer has been ...
<http://www.betanews.com/article/Acer-announces-Android-and-Windows-tablets-for-2011/1290538700>
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New 911 may allow text and video 'calls'
CNNMoney
By Julianne Pepitone, staff reporterNovember 23, 2010: 2:22 PM ET NEW YORK
(CNNMoney.com) -- The US government is trying to bring the 911 emergency
service "into the 21st century" by looking into allowing text, photo and
video reports from mobile ...
<http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/23/technology/FCC_911/>
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Apple-1 goes for $213K in Christie's auction
Computerworld
By Ken Gagne The lot, which went up for auction at 9:30 am ET today, had an
estimated value of between $160300 and $240450. The Apple-1 sold today came
with the original packaging, manuals, cassette interface and basic tape,
early documentation and ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9197844/Apple_1_goes_for_213K_in_Christie_s_auction>
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A new, risky 'iPad-only newspaper'
The Week Magazine
Next year, News Corp will launch 'The Daily,' a publication exclusively for
users of tablet computers. Will the idea take off? Rupert Murdock, "an
old-timey newspaper romantic," has invested $30 million into an iPad-only
media product. ...
<http://theweek.com/article/index/209665/a-new-risky-ipad-only-newspaper>
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iPad's Challenge for 2011
TheStreet.com
By Trefis 11/23/10 - 02:24 PM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple(AAPL) sold
around 4.2 million iPads in the third quarter and captured around 95% of
the tablet market, according to research done by Strategy Analytics.
Gartner predicts tablet sales of 55 ...
<http://www.thestreet.com/story/10930640/1/ipads-challenge-for-2011.html>
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Google Celebrates Thanksgiving With Food-Themed Doodle and Recipes
Mashable
US citizens: If you don't have a Great Aunt Ida from which to glean family
recipes, never you worry — today's Google Doodle features a sumptuous
feast and a bevy of recipes from the Barefoot Contessa's Ina Garten. Simply
surf on over to the Google ...
<http://mashable.com/2010/11/23/google-doodle-thanksgiving/>
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How Snakes Can "Fly"
National Geographic
It's been known for a while that certain snake species can "fly," gliding
as far as 330 feet (100 meters) from branch to branch—but how? A new
study—using unprecedented filming, 3-D modeling, and snakes both real and
plastic—has shown how flying snakes ...
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/101124-flying-snakes-fly-science-darpa-dod-socha/>
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