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Perk up tech savvy with Google's new online guidebook on browsers and Web

If you still didn't know what a cookie is and are shy to ask for fear of being seen as a neo-Luddite, you now have Google's help! Or, if you wanted to know how you could protect yourself on the Web or what happens if a truck runs over your laptop, get the answer's from the horse's mouth. Google has now launched an online guidebook called '20 things I learned about Browsers and the Web.'
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Facebook Blocks Messages With Links To Torrent Sites

Facebook has begun to block messages that contain links to a file sharing site or torrents. The social networking site had blocked sharing torrent links on walls and news feeds since last spring and now has widened the block to include messages.
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Twitter flush with cash, says founder

Twitter claims it has a lot of money in the bank. Looking into Evan Williams' claim, it seems to be the Promoted Suite that has made the site rich.
According to the study from Motorola Mobility, 75 percent of the respondents either own or plan to own an HD television in the next 18 months.

Study: Paid, HD-TV Are The Norms

A global study from Motorola says more people prefer paid TV content rather than free-to-air, despite the latter being more available.
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Ness Technologies eyes 2 buyouts in India

Israel-based IT services provider Ness Technologies is looking to buy two companies in India in the outsourced product development and financial services areas by the end of next year.
Apple's iPad

iPad content 'mundane' and 'boring-looking', says RIM

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry smartphones, took potshots at Apple on Tuesday, saying the content on the iPad is 'mundane' and 'boring-looking' and that its PlayBook is superior to the Apple tablet on all counts.
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Is Google about to launch fashion portal?

Tech websites are abuzz with talk about Google preparing to launch its own e-commerce site and upgrade its shopping services to emerge as a force to reckon with in the multi-billion dollar online shopping business.
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IBM to lead joint research with 15 European partners

IBM will be leading a joint research initiative of 15 European partners to develop smart cloud storage architecture, which is likely to improve the global delivery of rich data and storage services across boundaries of countries and vendors.
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Health apps: the next big thing in smartphone wave

Five hundred million of a total of 1.4 billion smartphone users will be using mobile health applications in 2015, a report said. Both healthcare providers and consumers are embracing smartphones as a means for improving healthcare.
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Now crops too can go 'Wireless'

For most, the word Wireless invokes various thoughts from accessing mails in a coffee shop to chatting with long distance friends on the touch or booking tickets at a go. Can anyone dream of Wireless Agriculture?

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