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[ Microsoft ] - Bill Gates Hires Doctors For Arfah Karim

Microsoft owner Bill Gates has Hired team of doctor for the health concern of world's Youngest Microsoft Certified Specialist Arfa Karim from Pakistan. Arfa Karim's father Colonel rt. Amjad Karim has confermed that authorities from U.S have contacted and informed him about the doctor's panel. Read more

[ Google ] - Grabs 217 IBM Patents

Google has acquired a cache of over 217 patents from IBM, related to a variety of topics, including instant messaging and mobile technologies. The patents consist of 188 granted patents and 29 that are pending. Update below. Slawsky has trolled the patents, pulling out some that appear to be related to the mobile space. Read more

[ Twitter ] - 5 Tools To Talk To Your Favorite Celebrity

First of all we should admit that the first time we signed on to Twitter, we did a little search for your favourite celebrity. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. We’ve all done it. Twitter is a fascinating new medium in part because it gives the appearance that you’re only a quick tweet away from those larger than life figures you’ve admired from afar. And while that might just be an illusion on the most part, there are several tools out there to help you stalk or follow your favourite celebrities on Twitter. See tools...

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[ Obama ] - Good At Keeping Promises OR Forgetting Over Politics

The Obama re-election campaign is marking Iowa caucus day by releasing a video of candidate Obama on caucus night four years ago, when he pulled off his upset victory over Hillary Clinton. With the spotlight at its brightest, all eyes and TV cameras upon him, a very young-looking Barack Obama gave a substantive victory speech outlining what he wanted to do as president.

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[ 50 Years Of James Bond ] - New Website Launched

"The Name is Bond, James Bond" Many Of you know this famous dialogue, most of you will remember it while growing up and watching the thriller 007 agent in its various version of the 50 year old movie franchise.

A new James Bond site, www.007.com, was Read more

[ Wikipedia ] - Gathers $20 Million In Annual Fund Raising Drive

Wikipedia has raised $20 million in its annual plea for donations to help expand and improve the Internet's leading encyclopedia.

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[ Google ] - The Biggest Content Scraper - Study

Google cracks me up with their holier than thou attitude and ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ mentality. They reward websites in the SERPS based on brand recognition and punish any webmaster that tries to promote their site in order to gain visitors. They approve most anyone for adsense only to ban them immediately prior to their first payment being due. They massively punish any site that contains content from other websites, even when full credit and a link to the original source is provided. Read more

[ Ask Ziggy For Windows Phone ] - Siri Look Alikes And Knock Offs At Windows Marketplace

In Past few weeks Siri clones are widely available in the Android Market that use official Apple icons, and they are even promoted as “Real Siri for Android” and “Siri for Android.” Now, the first round of Windows Phone Siri alternatives seem to be popping up in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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[ Google.com/Elections ] - Keeping Up With Elections 2012 U.S.

From the nineteenth century’s pamphlets to the twentieth century’s TV ad revolution, our elections have always been shaped by how we communicate and consume information. There’s no question that the Internet is set to deliver more political information, opinion and news than any other medium throughout the 2012 U.S. elections. The web offers candidate and issue info to voters; networking and fund-raising platforms for campaigns; and research and productivity tools for journalists.

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[ Facebook ] - Studio Awards Deadline Extended

Facebook launched Facebook Studio Awards to recognize the agencies that are behind some of the best campaigns on Facebook. The deadline was December 31, 2011, but it has now been extended to January 15, 2012.
The jury has also been announced. Facebook wanted a cross section of creative leaders from across the industry since agencies from more than 40 countries have work published on Facebook Studio. Read more

[ HP Envy Sceptre ] - Teaser Video Of Upcoming UltraBook

Seems like Ultrabooks and 3D Tv will dominate the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. Today, an HP employee has daringly sent The Verge (Tech Blog) a teaser video for its upcoming Envy Sceptre Ultrabook.

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[ How To ] - Checking Facebook Event's Gender Access

Have you ever wondered if there was a quick way to check how many males and females are attending a given Facebook event? This Google Chrome extension does it for you. Dutch startup Bonnevoy has released a very simple Google Chrome extension called Facebook Event Gender Count. You can download it yourself from the Chrome Web Store and also check out the code for yourself on GitHub.

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[ Electric Car ] - Fisker Almost Ready For Market

Electric vehicle make Fisker Automotive said it is almost done handling the voluntary electric battery recall it initiated about two weeks ago for its Fisker Karma. The recall involved reinstalling A123-supplied battery packs that had been subject to a coolant leak issue. One reason the incident was so high-profile is that it came on the heels of an investigation into Chevrolet Volt battery safety that was launched back in November by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That investigation is still under way.

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[ LG OLED HDTV ] - 55-Inch Screen And 4-MiliMeter Thick

LG Electronics (LG) will present the future of TV technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with the unveiling of the world’s largest OLED TV with a display size of 55 inches. By incorporating the company’s 4-Color Pixels and Color Refiner features with LG Display’s advanced OLED (organic light-emitting diode) panels, LG OLED TV generates the most natural colors of any TV set at a much lower price point than could have been achieved using the standard manufacturing process.

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[ Intel's first Android ] - Intel Smart Phone By LG

Intel has already hinted at its smartphone and tablet processor plans for year 2012 but it seems that LG will hold the title of the first company to create a modern smartphone with Intel inside. Intel will be showing off an LG smartphone running Android and its Medfield mobile processor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which is only a few weeks away.

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