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PR 2.0 /> Source: feministingEach year at Blogworld Expo, Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra presents The State of the Blogosphere as one of the event’s prestigious keynotes. For those who are unfamiliar with Technorati, it serves as a directory and search engine for the blogosphere as well as a benchmark for the ranking of blogs (Read More)

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Submitted by Geek Lad from Google Reader: Considering the Touch Pro and Diamond has a native VGA (480x640) resolution, Android looks really “small” on such a high resolution screen. In order to fix this, just add the following lines to your startup.txt within the quotes: mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 lcd.density=240 Keep in mind that this should be placed withi (Read More)

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Submitted by Geek Lad from Google Reader: I wanted to create a section where users could go and get answers to most commonly asked questions regarding Android on their HTC Touch Pro’s and Diamonds. The problem is that I ended up with many small sections (forum posts, articles, etc) which eventually became outdated or obsolete, making them basically do more damage (Read More)

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The Inquisitr Are you feeling lucky? [Source: Imagechan] Related posts:Google jokes: Find Chuck NorrisChristin Engelberth Wins Doodle 4 GoogleDoodle 4 Google: Design a Google Logo, Win $15,000 . (Read More)

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Submitted by Bwana from Google Reader: Ruby on Sails is a project that I started about a week ago (10/19/2009). It is a homebrew Google Wave provider. The short history of the project has had many setbacks, including IRB dropping characters when I paste in packets, me having to write a custom Ruby ProtoBuffer parser, and a few rewrites of old code that already w (Read More)

2 days ago

Google Code Blog Millions of Google users worldwide use JavaScript-intensive applications such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps. Like developers everywhere, Googlers want great web apps to be easier to create, so we've built many tools to help us develop these (and many other) apps. We're happy to announce the open sourcing of these t (Read More)

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Submitted by Geek Lad from Google Reader: noellenchris has put together a new Android 1.6 package specifically configured for the RAPH110 (Fuze) on AT&T. It might work on different models too, but that would require at least some changes to the startup.txt. That said, it has been reported to work very well on the RAPH100 as well. For all the Fuze owners out there (Read More)

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The Inquisitr Shanghai, China (AHN) – Walt Disney World has won preliminary approval to open its first theme park in mainland China, the company announced Wednesday.Chinese officials have not confirmed Disney’s statement or details about the park. Local media report the park is scheduled to open in 2014 at an estimated cost of $3.6 billi (Read More)

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Submitted by Geek Lad from Google Reader: The Change In Carbon EmissionsAnother beautiful viz from Good Magazine. This time by Spanish viz supremo Lamosca. Twinned with Kyoto Targets. Your pet’s CO2 pawprintHow much CO2 is that doggy in the window? [Via Good Magazine and NewScientist] White fight or flight?Here’s a little something I did, overlaying membership (Read More)

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Daily DIY Here's a neat idea from designers razy2. Instead of casting a chair out of foam or silicone, they decided to build one up layer by layer out of what looks like a giant Post-It pad. Because the paper is only attached on one side, you can scribble on the top layer and then just pull it off to clean up, or stick things betwe (Read More)

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Gaming Section - Ars Technica The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is a great time, but the lack of versus mode play with the new infected is something of a disappointment. You won't have to wait until the game launches on the 15th, however; a clever chap out there has created a plug-in to allow you to play competitive games with the demo, and to try out the new spec (Read More)

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Submitted by Robdiana from Google Reader: I used to work at Dell selling computers to the consumer market.This is the trenches of selling.I could tell you about how your flat panel monitor would reduce eyestrain and cut down power usage and why a Centrino processor would make your computer run cooler and, therefore, extend the battery life. I dealt with hardcore ge (Read More)

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Valleywag The "lists" feature Twitter just rolled out has been swiftly repurposed by the celebrity-industrial complex to pump up the accounts of tweeters like Ellen DeGeneres. Lists show celebrities exactly who can send them followers. And thus who to spam.Earlier today, a large number of hard-core Twitter dorks — sorry, "influencers (Read More)

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ESPN.com Mickey Andrews, Florida State's defensive coordinator since 1984, will retire at the end of the season. (Read More)

4 days ago

Google Blogoscoped GV Screwups is a blog showcasing accidental mis-transcriptions of the Google Voice service, which turns voicemail into text. Want an example?Original Message: “Hey Kyle, it’s Dad. It’s Tuesday morning. Give a call at work, OK? ...”What GV Heard: “Yes. Hey Kyle, status Tuesday morning. Give me a call or cocaine ...”[Thanks M (Read More)

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