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• Only in Japan, Real Men Go to a Hotel With Virtual Girlfriend - WSJ.com
This resort town, once popular with honeymooners, is turning to a new breed of romance seekers—virtual sweethearts. Since the marriage rate among Japan's shrinking population is falling...
• Sony launches new ebook readers - Telegraph
Sony has unveiled three new ebook readers to compete with Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle...
• Longest traffic jam at 100 kilometres (and 10 days) long - The Vancouver Sun
Chinese authorities are battling to end the world's longest traffic jam, a 100-kilometre-long gridlock stretching from Beijing to the northern province of Inner Mongolia...
• What have the Romans ever done for us (socks and sandals excepted)? - The Independent
They gave the world decent roads, indoor plumbing and some of the goriest spectator sports known to man, but now it appears that the Romans made a hitherto secret contribution...
• Google offers free voice calls via Gmail - BBC
Google is taking on internet telephone companies like Skype by allowing users to call from its free web-based email service...
• It's Called a Vacation. But for the Obamas, It's Not That Simple - New York Times
...Round-the-clock news coverage and the Internet have intensified attention on a president's every move, and blogging has multiplied the numbers, and the reach, of critics...
• Broadcasters want FM on cellphones; phone makers balk - USA Today
Cellphones are on the cutting edge of technological innovation. But they may also offer an old-fashioned service — FM radio — if a controversial new proposal gains traction in Washington...
• RIM Must Switch To Android Now, Before It's Too Late - SF Gate
...So it's time for RIM to make a difficult, but important move: Stop wasting time developing its own operating system and apps platform, and switch the BlackBerry to Android. The sooner, the better...
• How Googling Cameron Diaz can mess up your computer - The Christian Science Monitor
Searching for Cameron Diaz online carries a one-in-ten chance of landing on a website containing with malicious software...
• The Moon Has Shrunk, and May Still Be Contracting - National Geographic News
The moon has been shrinking, suggest scientists who spotted relatively young geological features that form when a planetary body cools and contracts...
• Vuvuzela enters Oxford Dictionary of English - Telegraph
The vuvuzela has blasted its way into the Oxford Dictionary of English for the first time after becoming the sound of the World Cup...
• Can staid BlackBerry survive the smartphone wars? - Toronto Star
In a world seemingly awash in iPhone and Android-powered smartphones, is there still room for the relatively staid BlackBerry...
• BBC apologises over Tomasz Schafernaker weather gesture - BBC
The BBC has apologised after weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker was caught making a rude gesture live on air. He raised his middle finger...
• The HTC Desire HD will show the iPhone 4 that size does matter - ElectricPig
...Then of course there’s the Dell Streak, which I love, even if it is bigger than my face. Now all of these phones have done reasonably well...
• Facebook 'dislike' scam warning - BBC
Facebook users are being targeted in a scam that offers them a chance to install a dislike button...
• PayPal Payments May Come To Android - ITProPortal
PayPal is currently in talks with Google to allow Android smartphone owners to purchase applications from the Android Market using the online payment service...
• 'Sextortion' on the rise - The Straits Times
The nightmare began with a party: three teenage girls with a webcam, visiting an Internet chatroom and yielding to requests to flash their breasts...
• Try E-Mailing The Guy With The World's Longest E-Mail Address - Gizmodo
Some guy's e-mail address is 345 characters long...
• Google needs to know: What does Oracle really want with Android? - ZDNet
The bombshell that Oracle is suing Google over Java intellectual property in mobile platform powerhouse Android came as a surprise, but in hindsight it shouldn’t have...
• Firefox 4: Now With Multitouch - PCWorld
...Firefox 4 multitouch for Windows 7 includes a variety of touch-based actions that let you manipulate and move content, zoom in and out, and even cut images with a simple finger swipe...
• Dell unveils tablet PC that also makes calls - Statesman.com
...With a 5-inch display, built-in Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, the Streak seemingly straddles the divide between smart phones and tablet devices...
• Samsung Announces 3D HDTVs, Portable 3D Blu-ray Player - PCMag.com
Samsung announced new products in many of the company's home theater, HDTV and Blu-ray lines, including a 3D plasma HDTV that approaches $1,000...
• Google 'sold out the net neutrality hippies' in 2008 - The Register
Broadsight analyst Alan Patrick isn't the type to pat himself on the back, but he can be forgiven for doing so today. Google threw the Net Neutrality campaign under a bus this week...
• Why Android App Security Is Better Than for the iPhone - PCWorld
Application security has become the focus of a flurry of intense attention in the mobile world lately, due largely to a few well-publicized events affecting each of the major platforms...
• HP's Mark Hurd resigns amid sexual harassment investigation - BusinessWeek
Mark Hurd is stepping down as CEO of Hewlett-Packard following an investigation into claims that he sexually harassed a former contractor to the company...
• Google Wave: Promised a Tsunami, Delivered a Ripple - PCWorld
Google has pulled the plug on Google Wave. The communication and collaboration tool promised to revolutionize communication--with Google arrogantly asserting that Wave would supersede e-mail...
• Woman discovers her husband is married to someone else – via Facebook - Mail Online
A wife who suspected her husband was having an affair found he was actually married to another woman through a simple Facebook search...
• Android Sales Reach 200,000 Per Day - InformationWeek
Google CEO Eric Schmidt claimed on Wednesday that 200,000 Android handsets are being sold every day, up from 160,000 per day in June...
• 'Poo-powered' car seen on the streets of Bristol - BBC
The Bio-Bug runs on processed methane gas generated as part of the raw sewage treatment process...
• Saudi Telco Regulator Will Ban BlackBerry Services Friday - WSJ
Saudi Arabia's telecom watchdog said late Tuesday it will stop BlackBerry services Friday as they don't meet its regulatory requirements...


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