Apple Planning Major Product Launch Next Week

A refreshed lineup of MacBook Pro laptops may debut next week, according to a Friday report by AppleInsider. Citing the ever-chatty "people familiar with the matter," the Apple-oriented blog says that Cupertino is mulling whether to launch the updated notebooks before the end of February. If so, Apple is running out of time to issue party invites.

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07:10 - 19/02/2011 dalim13

Champions shaping up for browser battles

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google on Friday released a revved-up version of Chrome as rivals Microsoft and Mozilla beefed up their own champions for the competitive Internet browsing software arena.

In keeping with the arrival of the lunar year of the rabbit, Google product managers Jeff Chang and Li Chan touted the latest test version of Chrome as "quick as a bunny."

The latest Chrome release



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07:11 - 19/02/2011 dalim13

British group sets up suicide alert on Facebook

LONDON (AFP) – Support group Samaritans launched a service on Facebook on Monday to help people who express suicidal thoughts online.

Facebook users who see a friend has posted status updates or wall posts that suggest they may be considering taking their own life will be able to report them confidentially to Samaritans via the website's help centre.

The charity, which



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13:28 - 07/03/2011 dalim13

Verizon vs AT&T iPad 2 plans: Which is cheaper?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If you are getting the iPad 2, are you confused about what data plan is right for you?

You're not alone. Trying to figure out how much you'll pay doesn't require a degree in advanced mathematics, but it could help. That's because there are a total of eight different AT&T (T,



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09:12 - 11/03/2011 dalim13

Majority of US Internet users on Facebook: market tracker

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Figures released Thursday by Internet tracker eMarketer indicated that more than half of US Internet users log in monthly to Facebook while about 20 million US online adults "tweet."

An estimated 57 percent of Internet users, about 132.5 million people, will log in to Facebook monthly this year, according to eMarketer.

By 2013, 62 percent



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19:48 - 24/02/2011 dalim13