1. UltraEdit text editor finally comes to the Mac  permalink

UltraEdit text editor finally comes to the Mac
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UltraEdit, a veteran among Notepad-replacement text editors on Windows (it's been alive since 1994!), has finally made it to the Mac. Its first stable version for the Mac is 2.0, which is mostly on par feature-wise with the Windows 16.x versions.

2. Toshiba announces unnamed Tegra 2-powered Android tablet, waits only for Honeycomb  permalink

Toshiba announces unnamed Tegra 2-powered Android tablet, waits only for Honeycomb
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3. Karaoke! Espionage! Haute Cuisine!: Adventures in the North Korean Government's Restaurant Chain  permalink

Karaoke! Espionage! Haute Cuisine!: Adventures in the North Korean Government's Restaurant Chain
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Dishes are approved by the Dear Leader but guaranteed not to make you Il. By expanding into Dubai and Amsterdam, the NK government's eateries are providing an alternative to arms sales in raising foreign capital. Food not bombs, indeed! A chain of restaurants affiliated with the North Korean government recently opened a Dubai branch. Visitors to ...

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Karaoke! Espionage! Haute Cuisine!: Adventures in the North Korean Government's Restaurant Chain N.Korean missing in Nepal has defected to India   —  SEOUL (AFP) – A North Korean who went missing in Nepal was a restaurant manager who defected and is now living in India, a South Korean newspaper reported Tuesday.

4. 2010 in IP addresses: 225 million down, 496 million to go  permalink

2010 in IP addresses: 225 million down, 496 million to go
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As of January 1, 2011, the number of unused IPv4 addresses stands at 495.66 million. Exactly a year earlier, the number of available addresses was 721.06 million. So we collectively used up 225.4 million addresses in 2010. 242 million, really, if we ignore the unusual circumstance that Interop gave back nearly 17 million addresses . At first ...

5. Would You Buy Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3-D Laptops?  permalink

Would You Buy Toshiba's Glasses-Free 3-D Laptops?
Austin Carr / Fast Company

Will 3-D succeed? The technology has always been hindered by the viewing experience's central component, 3-D glasses, which have been awkward and annoying to wear ever since the flimsy red-and-blue framed spectacles of yore. But with 3-D tech creating a blockbuster boom in Hollywood, everyone involved in the industry--from Sony to 50 Cent --is ...

6. After Wikileaks, There’s No Way to Go But Forward  permalink

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7. J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B  permalink

J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B
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With e-commerce spending performing well over the past holiday season, retailers are hoping this trend will continue into 2011. J.P. Morgan senior analyst Imran Kahn has released his annual report forecasting trends for the New Year that includes a number of positive projections for the e-commerce industry. The report forecasts that e-commerce ...

8. Mass Effect 2 to get one more DLC release, turns off news network  permalink

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Mass Effect 2 's Cerberus Network, a service that provided story background for off-screen happenings in the game, will stop serving news updates on January 24, one year after it began. Instead, the developers say updates will come with downloadable content, meaning there's at least one more DLC package coming to players before the release of ...

9. Opera unveils touch browser for tablet and netbook PCs  permalink

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If you were nice in 2010 then there is a good chance Santa left you one of the hottest gifts of the year — a tablet. Now that it is January you are probably looking for ways to get the most of out of your tablet. Luckily, Santa has some special Norwegian helpers who worked all through the holidays to kick off the New Year with a browser ...

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10. SkunkJuice Earbuds Lets Your Friends Share the Music Love – Magnetically  permalink

SkunkJuice Earbuds Lets Your Friends Share the Music Love – Magnetically
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SkunkJuice might seem like an odd name for a pair of earbuds. But this unique gadget will be launching at CES next week and will turn sharing your music with friends into a whole new experience. SkunkJuice earbuds and headphones utilize magnetic connection technology. No more passing around the one earbud for your pal to listen with. SkunkJuice’ ...

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11. Can $97 Really Turn Into $6795?  permalink

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12. Install any OS on a Google CR-48 laptop with Luigi  permalink

Install any OS on a Google CR-48 laptop with Luigi
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13. So long, broadband duopoly? Cable's high-speed triumph  permalink

So long, broadband duopoly? Cable's high-speed triumph
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Broadband users have long been skeptical of the duopoly situation in the US Internet market, which often feels like “pick your poison”: telephone company or cable company. "Where's the real competition?" they cry, pointing to other countries with healthy ISP markets thanks to regulated line-sharing or even direct government control ...

14. Angry Birds Becomes Carnival Game Booth in China!  permalink

Angry Birds Becomes Carnival Game Booth in China!
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15. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer  permalink

Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer
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While plenty of people predicted that the iPad would kill the Kindle when it first came out ( including us ), that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. The Kindle went on to become the best selling product in Amazon's history over the holidays, selling an estimated 8 million units last year. The Kindle is a very different device which appeals to ...

16. Austin Ventures  permalink

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Austin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...

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17. App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry  permalink

App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry
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There has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...

18. DealBook  permalink

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Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.

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19. Hotmail Threads  permalink

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20. Abu Dhabi claims to have a rain machine…  permalink

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Abu Dhabi claims to have a rain machine… “giant ionisers, shaped like giant lampshades, to generate fields of negatively charged particles, which create cloud formation”

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Abu Dhabi claims to have a rain machine… Abu Dhabi weather project 'creates man-made rainstorms'   —  Scientists employed by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE and leader of Abu Dhabi, successfully created more than 50 rainstorms in the state's Al Ain region last year, mostly in July and August when there is virtually no rain at all. It is believed to be the first time the system has produced rain from clear skies.