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A while ago I ran into a little photo effects app that helped me make drop shadows and those cool reflection photos that Apple popularized -- you know, the ones that make the iPhone look as if it is sitting on a shiny white tabletop, with a faint reflection below it. To make that reflection happen with a more robust photo-editing tool took many steps. Source: TechWorldNews
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Well the last ruckus over operating systems had barely settled down here in the Linux blogosphere when another one started up anew. The cause this time? Oh, just a little article entitled, "The Disadvantages of Using Linux" by a blogger known as "DarkDuck.""No standard edition," "learning curve," "non-compatible software" and "unsupported hardware" are just a few of the charges DarkDuck makes. Source: TechWorldNews
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Well, it is December, when sugar plums fill children's heads and analysts look into their crystal balls to see what the new year will bring. Assuming the world doesn't end, 2012 should be a watershed year for personal technology, showcasing the beginning and end for a lot of companies, as well as major transitions for those that are left. Overall, you'll find technology more social, more connected, and increasingly more voice-controlled. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_bi_ge/us_postal_problems"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111204/capt.6627daacdd164c7387cdcbdfe9bbd6be-6627daacdd164c7387cdcbdfe9bbd6be-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=hKA4OIfFdHNT0Jd1mtJTFQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe speaks at a news conference on changes to the Postal Service that could potentially save as much as $3 billion in Washington. The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be announced in broader detail on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, are part of a…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_immigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111129/capt.2f89c04201b54b3f89a899e4e2da31cb-2f89c04201b54b3f89a899e4e2da31cb-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5njP0wk1x0IsomxP03XuNw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, as he leaves a Republican policy meeting. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the potentially powerful Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential el…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111204/capt.39149b7d04eb4b478c10f8d322fa32b6-39149b7d04eb4b478c10f8d322fa32b6-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=bjxavnsSCjmRG8JzUD.fDw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2011 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy say goodbye after their meeting in Strasbourg, France. Sarkozy and Merkel are scheduled to meet in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, to unveil a proposal for closer political and economic ties betwe…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_re_us/wikileaks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111201/capt.6b963f6809984d1184103b1dae6ebc16-6b963f6809984d1184103b1dae6ebc16-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=JpZG74ombQHVBCIjjn_1hQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks during a news conference in central London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The whistle-blowing website has released details of companies it says are selling information obtained by monitoring people's mobile phones and computers. According to Assange, more than 150 organizations around the w…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111202/capt.bbf35bd22d934f4c9be2b00af8ab658e-bbf35bd22d934f4c9be2b00af8ab658e-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=6urEa.SeAKyMDSlXctKS0w--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, signs autographs while visiting a shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russians cast their ballots with muted enthusiasm in national parliament elections Sunday…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_divided_taliban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.1686be2408a84167b63f8827599f9216-1686be2408a84167b63f8827599f9216-0.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=9L2.mH9ZDvuvZd6NefDSWg--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="FILE - In this this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, is seen in Sararogha of the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The toxic mix of militant groups holed up in Pakistan's tribal belt on the border with Afghanistan have splintered i…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111202/capt.8c8bf993d5f140c7b3c65ea3d60ab9cb-8c8bf993d5f140c7b3c65ea3d60ab9cb-0.jpg?x=108&y=130&q=85&sig=ob30aaNuT_BFQfwbEObv6g--" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="President Barack Obama listens while touring a building under construction in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, part of his Better Building Initiative to promote energy efficient buildings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over e…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.02c8752f53904f59928422962d4d9204-02c8752f53904f59928422962d4d9204-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=bSATK5EdVsQMwgxLQhjWgA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at a town hall style event in the Staten Island borough of New York Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Gingrich praised GOP presidential rival Herman Cain for bringing optimism and big ideas to the 2012 campaign on Saturday. Polls show that Gingrich…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_go_co/us_deficit_difficulties"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.d7a3513a87fb455c9593900bf1b5a879-d7a3513a87fb455c9593900bf1b5a879-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=PDeNFvuHdHoNByXZU3Kldg--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2011, file photo Erskine Bowles, co-chair of President Obama's Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, foreground, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Supercommittee). The coming year-end spending on the table after the failur…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111203/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111202/capt.bb481338d5e348559af7e64d8315aad3-bb481338d5e348559af7e64d8315aad3-0.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=zPNlNAvKxFoYanX.NRzVzg--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111204/ap_on_el_pr/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.675df4501be643439151411c47dfd8f3-675df4501be643439151411c47dfd8f3-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=XTPEwwwjuKJmmHdcigT4lQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, right, bows and his wife Gloria applauds as Cain arrives on stage for a scheduled announcement Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Atlanta. 'I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family,' Cain told sever…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111203/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.1686be2408a84167b63f8827599f9216-1686be2408a84167b63f8827599f9216-0.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=9L2.mH9ZDvuvZd6NefDSWg--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="FILE - In this this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, is seen in Sararogha of the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The toxic mix of militant groups holed up in Pakistan's tribal belt on the border with Afghanistan have splintered into more than…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_maliki_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111203/capt.03ec36bc56994a7f97a8cf3cd6ddebc0-03ec36bc56994a7f97a8cf3cd6ddebc0-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=oYez8T4U0Wvc.Bij3tZHfw--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says a bombing in the Green Zone earlier this week was an assassination attempt against him. During an interview with The Associated Press Saturday, No…
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The company Carrier IQ became an overnight pariah this week after a security researcher published information suggesting that software it makes could potentially be used to significantly violate the privacy of millions of smartphone users. The researcher is Trevor Eckhart, and he said that the way Carrier IQ's application is used could allow it to tell your cellphone carrier all sorts of things. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111203/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111202/capt.22bbc1ceed604d238fce29eea753e142-22bbc1ceed604d238fce29eea753e142-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=5iZ2K5qPgcvJPIL5OXuz7w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2011 file photo, Maria Aplington, from United Parcel Service, helps Craig Wooten, of Portland, navigate their web site during a hiring event for UPS at WorkSource Oregon, in Portland, Ore. The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers…
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