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The Weekly Spin 100-April 23, 2011
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Rise in Online Classes Flares Debate About Quality
Dish buys Blockbuster for $320 million
Apple buys 12 petabytes of video storage for iTunes
Lion’s iChat adds web page sharing to iChat Theater
iPhone 5 rumors: what to expect
Justice Dept. to Congress: Don’t Saddle 4th Amendment on Us
Windows 8 Secrets: Internet Explorer Immersive
Google to Revamp YouTube With ‘Channels
RIP Google Video: Download Your Videos by May 13 or They’re Gone Forever
Facebook ‘open sources’ custom server and data center designs
Meet the senator blocking Big Content’s Web censorship plan
Adobe debuts Creative Suite 5.5, new Photoshop Touch SDK
Kindle now available for $114;with on-screen ads
CISCO KILLS THE FLIP CAMERA
Apple previews new $299 64-bit Final Cut Pro X to arrive in June
In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge
MagicJack Loses Some of Its Money-Making Mojo
Samsung sells HDD division to Seagate for $1.375 billion
Top Federal Lab Hacked in Spear-Phishing Attack
GameFly wins in USPS dispute
Next-generation Mac Pro rumored to feature rack mount, stackable drives
Apple Is Ready to Launch iTunes in the Cloud
Yahoo Board May Be Willing To Sell The Company
Amazon Malfunction Raises Doubts About Cloud Computing
‘Doctor Who’ U.S. Premiere Will Not Be Delayed
Apple’s iPhones and Google’s Androids Send Cellphone Location
iPhone Location File Not New, Not Secret – And it has Been Used By Law Enforcement for Some Time
iPad, iPhone users can protect themselves from disclosing location information
Amazon to Launch Library Lending Program for Kindle Books
No, iPhone location tracking isn’t harmless and here’s why
No, iPhone location tracking isn’t harmless and here’s why
North Carolina cities mobilize against anti-muni broadband bill
Ride the Firefox development wave with Aurora pre-release builds
DoJ, FBI set up command-and-control servers, take down botnet
Unity environment in good shape, on track for Ubuntu 11.04
Safari to join “Do Not Track” crowd, leaving Google behind
YouTube sending repeat infringers to copyright school
Campus copyright: publishers sue over university “e-reserves”
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April 25th, 2011 on 2:35 pm
Mozilla’s new addition to firefox has a significant improvement in performance and speed. Considering it’s recent development, there are still plenty of more tweaks to be made to ensure user satisfaction. However, Firefox Aurora definitely gives Mozilla the chance to compete with Google Chrome. (http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/04/firefox-aurora-release-heralds-new-development-cycle-for-firefox/)
-David @ Softwarecrew.com