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Chrome

Submission + - SPAM: Google releases Chrome 12

An anonymous reader writes: SOFTWARE HOUSE Google has released Chrome 12, adding plenty of new features to its minimalist web browser and fixing a number of security vulnerabilities.

Google software engineer Adrienne Walker said of the safe browsing mode,

"We've carefully designed this feature so that malicious content can be detected without Chrome or Google ever having to know about the URLs you visit or the files you download."

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Idle

Submission + - Chinese Boy Exchanges Kidney For Apple iPad 2 (softview.co.in)

srimadman writes: A 17-year Old Chinese student "zheng" as a member of the latter camp. Zheng is the new owner of a brand new IPAD 2, Anhui Province resident received the unlikely event of Funds: By negotiating one of his own kidneys.
Apple

Submission + - Apple iPad 3G Has Been Hack Gives Full Phone and S (softview.co.in)

srimadman writes: An unlocked iPad 3G can be used to make phone calls and send SMS messages — just like its smartphone cousin. While we can’t vouch entirely for its veracity, the video above shows a 64 GB iPad making a phone call to Vodafone and texting adjacent iPhones.
Windows

Submission + - Nokia To Use Dual Core 1.2Ghz Processor For Window (softview.co.in)

srimadman writes: Speaking to Forbes, executive director of the Union of European semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics Carlo Bozotti revealed that at least some of Nokia phone next Microsoft Windows (WP) smartphones will be equipped with silicon from the ST-Ericsson — a joint venture between STMicroelectronics (STM) and Ericsson.
Censorship

Submission + - Flickr Censors Egypt Police Photos (thomashawk.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday Flickr removed a photoset of Egyptian Secret Police photos which had been posted to an Egyptian journalist's Flickrstream. The photos were obtained when the journalist acquired them from what he called "one of Mubarak's largest torture facilities." Flickr cited the fact that the photos "were not the user's own work" as justification for the censorship, even though Flickr staffers themselves frequently upload work that is not "their own" to their personal photostreams.

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