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Iphone

Submission + - Apple relaxes iOS development tool restrictions 1

An anonymous reader writes: Earlier this year Apple caused major upset among developers by updating the iPhone developer program license with clause 3.3.1. It basically stopped the use of cross-platform compilers, meaning Adobe Flash could not be used to develop an app for the App Store. The move also put into doubt which other development platforms could be used and generally caused a lot of confusion. Apple has just significantly relaxed that policy and allowed for the use of development tools, as long as "the resulting apps do not download any code".
Operating Systems

Submission + - Ubuntu vs Fedora vs OpenSuSE vs Mandriva (lugradio.org)

An anonymous reader writes: Its been a good few weeks for distro releases with Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora and Mandriva all releasing new versions but which ones best? The Lugradio team talk to Adam Williamson from Mandriva then don asbestos suits and put all four through a series of real world tests. Find out which came out best and which just suck here
Power

Submission + - New 125 Miles per Gallon Toyota Prius

Iddo Genuth writes: "The Pennsylvania based Lithium Technology Corporation recently demonstrated a new type of "plug-in" Toyota Prius hybrid car. The new model is based on advanced lithium iron phosphate battery which allows the hybrid car to travel up to a distance of 125 miles per gallon of fuel — making it possibly the most efficient mass-produced car in the world."
Biotech

Submission + - Dying of plastic overdose in the Pacific?

Noryungi writes: "This amazing, and scary, article talks about the discovery of a zone of the Pacific Ocean — twice the size of Texas — that is dying because of the plastic brought there by the current. Since this particular area is also a high pressure zone, plastic stays trapped and slowly poison all forms of life. The pictures are scary as heck."
Announcements

Submission + - Ask.com does serious revamp of search engine.

nmk writes: "Ask.com has done a complete overhaul of their search engine interface. The new results page is devided into three colums. The left column allows you to narrow or expand your search by providing relevant criteria. The center colum provides traditional search results, while the right columg gives context specific media results (pictures, videos, blogs, news, time, weather). The results column also allows you to see a thumbnail of each page and also save your favorite search results. There are a number of other advanced featuers that become evident when the new engine is used. This seems to be a far more advanced interface than what is provided by Google. Do you think it will be enough to convince a substantial number of people to evaluate Ask as an alternative to Google."

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