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TSA to passengers: No need to take iPad out of bag (Ben Patterson)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Diana.

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Ben Patterson – Ever since the iPad went on sale, frequent flyers have been asking themselves, “Hmmm — what are airport screeners going to reckon of this?” Well, the excellent news is that we now have an official policy from the Transportation Safety Administration: If it’s smaller than a laptop, keep it in your bag, [...]

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The future of MySQL in a post-Sun world (InfoWorld)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Diana.

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InfoWorld – Oracle’s absorption of Sun is complete. Now that the European Commission has blessed the merger, the Oracle logo is proudly showed to anyone who types “sun.com” into a browser. Yet if you visit mysql.com, you’ll see hardly any mention of Sun, the company that bought MySQL for $1 billion in 2008, and Oracle’s [...]

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Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy split — via Twitter (AFP)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Diana.

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AFP – Actor Jim Carrey and long-time partner Jenny McCarthy announced Tuesday they had split after five years together, breaking the news to fans via micro-blogging site Twitter.

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Don’t be fooled: Windows Phone 7, Silverlight are business-ready (InfoWorld)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Diana.

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InfoWorld – Windows Phone 7, which is Microsoft’s revamped smartphone operating system, and Silverlight, the company’s rich Internet application platform, might seem geared primarily to glitzy, for-fun applications. But Microsoft observers see an enterprise business application case for these two budding technologies. (Silverlight is being paired with the XNA gaming app dev platform to serve [...]

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Microsoft Ready To Roll Out Pink Social Smartphones (NewsFactor)

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Diana.

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NewsFactor – Go over, Google. Microsoft is plotting to launch a new line of mobile phones next week, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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