VIA Introduces APC Android PC System For $49

Taiwanese chip maker VIA Technologies has introduced an APC Android PC system. It is a $49 low power desktop computer system which will run on a modified version of Android 2.3. The APC is powered by WonderMedia ARM 800MHz processor. It also has 512MB of DDR3 memory, 2GB of flash storage. It has full set of consumer I/O features in a small footprint Neo-ITX motherboard which can be connected to a TV or monitor to output resolution of up to 720p. The APC will be accepting pre-orders soon and it will be shipped in early July 2012 for just $49.

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Falcon 9 Successfully Takes Off For International Space Station

Last Saturday (19 May, 2012), SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket had to abort its planned launch just a half-second before the rocket lifted-off due to a problem in one of its valves. After the night-long effort of the engineers Falcon 9 rocket as well as Dragon cargo capsule was cleared for launch. The rocket has successfully taken off for International Space Station (ISS) this morning.

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Gmail Gets Improved Search With Autocomplete Suggestions

Google has been working really hard on its email service, Gmail. The search engine giant has been introducing a number of new features to Gmail and has been quite successful in making Gmail one of the most used email services online. Now, Google has introduced yet another tweak to the search feature in Gmail, making Gmail search more convenient and effective.

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YouTube Celebrates 7th Birthday, 72 Hours Of Video Uploaded Each Minute

One of the most wildly successful portions of the social media online is YouTube, the video site that has exploded into popularity and mass usage. And the number of users uploading content to the site, and the amount of content, is increasing each year. YouTube celebrated its 7th birthday on May 20th and announced that users are now uploading a whopping 72 hours of video each minute!

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Google Chrome Becomes The World’s Most Used Browser

Google Chrome has been trailing Internet Explorer for a long time. It was expected that it will soon overtake IE and now, this has happened. According to the latest set of data from Statcounter, Google Chrome is now the most used web browser online, beating Internet Explorer to secure the top spot.

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[Tutorial] How To View Thumbnails Of Your Favorite Websites In Mozilla Firefox

If you have already tried the Opera browser, you probably enjoyed its Speed Dial feature that appears on a new page, which include thumbnails of your favorite sites and you can access them with one click. With the Speed Dial extension, you can have the same functionality with Firefox and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.

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Eventful Week For Mark Zuckerberg – Fortune, Marriage And Grief All At The Same Time

The biggest story in the tech industry as well as in the financial industry over the last week was Facebook IPO. Facebook has finally gone on the trade floor on 18 May, 2012. Before its final debut in the stock market, Facebook has announced some big acquisitions, opened up an app store, entered in the security software selling business with major companies, revised its user policies and so on. But it was not only the company which was wrapping up everything. The CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was wrapping up his personal life too.

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[Tutorial] How To Find Mozilla Firefox Properties Command

Since Firefox 3.6, the Properties command has disappeared from the menu that appears when you click a on the link or picture from a Web page. This command allowed you to display more information on a particular object. In this tutorial I will show you how to return this option in newer Firefox versions with a simple Firefox plugin.

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