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Gmail Tweaks Labels and Turns Them Into Folders

Google is rolling out a handful of changes to the way it handles labels in Gmail. First, labels are moving into the top left-side navigation area, right by your shortcuts for inbox, sent, starred, and other items. You can also choose to hide some labels while showing others. Probably one of the biggest changes is [...]

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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released

The Fastest Firefox Yet Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2. As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite [...]

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Looking for Bloggers

We are currently look for people who would like to post articles on the blog. If you are interested, please email us. Tags: Blog

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Updates to the Blog

I have made some updates to the blog. The blog has been renamed to “Tech by Xecab”. There are other items which have been changed. I am hoping that these changes will allow for more and better posts. In fact we plan to move the blog to another domain soon. Thanks To Everyone! Tags: Blog

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Blackberry Tour 9630 Coming July 12th to Verizon for $199

With a 2 year agreement. Tags: 9630, Blackberry, Niagara, Smartphone, Tour, Verizon

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Intel launching cheaper SSDs with up to 320GB capacity in two weeks?

I have been wanting one of these for a while. If the price gets down low enough, I may jump on it. Rumor has it that Intel is prepped to launch its new SSDs in the next two weeks. According to sources speaking to the The Inquirer, the new solid state disks will feature that [...]

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Google Launches City Tours

Google just launched City Tours http://citytours.googlelabs.com Tags: City Tours, Google, Labs, Maps

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US Attempts to Re-Define Switchblades and Would Make Most Pocket Knives Illegal

I was told about this and copied it from http://www.knifecenter.com/american-pocketknives.html. I hope something is done about this. The U.S. Government is after your Pocket Knives! In a sneak attack, U.S. Customs has proposed revoking earlier rulings that assisted opening knives are not switchblades. The proposal would not only outlaw assisted opening knives, its overly broad [...]

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Letter From Australian Shooter Magazine

Just got this in and thought it was interesting. A letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week: “If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 [...]

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The New Firefox Logo

This is the new Firefox Logo. Very nice. Tags: Browsers, Firefox, Internet, News

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Blackberry Tour 9630 Press Release

Official Press Release RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Tour Smartphone New 3G World Phone Keeps You Connected on High-Speed CDMA Networks in North America and UMTS/HSPA Networks Abroad WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 16, 2009) – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry(R) Tour(TM) – a powerful new 3G BlackBerry(R) smartphone for CDMA customers in [...]

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Blackberry Tour 9630 User Guide Now Up

Today is a big day for the Blackberry Tour 9630. The user guide is now up and running on Blackberry’s website. This phone must be close. It’s looking like the July 16th date is getting more creditable by the hour. The guide is nice and should tell you just about anything you need to know. [...]

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Blackberry Tour 9630 Coming July 16th

The latest I have is that the Blackberry Tour 9630 will be coming out July 16th. I believe this to be with Verizon, but could end up being with Sprint. I will post more as soon as I find out. Here are some of the specs: 113.5 X 63 X 14 QWERTY Keyboard 480×360 Screen [...]

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Coming to Verizon and Sprint This Summer

It’s official. Was just announced and I am excited. This is the one I have been waiting for. Rumors have been swirling around the blogosphere for months, but now it’s official: The latest RIM BlackBerry device, the Tour 9630, is headed to Verizon and Sprint as well as Bell and TELUS in Canada this summer. [...]

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Twitter Retention Rate Is Very Low

Twitter might be the hot thing, but its user retention rate is just 40%, according to new figures. By now, everyone’s heard of Twitter after the plane in the Hudson incident and Oprah trying it out on her show. User figures have soared, but there’s a problem – almost two-thirds of those who try it [...]

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