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GNOME 3 and Unity Alternatives: Cinnamon vs. Mateview story

http://www.datamation.com – Looking for the GNOME 2 experience? Linux Mint is the obvious choice. But how do its two desktops--Cinnamon and Mate--compare? (IT news)

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The Updated Nook HD+ Is Still Fighting The Tablet Warsview story

http://techcrunch.com – The Nook HD+ came out last December to mixed reviews. The device had a great screen but problematic bugs caused laggy performance and low scores. The company has come out with an updated version and we took a look. The 9-inch Nook HD+ is a Retina-quality tablet with a very simple mission – it wants to replace the iPad in the entry-level tablet market. (IT news)

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Google Releases Glass Specs: Full Day Battery Life, 5MP Camera, 720p Video, 16GB Flash Memory & Bone Conduction Transducerview story

http://techcrunch.com – The news about Google Glass just keeps coming today. After announcing that Glass is about to ship and releasing the Glass Mirror API documentation, Google has now also posted the full spec sheet for the Glass hardware. (IT news)

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Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission Investigating Samsung For Online Attacks Against HTCview story

http://techcrunch.com – Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission is investigating charges that Samsung paid students to attack rival HTC’s smartphones online. (IT news)

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Spotify Adds Three Asian Cities To Current 20 Served, Priced Lowest In Malaysiaview story

http://techcrunch.com – Music streaming service, Spotify, has come to the three Asian cities of Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Its premium service, priced at $9.90 per month in the US, will also be a little cheaper in the region, with Malaysians getting the lowest price. In Singapore, the service is priced monthly at $7.99 (S$9.90), in Hong Kong it’s $6.18 (48 HKD) and in Malaysia it will be $4.90 (14.9 MYR). (IT news)

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Dropmysite Upgrades As It Moves Into Enterprise Marketview story

http://techcrunch.com – Dropmysite has beefed up its site backup product with new features, as it pushes harder into the enterprise market. Its product now includes features like incremental backups, public key authentication and PostgreSQL database support, it said. Backups start at 10Gb for $19.99. The Singaporean company was started in September 2011. (IT news)

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GSF India, Which Aims To Be The “TechStars Of The Emerging World”, Partners With MITview story

http://techcrunch.com – GSF India, a new accelerator with hubs across several cities in India, is adding another global partnership to its roster. The incubator, which has already done deals with the U.K.’s Seedcamp and the U.S.’s 500 Startups, is linking up with MIT to bring founders and mentors from Boston back to India and to send local entrepreneurs back on an exchange. (IT news)

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Details Of Immigration Bill Revealed, More High-Skilled Visas And Employer Feesview story

http://techcrunch.com – New details of the highly anticipated comprehensive immigration reform bill have leaked ahead of its introduction to Congress on Tuesday (April 16). Most of the technology industry will be pleased that it nearly doubles the number of high-skilled visas (H1-B), from the 65,000 to 110,000, with a maximum of 185,000 in the future. (IT news)

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Twitter Reportedly In Talks With Viacom And NBCUniversal For Content-Sharing Dealview story

http://techcrunch.com – Twitter is nearing an agreement with Viacom to host TV clips and sell advertising on the site, reports Bloomberg. (IT news)

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Google Releases Glass Mirror API Developer Guides And Details Best Practices, API Remains In Limited Previewview story

http://techcrunch.com – Earlier today, Google announced that it is about to ship its first Google Glass units and just in time for them to arrive, Google has now also posted the developer guidelines for its Glass Mirror API. Access to the API itself, it’s worth noting, is still in limited preview and only developers who have access to the Glass hardware will be able to work with the API. (IT news)

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Google's Glass Companion App For Android And Web-Based Setup Wizard Are Now Liveview story

http://techcrunch.com – After a slew of updates about Google Glass today, the company has now released some of the final pieces for the Glass launch: the MyGlass companion app for Android and a web-based Glass setup wizard. (IT news)

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Red Hat Announces RDO And OpenStack Partner Programview story

http://techcrunch.com – At the OpenStack Summit today, Red Hat announced RDO, “a freely available, community-supported distribution of OpenStack that runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora and their derivatives.” In essence, RDO will function for Red Hat OpenStack much like Fedora does for Red Hat Enterprise Linux: new features will land upstream, get integrated into RDO, and eventually make their way into (IT news)