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Kazakhstan Beats Alabama On Science Tests. Massachusetts Bests Japan. Global Comparisons Are Sillyview story

http://techcrunch.com – One of America’s worst performing education systems, Alabama schools, got beat on International science tests by the humble central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, and only narrowly outperformed Iran and Turkey. (IT news)

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Motorola Mobility Sheds Manufacturing Bases In China, Brazil; Singapore Electronics Maker Flextronics To Take Over Operationsview story

http://techcrunch.com – Google-owned Motorola Mobility is shedding its manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China, and Jaguariuna, Brazil — with long-time manufacturing partner Flextronics agreeing to acquire the factories and take on management and operation. (IT news)

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Is there anywhere I can go (online) to get these chinese phones?view story

http://androidforums.com – I keep seeing reviews for these sweet ZTE, lenovo, or xiaomi phones that are just priced fantastic, but only available in China or on ebay with a 200% markup. Anybody have any legit sources to get these phones at the prices they're available overseas? (General)

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Adobe Closes Taiwan Sales Office, Alarming Local Tech Observersview story

http://techcrunch.com – Adobe announced today that it has closed its Taiwan sales office. (IT news)

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Linux Mint 14 “Nadia” KDE RC released!view story

http://blog.linuxmint.com – The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 KDE RC. Linux Mint 14 KDE KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. (Distributions)

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How to configure dnsmasq to forward multiple DNS servers?view story

http://serverfault.com – I'm now using public DNS over VPN to avoid some DNS pollution in China. (HowTos)

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Smartphone Maker HTC Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer: Benjamin Ho To Join In January To Lead “Next Phase”view story

http://techcrunch.com – There’s no denying times are tough for smartphone maker HTC, with sliding revenues and shrinking margins – and no let up expected for Q4. (IT news)

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New Huawei MediaPad 10 Link surfaces on certification sitesview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – China’s Huawei appears to have some new versions of their MediaPad 10 FHD 10-inch tablet set to be released in the near future. According to NotebookItalia, at least three different model numbers have surfaced at the WiFi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG sites. The models – S10-201W, S10-201U and S10-202U – have all received WiFi certification. (IT news)

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Marc Andreessen Discuss Innovation Through Trial and error, and error, and errorview story

http://techcrunch.com – This evening at Andreessen Horowitz‘s offices in Menlo Park, founding partner Marc Andreessen sat down with William Janeway, recent author, to discuss “Capitalism in the Innovation Economy.” Janeway is a well-known investor, and theorist in the investment and software world. It’s a very small event, but the conversation is lively. (IT news)

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Baidu Is Building Its Mobile Strategy But Says Don’t Discount PC Yetview story

http://techcrunch.com – Baidu shares have fallen 18% over the last quarter as investors worry that the search giant won’t be able to monetize its mobile business quickly enough to outpace domestic competitors like Qihoo 360 and Tencent Holdings. (IT news)