1. Feature: Hands-on: Mozilla's pocket-sized Firefox mobile for Maemo 2 hours ago permalinkMozilla announced last week the availability of Firefox for Maemo 1.0, the first official release of Firefox Mobile for Nokia's Linux-based smartphone operating system. It offers adequate browsing performance, support for add-ons, and a finger-friendly user interface that includes popular Firefox features like the AwesomeBar. This Firefox ... 2. France bars citizenship over veil 2 hours ago permalinkThe French government refuses to grant citizenship to a man on the grounds he forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil. 3. Iran 'will accept uranium deal' 2 hours ago permalinkIran's president says it is ready to send enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal agreed with the West. 4. Brokers must think twice before tweeting, Facebooking 3 hours ago permalinkIf you're a registered broker or work for firm that sells any sort of investment products, you'll want to think twice before blurting out anything that could be construed as investment advice on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking site. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has updated its guidelines for interpreting ... 5. January giveaway wrap-up and more freebies for new subscribers 4 hours ago permalinkWe had a great response to our January giveaway . We're sending out e-mails to our winners today; if you commented on last month's post or are an Ars Premier Subscriber , keep an eye on your inbox (and possibly spam folder). Additionally, if you were one of the first 20 Ars Premier subscribers after we made the original posting on January 11 or ... 6. Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs 6 hours ago permalinkAfter a big public announcement of the sort Apple had this week for the iPad CEO Steve Jobs often takes time in the day or two afterwards to have a Town Hall at One Infinite Loop, making himself available for questions from employees bold enough to stand up and take one right between the eyes.
7. A recent improvement for Arabic searches 10 hours ago permalink
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This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed. We've learned that when performing a search on Google, people sometimes forget to separate words with spaces. Moreover, people often mistakenly repeat a letter within a single word. For instance, when ... 8. LunaScript: A new language and platform to take your Web 2.0 apps to the moon? 16 hours ago permalinkA Googler and a Facebooker were in a pub discussing the complexities of building out a rich modern Web application. There are a ton of dependencies, and you need to be proficient in multiple languages and tools (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL/NoSQL, backend languages, build tools, etc). Well, they may not have been in a pub.... but [...] 9. Did the Academy get it right? 16 hours ago permalinkAvatar, Precious, An Education and The Hurt Locker are among this year's Oscar nominees. Which films should win? 10. Google Focused Research Awards 17 hours ago permalinkOn Tuesday February 2nd, we announced the first-ever round of Google Focused Research Awards. These awards are for research in areas of study that are of key interest to Google as well as the research community.
11. New Version of SVG-Edit 20 hours ago permalinkSVG-Edit is a nifty open source editing web app that uses SVG and doesn't need a server-side: The SVG-Edit team recently announced SVG-Edit 2.4, code named Arbelos. New features include: - Raster Images - Group/Ungroup - Zoom - Layers - Curved Paths - UI Localization - Wireframe Mode - Change Background - Draggable Dialogs - Resizable UI (SVG ... |
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