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• French game maker Gameloft ditches the Android platform
  Dean Takahashi
  Nov 20 2009

  [Updated] French mobile phone games publisher Gameloft said it is giving up on the Google Android platform. The company said it is cutting back investment in making games and other apps for ...

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• Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site
  Jaikumar Vijayan
  Nov 20 2009

  A 19-year old New Jersey man this week was sentenced this week to a year and a day in federal prison for hacking into the Church of Scientology 's Web site in Jan. 2008. Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, ...

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• Hot Potato launches event streaming, storytelling in real-time
  Kim-Mai Cutler
  Nov 20 2009

  Expect big things from this location-based service. Brooklyn-based Hot Potato launched a site and iPhone app today that lets groups of people share and create streams of content around events. You ...

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• Third-party screensavers return to Snow Leopard
  Ted Landau
  Nov 20 2009

  When Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) was first released, I noted that many (maybe even all) third-party screensavers would no longer work in the new OS. This was because 10.6 required 64-bit compatible ...

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• Google Chrome OS: Everything You Need to Know
  Shane O'Neill
  Nov 20 2009

  Unless you live in a cave, don't care at all about technology or have been distracted by Sarah Palin's publicity tour, you've probably heard that Google showed its Linux-based Chrome operating ...

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• Google's Chrome OS hits BitTorrent
  Gregg Keizer
  Nov 20 2009

  Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed today.The ready-to-run ...

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• Sold-out! Grinch Steals Nook Christmas
  David Coursey
  Nov 20 2009

  Barnes & Noble seemed to have it all wrapped up. Except now it will be wrapping up many fewer Nook e-readers than had been hoped. Thanks to a supply shortage, this year's must-have techie gift ...

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• Get Chrome OS Now
  Ian Paul
  Nov 20 2009

  The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't ...

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• Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windows
  Rob Griffiths
  Nov 20 2009

  When I publish hints here on Macworld, I usually try to walk through and explain how they work, so as to help you understand what's going on behind the scenes. Sometimes, though, I'll just present a ...

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• Playhaven creates lots of fan communities for iPhone game developers
  Dean Takahashi
  Nov 20 2009

  Playhaven is making it easy for gamers to create fan communities around iPhone games. It does so by creating online forums for fans on its web site, with a new fan section for every iPhone game. ...

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