Google Instant is useful on the desktop, but I often just search from my address bar instead of going to Google.com. Useful is probably a pretty big understatement, but a decent broadband connection yields snappy searches on Google regardless. Fire up Instant Search on a mobile browser, though, and you have something so fast that it’s, err, Instant.
I don’t mean to be flip. Instant on a mobile browser speeds up search so drastically, especially on mediocre connections where search results can be painful to load, that you may never go back to searching from an app, widget, or your mobile browser address bar. With one sad little bar of 3G, I was actually startled when my browser screen filled with search results that updated themselves as I typed a query. Here’s a video from Google’s blog post Thursday about mobile Instant Search:
If anyone were to ask me (and, unfortunately, they haven’t), I’d tell Google that this is the sort of technology on which they should be focusing, rather than legal debacles over Street View. This is why people go to Google, no matter which device they might be using: fast, convenient, accurate, predictive search.
As Google noted in their post about mobile Instant,
With Google Instant on mobile, we’re pushing the limits of mobile browsers and wireless networks. You will probably notice a big improvement in speed when you search thanks to a new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with new results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query.
Google Instant for mobile works best on 3G and WiFi networks, but since the quality of any wireless connection can fluctuate, we’ve made it easy to enable or disable Google Instant without ever leaving the page. Just tap the “Turn on” or “Turn off” link.
Unfortunately, this enhanced search is only available on devices running Apple’s iOS 4.0 and above and Android 2.2 in the United States. Everyone else is out of luck for now. Like most things Google, it’s only in beta, but google.com is now the homepage on my mobile browser. I even set Skyfire’s user agent to Android instead of Desktop where it’s been since I downloaded the browser, so that google.com would surface the link to turn on Instant.
Now if Google could just put Buzz, Wave, and Street View behind them and do more great things like this, they’d have a lot fewer legal hassles and a lot more enthusiastic (rather than default, since Google simply is search to most people) users.
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If anyone were to ask me (and, unfortunately, they haven’t), I’d tell Google that this is the sort of technology on which they should be focusing, rather than legal debacles over Street View. This is why people go to Google, no matter which device they might be using: fast, convenient, accurate, predictive search.
As Google noted in their post about mobile Instant,
With Google Instant on mobile, we’re pushing the limits of mobile browsers and wireless networks. You will probably notice a big improvement in speed when you search thanks to a new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with new results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query.
Google Instant for mobile works best on 3G and WiFi networks, but since the quality of any wireless connection can fluctuate, we’ve made it easy to enable or disable Google Instant without ever leaving the page. Just tap the “Turn on” or “Turn off” link.
Unfortunately, this enhanced search is only available on devices running Apple’s iOS 4.0 and above and Android 2.2 in the United States. Everyone else is out of luck for now. Like most things Google, it’s only in beta, but google.com is now the homepage on my mobile browser. I even set Skyfire’s user agent to Android instead of Desktop where it’s been since I downloaded the browser, so that google.com would surface the link to turn on Instant.
Now if Google could just put Buzz, Wave, and Street View behind them and do more great things like this, they’d have a lot fewer legal hassles and a lot more enthusiastic (rather than default, since Google simply is search to most people) users.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Singapore Airlines clears A380 fleet
Singapore Airlines resumed flying its A380 fleet on Friday, lifting a grounding order imposed after a Qantas A380 engine failed inflight, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing.
The Qantas engine failure, which forced the plane back to Singapore airport on Thursday, marks the biggest incident with the A380, the world's largest passenger plane which has been in service only since 2007. Qantas' A380 fleet remains grounded.
Singapore airlines said it had checked and cleared its entire fleet of 11 Airbus A380 aircraft for service, said a spokeswoman for the airline in Australia.
All 11 of Singapore Airlines' A380 aircraft had been inspected and were found be safe, Susan Bredow said.
"They have all been inspected in accordance with the requirements of Airbus and Rolls-Royce. That was done overnight and everyone is satisfied the aircraft are serviceable and will be back on their scheduled routes as soon as possible," she said.
Australia's Qantas Airways on Thursday grounded its six A380 aircraft, pending the outcome of investigations into the reasons for the failure of one of its four Rolls-Royce engines which appeared to break apart during the Sydney-bound flight.
British engine maker Rolls-Royce issued a statement urging operators of the aircraft to perform safety checks on its Trent 900 engines.
One passenger aboard flight QF32 reported hearing a "massive bang". Qantas described it as a significant engine failure.
Photographs of the engine showed its outer, rear casing had been torn apart.
Passengers also reported that a second engine on the stricken Qantas aircraft failed to shut down once on the tarmac, sparking fears it could ignite spilling fuel from the failed engine.
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Passengers said they were warned of the dangers of using any electronic device, as firefighters sprayed the aircraft which was leaking fuel from a hole in the wing.
"Despite all the lights being off, everything being turned off, there was a rumbling in the plane," passenger James Henderson told Australian radio.
"And the captain then came out and said, 'Oh look we are sorry. As you can probably gather, one of our engines won't turn off but we are now pouring water into it to stop it'."
Passenger Christopher Lee said: "Obviously in the back of your mind you're concerned about a very hot engine next to leaking fuel. Obviously you're in a state of anxiety."
A Qantas spokesperson could not confirm the passengers' report of a second engine problem.
The Qantas engine failure, which forced the plane back to Singapore airport on Thursday, marks the biggest incident with the A380, the world's largest passenger plane which has been in service only since 2007. Qantas' A380 fleet remains grounded.
Singapore airlines said it had checked and cleared its entire fleet of 11 Airbus A380 aircraft for service, said a spokeswoman for the airline in Australia.
All 11 of Singapore Airlines' A380 aircraft had been inspected and were found be safe, Susan Bredow said.
"They have all been inspected in accordance with the requirements of Airbus and Rolls-Royce. That was done overnight and everyone is satisfied the aircraft are serviceable and will be back on their scheduled routes as soon as possible," she said.
Australia's Qantas Airways on Thursday grounded its six A380 aircraft, pending the outcome of investigations into the reasons for the failure of one of its four Rolls-Royce engines which appeared to break apart during the Sydney-bound flight.
British engine maker Rolls-Royce issued a statement urging operators of the aircraft to perform safety checks on its Trent 900 engines.
One passenger aboard flight QF32 reported hearing a "massive bang". Qantas described it as a significant engine failure.
Photographs of the engine showed its outer, rear casing had been torn apart.
Passengers also reported that a second engine on the stricken Qantas aircraft failed to shut down once on the tarmac, sparking fears it could ignite spilling fuel from the failed engine.
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Passengers said they were warned of the dangers of using any electronic device, as firefighters sprayed the aircraft which was leaking fuel from a hole in the wing.
"Despite all the lights being off, everything being turned off, there was a rumbling in the plane," passenger James Henderson told Australian radio.
"And the captain then came out and said, 'Oh look we are sorry. As you can probably gather, one of our engines won't turn off but we are now pouring water into it to stop it'."
Passenger Christopher Lee said: "Obviously in the back of your mind you're concerned about a very hot engine next to leaking fuel. Obviously you're in a state of anxiety."
A Qantas spokesperson could not confirm the passengers' report of a second engine problem.
The Cooks Source, plagiarism, and the Great Gatsby
Have you ever been excoriated by the entire Internet simultaneously? Do you want to be?
Try taking someone's article without permission from a website, and, when the author writes to complain, claiming you are doing her a favor by editing it "for your portfolio" and that the Internet is "public domain."
Cooks Source (until today, when the Internet descended on it with torches and a reliable recipe for Cooks Source Brulee) is an "ad-driven, newsstand-distributed, for-profit magazine," according to Nick Mamatas, whom I am citing.
But, apparently, doing things like "citing" or "not plagiarizing articles" are not things that are necessary to do.
Here's, according to Monica Gaudio, author of the piece, what the e-mail from the magazine's editor said:
But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!"
Apparently, you're allowed to earn money by taking other people's work without permission and incorporating it into your publication! How did I miss this? Had I known this a scant few months ago, my posts would have been infinitely more dynamic!
Guess I'm starting now. Call me Ishmael!
I'd like to tell you a story about my friend, let's call him Jay. Gatsby. Gatsby was a swell guy. Liked parties. He also enjoyed things that were green. He died, though. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I just got this e-mail from F. Scott Fitzgerald that seemed a bit odd, claiming he wasn't honored by what I'd done to his work. Here's my response:
Honestly F., you should be happy I didn't just take this "Great Gatsby" book, rename it "Okay Gatsby" and sign my name to it. It happens a lot. I refer you to "Okay Expectations," and "A Streetcar Named Okay," two books I wrote recently. F., I found your book in the public library, and, honestly, F., would it be called a "public library" if everything there weren't free to be taken and incorporated into publications that are then used to make money? I don't think so. This sort of thing happens a lot in the workplace -- specifically, the workplace where, after your work is over, they leave money on the dresser for you. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that professional is a euphemism for "person to whom this sort of thing happens a lot," and that the book you wrote was in bad need of editing and is much better now than was originally. Nobody really cared about all that stuff with Jordan. If it's not Michael, I'm not playing! Those are words to live by. Now it will work well for your portfolio. I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, because I think you will spend it all on alcohol. We put time into rewrites! All that crossing out words and adding misspellings is time-consuming work! You should compensate me! Anyway, I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, mostly because they do not know that I am doing this, and I have many who write for me, always for free, again because they do not know that I am doing this.
Try taking someone's article without permission from a website, and, when the author writes to complain, claiming you are doing her a favor by editing it "for your portfolio" and that the Internet is "public domain."
Cooks Source (until today, when the Internet descended on it with torches and a reliable recipe for Cooks Source Brulee) is an "ad-driven, newsstand-distributed, for-profit magazine," according to Nick Mamatas, whom I am citing.
But, apparently, doing things like "citing" or "not plagiarizing articles" are not things that are necessary to do.
Here's, according to Monica Gaudio, author of the piece, what the e-mail from the magazine's editor said:
But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me! I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, and have many who write for me... ALWAYS for free!"
Apparently, you're allowed to earn money by taking other people's work without permission and incorporating it into your publication! How did I miss this? Had I known this a scant few months ago, my posts would have been infinitely more dynamic!
Guess I'm starting now. Call me Ishmael!
I'd like to tell you a story about my friend, let's call him Jay. Gatsby. Gatsby was a swell guy. Liked parties. He also enjoyed things that were green. He died, though. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I just got this e-mail from F. Scott Fitzgerald that seemed a bit odd, claiming he wasn't honored by what I'd done to his work. Here's my response:
Honestly F., you should be happy I didn't just take this "Great Gatsby" book, rename it "Okay Gatsby" and sign my name to it. It happens a lot. I refer you to "Okay Expectations," and "A Streetcar Named Okay," two books I wrote recently. F., I found your book in the public library, and, honestly, F., would it be called a "public library" if everything there weren't free to be taken and incorporated into publications that are then used to make money? I don't think so. This sort of thing happens a lot in the workplace -- specifically, the workplace where, after your work is over, they leave money on the dresser for you. If you took offence and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that professional is a euphemism for "person to whom this sort of thing happens a lot," and that the book you wrote was in bad need of editing and is much better now than was originally. Nobody really cared about all that stuff with Jordan. If it's not Michael, I'm not playing! Those are words to live by. Now it will work well for your portfolio. I have a bit of a difficult time with your requests for monetary gain, because I think you will spend it all on alcohol. We put time into rewrites! All that crossing out words and adding misspellings is time-consuming work! You should compensate me! Anyway, I never charge young writers for advice or rewriting poorly written pieces, mostly because they do not know that I am doing this, and I have many who write for me, always for free, again because they do not know that I am doing this.
Haines rallies for win in Italy
Matt Haines closed with a five-under 66 Saturday to come from behind and win the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final.
Haines finished at eight-under-par 276 at San Domenico Golf for his first victory on the Challenge Tour.
Third-round leader Daniel Gaunt managed a one-under 70 to end alone in second place at minus-seven. Lorenzo Gagli (66) and Lee Slattery (69) shared third at four-under-par 280.
Haines, who played in the next-to-last group, dropped in back-to-back birdies from the second. His third birdie of the round came at the par-three eighth. Haines parred the ninth to turn at six-under.
The Englishman birdied the par-five 11th, but gave that stroke right back with a bogey on No. 12. Haines jumped to eight-under when he made eagle on the par- five 15th. He parred the last three holes to hang on for the victory.
Gaunt turned at eight-under after birdies on six and nine. He tripped to a bogey on the 10th, but recovered that stroke with a birdie on 15. Heading to the last hole tied for the lead, Gaunt bogeyed the 18th for the second straight day to fall one back and cost himself a chance to win in extra holes.
Haines finished at eight-under-par 276 at San Domenico Golf for his first victory on the Challenge Tour.
Third-round leader Daniel Gaunt managed a one-under 70 to end alone in second place at minus-seven. Lorenzo Gagli (66) and Lee Slattery (69) shared third at four-under-par 280.
Haines, who played in the next-to-last group, dropped in back-to-back birdies from the second. His third birdie of the round came at the par-three eighth. Haines parred the ninth to turn at six-under.
The Englishman birdied the par-five 11th, but gave that stroke right back with a bogey on No. 12. Haines jumped to eight-under when he made eagle on the par- five 15th. He parred the last three holes to hang on for the victory.
Gaunt turned at eight-under after birdies on six and nine. He tripped to a bogey on the 10th, but recovered that stroke with a birdie on 15. Heading to the last hole tied for the lead, Gaunt bogeyed the 18th for the second straight day to fall one back and cost himself a chance to win in extra holes.
Google Extends 'Instant' To Mobile
When Google launched "Instant" for the desktop in September, the company promised a mobile version of the turbo-charged search offering would follow later in the fall. Google made good on that assurance Thursday with the beta release of Instant for mobile phones starting with most iPhone and Android devices in the U.S.
The benefits of Google Instant on mobile phones, with smaller keypads (physical or virtual) and slower load times when trying to find information quickly, are not hard to see. As with the PC-based version, you'll see predictions of what you might be looking for as soon as you start to enter a search term. "If you type [anse], for example, you should see [ansel adams] along with other predictions," noted Google in a blog post announcing the mobile extension of Instant.
Results for the first prediction appear automatically, and tapping on the other predictions will display more results. Pressing the enter key or the search button skips the suggested results and displays only those for exactly what you have typed.
To start, go to google.com in your phone's browser and tap the Google Instant "Turn on" link beneath the search box. Google suggests that if you don't see that link, to try waiting a moment before refreshing the page.
The company said the improvement in search speed is tied to a new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with new results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query. Google Instant for mobile works best on 3G and Wi-Fi networks, but a user can easily turn it off or on depending on the quality of a wireless network connection.
Google Instant is currently available for Android 2.2 ("Froyo") devices and iPhones and iPods running iOS 4 in the U.S. in English. Google is working on extending the service to more countries and devices in the coming months
The benefits of Google Instant on mobile phones, with smaller keypads (physical or virtual) and slower load times when trying to find information quickly, are not hard to see. As with the PC-based version, you'll see predictions of what you might be looking for as soon as you start to enter a search term. "If you type [anse], for example, you should see [ansel adams] along with other predictions," noted Google in a blog post announcing the mobile extension of Instant.
Results for the first prediction appear automatically, and tapping on the other predictions will display more results. Pressing the enter key or the search button skips the suggested results and displays only those for exactly what you have typed.
To start, go to google.com in your phone's browser and tap the Google Instant "Turn on" link beneath the search box. Google suggests that if you don't see that link, to try waiting a moment before refreshing the page.
The company said the improvement in search speed is tied to a new AJAX and HTML5 implementation for mobile that dynamically updates the page with new results and eliminates the need to load a new page for each query. Google Instant for mobile works best on 3G and Wi-Fi networks, but a user can easily turn it off or on depending on the quality of a wireless network connection.
Google Instant is currently available for Android 2.2 ("Froyo") devices and iPhones and iPods running iOS 4 in the U.S. in English. Google is working on extending the service to more countries and devices in the coming months
Remembering Sparky Anderson
We were young and full of ourselves, the way college boys can be. Invincible, of course. Light emanated from us. Energy seemed to stream from our fingertips.
I worked at a United Parcel Service delivery center off Soto Street southeast of downtown to help myself through college. Every year UPS would have a couple of Dodger days, and happily, every year one option seemed to be against Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine on a Sunday afternoon.
I’d buy maybe a dozen tickets, invite a group of my similarly over-testosterone filled college mates and make a day of it. Sexist pigs that we were, the girlfriends would gather at an apartment pool complex, preparing a postgame feast for our happy return.
The guys would jump in a couple of vans and head to Dodger Stadium. The seats weren’t great -- in the upper deck down the right-field line -- but the time was.
We’d feed off each other. Probably have a beer too many. Stand up and lead the crowd in chants against the hated Reds. Boo anything Cincinnati did that was remotely positive.
They were our great rival at the time, but one you had to respect. And even if you despised Joe Morgan’s arrogance and Pete Rose’s fire and Johnny Bench’s perfection, you had to give it up for manager Sparky Anderson.
He reeked class. It was hard to admit, of course, but unavoidable. He was smart, charismatic, competitive, and still, full of class. The Reds were the giant thumb holding down the Dodgers’ greatness in the early ’70s, but Anderson was a worthy foe.
If the Dodgers beat the Reds -- as we happily always seemed to do on those UPS Sunday afternoons -- we would joyously return to the apartment complex. It would have been a party anyway, but made all the sweeter having defeated Anderson and his Reds.
He won two World Series titles with the Reds, then another with the Kirk Gibson and the Tigers in 1984. It was six years after that title, I first met Anderson.
I was covering the Dodgers, spending six weeks in Vero Beach, when my sports editor asked me for a feature on this Detroit wunderkind, Cecil Fielder.
I made the two-hour drive across central Florida to Lakeland, to what was then a run-down old stadium. Anderson’s office was small and cramped and unbefitting for a manager of his stature. He had never laid eyes on me, but welcomed me into his shoe-box office.
In truth, I knew precious little about Fielder. He was from the other league, and less appealing, had been playing in Toronto.
When I asked Anderson about Fielder, I mispronounced his first name. Anderson did not correct me, but incorporated his first name in his response, politely letting me know it was pronounced Ses-sil.
I was both slightly mortified at my ignorance, and deeply appreciative of how Anderson had handled the situation. I have forgotten a thousand moments covering baseball over the years, but I’ve always remembered that one.
When I learned Anderson had passed Thursday, I quickly thought back to that quiet moment in his humid little office, when he showed a bit of kindness to a complete stranger, and wished I could send him some of that life that emanated from us so many years ago.
I worked at a United Parcel Service delivery center off Soto Street southeast of downtown to help myself through college. Every year UPS would have a couple of Dodger days, and happily, every year one option seemed to be against Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine on a Sunday afternoon.
I’d buy maybe a dozen tickets, invite a group of my similarly over-testosterone filled college mates and make a day of it. Sexist pigs that we were, the girlfriends would gather at an apartment pool complex, preparing a postgame feast for our happy return.
The guys would jump in a couple of vans and head to Dodger Stadium. The seats weren’t great -- in the upper deck down the right-field line -- but the time was.
We’d feed off each other. Probably have a beer too many. Stand up and lead the crowd in chants against the hated Reds. Boo anything Cincinnati did that was remotely positive.
They were our great rival at the time, but one you had to respect. And even if you despised Joe Morgan’s arrogance and Pete Rose’s fire and Johnny Bench’s perfection, you had to give it up for manager Sparky Anderson.
He reeked class. It was hard to admit, of course, but unavoidable. He was smart, charismatic, competitive, and still, full of class. The Reds were the giant thumb holding down the Dodgers’ greatness in the early ’70s, but Anderson was a worthy foe.
If the Dodgers beat the Reds -- as we happily always seemed to do on those UPS Sunday afternoons -- we would joyously return to the apartment complex. It would have been a party anyway, but made all the sweeter having defeated Anderson and his Reds.
He won two World Series titles with the Reds, then another with the Kirk Gibson and the Tigers in 1984. It was six years after that title, I first met Anderson.
I was covering the Dodgers, spending six weeks in Vero Beach, when my sports editor asked me for a feature on this Detroit wunderkind, Cecil Fielder.
I made the two-hour drive across central Florida to Lakeland, to what was then a run-down old stadium. Anderson’s office was small and cramped and unbefitting for a manager of his stature. He had never laid eyes on me, but welcomed me into his shoe-box office.
In truth, I knew precious little about Fielder. He was from the other league, and less appealing, had been playing in Toronto.
When I asked Anderson about Fielder, I mispronounced his first name. Anderson did not correct me, but incorporated his first name in his response, politely letting me know it was pronounced Ses-sil.
I was both slightly mortified at my ignorance, and deeply appreciative of how Anderson had handled the situation. I have forgotten a thousand moments covering baseball over the years, but I’ve always remembered that one.
When I learned Anderson had passed Thursday, I quickly thought back to that quiet moment in his humid little office, when he showed a bit of kindness to a complete stranger, and wished I could send him some of that life that emanated from us so many years ago.
Google Instant now on iPhone, Android
Google Instant has made its way to the mobile phone--at least two of them.
Google searchers in the U.S. using the iPhone and Android phones will start seeing Google Instant show up on their devices over the course of today, Google said in a blog post. It's a beta release, meaning Google doesn't want you to get mad at them if it doesn't work exactly right, and unlike the desktop version, you have to turn it on in order to see results as you type. It only works at Google.com in your mobile browser, but not in any of the other search boxes.
This is theoretically a boon to mobile searches, because typing on a mobile device is far more annoying than typing on a full-size keyboard. However, as TechCrunch notes, the limited screen real estate on a mobile device may make the service less useful. The keypad on several touch-screen mobile phones takes up nearly half the screen on its own, and the drop-down box that produces suggested Google Instant results further reduces the page available for the search results page itself.
You'll need to be running iOS 4.0 or Android 2.2 in order for this to work, Google said.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20021863-265.html#ixzz14MLhE7qc
Google searchers in the U.S. using the iPhone and Android phones will start seeing Google Instant show up on their devices over the course of today, Google said in a blog post. It's a beta release, meaning Google doesn't want you to get mad at them if it doesn't work exactly right, and unlike the desktop version, you have to turn it on in order to see results as you type. It only works at Google.com in your mobile browser, but not in any of the other search boxes.
This is theoretically a boon to mobile searches, because typing on a mobile device is far more annoying than typing on a full-size keyboard. However, as TechCrunch notes, the limited screen real estate on a mobile device may make the service less useful. The keypad on several touch-screen mobile phones takes up nearly half the screen on its own, and the drop-down box that produces suggested Google Instant results further reduces the page available for the search results page itself.
You'll need to be running iOS 4.0 or Android 2.2 in order for this to work, Google said.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20021863-265.html#ixzz14MLhE7qc
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