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            <title>Intel throws its weight behind Google Chrome OS</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200928/4036/Intel-throws-its-weight-behind-Google-Chrome-OS</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While it remains to be seen how well Google’s recently announced Chrome operating system (OS) compares alongside Microsoft’s dominant Windows platform, heavyweight support from chipmaker Intel Corp. should certainly help bolster its chances.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Nintendo software leads the way in 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200928/4023/Nintendo-software-leads-the-way-in-2009</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When the innovative Nintendo Wii first burst onto the gaming scene, many dismissed it as little more than a fad, a passing gimmick set for a fleeting taste of curiosity-fuelled success ahead of retail oblivion. 

However, despite tough financial times, Nintendo’s motion-sensing console continues to lead the hardware pack in 2009, and has now stretched its dominance into the software market too.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Google aims its new Chrome OS at Windows XP</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200928/4020/Google-aims-its-new-Chrome-OS-at-Windows-XP</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Having already helped create Android, an open-source mobile operating system designed to take on the likes of Nokia’s dominant Symbian platform, search titan Google is now turning its sights towards Microsoft and the similarly dominant Windows OS. 

Officially revealed on Tuesday (July 07), Google’s upcoming operating system is being created with contributing support from the open-source community and will be initially aimed at ultra-portable Netbook computer hardware.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Apple gives Hottest Girls the cold shoulder</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3956/Apple-gives-Hottest-Girls-the-cold-shoulder</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite developer claims that sheer weight of popularity temporarily prevented access to the naked boobs offered through its ‘Hottest Girls’ application for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple Inc. has now stepped in and officially blocked the contentious app.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Microsoft offers free upgrade from Vista to Windows 7</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200926/3944/Microsoft-offers-free-upgrade-from-Vista-to-Windows-7</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking to kill two consumer birds with one stone, Microsoft Corp. has announced the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, a promotional offer that might inspire more people to embrace its much-maligned Vista operating system (OS) while increasing exposure for its upcoming Windows 7 platform.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hottest Girls not pulled by Apple, just hit by demand</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200926/3943/Hottest-Girls-not-pulled-by-Apple-just-hit-by-demand</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Following on from news that new parental controls in the iPhone 3.0 SDK have seen Apple turning a blind eye to App Store applications carrying full nudity, reports that the Cupertino-based company has moved to block access to the first such offending creation appear to be inaccurate.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Full nudity officially arrives on Apple's App Store</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200926/3938/Full-nudity-officially-arrives-on-Apple-s-App-Store</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Considering that sex sells and the App Store has surpassed a billion downloads well within its first year of service, a degree of content offering suggestive adult themes is perhaps to be expected on Apple’s popular service. 

However, the introduction of new parental controls via the iPhone 3.0 software development kit (SDK) has seen Apple seemingly increase its tolerance where lewd additions to its online shelves is concerned now that responsibility lies firmly with developers and parents.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>iBrain FIT-IQ set to make smartphone users smarter</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200925/3904/iBrain-FIT-IQ-set-to-make-smartphone-users-smarter</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week The Tech Herald reported on the new Jet mobile phone, which maker Samsung confidently described as “smarter than a smartphone”. While that was clearly just a clever marketing line, the new iBrain FIT-IQ application from Brain Center America (BCA) aims to actively make smartphone users smarter.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Jesus Phone deprived of 'positive and fun' religious application</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200920/3667/Jesus-Phone-deprived-of-positive-and-fun-religious-application</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple’s iconic iPhone handset may have been jokingly labelled the ‘Jesus Phone’ ever since taking the smartphone market by storm back in the summer of 2007, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Apple Inc. has any religious leanings or that its smartphone is any place for religiously contentious applications.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Software piracy cost the industry $50 billion in 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200920/3655/Software-piracy-cost-the-industry-50-billion-in-2008</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Software heavyweights might be doing all they can to eliminate piracy, but a new report offered up by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and industry research specialist IDC has revealed that efforts are largely failing and the spread of software piracy is on the increase.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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