tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21490652502032815702024-03-08T00:32:04.801-08:00Technology NewsInteresting Technology NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747904018624562807noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149065250203281570.post-43889973139059388552013-01-04T15:13:00.000-08:002013-01-04T15:13:25.787-08:00The apps of 2012<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> In '<a href="https://play.google.com/store" target="_blank">Google Play</a>', the Android app store, have a list of apps, free and paid, that more have fallen this year (both new and old that have been updated): <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ldmVybm90ZSJd" target="_blank">Evernote</a>, Pinterest, Grimm Snow White , Pocket, Expedia, Ancestry, Fancy, SeriesGuide, Pixlr Express and Ted. A dozen different options aimed at audiences and colorful.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"> Evernote is an app which aims to enable the user to remember everything. Saves all data in the cloud and consult them when the need for it, so that we do not forget anything. Its use at the individual and business have driven its success.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> The social network app for sharing photos, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pinterest&hl=ro" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, has also been the most decargadas the year, along with Grimm Snow White, the classic tale, illustrated, interactive and available in six languages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"> The list is completed SeriesGuide, an app for getting lost in the vast world of the television series, Pixlr Express, retouching photographs, and Ted, the app where you can watch the fascinating TED conferences that are organized around the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> In <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, the winner of the free apps of 2012 has been Apalabrados payment and WhatsApp Messenger. In iPad have been many people who have decided to get off Pages, Numbers and Keynote, a sort of Word, Excel and Powerpoint Apple version.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> Top 10 most downloaded paid apps for iPhone have been, therefore, WhatsApp Messenger, Chime Radar, Space Angry Birds, Angry Birds, My Calendar, Where's My Water?, Trivial Pursuit, Tetris, Camera + and Fruit Ninja.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> Meanwhile, the most popular free apps for the Apple phone were: Apalabrados, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Line, Viber, BIDI: QR code reader and barcode, Shazam, Twitter and Skype.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> As for the iPad, Android payment have fallen more users are: Pages, Where's my water?, IPhoto, Numbers, Penultimate, Keynote, Angry Birds Space HD, GoodReader for iPad, GarageBand and iMovie.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"> The most downloaded free apps for said tablet are Skype, Calculator for iPad Free, RTVE.es, Facebook, Apalabrados, Angry Birds HD Free, Adobe Reader, Dropbox, and Google Earth Online TV.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747904018624562807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149065250203281570.post-15939223671278112342013-01-02T10:45:00.000-08:002013-01-02T10:45:32.332-08:00Google created an interactive map with the purposes for 2013<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Google has created a space that encourages users to share with the rest of the network its 2013 purposes. The company is gathering purposes in groups to create a map that shows, by country, the challenges of users worldwide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> The arrival of a new year often means new development purposes. Some of the most popular are the gym, looking for love or quit. To test purposes from other users and develop a map with the intentions of Internet users around the world, <a href="http://google.com/" target="_blank">Google</a> has created an interactive map.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Participating in the initiative is simple. Users who want to share their purposes just have to write it down, put your zip code, choose your country and consider a category that fits your challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Among the categories are groups such as love, <a href="http://healthycannel.blogspot.ro/" target="_blank">health</a>, family or education. These groups allow Google to display on the map separate purposes depending on the category.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> In interactive map created by the company, you can see all purposes, that appear in the original language and translated by users. Thus, it is easy to see the favorite topics of Internet in 2013 and will work this idea take challenges or goals to consider in this new year.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747904018624562807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149065250203281570.post-165425023595729242012-12-30T02:58:00.000-08:002013-01-02T10:23:00.654-08:00China tightens Internet control and imposes the use of real names<br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;">"Vendors will ask users to provide real-identifiable information when signing agreements to grant access to the Internet, fixed-line phone or mobile device or to publish information in the public domain", specifies the resolution, composed of 12 articles.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"> Although authorities justify the action aims to "ensure information security and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens", some users are behind a will to control the opinions, some critically and hitherto anonymous, Internet users.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"> While the authorities note that this procedure "is necessary to prevent false accusations" and that already exists in several countries, many users consider this step as an attack on freedom of expression. At present several cases of corruption have been revealed through leaks to journalists and citizens the Chinese forums and social networks.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"> And you are seeing this, for example, companies that provide VPN, used by dissidents or foreign journalists to enter blocked websites in China. These services, which in recent weeks has stopped working normally.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"> Internet users in China have to deal with an extensive system of censorship, especially in politically sensitive issues such as human rights, while sites such as <a href="http://facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://youtube.com/" target="_blank">Youtube</a> are inaccessible without VPN.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747904018624562807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2149065250203281570.post-28759997498029702282012-02-16T01:48:00.000-08:002012-02-16T01:48:46.003-08:00UK threatens sentences of 10 years for illegally downloading music<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The latest initiative</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">comes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">from the UK,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">where a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">music</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">download page</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">has been commited.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This is</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">RnBXclusive</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, service</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">allowing access</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">musical content</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of which </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">apparently had no</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">rights.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The website</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">displays a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">message confirming</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">that the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">British</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Agency</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Organized Crime</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">has proceeded</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to a close</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A young</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Romanian</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">suspected of having</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">entered</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">under a pseudonym</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">'</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceman_%28comics%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Iceman (comics)">Iceman</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">'</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Computer">computers</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Jet Propulsion</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Laboratory</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(JPL</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">) of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8830555556,-77.0163888889&spn=0.01,0.01&q=38.8830555556,-77.0163888889%20(NASA)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="NASA">NASA</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, near Los</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Angeles, has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">been</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">accused by the prosecution</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">federal office.</span>
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<span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="hps">Robert</span> <span class="hps">Butyka</span> <span class="hps">is accused of</span> <span class="hps atn">'</span><span class="">ciberintrusión</span><span class="">' on</span> <span class="hps">25 computers</span> <span class="hps">at JPL</span> <span class="hps">in December</span><span class="hps">2010, which</span> <span class="hps">according to the indictment</span> <span class="hps">caused</span> <span class="hps">damage amounting to</span> <span class="hps">$ 500,000</span><span class="">, leaving</span> <span class="hps">researchers</span> <span class="hps">unable to</span> <span class="hps">use their</span> <span class="hps">computers</span> <span class="hps">for two months.</span></span><br />
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<span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="hps">The computers</span> <span class="hps">are part of the</span> <span class="hps">infrared</span> <span class="hps">atmospheric</span> <span class="hps">probe</span>, which is used <span class="hps">to support </span><span class="hps">research</span> <span class="hps">on climate and</span> <span class="hps">improve</span> <span class="hps">weather forecasting.</span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="hps">Butyka</span>, <span class="hps">25 years old</span> <span class="hps">Romanian citizen</span> <span class="hps">who called himself</span> <span class="hps atn">'</span>Iceman', was <span class="hps">sentenced to three</span> <span class="hps">years in prison</span> <span class="hps">in Romania</span> <span class="hps">for a month</span> <span class="hps">after</span> <span class="hps">facing</span> <span class="hps">similar charges in</span> <span class="hps">his country.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A German court has rejected <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Apple">Apple's</a> request to ban the sale
there of the digital tablet <a class="zem_slink" href="http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1">Galaxy Tab 10.1</a> N, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/samsungtweets" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> Electronics and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_S" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Nexus S">Nexus</a>
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and Nexus phones are widely used in the mobile telephony market, the company
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with demands in different countries like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="United States">USA</a>, Australia, Japan, South Korea and
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The service allows you</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to see where</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">there are situations that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">can cause</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">public </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">warning</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Maps</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">on the interface</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">reflects</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the places where</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that is taking place</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a serious fire</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, or</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">where there has been</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">an earthquake or</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">if you anticipate</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the arrival of a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">hurricane.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The new</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google Public</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Alerts</span></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">functionality</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">aims to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">provide information on</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a map of </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">emergency</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">situations</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that are occurring</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">as well as give</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">some details about</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">what happens.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">For information on</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the alerts that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">are in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a given region the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">user<b> only has to</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">perform a search in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Maps</b>.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the <a href="http://blog.google.org/2012/01/public-alerts-now-on-google-maps.html" target="_blank">official blog</a> of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the platform</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">is illustrated</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with a simple example</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">When writing</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">'flood</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Indian</span><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">' (</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Indian</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">floods</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">) are</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">among the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">sites in the area</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that meet</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">those terms</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, a link that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">says</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><b><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">flood</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">alert</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">".</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">By clicking on the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">link you can</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">get</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">more detailed information</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">about the event</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, about what</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">has occurred, the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">current situation</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and forecasts,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">if any.</span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">YouTube</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">'s success</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">continues.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">According to a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">statement from the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">company based in </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">San</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Bruno</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, California,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">just</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">cross the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">consumption</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of 4,000</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">million videos</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">daily</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, which means</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">an increase of 25</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">% over</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the figure of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">eight months ago.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All this</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">after the acquisition</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">site by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a></b>-</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">paid</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of $</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1,650 million</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to take over </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the company in 2006</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- which has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">taken the concept of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">home videos</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to another level by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">transferring them</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to the world of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">mobile phones and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">screens</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">television.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a>'s <b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network" rel="wikipedia" title="Social network">social network</a> </b>now has <b>90 million users,</b> 60% of whom use it daily, as reported by the chief executive of technology company, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-page" rel="forbes" title="Larry Page">Larry Page</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The manager</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">has indicated in its</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">social</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">network account</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, during</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the presentation of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">company's annual</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">results</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">from Mountain</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">View (</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.0,-120.0&spn=10.0,10.0&q=37.0,-120.0%20(California)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="California">California</a>),</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">linking</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">users with </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">+</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">has grown "</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">enormously"</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Page</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">has stated</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that about 60</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">%</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of people who</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">have an account with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">+</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">uses it</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">every day</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and<b> more than 80</b></span><b><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">% do so</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">at least once</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a week.</span></b></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Page,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">who said</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">he was "</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">excited"</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">by the growth of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">social</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">network</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">argued that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">since the launch of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">+</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in June</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">have been incorporated</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">over 200</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>content updates</b>.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">According to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">an independent analysis</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">conducted by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Paul</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Allen</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, founder of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ancestry.com</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_10288446">Google</a></b></span><b><a href="https://plus.google.com/up/start/?continue=https://plus.google.com/&type=st&gpcaz=24c8b1b8"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">+</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></a><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">had more than</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">62 million</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">users in December</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>2011</b>.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In addition,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">added</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">social network</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, according to Allen</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">estimated 625,000</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">new users every</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">day.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Mr.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dotcom</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">entered his house</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and<b> tried to</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">shut</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; 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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Judge David</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>McNaughton</b>,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">District Court</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">North</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Shore</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Auckland,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ruled that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Schmitz</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">three other</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">company executives</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">were</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">also</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">arrested,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">permanecezcan</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in prison until</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">failure occurs</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to his request for</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">bail</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">bond at the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">hearing fixed</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for next Monday</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, the agency</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">APNZ</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zealand</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Together with the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">German</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Schmitz</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, also known as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kim '</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dotcom</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, have also been</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">remanded in custody</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">directors of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">same nationality</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Finn</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Batata</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and Mathias </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ortmann</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dutch,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bram van</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">der</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kolk.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They were arrested</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in various</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">police operations</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">carried out in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Auckland</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in response</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to a request</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">made by the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">U.S. authorities</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">have requested the</span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">extradition of the three </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">German and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dutch. </span></b></span></span></div>
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font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Vast</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Network</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of"</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">piracy</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"global</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">computer</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">" that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">have caused</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According To</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">order,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">more</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">than $</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">500 Million</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Losses</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">infringe</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; 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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: #93c47d;"><u><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">'</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Nothing to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">hide'</span></u></span></b>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">beginning of the hearing</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, the judge</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">answered the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">request by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the media</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">photograph the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">defendants,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">even though</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the attorney</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">defends the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">founder of </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Megaupload</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">opposed it</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, it was reported</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in New Zealand.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But after</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Schmitz</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, who has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">New Zealand</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">residence</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">der</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kolk,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">said</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">at the hearing that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">could</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">take pictures of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">them because</span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"we have nothing</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to hide."</span></b></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span class="alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All those detained</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">have been charged in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">United States</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will continue to work</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">with U.S. authorities</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to assist them in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the extradition proceedings</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">," he said</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">at a press conference</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Detective</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Grant</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wormald</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, Agency</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Financial Crimes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Organized Crime.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Most</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">products</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">operations</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">are declining or</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">contract,"</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">said</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Bambridge</b>,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">research firm</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">GfK.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"Actually</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">there are two</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">exceptions, which are</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">tablets and </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">smartphones,"</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">he said.</span></b></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And there is a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">clarification</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">tablet market</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, opened in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2010 with the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/" target="_blank"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Apple</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">iPad</span></a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">seems to begin</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to deflate</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in those countries</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">came first.</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Koenig</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, who is also</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">head of research at</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the Association</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">CEA</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1383252922">Consumer</a></span><a href="http://www.ce.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Electronics</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Association</span></a><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">)-</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">organizer of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">CES</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">itself</span><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, '</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">said he expected</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>
<b><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">an increase of 26</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">%</span></b> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b> </b>in the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">tablet market</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in North America for</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2012,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">well below the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">55</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">%</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is expected</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for the entire</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">world, and the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">161</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">% expected</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in areas such as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>South America</b>.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"It seems the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">North American market</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is almost touching</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">roof,"</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">he said.</span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps">Despite the</span> <span class="hps">slow growth</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">global electronics</span> <span class="hps">market</span><span class="">, which also suffers</span> <span class="hps">the<b> reluctance</b></span><b> <span class="hps">of consumers to</span> <span class="hps">acquire</span> <span class="hps">new TV</span></b>, <span class="hps">the real</span> <span class="hps">drivers of this</span> <span class="hps">industry</span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">CES</span><span class="hps">2012 should</span> <span class="hps">be an opportunity</span> <span class="hps">for some</span> <span class="hps">2,700 exhibitors</span>, who <span class="hps">have more</span> <span class="hps">20,000 new</span> <span class="hps">products.</span></span></span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps">The Taiwanese company</span><b> <span class="hps">Acer</span></b> <span class="hps">has introduced its new</span> <span class="hps">portable as</span> <span class="hps atn">'</span><b>the thinnest <span class="hps">on the market</span></b><span class="">'.</span> <span class="hps"><b>Toshiba</b></span><span class=""><b>,</b> meanwhile</span><span class="">, presented</span> <span class="hps">an overview</span> <span class="hps">of computers also</span> <span class="hps">very fine</span><span class="">, with emphasis on</span> <span class="hps">the comparison with</span> <span class="hps">Apple.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">church of </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">kopimismo</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">has managed to be</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">recognized</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">official religion in</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">Sweden.</span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">This</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">religion<b> considers</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">sacred symbol</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">commands</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">CTRL +</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">C</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">and CTRL</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">+</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">V</span></b><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">(copy and</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">paste)</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">and believe that</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">copying and sharing</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-size: 16px;">information is '</span><span class="" style="font-size: 16px;">the best and</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">most beautiful thing</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">there</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">'.</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">In this way</span><span class="" style="font-size: 16px;">, they hope<b> to</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">secure the downloading</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">and copying </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">files by</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" rel="wikipedia" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of religion</a>.</span></b></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">Kopimismo</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">founder</span><span class="" style="font-size: 16px;">, Isak</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">Gerson,</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">a few months ago</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">asked</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">to<b> be granted</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-size: 16px;">the official status</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">to their religion</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">(which already has</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">over 3,000</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">followers)</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">in the</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">country, which </span><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-size: 16px;">just got</span><span class="" style="font-size: 16px;">.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">kopimistas</span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">consider</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">copying the information from</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a person is</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a token of appreciation</span></b><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, "</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">that someone thinks</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">you've done something</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">good."</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to their beliefs</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, communication is</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">sacred</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and must be</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">respected:</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"It is a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">direct</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">sin</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">monitor and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">eavesdrop on</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">people."</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And now</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">they could get</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the Swedish government</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">protect </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">these and other ideas</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">through freedom of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">worship.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Thus</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, principles such as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'all</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">knowledge for all</span><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">', '</span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">seeking knowledge</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is sacred</span></b><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>'</b>, '</span><span class="alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">circulation of knowledge</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is sacred</span><span class="atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">' and '</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the act of copying</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is sacred</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">may have to be </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">respected</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in the country</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">now that the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">kopimismo</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">it's official.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">However,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">this point</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">has not been easy</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, because to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">achieve it</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">had to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">formalize</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the way they</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">pray or</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">meditate,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for example.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">However,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">despite</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">this achievement</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, Gerson </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">acknowledged</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">that remains</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Televisions</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">thinner and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">with better resolution</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">and the new</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">generation of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">laptops,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">ultrabooks</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">will star in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">the biggest</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">electronics fair</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">in the world</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">, the Consumer</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Electronics</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Show (</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">CES) in Las</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Vegas,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">which opens on</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Monday with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">the departure of </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Microsoft</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">giant</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span>
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font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">OLED</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">AMOLED </span></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">systems</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the promising</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">display technology</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">stomps</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">for years,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">but that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">seems to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">be consolidated in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">this CES</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with the launch of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">large-format</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">displays</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, such as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">55-inch</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">LG</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">has already announced</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></span>
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font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">produce</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the characteristic</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">intensity of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">color representation</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that makes them so</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">appealing</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and certainly</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">caught the attention of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">those attending this</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">CES</span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to be held</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">until Friday</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">13 in Las</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></b><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Vegas</b> (</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Nevada).</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">process improvements</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, developing</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">new applications and the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">possible announcement</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of <b>the expected</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Google TV</span></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">makes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the concept</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of television</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">connected to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">one of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the topics that</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">will be talking about</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in this show</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that threatens to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">convert the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">traditional television with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">new incentives</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">3D images</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">without glasses</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and control</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">through gestures</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and voice.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ultralight</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and the latest</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">processors</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to provide the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">same functionality as</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">a desktop,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the '</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">ultrabook</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">' <b>are the</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">industry's response</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Apple's</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">MacBook</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Air</span></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and seem</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to have found</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the keys</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">needed to address</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the popularity</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of the tablets.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Precisely</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">tablets,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">great stars of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">CES 2011</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Las Vegas</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">again</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">this time</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">accompanied</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the latest</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">operating system</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">from Google, the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Android</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ice</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cream</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sandwich</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the unprecedented</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">developments</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Windows 8.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Forecasts</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">aside,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">if something</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">will be remembered</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">this year's</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">CES</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">is</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the announced </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">departure</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of Microsoft, which</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">for the last time</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in 2012</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">will occupy one</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of the most </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">comprehensive</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and personalize</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the show</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">opened</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with a speech</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">by the president</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of the company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Ballmer</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, who</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in recent years</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">had become</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">one of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">unmissable </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">event.</span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Due</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to the proximity of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Christmas</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">releases</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">CES</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, Microsoft</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">announced a few</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">months </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in 2013</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">will not participate in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the show,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">but their presence</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">this year</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">will come</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">loaded with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">new features</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">such</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">as in previous editions</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, with more details</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of the operating system</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Windows</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">8, the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">introduction of new</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">phones equipped with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Windows</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">phone </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and wireless</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">and portable</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">4G and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">LTE</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">software.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Although</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the main event</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">phone</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, the Mobile</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">World</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Congress in Barcelona,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">is just around</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">the corner</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, it is expected</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">that manufacturers</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">try to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">stay ahead of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">competition</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">with the introduction of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">new bets.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The launch of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">an</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Intel-</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">LG</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">or the presentation</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of a new</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Xperia</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">range</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">by</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sony Ericsson </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">are</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">some of the likely</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">repeated</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">announcements</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">by the specialized media</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></span>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gTzqd4ydbYY/TwoLh6pJYtI/AAAAAAAAAYU/KFCSuWL3EL8/s1600/ps-vita-pics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gTzqd4ydbYY/TwoLh6pJYtI/AAAAAAAAAYU/KFCSuWL3EL8/s200/ps-vita-pics.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The consoles</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will also seek</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">headlines in</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Las Vegas</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">at the hands of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sony</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PlayStation </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PS Vita</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, new games</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and features to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kinect</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">motion sensor</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">controller-free</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Xbox</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and the innovative Wii</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">U,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">which makes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the concept of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">dual screen</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">gaming</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a reality thanks</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">his command with</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a tablet.</span></span></span>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The company won</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in 2010</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">another lawsuit</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">similar</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">to the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">MIC</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Company</span></span></b>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apple</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is willing to</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">take <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law" rel="wikipedia" title="Law">legal action</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">against</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">toy company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Icons</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, which will</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">commercialize</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">an</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_figure" rel="wikipedia" title="Action figure">action figure</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apple <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" rel="wikipedia" title="Entrepreneur">co-founder</a></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Jobs</b>.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If the company </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">does not cease</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in its efforts</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to sell</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">doll</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jobs,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apple</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will sue the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">company because it</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">claims to have</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">rights.</span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps">The company</span> <span class="hps">has manufactured</span> <span class="hps">Icons</span> <span class="hps">In</span> <span class="hps">an</span> <span class="hps">action figure</span> <span class="hps">of the</span> <span class="hps">co-founder of</span> <span class="hps">Apple</span><span class="">, a figure who</span> <span class="hps">bears a striking</span> <span class="hps">resemblance to</span> <span class="hps">Jobs.</span> <span class="hps">It is not</span> <span class="hps">the only or</span> <span class="hps">even less</span><span class="">, but</span> <span class="hps">it seems like the</span> <span class="hps">more</span> <span class="hps">noise is</span> <span class="hps">rising.</span></span></span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps">In addition</span> <span class="hps">to imitate</span> <span class="hps">the facial features</span>, <b>the <span class="hps">toy company</span> <span class="hps">has sought</span> <span class="hps">that the figure </span><span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">the most characteristic features</span> <span class="hps">that Jobs</span> <span class="hps">had during</span> <span class="hps">his public appearances</span>.</b> <span class="hps">In this way</span>, the doll <span class="hps">wears</span> <span class="hps">jeans</span> <span class="hps">classic</span> <span class="hps">and unmistakable</span> <span class="hps">dark</span> <span class="hps">jersey</span> <span class="hps">made famous by </span><span class="hps">Steve</span> <span class="hps">Jobs.</span> <span class="hps">It also has</span> <span class="hps">round glasses</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Apple</span> <span class="hps">co-</span></span></span></span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">founder</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of the</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">alliance.</span></div>
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font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">unless</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">toy</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ceased its activities.</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Cupertino</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">allege that the</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">action figure </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">bears a</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">strong resemblance to</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">one</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of the founders of</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apple</span><span class="" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, rights which</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the company claims</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">it has,</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">as recorded by</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;">the British newspaper </span><b style="background-color: black;"> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/steve-jobs/8993700/Apple-threatens-legal-action-over-Steve-Jobs-action-doll.html" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #66a802; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" target="_blank"> The Telegraph</a><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The U.S. company has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">written a</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">letter to the company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Icons</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">stating that<b> "</b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">any toy </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">that resembles</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the logo of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">technology company,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the name of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">person</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">'s appearance or</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">image of their products</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">is a criminal offense</span></b><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>," </b>said</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the letter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In fact,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the Cupertino</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in 2010</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">won</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">another lawsuit</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">similar</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">to the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MIC</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">make another</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">action figure</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jobs.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">By the way</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, this company</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">also markets</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">other doll </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">like</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mark</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Zuckerberg</b>,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">still</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for sale.</span></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Steve</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jobs</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">doll</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, besides going</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">dressed like</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Apple</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">co-founder</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, has</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">different accessories</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, including</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">reproductions</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">have anticipated</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the scale of the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">iPhone,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">iPad </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">another</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">one</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">of the first</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mac</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">models</span><span class="" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">but shall not be</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">included</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">next to the</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">doll.</span></span></span>
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<span class="hps" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="hps">The figure</span> <span class="hps">mimics</span> <span class="hps">the positions that</span> <span class="hps">Jobs</span> <span class="hps">did during his</span> <span class="hps">presentations</span> <span class="hps">to show</span> <span class="hps">new products,</span> <span class="hps">and users may</span> <span class="hps">use different</span> <span class="hps">parts</span> <span class="hps">of the hands of</span> <span class="hps">Jobs</span> <span class="hps">to improve the</span><span class="hps">poses.</span></span></span>
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<span class="hps" style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="hps alt-edited">Initially</span><span class="">, the figure</span> <span class="hps">will be available from</span> <span class="hps">February in</span> <span class="hps"><b>the United States</b>.</span> <span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">estimated price of</span> <span class="hps">this replica of</span> <span class="hps">Steve</span> <span class="hps">Jobs</span> <span class="hps">30</span> <span class="hps">inches</span> <span class="hps">is <b>$ 99</b></span><b> </b> <span class="hps">and for the moment</span><span class="hps">it is not known</span> <span class="hps">how</span> <span class="hps">or whether</span> <span class="hps">supplements</span> <span class="hps">marketed</span> <span class="hps">to reach Europe.</span></span>
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