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    Daily Dispatch: FCC apps for independent speed tests; Barnes & Noble on the iPad?

    Consumer Reports News: March 12, 2010 01:54 PM

    Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.

    FCC Releases Apps To Independently Test The Speed Of Wireless Networks ( PaidContent.org)

    ...Essentially, the app clocks how long it takes to download and upload data to the phone. The release of the two apps come just days before the Commission is set to release its new national broadband plan on March 16, which will heavily stress the need for mobile data networks.

    Barnes & Noble Announces iPad App: Will Apple Really Let It Fly? (Fast Company)

    ...The result of Barnes & Noble's app (and Amazon's, for that matter) appearing in the app store would just further serve to place the iPad head and shoulders above the Nook and Kindle in capability.

    26 gigapixel panorama of Paris now online (Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights)

    A Canon EOS 5D Mark II was used to capture 2346 photos of Paris on September 8, 2009, and the resulting 26 gigapixel stitched panorama went online today.

    Lighter side: Artifical Sun Lights Up the Arctic (urlesque)

    ...The real thing, after all, was something they hadn't seen in 31 days.


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