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I've never been one to follow the latest digital fashions immediately. I didn't start blogging until November 2005, and I only joined Twitter in January 2009, and identi.ca in May 2009. And so it is that I haven't joined Foursquare, or any of the other location-based social networks. That's partly because I like to wait, to see whether it's just a passing fad or something more enduring, and partly because I frankly haven't seen the point. Maybe it's about this:

In January, Canadian newspaper chain Metro did a deal with Foursquare that tied content like restaurant reviews to specific locations as "tips." When we saw that, we said that the era of location as platform had arrived. Then, in April the Wall St. Journal began experimenting with location-based news, adding interesting news tidbits to locations around New York City on Foursquare. That was getting interesting - not just lightweight content like restaurant reviews but things like a note that a terrorism suspect was once arrested in a particular location!

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 – Don’t miss to Germany vs Spain tonight. Every is set for soccer game between Germany vs Spain for the FIFA World Cup Semi Finals.

The game of Germany vs Spain is scheduled this July 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm ET at Durban, Durban. Everybody now is hooked up on this game and of course want to know who will be facing Netherlands in the Finals of World Cup 2010.

Germany vs Spain Now! Klose and Podolski are the two of the best players on Germany’s line up while Spain has David Villa and Alonzo on their side. What do you think will happen next between this two? Finally a dream is coming true for Spain , a win over Germany will bring more reality on their for them. Minutes form now the semi finals of the World Cup is starting now, Germany is ready and of course Spain. We expect lots of things tonight and grab the opportunity to see Germany vs Spain Live.

Spain claimed their first major title in 44 years after winning Euro 2008 with a well deserved victory over Germany, now the two will meet again in a World Cup semifinal showdown in Durban South Africa on Wednesday, as Vicente del Bosque’s men look to repeat France’s feat in 1998 and 2000 of simultaneously holding the European and World Cup titles.

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was Spain’s goal hero in that match, striking after 33 minutes when he gracefully lifted Xavi’s pass over Germany keeper Jens Lehmann. World Cup Free Picks – Germany vs. Spain Lines.

The story in South Africa this summer has been the spectacular play of Valencia forward, and leading contender for the 2010 Golden Boot Award, striker David Villa, whose 83rd minute goal against Paraguay in he quarterfinals gave La Roja a 1-0 win and a spot in Wednesday’s semifinal against Germany.

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Unless your hand is forced by your company’s “legacy” IT infrastructure, there aren’t too many reasons to buy Microsoft Office anymore. Nothing’s wrong with the productivity software standard, except for the price tag: It has one. There are several alternatives that replace it or improve upon it for the attractive price of zero dollars.

OpenOffice.org, a project of Oracle, Sun Microsystems and others, launches as one program, rather than three or four separate ones. It takes its time starting up, but works smoothly after that.The awkwardly named software duplicates.

The Microsoft Office experience almost exactly - even the annoying parts, like an auto-complete function in Writer that’s turned on by default, and endless options and menus. Using the word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, it’s easy to forget it’s a free product.

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Sony Corp has started to provide free software updates to more than half a million users worldwide to fix a glitch that could cause overheating in its popular VAIO laptops. So far, no injuries have been reported, but the Tokyo-based electronics company said it has received a total of 39 problem reports, including 26 in the US, with users complaining about the heat and distortion of the shape of their computers, the company said.

The problem could affect a total of 535,000 VAIO laptops worldwide, mainly with US users but also others in Europe, Japan and the rest of Asia. The overheating could occur when a user plugs in an adapter to charge when a battery in the laptop is nearly used up, Sony said.

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A report calling for the abolition of hidden superannuation fees and commissions has been given to the federal government, with a response promised within weeks. Labor is expected to legislate for a default super scheme that would cover 80 per cent of workers, in the biggest industry shake-up since the advent of compulsory super in 1992.

The fee-free accounts, known as My Super, would be banned from charging hidden fees and giving commissions to financial advisers. Fee-free super report handed to govt June 30, 2010 - 8:59P A report calling for the abolition of hidden superannuation fees and commissions has been given to the federal government, with a response promised within weeks.$H|OME$

Labor is expected to legislate for a default super scheme that would cover 80 per cent of workers, in the biggest industry shake-up since the advent of compulsory super in 1992. The fee-free accounts, known as My Super, would be banned from charging hidden fees and giving commissions to financial advisers.
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Super system review chairman Jeremy Cooper has previously suggested extending fee-free rules to all super products, covering 80 per cent of Australians.

The contents of his final report have been handed to the government, with Superannuation Minister Chris Bowen promising to release a response soon.

"I'll be releasing it in the not too distant future," he told ABC Radio.

"I won't be releasing it today, but I won't be sitting on it for weeks either." Mr Bowen said reforms to lower super fees would enable Australians to live with a more comfortable retirement income and boost national savings. "That will be a change for the better," he said.

The three-part review has also recommended changing privacy laws so tax file numbers could be linked to lost super accounts. But the government is unlikely to adopt a separate recommendation calling for super accounts to be divided into categories known as universal, disengaged, choice and self-managed.

The proposal was designed to minimise fees but retail, industry and non-profit super funds united to campaign against the idea. The year-long review received 450 formal submissions, amounting to almost 7300 pages of opinions, ideas and data. More than 200 of the submissions came from individual super fund members.

The FIFA World Cup 2010 Round of 16 games continue today in South Africa with two more great matches to look forward to. Spain vs Portugal is one a lot of people will be waiting for as the teams are ranked second and third in the world respectively and now we have reached.

Brazil take on Chile at the Ellis Park stadium in a tough round of 16 match of the FIFA World Cup 2010. Brazil who have had 2 wins and a draw in the group of 16 will be vary of the Chileans who have also played pretty well and except for a defeat to Spain have looked pretty strong.

Chile on the other hand will come out strong and hard at the Brazilians in a bid to make it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. All this tension definitely makes for a very exciting match.Excited? Want to watch the Brazil vs Chile match online? Well, you are in luck you can watch the Brazil vs Chile match from FIFA World Cup 2010 live online using high quality live streaming links.

Short Message Service (SMS) is the text communication service component of mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between mobile phone devices. SMS text messaging is the most widely used data application in the world, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers. The term SMS is used as a synonym for all types of short text messaging, as well as the user activity itself, in many parts of the world.

SMS as used on modern handsets was originally defined as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards in 1985 as a means of sending messages of up to 160 characters, to and from GSM mobile handsets.

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