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While Mark Zuckerberg this week focused on finding ways that people could use Facebook to share every article of journalism and, who knows, maybe even clothing with their Facebook friends, a mayor in New England used the site to share much more.

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So today, I just downloaded Flock Browser. Why? Let me tell you the whole story.

At first I was trying to make a blog. But what went to my mind was a blogging software. >.< Can't help it. So I searched for a desktop blogging tool. Planning to make blog life easier. An then I found a link at Hongkiat.com. I found a lot of desktop blogging tools on that website both free and for sale. Of course, I first tried out a free one.

I then noticed Flock. I downloaded and installed it not knowing that it's a browser. So when I finally had it open, I found all the features to be so helpful. I was looking for the blog editor and it allowed me to setup my own account for self-hosted blogs. It also allows the user to have multiple blog accounts.

Dot.tk has been one of the popular sources of free domains. And I have been able to use it before. It wasn't really the best though. It only offered url forwarding, that's it. Although, you can really own the domain for free, it doesn't give you full ability like what a real domain offers you.

That's one of the reasons I chose a .com. Another reason is that it sounds far more decent. At least for me. And a .com (the one I got from byethost) comes with a web hosting and email hosting, so it wasn't really bad for a few $$$.

After creating a few sites, I realized though that I have to make my own personal website. Not just for personal blogs but also for reference and like an online bio or portfolio. I was thinking of a .com but I can't find the right domain name for a .com cause it seemed like all domains have been purchased already.

We should all pay homage to a little laptop known as the Intel Classmate PC. Without it, there wouldn't be a category called netbooks, and ultraportables in the 2 to 4 pound range would still cost you an arm and a leg. While most netbooks have gone on and evolved into more complex designs, the Classmate has been and still is a netbook aimed at classrooms, particularly in developing nations. The 2Go Convertible Classmate PC ($499 street) by CTL Corp. has a rotating screen and touch capabilities this time around, complete with a carrying handle. Although the bundled education software and average netbook parts are classroom-worthy, parents and kids will find more appeal in the Disney Netpal by ASUS.

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Before last week, many tech journalists had been waiting impatiently for a first look at Google Chrome like tweens standing in line to see Twilight: New Moon. Unfortunately, some tech critics were just as disappointed by Chrome’s shiny new interface as movie critics were by Robert Pattinson’s shiny old vampire. In truth, both the movie and the OS are new riffs on very old ideas.

GigaOM’s Sebastian Ripley thinks Google is taking a big gamble with Chrome. “Chrome OS will be one of the most interesting tech stories to watch next year. In many ways, though, it’s a Hail Mary,” he writes.

Randall C. Kennedy of InfoWorld is less measured in his criticism. “I can finally say I’ve seen the future . .. and it’s not Chrome OS,” he writes in a column entitled Why Chrome OS will fail — big time.

The real reason for the disappointment is that there’s nothing new about Chrome. It reminds us very distinctly of instant-on, lightweight operating systems like Splashtop which have been on the market now for a couple of years. And its promise of fast boot times is already being addressed by Microsoft and many notebook vendors who are working hard to get Windows up and running in under 10 seconds. Continue Reading...

The "smartbook" aspires to put the smartphone into the laptop. Will it be able to elevate an Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid-like experience to a larger device, or is it just more marketing mumbo-jumbo?

Two companies are hoping that the smartbook will turn out to be more than just another quickly-forgotten device sales pitch. Qualcomm and Freescale, which are both supplying key silicon technology for the devices, are pushing to make smartbooks different enough from laptops--and Netbooks--that consumers will take notice.

_{(Image Copyright: Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs holds the Lenovo smartbook, which will appear at CES in January. Credit: Qualcomm)}

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Today ASUS and Nvidia announced what they believe is the next step in digital entertainment: 3D.  We got a chance to take a look at the first notebook that will feature Nvidia’s 3D Vision technology, the $1,699 G51J 3D, a powerful gaming system that costs $200 more than the non-3D version. Is it worth the premium?

Unlike the polarized 3D screen used in the Acer 5738DG (which is software-driven, and only requires the use of polarized glasses), the G51J 3D uses a high-performance, 120-MHz dsipay–a first for any notebook–and requires a USB IR emitter and special shutter glasses that flicker on and off (though too fast for the human eye to notice). This makes the specs slightly heavier, but the reward is higher quality visuals and much better viewing angles than the cheaper Acer 3D notebook. Continue Reading...