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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 12, 2009

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Today's Headlines
IE6: Dead Browser Walking
Where Are the LiMo App Developers?
How Hybrid and Electric Car MPG, Price Tags Stack Up
Netflix Plans Sequel to Million-Dollar Suggestion Contest
Google Offers Testers a Sip of Caffeine
Facebook Slurps Up FriendFeed

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Today's Story Highlights

IE6: Dead Browser Walking
Google's social network Orkut reportedly plans to phase out support for
Internet Explorer 6, igniting a long-simmering debate over continued use
of the 8-year-old version of the browser. The current version is IE8.
Microsoft intends to maintain support for IE6 in conjunction with its
support for Windows XP -- the OS that originally delivered it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67840.html

Where Are the LiMo App Developers?
LiMo Foundation, a Linux mobile operating system consortium, announced
that two of its members -- NEC and Panasonic -- are shipping the latest
round of LiMo-compliant devices. NTT Docomo plans to use the new
handsets in its Prime and Style series of phones, marketed primarily in
Japan.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67841.html

How Hybrid and Electric Car MPG, Price Tags Stack Up
Hybrids like Toyota's Prius and plug-in vehicles such as the Chevrolet
Volt run on systems other than purely gas-fired engines. The systems, or
powertrains, that drive the so-called greener cars use electricity
generated by batteries and electric motors to either supplement or
largely take the place of internal-combustion engines.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67845.html

Netflix Plans Sequel to Million-Dollar Suggestion Contest
You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize." The DVD rental company has
not yet announced a winner for its first US$1 million challenge to
improve its system of recommending movies that subscribers may enjoy,
but it is already indicating there will be a sequel. Netflix's chief
product officer, Neil Hunt, said Netflix will announce specific details
of a second contest in late September.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67844.html

Google Offers Testers a Sip of Caffeine
As if its widely acknowledged dominance of the U.S. search engine market
is not enough, Google on Tuesday revealed that it's working on a next-
generation architecture for Web search. The formerly secret project,
code-named "Caffeine," is the first step in a process to improve the
search engine in various areas, including indexing speed, accuracy and
comprehensiveness, Google said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67833.html

Facebook Slurps Up FriendFeed
In a continuing bid to make itself ever more relevant to advertisers and
open its doors to the broader Internet, Facebook has acquired social
media aggregator FriendFeed. Founded in 2007 by four former Google
developers, the FriendFeed service allows users to build customized
feeds based on information they find and activities they engage in on
the Web and other social media sites.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/67832.html

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