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Apple
iPad
Between
a cell phone and a computer
The
new device combines the functions of a computer, a videogame, a music player and
a book reader. With a 9,7" touch screen, the computer is so thin that it
is almost practically only screen. Keyboard, and other functions, appear directly
on the screen. All iPod or iPhone applications work well on iPad. Its design and
features made some people call it a big iPhone - and, what's bad, without the
phone function... full story
By GABRIELA ZAGO from Porto Alegre, BRAZIL
Google
vs. China
To
censor or not to censor
An
official Google Blog stated that after detecting a "highly sophisticated
and targeted attack" from the part of the Chinese, which was described as
an attack to intellectual property, Google decided it is time to do something.
The attack was directed to different international companies, but it also consisted
of a breach into two e-mail accounts belonging to Chinese human rights activists...
full story By
ROXANA CIUPARIU from Bucharest, ROMANIA
Complex
society in Western Amazon
Brand
new Azteca's neighbor
The
highly respected periodical 'The
Economist' once wrote about Brazil as indeed the country of the future. But
by a recent discovery Brazil is also one significant of the past. Researchers
found signals - geometric earthworks - of an unknown pre-Columbian monument-building
society in Amazon. Thus, History has to be partly retold, as American peoples
before Colombo's arrival seem to be fairly different... full
story By LUAN GALANI from Curitiba,
BRAZIL
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