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Wealth gap likely to narrow in 2010: president

Taiwan - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 01:20
Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Taiwan's wealth gap is expected to narrow this year as the local economy is rebounding strongly and
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Week in gaming: Move review, new 360 D-pad, console repair

Ars Technica - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 01:00

Would it be sad to admit I was excited when our Move feature was pimped on the official True Blood twitter account? If so, chain me to the sad pole, because that was awesome. We went toe-to-toe with Sony's PlayStation Move for a week, and liked what we saw. Microsoft announced the price for Xbox Live was going less than the price of a cup of coffee a month, and the rage was intense.

There will also be a new official Xbox 360 controller, but right now we don't know if it will be better... or just different. This is what gamers were talking about this week.

P.S: go buy Ivy the Kiwi.

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Taiwan aiming to sell cooked meat products to China: COA

Taiwan - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:48
Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) said Saturday that Taiwan will be
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China Airlines to join Sky Team Alliance

Taiwan - Sun, 09/05/2010 - 00:04
Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL) , Taiwan's largest international carrier, said Saturday it will join
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Talk of the day -- Government to push for stricter child sex laws

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:29
The Judicial Yuan said Friday it is pushing for a law amendment to introduce tougher penalties for convicted pedophiles,
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Commercial Times: Method matters in judicial reform

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:27
When President Ma Ying-jeou announced his nominations for Judicial Yuan president and vice
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Week in tech: Android tablet army begins march, Chrome, OAuth fail

Ars Technica - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:00

Samsung fires first Android-powered salvo at iPad with Galaxy Tab: Samsung is putting the iPad in its crosshairs with its new Android-powered Galaxy Tab touchscreen tablet. The well-specced device will launch in a few week in Europe, with the US and Asia to follow soon.

Chrome 7 shows off hardware acceleration, "Tabpose": Google's Chrome Web browser will soon gain hardware-accelerated graphics—the latest trend for Web browsers that has already shown up in early builds of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4.

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Instant coffee firm to list TDRs on Sept. 9

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 21:59
Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Super Group Ltd., the largest instant coffee producer in Southeast
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Taiwan wins award at Austria's ARS Electronica

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 21:53
Paris, Sept. 4 (CNA) A Taiwan non-governmental organization won an award at this year's Prix ARS Electronica
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Economic Daily News: Structural adjustment for Taiwan's economy

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 21:31
In a status report released this week, the Ministry of Economic Affairs noted that Taiwan's latest
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Week in Microsoft: here mousey mousey, best fake malware ever

Ars Technica - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 21:00

Microsoft unveils shape-shifting Arc Touch Mouse: Microsoft has officially announced the $70 the Arc Touch Mouse. The device is available for presale now, starts shipping in December, and officially goes on sale in January.

New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page: There's a clever new piece of malware that goes to extreme lengths to pass itself off as genuine software.

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Taiwan working to help Haiti become more self-reliant

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 20:53
New York, Sept 3 (CNA) Seven months after it was struck by a devastating earthquake,
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China Times: Absurd verdicts

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 20:07
In June, the Kaohsiung District Court sentenced a rapist to jail for 38 months only, on grounds
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Kaosiung, ranked the third best cycling city in Asia

Politics - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 19:30
Kaosiung City is ranked the third most bike-friendly city in Asia along with Kyoto, Japan, Jeju, Korea, Beijing and Singapore by CNN, a worldly-renowned English-language
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Kaosiung, ranked the third best cycling city in Asia

Taiwan - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 19:30
Kaosiung City is ranked the third most bike-friendly city in Asia along with Kyoto, Japan, Jeju, Korea, Beijing and Singapore by CNN, a worldly-renowned English-language
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Official MeeGo UI screenshots released

TweakTown - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:51
Slick looking interface with customization galore


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R2-D2 themed Droid 2 dock unveiled through contest

TweakTown - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:05
The Force is strong with this one


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LG and Plex teaming up to battle Apple TV and the Boxee Box

TweakTown - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 10:34
HDTV and Blu-ray player integration removes the need for a box


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NVIDIA announces GeForce 400M series of mobile GPUs

TweakTown - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 08:55
Seven total new GPUs coming


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41,000 Toshiba laptops recalled as possible fire hazards

TweakTown - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 08:28
AC connection overheating tabbed as the culprit


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