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Yet another Facebook privacy story, this time broken by an investigation by the Wall Street Journal. Its investigation has revealed Facebook is letting applications hand over personal details to third parties. WSJ found that even when users of Facebook applied the highest privacy settings, their details were still being picked up by marketing and web tracking organisations. Such exchanges affect tens of millions of people across the most popular apps, and breaks Facebook’s own rules on securing personal information. Facebook said it would be adding new technology to the platform in an effort to curb the issue. Does this keep happening? Yes. Does Facebook become any less popular? No.
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sEts bring 3d tv to doHa Sony has announced the Middle East debut of its new 3D Bravia televisions, available in 40-inch, 46-inch, 52-inch, 55-inch and 60-inch screen sizes. Said a Sony spokesman, “The new Bravia TVs offer an immersive 3D ambience and the most exciting home entertainment experience we've ever created.” The new sets also access the internet using Wi-Fi. The Bravia is currently available in all major retail consumer electronics outlets in the region. The 40-inch sets start at QR9,000 up to QR30,000 for the 60-inch behemoth.
Samsung has announced the debut of their first tablet PC: the Galaxy Tab. The Tab hopes to shake up the tablet market currently dominated by the iPad. The Tab will run the Android OS with either a 15GB or 32GB capacity, and is further expandable by an extra 32GB. It has an 18cm capacitive touchscreen and weighs 380g. The Tab has great connectivity with 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0. It also features GPS and is packed with sensors (accelerometer, geo-magnetic sensor, gyroscope, and light sensor). It looks set to take on both the iPad and iPhone as the Tab makes both voice and video calls. It is powered by a 1GHz processor with 512MB of RAM, and features a 3mp camera on the back and a 1.3mp camera on the front. It can also record 720p HD videos and play back multiple formats. Unlike the iPad, it supports Flash video and can also stream content to a TV via HDMI. Expected arrival in Qatar is January 2011 at an approximate price of QR1,900 – cheaper than the iPad by some distance.
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