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IE9 beta takes a bow

2010-09-16
it's Thursday September 16 2010 I'm Jeff Bakalar and it's time to get loaded Microsoft has released a beta version of internet explorer 9 and early reviews are quite positive the new browser now extensively supports web standards like html5 and css3 features a new minimalistic user interface and microsoft claims that everything is hardware accelerated in a bit of a surprise ie9 also allows users to pin web apps to the taskbar unfortunately the new beta only works with windows 7 and windows vista machines so if you're running XP you're out of luck craigslist has announced that it will not be reopening its adult services section after shutting it down earlier this month following pressure from lawmakers William Clint Powell the company's director of customer service says those who formerly posted adult services ads on Craigslist will now just advertise on countless other venues and he's exactly right the open-source facebook competitor diaspora has released the source code to their project for now the software is still in heavy development but intrepid geeks can install the software themselves on their own servers for now diaspora can share messages and photos privately with your friends all in encrypted form the developers plan to add facebook integration and data portability in their next release apple has released a developer version of iOS 4.2 the new software finally brings the ipad up to par with the iphone and ipod touch but also packs a few new features developers will now be able to test airplay which will stream movies photos and music to any compatible device and airprint which will let you print to any printer shared on a mac or pc or wirelessly to compatible printers eager testers will need the latest version of Mac OS 10 Snow Leopard to try it out finally starting on September 21st a PlayStation 3 firmware update will bring along 3d blu-ray support now the console has already been able to play stereoscopic 3d games thanks to an update back in April of course you're going to need a 3 p HDTV to enjoy these features so head on over to cnet.com for the latest reviews those are your headlines for today i'm jeff bakalar for cnet.com and you've just been loaded
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