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		<title>Idolian IdolPad tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vietnam News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ No matter how high end you make a particular device, there will always be a market for the masses who tread between value and performance. After all, the rich will always have their own playthings, while most of us who live from month to month are always on the lookout for something that gives the best bang for the buck. The Idolian IdolPad tablet is one such device that has joined the masses of Android-powered devices that allow you to play Angry Birds on the go without missing a beat. For just a Benjamin, the Idolian IdolPad will run on a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, sporting 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, HDMI out, a microSDHC memory card slot, and runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system – all the while playing nice with Google’s official Android Market so that you can get your fix of free apps (as well as paid ones, if those happen to appeal to you). The processor might be single-core, but you do get what you pay for, and just how many other tablets out there in the market come with such specifications at that price point? The potential downside would be its resistive panel display with a rather stingy resolution count of just 800 x 480 pixels. By Ubergizmo . Related articles : RedPad tablet for the Red Army , Fake tablets deluge coming your way? , ]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V Stylish 18.2 MP Glass Design Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thailand Real Estate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sony launched the stylish new Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V featuring a beautiful reinforced glass design, a look that will go well with your iPhone. With fierce competition coming from the high-end smartphones that now deliver high megapixel cameras with good lenses and sensors (Xperia Ion with 12 MP Exmor R sensor and Nokia Lumia 900 with Carl Zeiss lens), it is hard for point-and-shoot to remain attractive to highly demanding consumers. Beside the innovative and stylish design, the  DSC-TX200V packs serious performance in its slim body, thanks to a enhanced 18.2 MP “Exmor R” CMOS sensor and a new BIONZ processor that deliver “ Extra High Sensitivity ” technology for enhanced low-light shooting capabilities. Other new features include the Optical SteadyShot Active Mode , that provide better image stabilization and a super fast auto focus with a speed of approximately 0.13 seconds in daytime and 0.25 seconds in low-light situations (speed vary based on shooting conditions), according to Sony. Despite its elegant appearance, the Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is also a tough cookie, and “reinforced glass design” means the camera is waterproof (up to 5m,16 feet), dustproof and freeze-proof (up to 14 o F). The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V  will be available in March in silver, red and violet for about $500. Check the features list in the complete article. (more…) By Ubergizmo . Related articles : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620 and DSC-W610 , Top 10 CES Gadgets , ]]></description>
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		<title>US blogger given life sentence in Ethiopian prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zhong Li</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Federal High Court in Ethiopia has dropped a life sentence on expatriate journalist and blogger Elias Kifle. Kifle’s occupation is the editor of the Washington D.C.-based blog, Ethiopian Review, where he was sentenced without being present at the courtroom. While there were whispers going around earlier that he could very well be handed down the death penalty which is the maximum for his alleged crime of “political terrorism” in Ethiopia, I am quite sure that he and his family heaved a collective sigh of relief with the new sentence. Kifle is not the only person to be found guilty, as other defendants were also in the same boat as Kifle (although with differing sentences). (more…) By Ubergizmo . Related articles : Blogger's new Dynamic Views is hip and fresh , Official Blogger app for iOS released , ]]></description>
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		<title>ZTE Light Tab 2 Android 2.3 tablet headed to the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zhong Li</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Shopping around for more ZTE tablets? Well we know that the ZTE Optik will be headed for Sprint, and the ZTE V66  is expected to arrive on Verizon, but it seems that ZTE has more tablets up their sleeves with the ZTE Light Tab 2 which is expected to arrive over in the UK some time next month. (more…) By Ubergizmo . Related articles : Verizon's ZTE V66 tablet gets pictured , ZTE Optik budget Android tablet arriving on Sprint , ]]></description>
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		<title>2012 GDP, inflation targets hard to achieve</title>
		<link>http://siamnews.net/news/14448-2012-gdp-inflation-targets-hard-to-achieve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>East Asia Forum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many economic problems are still looming large in and outside Vietnam, making experts at a recent business forum in HCM City believe this year would be very challenging for Vietnam to reach targets for gross domestic product growth and inflation. ]]></description>
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		<title>US Lawmaker Notes Progress in Burma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>voanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A top U.S. lawmaker is applauding political reforms in Burma, but says more change is needed.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently returned from a trip to Burma, where he met with democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein. The Senate's top Republican took to the chamber floor to deliver a hopeful and cautiously-optimistic message on Burma, which he described as having been one of the world's "most isolated and oppressed" nations. "Many of us wondered if things would ever change in Burma.  After my recent visit, I am pleased to say that change is clearly in the air," said McConnell.  "It appears Burma has made some progress towards democracy in the past six months, made more than it has in decades.  I can tell you this is welcome news." Mitch McConnell is a lead author of annual bills imposing sanctions on Burma.  He praised the country's transition toward civilian rule and the freeing of political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent much of the past two decades under house arrest.  The two met last week in Rangoon. "By her courage and her patience, that justice delayed would not be justice denied, Aung San Suu Kyi has kept the hope of freedom in her country alive," added McConnell.  "Never did I think I would get to meet the Nobel laureate in person.  And, Mr. President, it was quite a moment." McConnell said Burma's government has taken "undeniably positive steps towards reform," and endorsed the exchange of ambassadors between Washington and Rangoon, but he said more must be done. "The government of Burma still has a substantial way to go to achieve real and lasting reform," said McConnell.  "I do not support, and I do not think the [Obama] administration would support lifting the [U.S.] sanctions that have been imposed unless there is much further progress." McConnell listed upcoming parliamentary elections as an important test of that progress, and urged a full reconciliation between Burma's government and the country's ethnic minorities.  He also demanded full disclosure of Burma's dealings with North Korea. In a recent interview with the Washington Post newspaper, Burma's president argued his country has complied with Western demands, adding he would like to see U.S. sanctions eased and eventually dropped. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand to expand trade and investment with India</title>
		<link>http://siamnews.net/news/14433-thailand-to-expand-trade-and-investment-with-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thailand-business-news</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi business newspaper economic times says that India and Thailand will sign a free trade agreement by the middle of this year, according to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. ]]></description>
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		<title>HCM City in the zone</title>
		<link>http://siamnews.net/news/14419-hcm-city-in-the-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thailand Real Estate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City industrial zones are crafting ways to weather the economic storm and push performances in 2012. ]]></description>
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		<title>Burma Ready to Play Ball With US</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>voanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton said the US “will further embrace” Burma if “the government releases all remaining political prisoners, ends violence against minorities – and cuts military ties with North Korea.”]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants Learn English With Their Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>voanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Tha Neih Ciang is learning vocabulary words with other immigrant students. She's among four dozen Burmese youngsters at Bollman Bridge Elementary School, which is less than an hour's drive from Washington.   Their teacher, Laurel Conran, specializes in teaching English to speakers of other languages. “Today we were doing text structures," she says. "I wanted them to know the vocabulary, the language of text structures, so when they go back into the classroom and work with their peers, they can do this successfully in the classroom.” Lunch-time learning Tha Neih’s mother, Tin Iang, also practices English with Conran, only their session takes place in the cafeteria of Coastal Sunbelt Produce. Many Burmese refugees work on assembly lines at the fruit and vegetable distributor. Conran started classes here to help them learn English. “The program is a six-week session," she says. "It is once a week, on every Wednesday from 12 to one o’clock. So every Wednesday I go to Coastal Sunbelt.” About 18,000 Burmese refugees have come to the United States each year since 2007. Four years ago, when a large number of Burmese refugees first arrived in Howard County, Bollman Bridge Elementary introduced intensive English programs for the children. While the youngsters learned English, Conran noticed it was hard to connect with their parents. “Some of them do not know the name of the school that their children attend,” she says.   With help from Lisa Chertok - a school parent and manager at Coastal Sunbelt - Conran developed English lessons to teach at the parents’ workplace. Each Wednesday, during their lunch break, Burmese workers sit in small groups with an English-speaking volunteer to practice their new language skills. Making a difference The program has the support of Bollman Bridge’s principal. “I really see it as the beginning of a great partnership between a business and a school and we have just begun to scratch the surface with how that could benefit, really, the greater community,” says Jonathan Davis, who hopes the lessons help Burmese parents become more comfortable communicating with the school. “Even as simply as making a phone call to say that their son or daughter is sick, even if that is the amount of English that they have gotten from the program, that truly will help us.”    Chertok believes it's already made a difference in the workplace. “When the Burmese employees got here, they were very, very shy," she says. "Now I find that they are more responsive as employees. They are more communicative. They are also, as parents, more involved in their children’s school.” For their efforts, Chertok and Conran received a 2011 Community Builders Award from Howard County. “I love this program," Conran says. "As a community we want to work together, collaboratively, because when everybody works together it is a win-win situation.”   ]]></description>
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