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No, Facebook Will Not Shut Down On March 15th

This afternoon a rumor about Facebook shutting down began spreading thanks to a false article created by Weekly World News, a company which is also reporting that Alien spaceships will attack earth in 2011.

CES may trigger chronic smartphone envy

You may absolutely love that sleek and shiny smartphone in your pocket, but a visit to this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas would lead you to the inevitable conclusion that it’s about to get old very quickly. You probably don’t know what processor your phone has, and why should you? But the newest phones from the likes of Motorola and LG boast two processors apiece, so they can run twice as fast as the swiftest phones currently available. Maybe, this is time for a warning: if you don’t want a chronic case of smartphone envy, maybe it’s best to stop reading. And if you continue, please try not to drool in public. FYI, Motorola’s Atrix 4G runs on Nvidia’s dualcore Tegra chip, offering 2Ghz of power and 1GB of RAM, allowed the company to claim that it’s “the world most powerful smartphone.” It’s not just all brawn, however. Running on the latest version of Google’s Android operating system, the Atrix is designed to work with various accessories like a d