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Chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Sudanese Nubians who lived nearly 2000 years ago shows they were ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline on a

Well, it looks like you still won't be able to actually make calls over WiFi, but Verizon Android users can now at least keep their WiFi connection active while using Skype Mobile -- something that was curiously not possible before. That's just one of the improvements in the latest version of the app (also updated for BlackBerry), which also includes features like incoming caller ID, support for copy and paste and emoticons in IM conversations, and the ability to automatically set your location as your mood message.Skype updates Android app for Verizon users, lets you keep the WiFi on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.PermalinkAndroid Central | Skype |Email this|Comments

HADOPI, meet the internautes. The French "high authority" that oversees the country's three strikes anti-P2P file-sharing campaign is now being used by spammers and scammers who attempt to trick people out of their cash by accusing them of copyright violations. The e-mails have appeared in recent days, purporting to come from France's Haute Autorit pour la diffusion des uvres et la protection des droits sur Internet (HADOPI). This is the government group that will accept file-sharing complaints from movie and music rightsholders, then issue sanctions and fines to users, with Internet disconnection and blacklisting the ultimate penalty. Scammers hope to capitalize on the publicity surrounding HADOPI, which has pledged to start sending out its first warning letters soon. The e-mails purport to come from HADOPI, charging that the recipient was detected sharing files, and they direct the user to website to make a payment. "As expected, this is classic Internet," said HADOPI's Secretary General ric Walter to Agence France Press yesterday. He advised recipients to exercise caution and not to turn over bank details or personal information. Read the comments on this post

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Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device, to cost between $200 and $300, could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.

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That Folio 100 (alias Smart Pad) from Toshiba we'd been hearing about? Yep, totally real, and totally Tegra 2-powered -- a theme that we think is going to be pretty popular among tablet makers this season. We caught a handful of Folio 100s firmly affixed to a wall at IFA today, showing a remixed version of Android 2.2, a handful of capacitive buttons, a front-facing camera, and not much else -- there's really nothing visually stunning about the setup as far as we can tell, and it's not particularly thin. After bouncing out that crazy Libretto W100, Toshiba's going to have to turn up the style dial to 11 if it wants to rise above the forthcoming onslaught of Google tablets, we suspect. Gallery: Toshiba's Folio 100 with Android and Tegra 2 spied in the IFA wildsToshiba's Folio 100 with Android and Tegra 2 spied in the IFA wilds originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | |Email this|Comments

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Recently concluded Gamescom convention 2010 was a great success as over 254,000 guests had attended the largest video games trade fair of the Europe. The annual fair houses a world platform to showcase latest trends and developments occurring around the video games industry. The 2010 edition of the fair, organized in Cologne from Aug 18 to Aug 22, was attended by 505 global-exhibitors who allowed visitors to sample out their exotic products. Children were also seen playing Nintendo DS dressed as Mario at the exhibition stands of the grand video games gala. After the successful premiere, this year we managed to make Gamescom even larger and more international, as well as welcome both more exhibitors and more visitors, said Oliver Kuhrt, managing director of Koelnmesse, the exhibition center where Gamescom takes place. The amount of positive feedback from the industry, trade and private visitors as well as the media shows us that gamescom 2010 was a completely successful event. In 2009, 459 exhibitors had attended the convention to entertain 245,000 visitors. This years fair visibly had expanded its horizon in terms of visitors and exhibitors. Such wide acceptability of the fair reflects the growing popularity of video games in our society. Seeing the enthusiasms on the faces of the visitors, it can surely be predicted that the Gamescom convention 2011, scheduled to take place from August 17 to 21, will be able to draw more than 275,000 visitors and 540 exhibitors. All most all the bigwigs of the video games industry were present in the convention to unveil their hot products to the potential buyers. Developers and publishers present there clearly indicated what might be arriving in the coming days to control tomorrows video games. For example, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Dragon Age 2 are the two awesome video games that the convention told would arrive in early 2011. Call of Duty: Black Ops, Civilization V, Medal of Honor, Gran Turismo 5, and FIFA 11, etc. were some of the great presentations of the fair that caught people awestruck on the beauty and complexity of the video games. Gran Turismo 5, the PlayStation 3 based racing title from Polyphony Digital and Sony, was adjudged as the best video game of the Gamescom 2010. Other award winning games of the convention include Guild Wars 2, Crysis 2, the PlayStation Move, Super Scribblenauts, and Kirbys Epic Yarn, etc. Image credit: ps3.pspfreak

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The demographics of the most popular social networking sits are rapidly changing. Today, more than ever, older Internet users are flocking to social sites to

Yes, I absolutely meant to end that with an exclamation point. From day one that I downloaded Skype on my Droid, I have been frustrated by the fact that it would only work over 3G and not over WiFi. Finally, the cries of many have been answered. According to Android Central, and verified by my download from the Android Market, the newest version of Skype for Android allows for simultaneous WiFi and 3G connections. No more disabling your WiFi just to run Skype! The caveat, of course, is that its still only for Verizon users (for now). But if youre paying your monthly dues to the big red V, you should head to the Android Market and get to updating. Original title and link for this post: Skype for Android finally works over WiFi!

A century ago, America's most beloved inventor launched a legal reign of terror in a bid to control the entire motion picture industry. Why did Thomas Edison's plot to dominate the movies through patents fail? And what can the Internet learn from his defeat?

We're beginning to think that 2010 is the year of new mice. Or should we say, unconventional mice. First was Swiftpoint with their finger-based notebook mouse, and now there's Microsoft with their Arc Touch Mouse. The design on this one is totally new, and even old-school mouse users will probably need a few moments just to wrap their head...

From the man himself "digg update: coders found a big bug in the promotion algo, fix going live soon. fingers cross upcoming goes live tomorrow"

Looking for a way to drive the person in the next cubicle stark raving mad? Is there a bad novel hovering in the back of your mind waiting to be half-finished? Why not satisfy that do-it-yourself craving by hooking your PC up to a typewriter with this handy video? You see kids, once upon a time there were these machines that delighted in nothing more than sucking your fingers in between its jaws/keys, therein messing up the page of footnoted text you had spent the last two hours painstakingly perfecting. Beware of hitting the return lever too hard, though, or that screen might kill the dog. Full story at Gizmodo. A huge collection of gadget news. Permalink | Leave a comment

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In the debate between the old version of Digg and the new Digg, the readers have spoken.Last week, Digg launched version 4.0 of the popular social news website. Its been a rocky road pre-launch, so why would it be any different post-launch?Since the launch of the New Digg, which introduced the ability to follow friends, a faster architecture and personalized news, users have been in revolt, mostly over the types of stories reaching the front page. Digg has since addressed some of these issues, but the debate rages on.Last week we asked you, the Mashable readers, for your opinion on Digg. Which did you prefer: The new digg or the old one?The old version of Digg was clearly your choice. With a full 78% of the vote (4,808 votes), the classic version bested the new versions 12% (747 votes). Four percent of you (230 votes) said it was a tie, while 6% of you (348 votes) said you werent a fan of Digg.In the comments, the debate surrounded features that were available in the old version that werent in the new one, including the ability to bury stories and the ability to check upcoming stories. Many of you were also quick to point out that the new Digg is designed to broaden the appeal of the social news website, rather than limit it to its current niche of tech-savvy users.Were going to revisit this debate in the future, when weve had time to reflect on the changes happening at Digg. In the meantime though, we want to hear your thoughts on this debate in the comments. New Digg vs. Old Digg: Which one do you prefer?online surveys Follow Mashable on DiggReviews: Digg, MashableMore About: digg, New Digg, poll, web faceoffFor more Battles coverage:Follow Mashable Battles on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Battles channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad