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Microsoft Research: Buttons Beat Multitouch Mouse [Microsoft]

Microsoft carried out some exhaustive research into the benefits of multitouch-enabled desktop mice over traditional desktop mice. And discovered there aren't really any benefits at all for most users, who prefer the speed offered by mechanical buttons and wheels. More
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Google Will Cover LGBT Partner Health Benefits

In something of a groundbreaking move, Google is giving its employees in same-sex relationships extra cash to cover their partners’ health benefits. Currently, when receiving partner health care coverage, same-sex domestic partners are subject to an extra tax that straight, married couples don’t have to pay. Google is taking the burden of paying this tax on itself by compensating partnered LGBT employees for the amount of the tax, which comes to a bit more than $1,000 each year. This benefit will also cover any dependents of the partner in the same-sex couple. This is a smart move for Google, and here’s why
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SRS TheaterSound featured in new Samsung LCDs and Plasmas

When we think of surround sound we think of lots of speakers, but SRS intends to change that with its front rendered surround sound technologies like SRS TheaterSound. When we first heard of this idea we thought of it as simulated surround sound, but then we realized; hey wait, all surround sound is simulated -- there aren't actually bullets whizzing around our living room. So while the jury is still out on how many speakers are required to make you feel like you're in the middle of the action, we always appreciate steps in the right direction and the new Samsung owners will get the benefits of SRS TheaterSound. In addition to the surround sound part, it also helps tames loud commercial and inaudible dialog. Of course in this case hearing is believing, and this is one we'll have to hear for ourselves.
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Sell the Benefits of Telecommuting for an Easy Work-at-Home Transition [Telecommuting]

The key to getting your boss to put the stamp of approval on your telecommuting dreams is an excellent proposal. Sell your boss on the benefits of getting you out of the office with a well-planned proposal. More
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Remains of the Day: Older iPhones Won’t Upgrade to OS 4 Edition [For What It's Worth]

Your original or second generation iPhone won't get all the benefits of the new iPhone 4.0 features , tax refunds this year are 10 percent larger than last year, and in the next update, crashing Firefox plug-ins will no longer kill your browser. More
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Consider Economies of Scale When Evaluating Money Saving Tips and Tricks [Saving Money]

Often people are quick to dismiss the benefits of frugal behavior modifications and decisions that yield only incremental savings. Factor in the economy of scale for the changes you're making to see the true savings. More
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HP rolls out ‘Let’s Do Amazing’ ad campaign

We'd already gotten word of HP's new $40 million "Let's Do Amazing" ad campaign earlier today , but the company has just now rolled out its first series of ads to give us some indication of how all that money is being spent. Somewhat curiously, for an ad campaign partly intended to reintroduce the HP brand to consumers, the ads stray pretty far beyond HP's consumer products (including a trip to a UPS sorting facility and the Venetian's IT department), but we do at least get to see Dr. Dre extol the benefits of HP Beats audio -- not to mention a little beatboxing from Rhys Darby of "Flight of the Conchords," who serves as the host of the ads. Head on past the break to check out the Dre ad and HP's introduction video, and hit up the link below for the rest of the series.
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Google Beats ‘Em AND Joins ‘Em With DocVerse Acquisition [Google]

Google's shopping spree continues. This time they've picked up a company called DocVerse, whose software will eventually allow seamless interoperability between Google Docs and Microsoft Office . That's right, Microsoft... the call is coming from inside the house . You can already store and share Office files through Google Docs, but DocVerse adds the functionality of letting users collaborate directly on Office documents
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NVIDIA’s Optimus technology shows its graphics switching adroitness on video

Explaining automatic graphics switching and the benefits thereof can be a somewhat dry affair. You have to tell people about usability improvements and battery life savings and whatnot... it's much more fun if you just take a nice big engineering board, strap the discrete GPU on its own card and insert an LED light for the viewer to follow. NVIDIA has done just that with its Optimus technology -- coming to a laptop or Ion 2-equipped netbook near you -- and topped it off by actually pulling out the GPU card when it wasn't active, then reinserting it and carrying on with its use as if nothing had happened.
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Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest

Biofuel production in the US has met with fairly mixed success, as the cost and fossil fuel use of corn-based ethanol has severely cut into the benefits provided by avoiding the use of fossil fuels. It's been a somewhat different story in Brazil, which has embraced ethanol derived from sugarcane and seen more promising results. The government has set aggressive targets for both ethanol and biodiesel production, but a study that will be published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science later this week urges caution: unless the goals are met through an integrated agricultural strategy, they'll drive deforestation that will offset most of the benefits. The study looked at the expansion of the two crops that are expected to drive biofuels growth in Brazil: sugarcane for ethanol, and soy beans for biodiesel.
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