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Phantom 'Planet X' May Lurk at Solar System's Edge
Are Foxconn Factory Workers in for a Raise?
Facebook Pulls Camera App Out of Its Hat as Instagram Deal Pends
SwiftKey Handily Unscrambles Sloppy Typing
Taking Axis for a Spin: New iOS Browser Is a Sweet Ride

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patents; Google makes its Motorola acquisition official after Chinese
regulators grant their approval; Verizon focuses on mobile video with
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Today's Story Highlights

Phantom 'Planet X' May Lurk at Solar System's Edge
A giant but unseen planet may lurk on the outer edge of our solar
system, making its presence known only by disrupting the orbits of
nearby celestial objects, according to Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at
the National Observatory of Brazil. Astronomers have long observed that
a group of small, icy bodies in the so-called "scattered disc" region
beyond the orbit of Neptune follow strange orbits around the sun.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75208.html

Are Foxconn Factory Workers in for a Raise?
Today in international tech news: Foxconn, the company that manufactures
iPods, iPads and other gear, is rumored to be doubling its employees'
wages in China. Also, an investigation in Italy could lead to a
nationwide block of one of the Web's biggest BitTorrent sites, and the
EU is abuzz about the cookie regulations to take effect in the UK this
Saturday.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75218.html

Facebook Pulls Camera App Out of Its Hat as Instagram Deal Pends
With some hoopla, the Facebook Camera app hit the iTunes App Store on
Thursday. A fairly simple app, it syncs with a user's Facebook account,
offers a variety of Instagram-like photo editing tools, and allows for
the upload of multiple photos at once. It also geotags photos and
collects all of the photos uploaded by friends in one stream that's
viewable within the app. The app's editing tools allow for cropping and
adding effects.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75217.html

SwiftKey Handily Unscrambles Sloppy Typing
I've got fond memories of physical keyboards embedded in smartphones. My
Palm Treos -- I had three -- were superb at composing email and SMS text
responses. I even made notes for a book I was writing on one Treo. I
speculate that the hardware keyboard is the principal differentiator
keeping BlackBerry's brand alive, along with its super-secure, cheapo
messaging system that was used to organize riots in the UK last year, of
course.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75209.html

Taking Axis for a Spin: New iOS Browser Is a Sweet Ride
"Exciting" hasn't been a word linked to Yahoo for a long time, but if
the moribund company has more surprises like Axis up its sleeve, that
may change. Axis is a combination iOS app and browser extension that
creates seamless browser connections among devices. What's more, it does
it with visual elan.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75206.html

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