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Louvre iPhone app: Quelle horreur!

J’adore France and the French people. But I’m pretty disappointed with Musee du Louvre, a free but painfully brief virtual tour of the famous museum. The app consists of four main sections. In Louvre: The Visit, you get a video tour of seven well-known areas of the museum, including The Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa. However, each “tour” lasts …

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Nokia recalls shocking chargers

Nokia doesn’t want us to fry our little fingers, so it’s offering a free exchange for 14 million mobile phone chargers that may pop open and zap you. On some chargers, the plastic covers could come loose, exposing its internal gubbins, and potentially shocking you if it’s plugged in and you touch it. Nokia says it doesn’t think anyone’s hair …

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