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...central government. They are expected to provide basic security, not just from militants, but from criminals. A long history of corruption has reduced the image of Afghanistan's police to little more than uniformed thieves, which in turn fosters a general distrust in government and a powerful propaganda tool for militants...
...tablets have also proved helpful as a teaching tool. Malan said he took advantage of the technological capabilities of a tablet this week in lecture, “particularly so I could draw attention to interesting elements on the screen...
...wrote. Several companies have already been using the technology to analyze customer reaction to their products and marketing tactics, King added. In the short term, King said, he believes companies will continue to use “readme” technology through Crimson Hexagon for use as a marketing tool. But King said he hopes that in the future, clients will be able to apply the technology more broadly—“from the microblog to the data warehouse.” “Every 15 minutes an amount of information appears on the Internet equivalent...
...Canada. (Flights must be booked 21 days in advance, and include a Saturday night.) To entice you to stay, Holiday Inn's parent company, IHG, which also owns Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites, has partnered with Google Earth and created a new search tool for visitors. Guests can download the free program, scan the world for IHG properties, tour the hotel in 3-D and see nearby attractions and local traffic and weather reports...
Translation Tool. Struggling with a phrasebook and your clumsy pronunciation is so old school. You can now cross the language barrier with Lonely Planet's audio phrasebooks for mobile phones. Local linguists have recorded 600 phrases - "Do you have a room?" or "Can you recommend a bar?" - in 10 languages (Mandarin, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Thai and Czech, with more promised soon). You simply play them through your phone's speakers. You can download the app onto iPhones (go to the App Store), BlackBerrys and any cell phone running the Java midp 2.0 platform or Windows Mobile...