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Google Calendar is testing out a new feature that should make scheduling events a tad easier than it used to be by allowing you to see at a glance if the event you’re creating will conflict with the schedules of the people you’re inviting. Dubbed “Sneak Preview”, the feature’s name is perhaps more exciting than its actual function, but it should prove to be quite useful. The feature is apparently in a limited rollout right now, so don’t be surprised if you don’t have access to it. Once you’ve activated Sneak Preview (assuming you have access to it), whenever you create a new event you’ll see a new viewing mode that displays a calendar alongside your event…

Bono couldn’t save BlackBerry. Research in Motion reported a decline in quarterly profits Thursday, causing the company’s stock to plunge in Friday trading. Although revenues were up, the BlackBerry maker’s profits are shrinking. RIM’s revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was $3.53 billion, up three percent from $3.42 billion in the previous quarter and up 37 percent from $2.58 billion in the same quarter last year. Most of RIM’s revenue, 81 percent, came from devices. Another 14 percent came from services, and two percent came from software. RIM shipped about 8.3 million devices in the quarter and gained about 3.8 million new BlackBerry subscriber accounts. At the end of the quarter, RIM counted about 32 million BlackBerry subscribers. “We are pleased…

Cleanliness is next to godliness, so if you want a little bit of divine power, why not get your desk at the office sorted out with the NeatDesk Automatic Document Feeder scanner ? This scanner will help free up space in your filing cabinet so that other more important items can be placed within instead, although it will need a fair bit of discipline to scan each and every relevant document that comes your way. Good thing it is a snap to use thanks to one-button scanning functionality, capable of scanning up to 10 receipts, 10 business cards and a similar number of documents simultaneously, organizing the copies while…

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