A federal judge has denied a request that would have temporarily blocked Twitter from turning over account data to United States prosecutors investigating the whistleblower site WikiLeaks and its publication of classified government documents. The request sought to prevent the transfer while a federal appeals court was considering the case.

U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady denied the request because he felt the appeal has little chance of success since the law “overwhelmingly” supported the government’s case. “Litigation of these issues has already denied the government lawful access to potential evidence for more than a year,” OGrady said in his ruling.

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B&H Photo tipped us off on a pretty nice deal for the 12.1MP Leica V-LUX 20 digital compact camera with 12x zoom. For $638.98 you get the GPS friendly V-LUX 20, Adobe Elements 8 (with $30 off Elements and Premier 9), a free battery, a free V-LUX leather carrying case, and a free SD card holder. The latter two coming in the form of mail-in rebates. Topping the whole deal off, B&H Photo ships the Leica V-LUX 20 for free, thats rightfor free. You can check out the offer right here.

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The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?

This time last year there was mild optimism about growth in the economy following the carnage left by the credit crunch. But hope has quickly changed into despair and the Euro crisis threatens to push parts of the world back into recession.

Even the Chinese economy is growing at a much slower rate as European customers of its manufactured products tighten their belts.

Variables such as the economic backdrop and security threats will, as always, influence IT decision makers.

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MSI made a name for them selves on the netbook market with the MSI Wind, but since 2008 they havent innovated.  The MSI Wind U180 doesnt seem to be a drastic deviation from the netbooks theyve been pumping out for the past few years.

This 10.1 netbook has a 1.86 GHz Intel Atom N2800 Cedar Trail processor and GMA 3650 graphics with support for 1080p HD video. I

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College Station, Texas – Alundus, LLC’s iTattoo Device Decal Product Line for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac make excellent use of your devices Apple logo. iTattoo products are removable hard case snap covers, stickers, and skins for protecting and customizing your portable devices. iTattoo Decals will make you standout from the crowd, all while not taking away from the beauty and sleekness of your product but instead adding a distinctive uniqueness. These decals actually cleverly merge the Apple icon into the design.

The iTattoo decals are the best designs in the universe for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. iTattoo products are removable hard snap case covers, stickers, and skins for protecting and customizing your portable devices. Read more…

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Lenovo has announced its new ruggedized ThinkPad X130e laptop that was designed specially for education and comes pre-loaded with features needed to help students in grades K-12. The ThinkPad X130e comes equipped with a 11.6-inch display and comes with the choice of the latest Intel or AMD processors, an AMD Fusion E-300 and E-450 or Intel second generation Core i3-2367M ULV processors. Read more…

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