Dell says this is because it had to use the lower-resolution panel for a special manufacturing process it employed on the new ultrabook.

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The trend away from skeuomorphic special effects in UI design is the beginning of the retina-resolution design era.

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Her recent talks with a U.N. special emissary suggest that she will have to be part of any resolution to the latest crisis.

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America also agreed that the new resolution should give a limited but independent role to a special envoy who will represent the UN on various bodies charged with rebuilding the Iraqi economy and setting up a new government.

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Other resolutions adopted unanimously by the Assembly dealt with special subjects relating to the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009, among them a text dealing with the budget of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004), on the withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, whose narrative and logical framework had been newly revised.

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The special rules that give the police extraordinary powers do not lapse unless Parliament expressly passes a resolution annulling the state of emergency.

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Charles Schumer, D-New York, the leading proponent of appointing a special counsel in the matter, failed in an attempt Thursday to win Senate backing of a resolution endorsing the idea when the measure was ruled out of order and no vote was taken.

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Motorola didn't tell us the resolution but we know it's VGA or less or else they would have made special mention.

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The production of The Dark Knight in 2008 used 8K special effects to create a greater sense of realism (note that the producer was trying to approach IMAX video resolution).

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