Critics of the chancellor would happily agree with that US version of events, but Mr Osborne might be tempted to ask, if he's to blame for Britain's feeble recovery how do you explain America's?
The statement tells us that some version of IE was found lacking by Google at some point in the past, so Google put a redirect into place.
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RoboCat hints to us that an iPad version might be on the way, although ports to Android and other platforms are more likely to depend on the early response.
Google has just informed us that a new version of the app is incoming, a version that will add tabs for easy access to Google Books and Movies.
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Of course, when clicking for more information, we're simply ported over to a page informing us that the Mac-specific version of the aforesaid platform won't arrive until September.
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That will change tomorrow, according to a tipster who informed us a new version of the iOS app is coming that allows out of home streaming.
Samsung's confirmed to us that, as of now, the US market will see a WiFi-only version and its specs could change slightly, too.
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We'd already gotten the official word that H.264 support was included in Windows 7, but a tipster has lead us to believe that the pre-beta version of Windows 7 also includes native support for DivX.
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We had a couple people at CTIA last week -- people whose words carry weight -- tell us off the record that the next major version of Android would take big strides toward stopping the ugly trend toward severe fragmentation that has plagued the platform for much of this and last year.
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The Discover runs Android 4.0.4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich), though company reps have told us that Jelly Bean is in the works -- unfortunately, they wouldn't tell us which version, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
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So at the other end of the spectrum is a more modest intervention - perhaps an extended version of the air strikes that currently accompany the US and British policing of the no-fly zone, but with greater use of special forces to target suspected weapons depots and military installations.
The other choice is the US version - where what really matters is individual choice even if that leads to quite a lot of inequality.
The BBC correspondent in Washington says the lawsuit stems from an investigation by a US television network, which claims that CIA communications contradict Mr Kissinger's version of events.
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"It hasn't released figures about the dongle it launched in the US but has indicated that it is popular so it makes sense to have an optimised version for the European market, " she said.
But the analysis could not take into account the country in which comments were posted, meaning that tweets recorded as X Factor tweets, for example, could have been written about the US version of the show.
One analyst said that the US ruling presented Microsoft with an opportunity to convince others to put their weight behind the next version of its mobile system.
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"I believe that in its final version, the act will deliver on its central aim - to bring the interests of us all as citizens and consumers to the fore, while increasing investment and maintaining high standards, " said Ms Jowell.
More broadly, Apple's move to put a shrunk-down version of its operating system, OS X, on the iPhone and the iPod Touch tells us that Apple sees portable, Web-friendly gizmos as a big part of its future.
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