IT & Hightech Weekend News Round-up (07-08.Jul.2012)

Speed Tests: Windows 8 Vs. Windows 7 ;
That was quick. Facebook shuts down Face.com APIs, kills Klik app, enrages developers ;
So, That’s It For Thunderbird ;
BlackBerry App World surpasses three billion total downloads ;
Like Open Source? For Collaboration, Try Group-Office 4.0 ;
10 Weird iPhone Games You’ve Got to Try ;
Pirate Bay Founder Submits Emotional Plea for Pardon ;
Objective-C Overtakes C++ in TIOBE Index ;
Password Protection 101: Lessons From the eHarmony Data Breach ;
Foxconn fanless nano PCs get priced, dated and tweaked ;
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