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    Hello, and welcome to Thursday. This is Mevio Tech. Brooks and Carlos bring you the top tech stories of the day.     Starting off...the Facebook/Twitter  battle of the ages rolls into round two, as a new desktop client has thrown its hat into the Twitter ring. Seesmic Desktop is a new desktop Twitter client from Seesmic (the same company who also released the popular Twhirl Twitter client). It seems to be positioning itself as a rival for Tweetdeck . It has a very simple design, but it's best feature is the ability to use multiple Twitter accounts, which a lot of people have been waiting for in a desktop Twitter app.     Speaking of Tweetdeck , they have also released an update to their desktop app. It adds many new functions and fixes, especially in the area of resource management. It is now not so much of a memory hog. It has better support for short urls, and the feature that warms Brooks heart: better integration with Facebook without having to jump through complicated hoops.          Moving on to Facebook , CEO Mark Zukerberg announced on his blog that Facebook has now reached the 200 million user milestone. Along with the post, he release a video and a heat map showing the growth of Facebook as more users joined, where in the world they were joining from, and how they are using it.     This round seems to have ended in a draw again. We will see who will ultimately reign supreme.     Moving on... GM and Segway recently announced a joint collaboration to create a two-person urban mobility vehicle, named P.U.M.A. , or Personal
Urban Mobility & Accessibility. The vehicle seats two people, is battery powered and will run 35 miles on a single charge, and has a top speed of 35MPH. In the end it is basically a two-person Segway, but with a steering wheel. It might be nice, but I would love to see it try to deal with some of the hills here in San Francisco.     Brooks and Carlos wrap things up with a story about quantum computers, which for the moment are still out of our reach technologically. A group of designers and developers have come together to discuss where they would need to go, and have come to the conclusion that we would have to fundamentally change the way that software is written when the time comes.     That is all for the top tech stories today. Hey while your hear, you should go over and check out our other great networks: Men, Women, and Music. And remember you can always find more great stories about the latest in tech, video games, and much more right here at Mevio Tech . Also if you like what you see, then follow us on Twitter by going to www.twitter.com/meviotech . Let us know what you think, what you like, or anything you might like to see on the network.     So have a great Thursday, and we'll see ya tomorrow.     LINKS:   Seesmic Desktop   Tweet Deck (new beta)   PUMA - Segway Car   Facebook Heat Map   Quantum Computer Re-Think   NEW DL TV Byte