Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Bioware teases two new games with code and pictures

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Bioware has been dropping hints that the studio has been working on several secret projects. [...] Related posts: Wipeout devs working on shooter and Bioware wants to sell 10 million Bioware: Mass Effect 2 is a console seller Bioware: PS3 visuals for Mass Effect 2 will be “different”

PlayStation Network getting a bunch of TurboGrafx games

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Sony seems to be on a mission to bring as many retro goodies to the PlayStation Network. Reports [...] Related posts: Tomb Raider dev: Xbox LIVE more constrained than PlayStation Network New Playstation Network Store ditches browser, pictures published Optimizing your Playstation 3 network connection

John’s Phone – the iPhone for simpletons

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Forget the iPhone: it’s too complicated and it sucks at making calls. What you need is John’s Phone, whoever John may be. It’s fair to say that smartphones are de rigueur for technology fans these days. But what about [...] Related posts: Is the Apple iPhone really the worst phone in the world? Microsoft reportedly [...]

HP7 review

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Given that technology buffs everywhere are going to be talking about the latest installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise, my wife and I accepted an invitation to see a preview of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 at the Darling [...] Related posts: Is this the last chapter of Harry Potter and [...]

It’s Jimmy Kimmel’s National Unfriend Day on Facebook… so, have you?

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It’s Nov. 17 and that means one thing: Jimmy Kimmel’s National Unfriend Day has arrived. So who’s taking part? A couple of weeks ago Jimmy Kimmel called for a day when we’d all dump [...] Related posts: Kimmel calls for Facebook UnFriend Day Jimmy Kimmel records show on MacBook “Unfriend” leads tech charge in 2009′s [...]

RIM takes shot at Apple’s app culture

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You might be forgiven for thinking one of the biggest effects of the iPhone’s success is bringing an application culture to the world of smartphones. But according to the head of Research In Motion, apps simply aren’t needed. [...]

White iPhone spotted, iOS4.2 not so much

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Waiting watchers (unspecified) have apparently seen and reported on a public appearance of the fabled white iPhone 4, but another member of the Apple flock, iOS4.2, is nowhere to be found. Someone is circulating photos which are purported to [...] Related Posts: Will iOS4.2 be late due to WiFi problems? Apple releases iOS4.1 for iPhone [...]

Microsoft launches communications technology Lync

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Microsoft has formally launched Lync, a software suite designed to make it easier for businesses to integrate multiple forms of communications. It claims the average company would make back the cost of the suite in increased efficiency within a year. According [...] Related posts: Microsoft and rivals are anxious about new European Commission technology guidelines [...]

Intel talks up, buys into, flash memory

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Giant chipmaker Intel had made more moves which show their commitment to the idea and practice of flash memory devices, this time in the context of use of the technology by major corporate systems. Intel made two announcements yesterday [...] Related posts: Intel builds flash memory tech into chipsets Patriot boasts the worlds fastest memory [...]

Blackberry boss says iPhone is overrated

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Jim Balsillie, the CEO of RIM, maker of the Blackberry continues with his recent habit of bad-mouthing the iPhone and Apple CEO Steve Jobs, this time during a speech at Web 2.0. We really don’t know much about how Steve [...] Related Posts: iPhone outsells BlackBerry to become the third-largest mobile phone supplier Jobs: iPhone [...]

Disabilities laws may affect even more websites

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The Justice Department is looking at ways of expanding existing accessibility regulations to cover a wider range of websites. At the moment the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is generally held to only cover online retailers. The department is to hold public hearings [...] Related posts: Tech disabilities bill passes another Congressional hurdle Big name [...]

Racetrack memory is 100,000 times faster while using 300 times less energy

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Racetrack memory is a "a high-volume, ultra-rapid non-volatile read-write [...] Related posts: Racetrack memory chip to allow Apple iPod to hold half a million songs Department of Energy to get world’s faster computer Researchers develop supercomputer prototype 100 times faster than desktop