Friday, December 3, 2010

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China Unicom earns government rebuke over contract

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What should a 3G carrier do when its customers flea with their smartphones in hand — and you thought AT&T was bad — to a rival? For Apple’s sole iPhone partner in the Middle Kingdom, the answer is change contract terms to allow them to directly levy fines on customer bank accounts. <A [...] Related [...]

Crytek: video game consoles holding back PC gaming

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Crytek is known for its ultra-graphical title, Crysis which takes a super computer to run at max. [...] Related posts: Crytek delays Crysis 2 until 2011 Crytek CEO says PS4 will be the more important than Xbox 360 II and Wii 2 Crytek: No compromises for PS3 Crysis 2

Steve Jobs number one in love, too

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His Apple TV hobby aside, a level of success others would give their left leg for, what isn’t the Apple CEO the best at? The results of a new survey of Silicon Valley workers underscores this supremacy, though both the Facebook and Google numero unos rank well, too. BusinessInsider has taken some [...] Related Posts: [...]

Kevin Butler: PS3 Move "crazy precise" – The Fight: Lights Out

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In silly KB fashion, Butler points out a video of a [...] Related posts: Kevin Butler makes New Zealand PS3 copycat an offer Kevin Butler has a special message for Canadian PS3 owners Kevin Butler hints Gran Turismo 5 release is imminent

Windows Phone 7 jailbreak ChevronWP7 pulled after Microsoft meeting of minds

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Just days after the first Windows Phone 7 jailbreaking tool ChevronWP7 was released, it has been pulled by the trio of developers behind it. The reason? Because Microsoft asked them too. Nicely. It was less [...] Related posts: Microsoft responds to ChevronWP7 Windows Phone 7 taking a beating Asus working on Microsoft Phone as Windows [...]

Photography courses: On line or in person?

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All of us want to improve our photography knowledge and skills in order to make the best of our photo opportunities. Should we do that via online courses or by going in person to a brick and mortar school? Photography has a way of getting into [...] Related Posts: Top 40 best photography websites Top [...]

Nokia and Apple make smartphones a little smarter

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Apple has followed Nokia’s lead in using a technology that could improve battery life. The system is also designed to cut down on network congestion. The technology, Network Controlled Fast Dormancy, first appeared in Nokia handsets earlier this [...]

Google admits trespassing for Street View, Boring couple win $1 in damages

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The Boring couple who sued Google over Street View images of its property have won, and been awarded $1 for their trouble. In April 2008, Aaron and Christine Boring from Pittsburgh launched a [...] Related posts: Boring couple loses Google Street View privacy lawsuit Boring couple sue Google for invasion of privacy over Street View [...]

FCC continues with net neutrality push

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The Federal Communications Commission is to vote on an “Open Internet Order” that would restate the rules for upholding net neutrality. It’s also changing its tactics for giving clear legal force to the rules. The precise details of the order [...] Related posts: One-word change may solve net neutrality impasse Big name websites back net [...]

Apple patents glasses-free 3D tech

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Apple has been granted a patent for technology that seriously advances the banner of glasses-free 3D viewing for the masses. Although we should not expect this to be available soon, it is a significant start. Of course, Toshiba and Sharp have [...] Related Posts: Apple patents more touch-screen tech More new patents from Apple Apple [...]

Verizon launches 4G before iPhone

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The tech world seems to have been concentrating on when Verizon will start selling the iPhone, but ignoring the fact that Verizon has a lot of other wireless tasks ahead of it, like rolling out its 4G network. So while Verizon [...] Related posts: Verizon preps its network for the iPhone Maybe no Verizon iPhone [...]

Top 2010 searches on Yahoo, Bing, AOL

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Is it too early to start looking back on 2010? After all, there is still almost a month left until the calendars will tick over to 2011. Yahoo, Bing, and AOL don’t believe so. With most of us now [...] Related posts: Twitter beats Bing and Yahoo for search News of Microsoft Bing overtaking Yahoo [...]