Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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Call of Duty: Black Ops downloaded 4.2 million times illegally

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Call of Duty: Black Ops is the most popular game in [...] Related posts: Call of Duty: Black Ops sells 8.4 million Call of Duty: Black Ops revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops breaks all-time day 1 record

PSP2 mock-ups look very convincing

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Recently some mock-up pictures of the PSP2 surfaced and have been getting quite a bit of attention. The mock-ups are based [...] Related posts: Former Sony exec: PSP2 needs to be released Sony: 3D on portables are limited – no plans for it on the PSP2 PSP2 spotted in the wild?

Kinect sex game scares (ignorant) parents

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Great investigative journalism can be truly amazing. But not as amazing as really bad investigative journalism where ignorant comments are quoted as fact. It was inevitable that someone, somewhere was going to work out a way to bastardize Kinect so [...] Related posts: Microsoft unveils new Xbox 360, Kinect motion-sensing system at E3 2010 Xbox [...]

Antennagate: Can we kill ‘fail’ already?

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When Apple gets a zit, the media and blogsphere rise to the occasion to declare terminal cancer. The mothership hasn’t changed the iPhone 4 and relatively few have taken advantage the company’s free bumper/case program. Yet here we are facing a reheat of a non-event. CNN has cobbled together their list of [...] Related Posts: [...]

The best camera, digital or otherwise

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There is an old truism that goes "The best camera is the one you have with you." That becomes more and more true as cell phones become more indispensable and their cameras get better and better. I have sworn off (at least for the moment) the [...] Related Posts: Scribble on your digital photos from [...]

Amazon: Kindle now bestseller, not in direct competition with iPad, tablets

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The Kindle is now the bestselling product of all time on Amazon. Which gives the company the confidence to state that it isn’t in competition with tablets such as the Apple iPad. Were you one [...] Related posts: New Amazon Kindle selling out fast Amazon: Apple iPad isn’t death of Kindle Amazon unveils new, cheaper [...]

AOL promo CDs cost a fortune but worked

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Man, those AOL promo CDs were everywhere, and very annoying in their ubiquitousness. And it turns out it cost the company a small fortune to produce and send them out to (what felt at the time) like everyone [...] Related posts: Paypal broken for ten days – costing merchants a fortune Apple iPad domains selling [...]

Sony sending out Playstation ‘Thank You’ cards with a gift

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It looks like Sony is in a festive mood this holiday season as [...] Related posts: Microsoft sending out mixed messages about Milo Sony revitalizing the PSP with Playstation Store access through your PC E3 2010: Sony unveils Playstation Plus

Worst mobile apps and devices of 2010 named

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If you think it’s worth paying forty bucks a month to get a daily phone call proclaiming your awesomeness, there’s a service just for you. But if you think the idea stinks, you’re not alone. The service, <a [...]

RIM’s 2007 WTF moment

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This is something that we all suspected perhaps intuitively knew — the results have been that spectacular. Research in Motion has gone from the dominant market force to an after thought in about three years and the carnage isn’t over yet. Electronista is reporting unattributed comments from a former Research in Motion [...] Related Posts: [...]

Logitech denies Google ordered Google TV Revue stoppage

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The Logitech Revue, which runs Google TV, is at the heart of a minor calamity for both Logitech and Google, over whether or not Google asked Logitech to stop production while Google fixed a problem. It would appear [...] Related posts: Google TV is coming along nicely in time for Fall launch Logitech Audiohub boosts [...]

Apple to add CDMA iPad 2 to lineup for Verizon?

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If a new rumor turns out to be true, Apple may well have three models of the next generation iPad instead of two, adding a CDMA tablet to the existing WiFi only and UMTS models. The ever-present (at [...] Related Posts: Apple planning CDMA / GSM ‘World iPad’ Verizon debuts iPad ad! iPhone up next? [...]

iPhone, iPad tracking gets Apple sued, Android next?

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Apple has been sued at least twice by people whose iPhones and / or iPads have allowed advertisers to build profiles on them via apps that allowed  ad tracking code. Google's Android may be next in line. Two [...] Related Posts: Overheating iPad results in Apple being sued Apple sued for having Kindle app on [...]

Holographic cellphones top IBM’s predictions for 2015

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With less than five years to go until Back to the Future Part II becomes a contemporary movie, those darn hoverboards are still proving elusive. But IBM believes there’ll be at least five technological advances by 2015 that are almost as impressive. The [...] Related posts: Sony: eBooks to outsell physical books by 2015 Who [...]

AT&T video discourages texting and driving

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In the lead up to New Year's Eve, AT&T is releasing a ten minute video that [...] Related posts: Text driving more dangerous than drink driving Texting while driving raises crash risk by 23 times – Ban it now! Why texting while driving should be banned – worse than driving drunk

Sony sending out Playstation thank you cards with a gift

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It looks like Sony is in a festive mood this holiday season as [...] Related posts: Blowout sale: $100 gift card on PS3 160GB and $75 card on Wii Microsoft sending out mixed messages about Milo More Evidence: Sony to launch $399 40GB Playstation 3

New Tomb Raider influenced by Uncharted series

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Square Enix recently announced that Tomb Raider would be getting a major reboot that will be grittier. The folks [...] Related posts: Tomb Raider Trilogy coming to PS3 Square Enix reboots Tomb Raider with ‘origins’ story Tomb Raider reboot due out Xmas 2011