Friday, December 31, 2010

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Nintendo 3DS potentially harmful to young children

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Nintendo issued a warning earlier today about its upcoming 3DS handheld. The 3DS is capable of displaying a 3D [...] Related posts: E3 2010: Nintendo 3DS overview Nintendo announce first ever 3D handheld system Wii Fit: crushing the self-esteem and body images of children everywhere

Windows XP: LittleBigPlanet 2 edition video out

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There is a new version of Windows XP coming soon and its not for the PC. The Windows XP [...] Related posts: Windows Phone 7 a handheld Xbox? Games for Windows to get a much needed reboot United States teaches spies how to think using video games

China’s online population up to 450 million

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Canada may have recently been crowned kings of the Internet, but it’s China which is likely to forge the future in this, and every other, field. Anyone who has yet failed to concede that China is due to be [...] Related posts: Internet population tops one billion Robot population hits 8.6 million Internet use in [...]

Facebook the top search term in 2010

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The Web no longer belongs to Google. Instead, Facebook is the new king, being the most-searched term and most-visited website during 2010. I’m guessing a high percentage of you reading this now will visit both Google and Facebook on [...] Related posts: Facebook was the most visited site on the Web Christmas day Facebook reveals [...]

Windows 7 Family Pack about to expire

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It’s emerged that the Family Pack offer for Windows 7 is to expire this week in the United States. It appears likely the deal will be withdrawn at the same time or soon after internationally. The Family Pack offer allows home users to [...] Related posts: Windows 7 pricing latest: $137 family pack, steep discounts [...]

RIM vows to protect corporate clients in India; consumer privacy open to negotiation

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Research In Motion’s global tour of regulatory headaches rolls on, this time stopping in India. The company has been forced to deny a report that it will allow regulators there to access corporate [...]

The scoop on the iPad 2

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The Apple iPad rumor mill appears to be running overtime when it comes to the second generation iPad. If Apples really expects to sell 65 million of these things next year, maybe the iPad 2 will have all of these. [...] Related Posts: More iPad rumors, including FaceTime feature iPad gets holidays FaceTime here, WiFi [...]

Skype outage caused by Windows client

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The world was all atwitter (pardon the pun) when Skype went down for millions of users last week, and now the company has issued information that the problem was a bug in their Windows client. Skype CEO Lars Rabbe yesterday [...] Related posts: Skype service outage to last 12 to 24 hours Skype users suffer [...]

Plane passenger suffers unusual iPhone battery problem

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An Idaho man has been arrested after punching a teenager who refused to switch off his iPhone on a plane. Russell Miller, 68, allegedly assaulted the 15-year-old boy during the ensuing scuffle. The incident is said to have taken [...] Related posts: Apple’s iPhone features low call volume and poor battery life Apple has suggestions [...]