Friday, January 28, 2011

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PS3 Mass Effect 2 bug fix patch incoming already

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It was only the other day that the Mass Effect 2 glitch was reported on [...] Related posts: PS3 Mass Effect 2 glitch can corrupt saved game – backup recommended Bioware: Mass Effect 2 launch day DLC is free Saved game file will impact Mass Effect 2 minimally

Sony: NGP to be “affordable” and avoid PS3 pricing mistakes

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Sony recently revealed the PSP2 or the NGP handheld with some very exciting [...] Related posts: Former Sony exec: PSP2 needs to be released EA: Sony PSP2 as powerful as a PS3 – really? Zune HD is Microsoft’s rumored PSP2 killer with a fee

Microsoft reports strong Q2 financials thanks to Kinect, Office, & Windows 7

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Despite various commentators warning Microsoft’s latest financial results wouldn’t be great, the opposite is true. According to the latest financial results from Redmond, which were leaked early before the market closed, Microsoft [...] Related posts: Microsoft enjoys record financial results Windows 7 boosts Microsoft earnings Microsoft posts first year-over-year revenue decline ever

Macworld attendance: When up is down…

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There are statistics and then there are trade show attendance numbers. Whereas this year’s gathering of the Mac faithful will be held in one of the Moscone Center’s smaller halls, the number of vendors is up (a little) and attendance could top last year, though that’s still well off the event’s 2008 peak. [...] Related [...]

gyroCam makes the iPhone 4 much less jittery.

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Speaking of the iPhone 4 camera, as we have a bit lately, one of the things you don't get as a feature is anti-shake. Developers have tried before, but a new app called gyroCam does the job and makes the iPhone 4 steadier. There have been [...] Related Posts: iPhone 4 adds enhanced screen, second [...]

Microsoft ships 2 million Windows Phone 7 to retail

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Its been over two months since Microsoft released the Windows Phone 7, shipping nearly two million units to retail. While some are questioning the possibility of poor sales number, [...] Related posts: Microsoft giving all employees a free Windows Phone 7 handset Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 first day sales disappointing Microsoft to spend half a [...]

Sony unveils PlayStation Suite: first cross-platform endeavor for all Android devices

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In a PlayStation meeting held in Japan today, Sony unveiled the next generation PlayStation Portable device as well as a new software product called the PlayStation Suite. According [...] Related posts: Sony blames PlayStation 3 for profit slide Sony Ericsson CEO teases big surprise – PSP Android phone? Sony offers movie downloads on PlayStation 3, [...]

Netflix reports user gains, bigger profits

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Video rental giant Netflix reported profits yesterday, and the health of the company appears to be better than ever, with significant increases in both revenues and the number of Netflix users. Investors have been worried that the constantly changing entertainment [...] Related posts: Wall Street Journal says Amazon may buy Netflix Best Buy netting Netflix [...]

Anonymous hacktivists arrested in UK over WikiLeaks Operation Payback

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Five people have been arrested in the U.K. on allegations they took part in DDoS attacks on behalf of Anonymous in support of WikiLeaks. Anonymous is the disparate group of hackers and activists who fight for what [...] Related posts: Dutch police arrest pro-WikiLeaks hacker Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on rape charges [...]

“Facebook phone” denied again

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Facebook has restated that it has no plans to either manufacture a smartphone, or license its name to an officially branded handset. The comments follow repeated claims of just such a device, this time in partnership with HTC. The new story came from a British business-based newspaper, City [...]

Android: Let the bloodbath begin…

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Whether we’re looking at a one-off, short-term event or a rather permanent alteration of the marketplace can be argued. However, what isn’t open to interpretation is that the threat of broader iPhone distribution here in the US is already having negative impact on Android sales. Quoting Sanjay Jha, CEO, Motorola Mobility, News.com [...] Related Posts: [...]

Motorola frets about the iPhones 4 and 5

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It's just been two weeks since Verizon announced that it would be selling the iPhone, and already Motorola is feeling the pressure of the Apple handset, with smartphone sales on Verizon down enough to notice. The price of [...] Related Posts: Apple sues Motorola- Yet more legal fun Apple iPad pressure to come from Motorola [...]

Google would (just) beat Bing at Jeopardy!

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It seems unlikely that Google and Microsoft’s battles would ever spill over into a game of Jeopardy! But if it did, then Google would be a narrow winner. So says Stephen Wolfram, the physicist behind the Wolfram Alpha site that aims to [...] Related posts: Man vs Machine Jeopardy! showdown scheduled for 2011 IBM computer [...]