Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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THQ reassures shareholders Homefront is selling well

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Review scores for Homefront started trickling in last week with many in the mid 70s to 80s range, which isn't all that bad. However, investors panicked causing THQ's [...] Related posts: GDC 09: PS3 selling game en route and Gears 2 DLC exposed NPD March: PS3 software shines and PS2 still selling Gran Turismo 5 [...]

Sandy Bridge iMacs in May

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Chipset flaws and manufacturing issues hobbled the delivery of Intel’s advanced Sandy Bridge processor and chipset technologies for weeks if not months. However, whence the silicon arrived inside Apple’s MacBook Pro, the complaining stopped as buyers raved about the solid processor and graphics performance gains. In the age of crowd sourced journalism, everyone [...] Related [...]

AT&T and T-Mobile merger: Q&A

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AT&T has agreed to pay $39 billion to buy T-Mobile in what would be one of the biggest corporate deals (in any industry) of the year. Here’s our guide to the ramifications of the deal for both consumers and users. How [...]

Apple claims ownership of ‘App Store’, sues Amazon over Android Appstore

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Apple is suing Amazon over its use of the term ‘App Store’, with the online retailer having launched its new Android Appstore today. Apple is effectively claiming ownership of the term ‘App Store’ in all [...] Related posts: Amazon gets its Android app store moving Microsoft says Apple can't trademark 'App Store' Amazon to launch [...]

iPhone 5 on track for June, July delivery

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The introduction of “insanely great,” category defining products aside, Apple’s pretty darned predictable. Thereupon, as best as we can tell downwind of Cupertino, iPhone 5 development is moving right along with a production test run of the next-generation iOS smartphone, which likely means we’ll be seeing finished product in the expected early Summer [...] Related [...]

Xoom slowdown looms, new model mulled

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There has been a lot of speculation that Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will affect iPad supply, which is a problem Apple’s struggling competitors would love to have. Now, from the “insult to injury” department comes the news that Motorola is cutting production and accelerating plans for an upgraded model. Sources in Motorola’s Taiwan [...] Related [...]

Cameras come to the iPad 2

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Cameras were the "missing ingredient" pointed out most often when the original iPads were launched this year. Perhaps to make up for that, the new iPad 2 comes with two cameras, one front and one rear. A lot of people were disappointed when the original iPad [...] Related Posts: iPad 2 camera has less resolution [...]

Google and China battling again

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The Chinese government has rejected claims it is blocking Gmail accounts in the country. Users have reportedly found they are unable to access the site at all, or there are problems sending messages. In a media statement, Google said “There is no technical issue on [...] Related posts: China blocks YouTube in beatdown video row [...]

Apple iPad 2 launch stays right on track

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The launch of Apple's iPad second generation tablet computer came out of the gate like a thoroughbred. That worried some that the iPad 2 would not be available on time outside the U.S.. Despite a few naysayers who [...] Related posts: Apple iPad launch – To buy or not to buy? Apple announces launch window [...]