Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Valve: Portal 2 was almost a prequel to the first game

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In an interview, Valve revealed that Portal 2 almost became a prequel with many of the fan favorite characters gone [...] Related posts: Valve cancels Portal 2 event and promises surprise instead PS3 Portal 2 close to PC version: Valve proves it can develop for PlayStation Get Portal off Steam for free until May 24

Sony: there is no evidence of a credit card data breach

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As Sony's PSN breach saga continues, the company today clarified some of the answers given around the incident recently. According [...] Related posts: Xbox Live and now PSN user accounts hacked – game consoles unsafe? [UPDATED] Privacy concerns over Xbox Kinect collecting personal data Blowout sale: $100 gift card on PS3 160GB and $75 card [...]

Worldwide iOS-paloosa begins today

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As Android tablets fizzle, Apple’s back with some international sizzle as iPad 2 goes live and large in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and more. And, OMG, it’s honestly, truly here and everything — unicorns are real and so is the mothership’s iPhone 4 that isn’t black! The house that Jobs built has [...] Related Posts: [...]

Typewriters officially dead technology

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Manual typewriters are officially dead technology, with the last factory still churning them out closing its doors. The first commercial typewriter was produced in 1870. Over the next 40 years the technology evolved into a standardized format which contained most of the basic elements typewriters featured for the next 60 years. Then electronic typewriters were [...]

Microsoft’s Calendar Analytics app shows you where your time is spent

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For those of you trying to figure out where all your time goes and why you are not more productive, Microsoft has an application for you called Calendar Analytics.  The application is being given away free today in honor of Administrative Professional's day. According to Microsoft, the application works with PowerPivot, Exchange and Excel to [...]

Amazon joins Apple’s ‘app store’ linguistic debate

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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words… well they make for lawsuits. That seems to be the attitude of Amazon, which has now had its say in a dispute over the meaning of “app store” that’s already got Apple and Microsoft doing battle. There’s a slight difference between the two cases: Apple is [...]

Apple to fix iPhone GPS data error. Will Android, Microsoft?

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One must suppose that being the best does indeed put a company in line to having millions of potshots taken at it. The world continues to berate Apple about a GPS file, ignoring Android and Microsoft. Congress and the Apple-phobic tech press is all over Apple about a file of GPS locations stored on iPhones, [...]

Xbox Live and now PSN user accounts hacked – game consoles unsafe? [UPDATED]

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Sony sent out an email update to all PSN members informing them of the possibility of having their [...] Related posts: Playstation Store security breached; some user info compromised Xbox Live fraud threatens Live dominance Is the PS3 finally hacked? Not quite yet

Android features heavily in buyers’ plans

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More people are planning to buy an Android handset than an iPhone in the next year according to a newly published survey. It makes a clean sweep, with the system also taking top spot for recent sales and overall usage. The survey of [...]