| Sony to invest $20 million in PlayStation Network exclusives Posted: 14 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Yesterday, Sony announced a three year plan to bolster the PlayStation Network's exclusive portfolio. This investment plan will be opened up to first party and indie studios. Sony has a history of supporting unique and quirky indie content on the PlayStation Network. The platform has a series of PSN exclusive hit titles with Flower, Joe [...] |
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| Lion to roar next week Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE The rumors had just everything right about the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and MacBook Air except, of course, the date. Obviously, Apple shipped nothing new yesterday, but fresh whispers from “sources” say new stuff is coming and it will land late next week. First, it was rumored that Lion and the MacBook [...] |
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| Scandal: Metacritic drops crooked video game review sites Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Metacritic has become the de facto one-stop-site for many when it comes to getting an aggregate video game review score. With so many sites putting out review scores, Metacritic has its work cut out in policing various review practices. Video game studios have become very dependent on a game's Metacritic score this generation. Publishers such [...] |
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| Devs leaving Android for iOS Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:00 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE We’ve all heard that the Verizon iPhone and iPad 2 have all but killed Android unit volume growth. Now, the other shoe has hit the ground with a resounding thud as a new report details the declining fortunes of Google’s mobile platform among developers. Recent days and weeks have brought not a little bad news [...] |
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| Bombs hit Mumbai, geeks step into the breach Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:20 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE One of the most serious problems in the wake of any tragedy is matching those wanting to help with those in need. Whereas it can sometimes take days for government and NGOs to pull those threads together, one enterprising techie made happen in a matter of minutes. Once again Mumbai, India’s commercial and technology hub, [...] |
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| Apple tweaks iTunes music pricing Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:40 AM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Make a fortune in Forex trading today (or not)! Following years of international currency unrest, Apple has finally adjusted the prices overseas iTunes customers pay and, as you’ve probably already guessed, some folks are smiling and others not so much. Cult of Mac reports that the mothership has recalculated iTunes Music Store prices, taking into [...] |
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| PayPal joins the ‘bump to pay’ club Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:29 AM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE PayPal has added support for Android phones that have near-field communications technology. It will mean individuals can transfer cash to one another simply by bumping their phones together. In reality, it’s not the bump that matters (as is the case with some iPhone apps.) Instead, the phones simply have to be close enough that they [...] |
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| Major UK newspaper accused of computer hacking Posted: 14 Jul 2011 07:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Most of the scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers in recent days has centered on allegations of phone hacking. But now both a former Prime Minister and a sex blogger have raised the possibility one of the papers may be using Trojan viruses to gather information. As you’ve likely read, Murdoch’s News of the World [...] |
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