Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Analyst: Xbox 360 doesn’t have the best exclusives

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 12:20 AM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Microsoft boss, Dennis Durkin recently made some comments about the state of the company's first party studios. He stated that Microsoft has the best first party lineup when compared to the competition. This comment sparked a bit of controversy amongst gamers, with some feeling that Nintendo or Sony may have a better portfolio when it [...]

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Rumor: GoldenEye 007 remake coming to the PS3/Xbox 360

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 12:20 AM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

There is a new rumor making the rounds around a remake of the classic GoldenEye 007 game. The game is rumored to be coming out for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The Wii received a HD remake of the classic GoldenEye 007 game not that long ago. It appears that Activision may be looking to [...]

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Microsoft social network is a terrible idea

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT


Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Microsoft could be planning an assault on the social networking sector with its own effort codenamed Tulalip. Dear God, help us all. At the end of last week a secret social networking effort by Microsoft was inadvertently (or so the company claims) leaked on to the Web. This social search service is being called Tulalip [...]

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Apple customers think iPhone 4 is 4G

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT


Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE

A new study shows many smartphone users have no intention of upgrading to 4G. But then many of them mistakenly think they already have it. Analysts Retrevo found that iPhone users were most likely to say they already had a 4G handset, with 34 percent giving that response, compared with 29 percent of Android owners [...]

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A killer third quarter for Apple

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

And, the iPad and iPhone are leading the way. In addition to iPhone unit volume growth of 142, the company sold 183 percent more iPads, more than twice the number of Macs sold overall and more than twice the number of Macs sold into education. Apple has announced record results for its third fiscal quarter [...]

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Everybody hates Facebook, loves Google

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Everybody hates Facebook, apparently. But everybody loves Google. Fight! According to the 2011 E-Business Report released by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), Facebook is the least favored site from a number in the social media, news, and search sectors. Google tops the list which ranks companies by customer satisfaction based on a statistically significant [...]

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Hotmail bans dumb passwords

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:20 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Microsoft has decided to ban users from choosing common passwords on their Hotmail account. The company is also introducing a new feature allowing users to easily report when they believe a friend’s account has been compromised. The password change is the first time the company has introduced such a rule, though it’s something that many, [...]

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