| Just a reminder, Windows sucks Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:00 AM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE If you made this stuff up, it wouldn’t be more ridiculous. How many steps does it take to set up — go ahead, take a guess — a Windows XP or Vista machine on McDonald’s free wifi? Even the most jaded Windows hater will be shocked at how profligate Redmond’s apologists really are. Which is [...] |
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| Sony: Starhawk to feature space combat Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:20 AM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE It probably doesn't come as a surprise that Starhawk will feature space battles. However, Lightbox Interactive has been quiet on this aspect of the game until now. Sony sent out a press release with a fact sheet detailing some of the features that can be found in Starhawk. As reported by the Examiner, Starhawk will [...] |
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| How to watch the companies watching you Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Whether you take precautions or not, your activity on the internet is being tracked — call it a fact of life. That said, if you’re curious about who’s doing the tracking and what they’re after, there’s a Firefox plugin that can help you find out. So, who’s watching you? Exactly who you would think is: [...] |
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| Rare: Kinect 2 is already here for the Xbox 360 Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Rare talked about the studio's experience working with Kinect recently at the Develop 2011 conference. According to the studio Kinect 2 is right around the corner. Kinect has been successful for Microsoft managing to sell millions of units. The peripheral device has become the focal point for the Xbox 360. Microsoft even converted Rare studio [...] |
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| HTC will concede on Apple patents Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE It appears HTC is willing to concede the latest round in the smartphone patent wars to Apple. If Apple deigns to be gracious in victory, obviously. July saw Apple file a complaint against HTC with the International Trade Commission over several patents related to its mobile devices. The ITC ruled in Apple’s favor, proving Apple [...] |
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| Mozilla to develop own mobile operating system Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:48 PM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE Mozilla is to build its own operating system for mobile devices. It’s based partially on Google’s Android system, but conceptually is reminiscent of Google Chrome. The basic idea of the project, dubbed Boot to Gecko, is that instead of applications running on the phone itself, they will run on the web. It’s yet another attempt [...] |
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| Chief US cyber defender quits Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The head of the US Computer Emergency Response Team has resigned with immediate effect. There’s no public word on the reasons for Randy Vickers’ departure, though it does follow a string of high-profile online attacks. US-CERT is part of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division. It was set up in 2003 as [...] |
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