| Building iPads with robots Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE In an effort to reduce labor costs, and remove the uncertainty of a restive work force with a penchant for jumping off company buildings, Apple’s primary contract manufacturing partner plans to radically increase the number of robots it uses. With most of the people out of the picture, does it matter where they make them? [...] |
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| Doom creator: video games “cathartic” and reduces violence Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:20 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE There is a great deal of controversy over violence in video games especially in light of a bombing. While many are quick to pin violence in video games as the root cause for such crimes, others such as John Carmack feels otherwise. Recently a major Norwegian retailer, Coop Norway took 51 games off its store [...] |
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| Mirror’s Edge 2 on Battlefield 3?s engine a possibility Posted: 31 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE In the past, EA revealed that the Mirror's Edge IP is not dead but in incubation. Executives at the company indicated that EA is looking at how the IP can be brought back. According to CVG, EA boss Frank Gibeau didn't outright dismiss the notion of Mirror's Edge 2 running on DICE's beefy Frostbite 2 [...] |
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| Windows XP to blame for rootkit plague Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:20 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE You damn Windows XP users are the reason rootkits are plaguing computers and networks. Why don’t you upgrade already? Shockingly, of all the Windows systems in use today, a whopping 58 percent are running XP, an OS which this month is set to celebrate its 10th birthday. XP is old, garish, and littered with decrepit [...] |
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| What’s all the hullabaloo over Google+ Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE I understand that a new social media site is garnering lots of publicity but darned if I can figure out why. There are all sorts of opinion pieces about whether people like circles better than friending or following on Facebook and Twitter. Is Google+ going to be a good way to connect with clients, potential [...] |
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