Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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iPhone 4 deals point to Sept iPhone 5

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

The dueling rumors of recent weeks — sooner or later — have worked iPhone lovers into an unseemly lather. Toss in the discounts retailers are offering and some people are just about ready to, well, you get the picture. Target and Radio Shack have been running iPhone 4 $50 discounts for some days already. However, [...]

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iPhone 4 deals point to September iPhone 5

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE

Related Posts: AT&T announces new data roaming deals for iPhone users iPhone 4 deals point to Sept iPhone 5 iPhone 3.1, MMS to arrive September 9, says AT&T rep Related Posts: AT&T announces new data roaming deals for iPhone users iPhone 4 deals point to Sept iPhone 5 iPhone 3.1, MMS to arrive September 9, [...]

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Can Microsoft shake its bad Hotmail spam reputation?

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Microsoft's Hotmail email service earned a bad reputation for "catching" a lot of spam. It appears that the company may be on its way to turning things around. Microsoft recently reported that the company has managed to cut as much as 90 percent of the spam mail users were receiving during a peak period. This [...]

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S&P: U.S. downgrade won’t impact Microsoft and other companies

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT


Categories: VISTA.BLORGE

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's U.S. downgrade from AAA status has caused a rift in the market with Wall Street plunging more than three percent. S&P clarifies that while the U.S. has been downgraded many of the companies still remain AAA. President Barack Obama recently reassured Americans that despite S&P's analysis, the United States of [...]

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GTA blamed for London riots, by idiots

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:20 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

It’s all the fault of Grand Theft Auto, you know. Oh, and that nasty Rockstar, of course. Video games really are the spawn of Satan. You may have heard by now that London, and several other cities in the U.K., are suffering an outbreak of anarchy at the moment. And it is anarchy, with people [...]

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Spotify U.S. success, valued at $1.1 billion

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 06:40 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Spotify is going from strength-to-strength, claiming early success in the United States and a new valuation of more than $1 billion. According to a well-placed source talking to AllThingsD, Spotify now has 1.4 million people using its service in the U.S. Spotify launched in America on July 14 after being available to European music-lovers for [...]

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Never mind Nokia, can’t Microsoft save itself

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

There is definitely a transformation going on, but it’s not turning out like Steve Ballmer thought it would. With Windows Mobile now irrelevant and Windows Phone gaining a rounding error more than zero share, the competitive landscape is being remade and what’s going through Nokia’s mind. According to Wikipedia, Microsoft’s smartphone share shrank from 23 [...]

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Facebook study shows media bias

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:00 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

A psychology professor has given a talk about the effects of Facebook on children, making three points about positive effects and three points about negative effects. Can you guess which ones are making headlines? Yep, it’s the negative. So while the original press release about the talk is headlined “Social networking’s good and bad impacts [...]

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