| Salesforce CEO gave Jobs ‘App Store’ trademark Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Apple has been on the receiving of geek grief and angst for suing competitors over use of its App Store trademark. Whereas the technorati argue the term should be viewed as generic and ubiquitous, they miss the obvious point that it was Apple who made it that way. And, yeah, they own it, too. AppleInsider [...] |
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| Online libel a growing problem as social networking booms Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Social networking sites have given everyone a voice on the Internet. Unfortunately some of these voices are using the technology to defame others. And it’s a problem that is only going to increase. According to The Independent newspaper, the number of libel cases in the U.K. has risen over the past year from 83 to [...] |
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| PS3 Counter-Strike: GO to have cross-platform play with PC/Mac Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Valve recently announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360. The game will allow gamers to play across multiple platforms for the first time. According to Kotaku, Valve has revealed that PS3 gamers will be able to play with PC/Mac gamers. The game will make use of Steamworks, which is now [...] |
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| Xbox 360 gets 30-day timed exclusive DLC for Skyrim Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE Skyrim, the action RPG follow up to Oblivion will be coming out later this year and it looks like Microsoft has already secured a timed exclusive for the DLC. Skyrim game director, Todd Howard revealed that Skyrim will have several DLCs later on after launch that won't be horse armor. The developer already has two [...] |
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| Tim Cook’s honeypot Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE In his first missive penned to underlings (they’re all underlings now), Tim Cook wrote, “I love Apple and I am looking forward to diving into my new role.” He’s probably also looking forward to diving into the huge pile of money he potentially could make in five to 10 years. In relation to naming Tim [...] |
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| iPhone 4S is familiar inside and out Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:40 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Triangulation. Whereas there’s no direct method to figure out what Apple’s up to, we do get a regular stream of hints and here’s one of the more convincing ones. Further, Given that past is often prologue for the Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker, it seems reasonable to expect that the 3GS will be replaced by the [...] |
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| Social networks survive UK government meddling Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE The UK government had confirmed it will not seek new powers to restrict communications on social networking and messaging features. But it’s not clear if it’s a case of backtracking or politicians simply having no clue what they were talking about. Fears grew among social network users and free speech supporters when Prime Minister David [...] |
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