Saturday, September 10, 2011

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Sony: PS3 selling more software ratio wise to Xbox 360 in the U.S.

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:40 AM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

According to Sony, the company has been beating Microsoft at its own game by gunning for its bread and butter category. The Xbox 360 built its core userbase by leveraging the FPS category in the US. Over the years the PS3 has been eating away at Microsoft's market share in this area. Over in Europe, [...]

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Crysis announced for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for $20

Posted: 10 Sep 2011 12:40 AM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Never-say-never should be the mantra at Crytek as the studio recently announced that the first Crysis game will be making its way to the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game will be available as a downloadable game only across the two platforms. Co-founder of Crytek, Cevat Yerli in the past indicated that the company had [...]

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Nintendo struggling with Wii U hardware

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 08:00 PM PDT


Categories: GAMER.BLORGE

Nintendo is reportedly struggling to get its Wii U hardware to work properly. But is this the normal development issues or something inherently more serious? Hardware manufacture is a fine art but not an exact science. Which is why companies can sometimes get it very, very right, and other times get it very, very wrong. [...]

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Apple acts, DigiNotar SSL blocked

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:20 PM PDT


Categories: MAC.BLORGE

Once again, the sky is not falling. No sooner had the security analyst griping begun — when does it ever truly end? — than our favorite fruit company released patches. So, Lion and Snow Leopard users come click through and get updated, you really do need to keep your secure socket layers, well, secure. Yesterday, [...]

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AOL & Yahoo – A marriage made in Hell

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:20 PM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

There is a serious possibility that AOL and Yahoo could do a deal which would see these two aging Web giants come together. But is one dying Web giant any better than two dying Web giants? I don’t see how. In the last week, AOL has had a little trouble with TechCrunch and its former [...]

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Bartz to Bostok: Borrow a set

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 11:20 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Why did Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock fire Carol Bartz on the phone? Because he could. Geez Louise — who wants to be in the same room with her! And, when she learned company lawyers were trying to serve her at the hotel she was staying at? Bartz checked into different hotel. See! I told you [...]

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Apple vs Samsung: Business by other means

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:00 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Once again, a German court has ruled in Apple’s favor in its ongoing global legal battle with Samsung. The interesting, or bizarre depending on your perspective, twist is that the injunction is almost purely symbolic and the 10.1 Galaxy Tab will continue to be sold. You’ve probably never heard of Carl von Clausewitz, but most [...]

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Digital certificates ‘hacker’ makes bold claims

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 06:40 AM PDT


Categories: TECH.BLORGE

Either hundreds of millions of Windows computers are at risk of express-delivery malware, or a dude on the Internet is lying. Thankfully it’s probably the latter. The claims are latest development in the case of two breaches of security at firms that issue secure socket layer certificates, the unique identification that allows a user’s computer [...]

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